Foothills Sentry April 2021

Foothills Sentry Page 15 April 2021 Family. Friends. Community. We’re all in this together. State Farm, Bloomington, IL 1801073 Ron Esparza, Agent Insurance Lic#: 0C79663 827 S. Tustin Ave Orange, CA 92866 Bus: 714-505-3400 ron@ronesparza.com FREE ESTIMATES: 714-477-7175 Exterior, Interior Drywall Repair, Ceiling Scraping Garage Floor Epoxy Deck and Fence Staining and Painting Gutter Removal and Installation Residential, Commercial We take Visa, MC, Discover CSLB# 1063943 LOOKING FOR A QUALITY PAINTER NEAR YOU? www.colorworldhousepainting.com/orange-county-north Colby Sommerville, a senior on Foothill's boys golf team, lines up a putt on the Franklin Cup match against Beckman High. Meet the coaches Foothill baseball lost a vet- eran. Vince Brown retired after 24 years, posting 442 wins, 187 losses and winning 14 league ti- tles. Brown will be able to watch his two sons play baseball at Cal State Fullerton and Villa Park. Brown served as Foothill’s AD for 17 years and coached the girls softball team for three seasons. Brown had taken the athletic di- rector's position at Orange Lu- theran and will be an assistant baseball coach. Taking over at Foothill is Chris Price. Price was an assistant under Brown for six years and brings 20 years of coaching experience to the program. At Orange High School, the boys soccer program has a new head coach. Edgar Hernandez took over after Victor Esparza stepped down. Esparza has taken Former Foothill High Coach Snyder receives the Tom Osborne Legacy Award Bill Snyder, former head coach at Foothill High School (1972-1974) and head football coach at Kansas State University from 1989 to 2005, and again from 2009 to 2018, received the Tom Osborne Legacy Award, recognizing him as a "winner on and off the field." Snyder was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2015 and won several conference and national coach of the year awards. He was the head coach at Kansas State for the program's 300th, 400th, and 500th all- time wins. In recognition of his contributions to the program, Kansas State has named its home field the Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium. Easton Jellerson (13) from Foothill High almost picked off an overthrown pass in the end zone intended for Canyon receiver Ryan Gardner. Matt Lester, Orange Unified School District Kelly Field manager, was given a plaque from the district's athletic directors honoring his 40 years and five months of dedication. El Modena Athletic Director Ed Drzanek made the presentation prior to the start of the football season on the new field. Will Tanaka, a freshman on the Foothill High boys varsity golf team, sinks a putt on 18 at the Tustin Ranch golf course. Foothill topped Beckman for the second year in a row. Canyon quarterback Chris Lundsberg finds some open real estate against El Modena. Bill Snyder Vince Brown a position with Santiago Canyon College. At Santiago Canyon College, Martin Stringer has taken over the office of academic affairs. The new athletic director is De- nise Bailey. Tom Fox was promoted to As- sistant Principal at Villa Park High. Andy Saltsma, from Re- dondo Union High, takes over coaching duties at Villa Park. Mark Lofink has stepped down coaching the Canyon High School girls basketball team. Chris Cza- ban takes over as the new head coach. Czaban was an assistant under Nate Harrison. Celena Photopulos, the Can- yon High School boys water polo head coach, was awarded the Or- ange County Athletic Director’s Coach of Character award last October. Shane Walker, a Foothill sophomore, took medalist honors at the Franklin Cup Golf Tournament. Daylen Pedroza, Orange quar- terback, looks up field for a re - ceiver.