Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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A TABLE row: Sam TENNIS. Front row: John Phan, adviser Jack Isett. Tuan Kieu. Chhay Chhieng: back Pun, Patrick Wong. Jimmy Chhieng. Tony Lu. Eric Peng. ttl( S f s. Oh Myi Honoring athletes and relaxing recreation basis for clubs There are many dif- ferent honors a student can receive academi- cally, but few can one receive athletically. The adviser of the Lettermen ' s Club, Jim Polite, felt there should be something more for athletes. I started Letter- men ' s because I felt there was a need to recognize athletes and their achievements, said Polite. The club was in charge of handing out etters and the 400 club. To be on the 400 club, you got so many points for participating in a sport, said Letter- men ' s member Coby Polite. When you reached 400 points, you got a patch and were in the club. While not playing for points, another club on campus, the Table-Ten- nis Club, was started by president Eric Peng as a form of recreation. Eric enjoyed ping- pong and he saw that enough people were in- terested to form a club, said member Wil- liam Hsu. The club played tour- naments mostly during lunch and on a few weel ends. We didn ' t have any equipment at first to play any games, said Table-Tennis player Chan Chou Chuang. But we eventually got tables and now we play fairly regularly. Story by Christina Mock: layout by Tess Hernandez: photos by Allen Odermatt. and Jack Elliot- t Lettermen ' s, Table Tennis Organizations 77

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► MAKING HIS MOVE, Tuan Kieu coolly bats the ball back as Eric Peng looks on. Members played their games in the Social Science team room. T Intently listening to president Robyn Reclusado, the lettermen and women go over the process tor handing out letters. The Letter- men ' s Club was also in charge of the 400 club. Jim Polite 4 Letermen ' s adviser I felt there was a need to recognize athletes and their achievements. «4 f? ' JV A Lettermen ' s Club. Front row: Jody Pugliese. Julie Rackstraw, Todd Diebold; second row: Jamie Gunn. Michelle Garay. Robyn Reclusado. Julie Wishner. Tess Hernandez, Dave March; back row: Brad Lachman. Michele Graham. Tony Buzzario. Greg Johnson, Brian Corckett, Robert Hill. 76 Organizations Lettermen ' s, Table Tennis

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y land or sea igorous are we VVSAA W J AXAAAAAA A WV Clubs enable people to also enjoy sports Umm, smell that fresh air! If it ' s warm and breezy, somethin ' fishy, or crisp and cold, you find air wherever you go. Three new clubs on cam- pus got large doses of the stuff we breathe. Advisers Gary Halvor- son and Vince Davis start- ed Mountain Sports be- cause of a mutual interest in the wilderness. Many members enjoyed the field trips and seemed to have caught what the advisers felt. I wanted to get more involved in hiking after I visited Alaska over the summer, said member Sean Sorrentino. The club made expedi- tions up Mt. Baldy and also to Santa Anita Can- yon. Santa Anita canyon was a lot of fun, said member Sorrentino. We went to the falls where we cooled our heels ' for awhile. Another club. Fishing, was spawned from the mind of adviser Ken Klot- zle. I started a fishing club before at another school and it was very success- ful, he explained. One of the trips the fish- ermen took was to Bon- nelli Park. I actually caught a trout! said club member Krista Robinson. Early morning may have been the best time for fishing, but afternoon was even better for skiing. There was nothing like speeding down a hill on a cold afternoon, said Ski member Michelle Fajardo. Reeling in fish, scaling peaks, or speeding down slopes, these clubs were sporty enough to be ap- pealing to many students while at the same time helping them enjoy the great outdoors, story by Christina Mock: lay- out by Alicia Rodriguez: photog- raphy by Allen Odermatt and Paul Maldonado.y A ALL BUNDLED UP, Ski club member Jennifer Brannon prepares to hit the slopes. Jennifer enjoyed skiing with hei friends the most. INTENTLY LISTENING, Fishing Club members Do Kim and Albert Yuen le.irn about the next trip Both Kim and Yuen were consistent at coming to club meetings. 78 Organizations Mountain Sports, Fishing, Ski