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Mans make playoffs; lose to Jaguars 24-0
The Lowell vanity football team's
three-game win streak was snapped
by undefeated McAtcer 240 mine
playoff game on November 21.
McAker's strong dcfenie held
Lowell to le« than 100 offensive
yard*. The last chance Lowell had to
avoid being shut out uccurredwith
less than a minute remaining in the
fourth quarter.
After three McAtccr pcrultu:*
Lowell moved the hall to McAlccri
19 yard line. With 58 seconds left in
tne game, icnior Nfarvin Mctoyer fell
one yard short of the gaal line.
However. M the tlan of the scawn
speculators felt Lowell wtwld finvh
no higher than *..th m '.he league.
much less make it to the plavoffi.
Due lo the fact lhat ten of the e'leven
on offense and eight out of ricvm on
defense wtrc not starter* last year,
many ptayen were inexperienced at
ihcir potitiom. The lack of \ue was
another Jiud vantage for the team
" W* knew »e were * smaller team
and ^ whatever wr did. we were the
i-nderdogs. So when we won. it was
an asset to ui," expressed senior
Mike Albrru.
After triumphing in the scaum
opener over Wilion 33-0. Jjcmdl
dropped ihrrc games to the powerful
Washington. McAtcer and CUilco
teams which coach milt Axt felt lud
" . . .better balance, me. 4t4
.jcnl."
"The Hofes weren't in-Jtcarivc.
We were 0-0 with Washington upun
til the last few minutes. With
McAtcer (durin* the regular teavon
game), we went in tied rV6 at
halftimc. We were ahead of Galileo
7-6 with fiv; rruinttet to go in the
third quarter." explained Axt.
Lowe!) was put in a mml-'*tn violation
agaimt Bafboa after the 24-7 fou
to Galileo.
"They knew what they had to Jo
after they were one and three.
Another lov* would eliminate them. *'
To keep from getting dvwn,
. people ju*t got psyched tip,"
said Alberts, who led the team with
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By McUnfc Momevcrae
For Jie ninth cnaecutive Kiwa,
the Lowell croM-country team has
won the All-City title.
The team noc only w«n the vanity
girts, vanity boys and frmh/toph
boys titles, but alio won the overall
division, selling a precedent.
At All-City, tfnior Chc'ica Hernandez
set the new course record for
the girh* cocference.
The top five Lowell runncn for the
varsity girls division were Hernandez,
senior Maureen Coll.
freshman Narcy Betl. Kophomorc Raquel
"Rocky" Kurunen and junior
Quarterback Sine T« and the vanity Football offrralte ur.lt llrwup aCalrai Balboa.
SI tackles.
"We knew that if we to\l that game
(again*: BOINJO). it wvuld he over tat
the icautt. We ,iu Hartal going
crazy hcouv we JVi'l »IM it v* he
over. SowcjuM»Ju«ilhmi%on. . .
we deserved what we got." declared
Poulakidas.
"Fot practice »« ran between f»c
lo nine miles every day. An cuy day
u running to Daly City, going up
Lady nmncn pace tbemsdrts at j\U-Oty cross country nȣr
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whtiol ... I mutt agree wi'Ji Dean,
we wutkctl our rear end* off. and we
worked oca harder for Norcal!'* exclaimed
senior Mimi Lcoog.
The Nonhcm California Ctvtw
Country crumpiomhip* (NORCAL)
bone of the I.TOM import int meets for
Lowell. Only nine boys and nine girU
were allowed to represent Lowell at
Sierra College in Rocklin. the hou of
this-year'* NORCAL.
"I think the thing that helped u» («
NORCAL) was the fact that we went
out of (he city once a week to race
with outcr to
the Oregon border participated in the
IlKXt.
According to crow-co-jntry coach
Lltijd Wilw»n. "The teai.i performed
well all seaMKi." In tNe invitatMKuU.
the team held iu ow i despite
the lixigh compctitK»n WuVm alu>
reptmed that the team won all the city
meets except for one or iwo .n *V
fnnh/'soph division.
Lowell co.npetcd against Galitto.
Wilion. Lincoln. Misttoi.
Washington. McAtccr, O'Conn-li,
and Balboa.
"McAtccr and Wa\hingt(in were
our bigfest competitimi." announced
sophontorc Shothannah Oppenheim.
"I wa* cttrciRcly glad we
won. . ."
"The team is >taning to crmc
akxig ... next >ear. wticn the seniors
leavo. I don't really know ho* the
team will do. . . upco.iing runncn
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:ion. Fukuda later worrd in the third
quarter when he made a finger-tip
catch for 22 y«.ti». In the end. the
game belonged to Lowell as they
began to think about the playoff gome
against McAlecr.
Lowell coped with most of the odds
and proved to be quite successful.
Team unity »« a key factor tc*
Lowell** sucwit. AM noted.
"I think the character ol the ptayen
to hold together and to take pride in
the team is what brought the.n
thmugh." praived Axt.
Payne agreed. "Since our overall
ti/c and ipccd wun't that great, the
team unity aM the fact that we knew
we woula have to work harder Uwn
anybody el>e motivated ut."
imluding **»phomL>rei Chrii Selby.
Leon Medina. Wayne Wong.
freshman Eugene Cho and all the *artiry
girls who aren't graduating.
"In the future. I hope there » more
support from the KKXM as a whole "
cmcluded V-ilion.
Out o< the ISO places. Uwell'sLv
three vanity girl runners were Hernandei:.
Coll. and Bell who came m
49th. 86th and 109th.
AUifrom ISO places. UK top thnx
Lowell runners for the vanity boyz
were Fuller