Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell
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SPORTS-<br />
Varsity sluggers reach finals at Candlestick<br />
By DeM* Homer<br />
"We c*me together as • team,<br />
and we became closer friends,"<br />
reOecud arnfor Jim Arehuka iboot<br />
the <strong>Lowell</strong> varsuy baseball team's<br />
<strong>The</strong> (quad coded LVil league pUy<br />
wiifa a 11-5 record and a second<br />
place finish u> Balbok.<br />
Even before 'Ac season had end*<br />
ed. the team ha4 already advanced<br />
to the pliy-offt with two consecutive<br />
wins over ihe Wilson Warriors<br />
by score* of 12-0 and 16-6 on<br />
May 8 and 9.<br />
<strong>The</strong> following wt lave beca aHe<br />
to beat Balboa In three yews.<br />
GaUejos rtmarki, "Balboa is a<br />
Track team ends season<br />
By Vtkrmtn Parckh and<br />
Cordon Tans<br />
in a day of doie and cutting<br />
races, <strong>Lowell</strong>'s track team finished<br />
third overall at the AAA {Academic<br />
Athletic Association) All-City<br />
Championship on May 19.<br />
Capturing its sevctth uraight city<br />
title, the girls' team has won every<br />
*«ty championship since the girls'<br />
program was instituted. Dcpite<br />
many outstanding indivi&ial performances,<br />
the boys' varsity finished li.<br />
fourth place. Althcigh lacking<br />
many grew individual perfor*<br />
n'oinces, tne frosh/soph team used<br />
in depth to Snlsh fourth.<br />
Junior Chelsea Hernandez and<br />
senior Tbcrese Madden surto! a<br />
barage of excellent performance* in<br />
the girls' division when they took<br />
first and second place, respectively,<br />
in the two mile.<br />
<strong>The</strong> girls' lean continued to<br />
assert its traditional dominance in<br />
distance events by sweeping the<br />
mile. Senior Trtsh Brown took first.<br />
while freabtnu Chen Brown and!<br />
Madden placed second and thin*.<br />
With remarkable consistency, the<br />
girls' team also claimed furt and second<br />
in the hall snB* with T. Brown<br />
taking first and C. Brown placing<br />
second.<br />
<strong>The</strong> girls aUo fa;ed well in the<br />
shorter distances. In the 400 meters,<br />
it was junior Serena Rivera edging<br />
out junior Iree Krispuxmch for<br />
Tim place. Sophomore Xfcia Marshall<br />
and senior Din Anderson placed<br />
accord and fourth, reaocrttvely,<br />
in the 200 meter dash.<br />
<strong>The</strong> relays offered both disappointment<br />
and exhilaration. A<br />
would-be second place finish in the<br />
4 X 100 m wu takes away a* the<br />
team was dHqualtfcd for an illegal<br />
pass. However, the < y 400 m rarely<br />
proved to be one of the roost exdtm*<br />
race* t-T the day.<br />
In this relay, juniors Yveae<br />
McDonald. Kriipioovish. and<br />
Riven gave <strong>Lowell</strong> a narrow lead<br />
with a lap to go. With Galileo at<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>'s heels. T. Brown received<br />
the baton. In an clcctxirying fbish,<br />
T. Browa held off* strong Galileo<br />
finish to take tint piace.<br />
la the field oab, freshman<br />
Quay f»fjmif ininrtiri off a 109<br />
foot discos throw to capture first<br />
pbee bv nrxriy 30 feet.<br />
Tbc Ion of Kttor Orpheus Cmtchfidd.<br />
two weeka before All-City.<br />
dealt a severe blow to in: variitv<br />
•eim's fortunes<br />
"Orpheus' participation v*uu!(i<br />
hate gi.cn the vanity team a chance<br />
to finish in third place." wxed<br />
coach i'lmes Tnot. «s.<br />
If. the 4X100 m rcta>, the <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
team of jumur Mike Stupcro. junior<br />
llawkiu Crun. vnior Kevin Allen.<br />
and iurior Wajr.c Coultman<br />
dranaticdly came tmm bchim),<br />
finishing tccond in rccord-btcjkinjt<br />
Galileo.<br />
FoDowjig m cuctlk.M sUxt b><br />
Shape?.}. Chan and Allen kept<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> it* clo«c cooleR*ion, before<br />
parsing the baton to Coultnun.<br />
After receiving the baton in fourth<br />
place, Coultnun rapidly facccleralcd<br />
into third, and then anchored the<br />
team imo a second placu ftoish.<br />
races v*** W* opportnt.<br />
Senior Paul Cofrnum batttts the Balboa pitcher.<br />
<strong>The</strong> vanity two-mile klso proved<br />
lo be rn exciting net. Junior DyUn<br />
Fuller ran necV.-to-m.tk with<br />
O'COMKII^ Martin Araguo, before<br />
Cainin; the lead, and first place, in<br />
UV Uu 30 metcn of the i*x.<br />
Fuller again diuinguiihcd himself<br />
in the mile, hattling it out for first<br />
place with Washington's Billy Lai.<br />
then overtaking him with a burst of<br />
speed on the last straightaway.<br />
In the vanity 330m intcrmediue<br />
hurdles, frostwoph rccoru holder<br />
Chan cruised into i third plxe<br />
finish with a personal teconl time of<br />
40.4 seconds.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>'s 4X100 rclav team ol<br />
Srupcro. Chan. Coultman. and<br />
Allen, were only narrowly edged<br />
out of third place.<br />
<strong>The</strong> field e%ent proved slightly<br />
disappointing, with none of<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>'s compctuun claiming<br />
medal. However, junior Mike<br />
A!t/eru and senior Mike Zynmermac<br />
turned out respectable pcrforminer,<br />
placing fourth in tl»c shot<br />
put and fourth in the divcut,<br />
respectively.<br />
In the two-mile, sophomore Ray<br />
Wong stunningly overtook<br />
Washington runner in tl« l&\t ID<br />
yards of the race, nening an admirable<br />
third place finiih.<br />
Sophomore Pat Magee ran away<br />
with the mile in swift time of 4:51. a<br />
mere three seconds off the fresh*<br />
soph recora. Meanwhile, fie frcsnsoph<br />
mile-relay team of Kevin<br />
Woog. Ken GoWtcrg. Ray Oyung,<br />
and Elliot Dotham recorded •> tin-c<br />
of 3:54. enough fur a fourth place<br />
finish<br />
At the OAL (Oakland Athletic<br />
Leafbe) section-il meet the<br />
girl'* frashed trcond with the wstty<br />
boys cnd*r.g up in eighth place.<br />
<strong>The</strong> winners from OAL received<br />
an automxtic bid into the State<br />
Champrxnhips held on Juae<br />
Sioamcnio. <strong>Lowell</strong> competitor*<br />
wfco succcssmlly qualified are T.<br />
Brown in the half-milr and mile,<br />
' Hernandez in the two mile, and<br />
Casimir in the discus.<br />
Tbe 1985 season marked the end<br />
£ of Thomas* eight year coacbio<br />
S career at <strong>Lowell</strong>. Sighting bis<br />
reasons for retirement. Thomas<br />
noted. "I found that the ^tssurc of<br />
the dean's offict has precluded my<br />
involvement in coaching track<br />
crosscountry."<br />
lough team to brat. <strong>The</strong>y never give<br />
up. and they Jujy* A*: 100*.."<br />
In order to take the title horn<br />
Baiboa, (round-robin champs) the<br />
Indians had to face the Buccaneer*<br />
n more on Friday, May 2* ai<br />
adoick dlik<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>, on the pitching of<br />
Gallc^o*. kept a 2-0 lead for six inn*<br />
ings. But, Baltna scored two<br />
U4eamcd runs i«t the bottom of the<br />
seventh *nning to tie the game up<br />
and send the game ; nto extra Innings.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Indfam almost knt the<br />
game thcte, but senior Steve Foian<br />