Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

Flat IS. Tht Until. April 12. IVSS
SPORTS.
Swimmers capture All-City title
By Laurie Helton
and
Gordon Tang
Keeping with tradition, the.
Lowell Swim Team captured itt
13th consecutive All-City champiomhip
title on March 29.
The team »wrpt all three division*
with a total of Ml pmnl* Icavinj:
Lincoln behind in second with 142
points.
Lou ell lwimmcrs broke a urtal of
soro records, kd by vphomote
Jeff Nelder with three, and senior*
Christine Jeong and Tim Hennessey
with mo each.
Smiting with ibe 200-yaf dmcdley
relay of Jonathan Albert*. Dave
Thompson. Kevin Allen, and Jeff
Ho. the vanity team went oo. to tale
fir« pUc« In all ten ccntv
The 440-freest*, i-rrelay team of
sophomore Jnsh Harm, and senior*
Bltnca Cauillo. Kathy Long and
Hennessey shattered the previous
record try nearly four jccondv.
Harns again gave a *trong perloi
mance by winning Nth ihc 50 and
the 100 vard freestyle.
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In the 2(X»-rrecuylc. Hennejsey
look off I.I seconds from his own
19fU record. He won again in the
500- frcrftty.'c by «lmoti two
minutes.
Long ind Alberts took first «nd
third, respectively, in the
100-oacUtroke. v-hik Thompson
and Allen took Tint and third.
respectively, in the lOG-breatiroke.
CuJtllo, Thompson, and Allen
grabbed firvt. second, and third.
respectively, in a Ijtwell weep of
the grueling 2tX)-individiial-mcd)ey.
Ir.ihc 130't division. Jclf Neldcr.
Mu> Konno. and Jay NVu fol!Ixc finivh.
The I20'»divitionpnncd equally
spectacular w ith freshman Sonia
Dobrincr, and juruon Eluabeih
Yick- and VKVI Bcijcn h-vecping the
50-back.timke.
Long distance swinuner ChriUine
Jeong vet records in the 200 ami the
500-frccMyle racer..
Some of the strongest 120'*
iwimmcrv wxre freshman girls:
Jcaninc Tallcy uutched first place
in the 50-frccitylc and third in the
SO-butterfly: Eluabeth Dcru won
ihc IGCVindivMlual-mcdley; Enka
Thorson placed second in the 100
and ?flO-i'rccsryIc: and Michelle
Jcong look third in the
100 breast rokt
Lowell culmirutcd a nice! »f unsurpjv^cd
pL-r^rnunccs wiih t^
120'% frcc%i)Ic rcb} team beating
Washington b> a nurj-in nf si*
\ccondv
Senior* HUnca Castillo, Da>r Thompson, and Kevin Allen swept the
200 1M for the Lowell team.
Varsity sluggers start strong
By Cindy NB
Lowell's sarsit) baseball team is
of I to a A-1 sun and is currently lied
lor first pU-c wtlh [UINu. Lincoln.
-nd Mis*i *n The te^ni i* optum^lit:
tlut it will end iSc vrawtn wilh .
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bevt teams
oa« !> John
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j.:^.cd
• divjfpii'nttiM rnt u> far in
, wa^ ihc Kmto
Lincoln
of 151 "We w c ni %:t *,„,
" tiiinrncnti:d
nit L her
Ou»h IXmtthue blanics tl-e loss
.•n had hall bundling. "We nu*lc
lime ctrivrs IK. r uj« ihc dtficrcrkc
in the game. 1 JiJn't think we wctc
thai capable vi loMng that bad n>
anvonc "
The team regained their t'«>nfidcrwc
and g^*t a taste of rcvcri)*e nv
beating Lincoln ihc PCAI das b> j
score n! 5-2 in ctp.M innings
Gallcpm. wuh a VO record is a
hig teavm why llic team is tonf so
well
Other i-ontributors arc fir%t
bawrtnan fcrmc Lcc. who is current*
Is batting .fOO. third >car player
Jim Archulcta a' short-vti>p. and
Iclt-Ocldcr Hivhord Weeks, who
wa% the lcaguc*s leading hitter ta^
year.
These ptjscrs. aimif with secend
^axeman Kcvir. Jordan, third
baseman Mjr\.n Mender, catcher
Ran Braun. pitcher Enc Wong.
center fielder Paul Colenun. and
Stcsc Folan in n^hi field, make up
ihc starting line up.
With 11 seniors, this experienced
team is eipchtcd l.» ^? tn (he
p'jsolts "The truk is lo play well
Senior Ernie Lee l«Wo
enough in twr league to prrnjre tfor
the pU>cffs)."* cptaiicd ttonuhuc.
The team** toujhcsi opponent
will be Hilboa. last \car"v ctumm.
The Indians face trxm in il< Ust two
gamo of the vcawm on May 15 and
16.
Coach Donohue ami idenily
slated lhat the team will be in the
playoffs. f^Jt as lor the champion-
\>tip. senior Stoe Folan *aid.
"Hserybods wants to win the chain*
pionvhtp, and we're up tor it."
Softball team has early success
lly S'nraTM.1
Tuc lowcll umhall team K-gan
LSc 1W3 season b> wmring it. first
four league panics -T a row.
Alter crushing O'Connell.
\s"ashing;on. Wilton, and Mission
bs scores ut 2M. 10-4. 'M. and
12-4, rcspftti^cly. coach U'rctia
DcAndreis feet* ihat Lowell i* "...
definitely the team to beat."
The pilbhing oaf! and the infield
arc among the learr's strengths
•'The pitching staft is suvn-ter ihis
\car, and the irficld is scry
strong." not-J DcAndreis.
••They (the tcanti have played
s cr\ well so lar and have (.ommiticd
\cr> few crrcrs. Things clicked and
s».c feel lhat .•ccandolhc jm
March to May. DcAndtcis feel*.
'"In a lung wwm. ii i\ muth >*
Juniors win powderpuff
By Sherti Ene anrt Alexander Lau
The Junior Powdcrpuff team surprised
the seniors in a tight defensive
battle and won the game by a
7-0 score.
Junior quarterback Evelyn
Achuck icorrd the game's only
touchdown. Senior defensive coach
Kevin Allen felt the defenses were
what kept the wore so low.
Achuck agreed. "Our dcfcf.se
realty did a gieai job in shutting out
the tenion."
Achuck'% gamc-w-inning
touchiW.* came in the fint quarter.
The swift quarterback eluded senior
defender-* and broke off for a
53-yard run.
After ine game, both teams
analyzed the outcome.
Junior running back Alexandria
Maiituv gave credit to Achuck for
the victory.
However. Acliuck bclioed the
game w-as a team effort. "There
were really no standout playcrv"
Some senior player* felt thai their
team needed the teamwork that tr