Fun Fact Friday #21 - Yearbook

BONITA FLASHBACK…

RECOGNIZE ANY OF THESE FAMOUS PEOPLE???

[Note by Ricky: In this week's email, Miss Holk also attached many former yearbook photos of current staff members. I hesistate to post them publicly without their approval. Old yearbooks/photos are available at the BHS Library.]

HAPPY FRIDAY….

BUT BETTER YET!!!

43 days…

Fun Fact Friday # 20 - Phantom Infield

This one is for you JOY…

 

When I coached JV softball at Chino High School back in the early 80’s, we came to Bonita to play a JV softball game.  There were these two coaches who will remain nameless… (but two great men who to this day I owe many thanks)…one of the coaches was the head varsity boy’s basketball coach for many years here and the other one became a great friend over the years…

 

Their team took the field after us for their pre-game warm up…thing is, they had no softballs!  We were laughing and wondering what this was all about…of course, that is exactly what Bonita wanted us to think…

 

It was “phantom infield”…we thought this was the craziest thing in the world…but in all fairness…I used it ever since then.  My teams loved it…No errors, no bad throws, no dropped balls, no mistakes…all this meant no negativity to start the game the only way we knew how.  Everything was positive and the girls would cheer each other on just as they would in the game.  It freaked the other teams out…we got to their mental game…most importantly, it created a bond that I think many athletes are lacking these days…Think about it…

 

If interested, this video is of a baseball phantom warm up.  You can hear the boys laughing…because they know exactly what their opponents are thinking…

 

https://youtu.be/CyusMeTv_7I

 

TGIF Y’ALL…

HI HO…HI HO…ITS OFF TO THE RANCH I GO…

48 DAYS

Fun Fact Friday # 19 - More Traditions

Thank You Miranda for sharing this…

Bonita has so many traditions…

I hope someone will keep them alive…

11 weeks in total…

53 work days…

This is really happening…

Hey,

 

So I was talking with my neighbor more yesterday and got more photos and information. 

 

For basketball – the original picture I sent you was Vern (who he shared with me went by Dewayne Gillett) the Basketball coach, John Wooden and the USC Coach (he thinks it was Sam Barry). The Head Basketball coach that year that won the Championship was Joe Deal.  Vern was also named the MVP that year – 1951!

 

I have attached some more photos…A baseball signed by Mickey Mantel, one by Yogi Beara, one by Satchel Paige, a photo of Ewell Blackwell and his Lettermen’s Sweater J

 

So cool!

 

Miranda

Fun Fact Friday # 18 - End of 3rd Quarter

March 8, 2018

Today marks the end of 3rd quarter…

Do you know what that means!!?? 

For most of you, only one quarter left of the 2017-2018 school year…

BUT FOR ME…58 school days left in my teaching career…

BO HI  yea yea!!!

LIFE IS GOOD!!!