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