Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

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Three athletes given April honors
Athletes of the Month-
By Cindy Aoanltc*
and Julie Yamakawa
"Jonathan Albert! and Kevin
Allen pottcu the hot attitude* I've
seen in 22 year* f teaching."
dethrcd foothcU coach Milt Ait. in
pniitc of the two cu reciyicnu .if the
male Athlete of ihc Mi practKe together but they
tgrcc that the) Co not work turd
enough. "We're never »crwui."
Allen joLed. "We're jmt brg
clown*!"
In addittci, la swimming, both hate
Hccn on the vanity' tooth*!! team
»incc they were sophomore*. Thi*
pi>* >rjf Athcr* played al tijtht end
and ouuidc linebacker. He retried
h h l nyntion ui ihc All-City
In att&tks.
foiMball team.
Allen, who played outsiJc
linebacker and wide revctver. ui» not
named to the AH-Cit> team. Dui
Albcm declared. "Ke\in i\ underrated.
He thoufd have (M All-Ctry at
ouuidc linebacker. Me'% really g«*J.
but he didn't pet any publkdy."
Toe pji'tt aim played intramural
r. Allen has tccn on
the track team at well, when: hi*
specialty was the shorput.
Alheru. a Nuiom) Merit Scholarthip
finaiitt, hat already been accepted
to UC Berkeley. He it viill
matting for replies from othrr college*,
including Yale. Harvard, and
Pnnccton He » ii.icpni.t1 .1
in* ntuie;. p.mK.u'aiiy jouinaliwn.
Allen U* been ollcicd a full fout-
>car schobrihtp 10 Concotdu C«»llepc
in Oregon. Hmocr. he uenlioned
lhat he «ould (tcfer lo nudy
law at UC SanU BatHara.
They Nnh hope ti> participate in
collegiitc athletic*, ^^pcciall)
v«imming.
By Chris Critrra
"Softball it a great *pon because
it makes you utilize all if your
athletic abilities." commctfcfd Tina
Pcrriconc, Apnl Athlete of ihc
Month.
Pcrriconc is the starting catcher
and a four-year veteran of the girts'
Softball team. While «t Lowell, she
ha* alto participated in other tpurts
such as cross country and pnwderpuff
foothill.
"I reall> cn^ *oflball hecjute
it** a leam-oiicnlcd *pon. No one
pla) cr it more important than any of
ihc oihcr individual* or. th*. team."
enthuvd fcrnconc.
Sotthall cwh U'rctu DcAnJrciv
noted that Pcriconc *at rc^-mit
vclcctcd at the "(cum pLj>er of the
wccL" hccr.u\e of her ouiojijinp
pcrfofmancct in her gjme* jpjmu
A.Jpon. Washington, and O*C«nneli.
in which the tallied eight runt
a"d acvui»u1."cd a halting average
of .429.
Pcrrcune recalled that she joined
the toftball team to hate fun by
(.laying a ipon with a targe group of
people and tu compete again*! other
schoott.
The tofibail team it having a wecettfut
u*4wm with Tite win* and no
lot«e* in Academic Athletic
Thr Lowtll. April 12. IMS. tft 19
Senior Tina Ptrrteooc
tn cimipctm.wi and i* c\-
pevted t reach the ptnttcawn
pla>o!f r und.
PcrrtoKK *ummari/nt the rcaMKit
for the icjm't UICCCA* b> noting,
"We're a dedicated, cltnc-kmi,
hard-WDTkini team, aikl we wilt
«iop lit nothing to reach the
championthip."
Pcnkonc plan* to attend UCLA
next fall. She it somewhat undecided
at to what field of study the plant
lo enter, but she vim a pmtibic nujor
in cinematography and movie
production.
Track opens with mixed results Netters volley to victory
By May Wons
ucipttc nuctuating results from
:V:ir first few meets, the Lowell
x»ck team is optimistic and con-
:.ni*c» to wvrk hard as the 1985
tc".ton advances.
At their fim pri-ike ^etayainit
Ricrdan and Mann Catholic on
February 2?. the girls placed first
whde the fro*h-*oph and varsity
boy* fjnlthcd third."
The team, in both the cult' nnd
bojs* frmh-toph and vanity divisicuu.
came in behind WesUnoor at
their second practice meet.
As head coach Uoyd Wilton
il. "It't all different: our coovttcncy
u incontittcnt...lhit it llic way it
will be thit jejf."
Accordingly, on March 16 at the
Pnlice Athletic League (PAL) meet,
where Lowell competed with other
public and private «choolt in San
Francisco, the girls were ranked tccond
place in The City.
Unfortunately, the froth-soph and
\ar\ity boyt' division placed tUth.
M\i>trnt coach Kim Pint commended
the cholc team for their effort*.
"It (PAL) *at a good c\pcricncc
and etcryone worked
hanJ." declared Pott.
"We dfln't htte etvxjph depth
Traclutrr Tom McMUlan h**Js
for the tipe.
with the pu>>. Thit was evident on
March 21." WiUun noted.
At the meet against Balboa, the
frtnh-soph and vanity boys lost
again becaute the other team had
depth, while the girl* won becaute,
"There was no compciitiun."
junior Janet Bui observed.
With reluming member*, wniors
Truh Hmvn. Orphcu* Crut^hlicld,
Mike Zimmerman, junior* Dylan
Fuller. ar*l Mkhacl Albeit*, and
new menibef. fretlinun Chert 1
Brown, the team has potential
champicm.
T. Brown, All-City champion for
three yean in a row, enthused.
"The vanity ju>* have improved a
lot. and the girts have always been
number one in Tte City. Overall.
*t*rc pxini be better ih*« ye^.."
Wilion announced that ihe teati
seem* tu hate a little more -pcev
5 thi* year.
> Wilvun mcwiorrd, "We rute
t.iorc people willing to try hurdling
*hich is of great value "
Thovgh thetc ha^-e bcin u-iny up*
and dow n*. the team it held together
by a competitive \pifit. he added.
CrutchliclJ. another AllCnt
champ, etplainol. "Trjck it rt: Sir Franciv
Drak.?' > .lclaa'i. FJ Camino (7-4|.
San Raioct (X-T,. Marin CathoUc
(7-2). MilU tK-Si and JctfctMHi
(SO).
Prato fecU that L»>**-"*. -iain
compctitiont in league play wilt
come from McAteer and
Wathington. She declared that the
Eagle* hate a "big team and depth
and an o.cr-alt £o>*l team." A* fur
McAicci. the mentioned. "They
have t»i. or three plater* who will
challenge Lo»cM'* top three.**
Pratu fecti that the players have
shown "tremcndoui improvement."
She said, "There is far
mere e*p-siencc in doubles...and
everybody is working well
together."
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