Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

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SPORTS—
All-City title slips past grapplers
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The Lowe 1 ! vanity wrestlers end*
ed m undefeaul roufct-robin season
wiih •tnuuxlc upset >i the AII-Ciiy
toanui^nt tekl M,uth 1.
Dcspac ftrir »-0 league record, the
UMII grar?Wi m inabtc to
secure Uie AAA CTOVT>. -auod the
U!'as> cvnc »• >n .we/jeded otal.
behind tulboa, dK All-Ciry ctanp..
tnd McAtccr. -he second |>UT
•fiDCCTl.
Kalcw«haJ»7-l league record. In
the much against Lowell the irduns
•trmkd ,n a>«r»hclic^( the BurcaKai
with » I'im iw point in-r»in.
LowcS :!s>* coisauerrd McAtccr.
33-21, d».Sng the Usl notch ^T the
regular season: The iii-in had a 60
record.
Upon entering the All-City lot.Toment
Lowell VIK tnorcd. Balboa anl
McAleer were considered ihci'
leading comprlien.
"OK of the reasons we didn't do
at w?li '• «e hoped TO probauly
brfante the wrestlers vmt into Ali-
Ciry a IMe too ovcrco»fidcr.t. Vhcy
became laud at a line when iheir
compeititon were fired of." aplaine-t
bead coaca Dale VoU-ath.
Ce-capfaln Jota Mmuoka added,
"We were on lop too Ion; • being
J f d d d ^ U W l t
runclves tittle
A'i-CJ* however was *w* a ii
plete defeat. The vanity matron ?ut
up a courtgeous Ugh., raul-i.-s in
nine of the thirteen wrestkri wrnn-
Irnj a medal, rive reaching the finals,
an. four takii-g Ihe top ipou in lfc-ir
weight divisions. The team's tour
lirtX place winner* were seniors Mr..
FukudaUM's), Jeff Bokurj (Ill's).
2nd Adam Bornelcit (I58't), and
sophomore P* Cunrvingluni (Wij.
Pthioa and Oinninglcir. both won
by default, leadin; by IS or more
point*.
Sai-ot Derek Neat ed Chonf.
The team had two cuoccutive All-
City ^amptc1ship• under il» txlt.
Ngai used this to explain -.heir
defeat. "It was the thiid-yjar curse.
So team has ever wtm All-City thru.
years in a row."
Co-captain Futola jjL-ed. "All-
Indians finish tough season Malespikers
Dy Rood* Ferrer
'•Wc'n. not going to godo*n e»y-
Win oi Ime. wt pJa) hard." c»iihu»cd
vanity Ivuirtball coadi (*a*id
Lo*.
Thr *iruty tAduthall icam h» had
* lovjr fightirj *ca«m. They ha*c
had to prme that their tifc and lack
of experience **ould wn inhibit ihcir
performance on ihe court
The p»i>cf» vanea off ihe %C**M
with a win agiinu O'Conncll.
However, they had trouble with reboumirfi:
.YCWM of their we
Decile ihu tact, of height. Lowell
worked hard lo win the gune. They
w»ent 'in *.o play Arafun Higli in Sic
Matco. ihca pUyetl WaUiu-g^o it
Ke/ar ai **hkh ilv> law h> a *«>«
of 63-48
Co-CJp«am Maik Fukudt commcu^d
that uSe lndian\ acatn had
xtosiU-. t»o the board*. thcfcVr.' they
cuukln't furcr Utc *hutt thrcucli.
Ho»ever. a 15-pu.nt iMrpin i* errxKk-c«l
inull '\jw ».l tnc rxt th*'.
Lrntrll wn pij>inc v^aimt a icon.
*ith a 5-0 r—vrd
Crach li>* addcJ. "L'p until the
WWiin;nm ;*nc. v>c were playing
roller cuutcr tuActt.ll in «*htch tl#c
playcn «.n-iW ha^c l*.i ••tinuto « f
eo*vi plav jnd three minute* of Sad
pU>. or vice venj. It wasn't until
they p(a>ed the Eagle* thai ti*y
uarted >t> tlxw mere conv*tetKy."
One ol the hc*t par-ci of the year.
according lo ocipuin Milr Mai-
1 Mmior.
g
»cll -TXI ifv ikfcnw »M wilid. He
tvli.' Ihcir icadinR stotcf in
pirnr* unjrr Kenry Kcnt'i. (Mivu»»'
f g
TV I^li *m la< Mttviur, _
until the B-vp piv'lcd up fnwn
4i inc ihiro u-jjtic fiS h
wilH a Kttie bf 68-57.
Junior DJT>> Scmicn svwnoJ, "At
time* »c cwild ruvc j;«Hien .M'tchi
up. bin i^uud v.c held (he ball ,«nJ
uotLcJ the iitfcnM:. .ue ucre %cn.
Anihuny Clement added.
"At every ^antc »c'*f pla>cd
«e\c inif t*cH's Kevin
RUCJJ •.iplSUjJilcO the t^ ne n > nuking
a half-c xin in-* a% the bell rung
illulf-iimc Nc%e.U»clevN. thc*A'arrion
defeated th,* tndun% by a
*mecn point nureir. l^mcll alNn
»ufTct- a Io%* agiUu McAleei's
Jai,-U4f« at Kuit, 52-J7.
V.-|lv*n ha* been tavorcd 10 »w iir
tcagu.. but they have been upvel
i*xe, f ivmg V.cAtccr a chiixc to
irme into the plajotft.
Despite Umcii'v reciml o! 1 -6. the
team ha» hi^h liopc* (ot ne it *cwm.
TK-y fed ihr have Jcrmili-:, imunivri
from i,'tc bcfinnnc; uf the
.UM'I ii far as undciM^nding rcnccpu
a.iJ nccjtins \Ntar.
T*» tig3if>cain facton m the
team % kapif (volition ate their l*cfc
ot c-pchmcc and *i.e. "P**rc *dl be
tight returning pb;m n.*xt sc*M*a.
Lew ?lfirms, "Thry are a young and
\xry un*eirtUi tear.', al-aj* ctwthbotiag
their own effort* *.» 4 team."
He added. "Somrtime* n record i*
not i true indicaliat of huw- good a
team really K. Dui a •« of tin>o iyc
talon don't realize thai."
We b*\2 been the urrienj..^ for at
IcaU *U out of etghi games ihis.
tcason. NcvathclcM. we don't quit
and wc*ic very oornpetiuvr."
Scmicn cooclodd!, "W: were
playisg the lule ol 'ipoitcr' thU
teascn. No one thou!
Lowctlrlc. w»AIAi.u..3U7
'•VoOrlbaU Ii new and driltog.
* U't.a great Uav-ipun. Fltt'tt'i Jt -,
great My to meet s^U." enthused .
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t»eaalL
v:-e svnmtmwouinu urod."-
'nolnd dim. .i-,^-.: ... . .-'•'.'-: - •^
City's fc*rd f> win three times.
EveryocL's sVounj for it. so that y compcntivc
volleyball, so svr had to {»
In aaipe."* rernarksd HfodaVj [
"They seenm pUnr'fot fan. bnl fn.
cumprlitioD lbeyni-«e3y sexiuoj,"'
staulmascu) Kha Chin. .; : ,
Accordng'to llanda. sMcnttfrea'.'.
sU pubic Krjoob tuvv ibMm lotcreci -j
in (rrrmio^ l;^t»pK:i~Oaineoy.'
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••VOlt y bi y acitnii di' ^eAnn^teiiTOiMbr.odofv;
to! Icsjoy playun wMk 0* gnyt."*•. l>ci«l togii, btntt^MOTW many J
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