Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

Av< 20. JV Lc^rll. Jmt S. 1986
SPORTS,
Gymnasts-T-—
skill
By Drborab HuU
After narrowly defeating tut
talented Lot Aim gymnastics team
in • surprising victory just two days
b:fore, the Lowell Varsity gymrtMia
team retained iu 13th vraight
All-City title oa May 0. concluding
iu lucceWul ICSKKI with a rccoru S
aMO.
Lowell gyrnnaiu nwcpt each divi*
woo at the All-City finals, beating out
their Wwht.'f! .n and Lincoln
counterparts on even* count.
Frtthn^n Jocjoict Quimbo and
Joanne Woo. am] junior Deborah
Hull look tint. wood, and third
places, respectively, in the CUu IV
all-around competition.
!n the fin4 year optional division,
junior Caryn lluwrli. and
Kophomorc* SUIJP Tai. and Michelle
P>un captured first, Koxri, and Lurd
place* rr&necliveiy. all-arounl. while
junior* Valeric Loo wkl Eunice Won
and senior Carla Newmcycr won
Tint, second, and third in the second
year optional Jmnoti
Lowell came in Prst with 332.7
points, followed by Washington with
195.4 potrai and Lincoln -ith 1X4.4
points.
Althoughihcgymnasts werepk»ctl
with the team s performance at
AU-City. many c*prcucd difficulty
in appreciating a victory itul ha*
become routine.
*'U w*v kind of uhvinu* who wmild
win." confided frevhman Danielle
Other* continue U> be diuppuintcd
by the lack of participation in gymnastic*
from other city schools jnd
the resulting lack of comptition m
the ciiy iuclf.
"AIUTny went re; Uy weJ- but the
whole experience v-uuld tw a tot better
if we had more participation from
other ichoot* lite Mi":on and
McAteer." explained junior Beth
Hucy-Tnrncy. She continual. "It
wtiuM al*o help il w could p* to
other place* and *chool\ nn>rc often
We TCIII) enj«*)a( finnz t" Lm Alkn
favt jrar It opened our c>c« to in;
level nf competition thai ciMv outride
Ihc city."
lir*ellg)mna>tido. huwevcr. find
ample incentive to compete .intone.
"When I we people who arc neticr
than I. even if they're on my icon),
it really motivate* me to wink
harder," stated lophocnore Evanthi*,
Junto* Valeric Lno added. "Competition
wu more of a challenge tht.
>car hecauve a lot of the gut* tcally
imprmrd. I wtw^rtl h.irder ihit
tcavxi than I have in three yean."
CtuchJertljn Jank w - p y
gratified by the team's performance
toward* the enu nf the *CJMWI.
"I think the team realty JiincJ in
\\< end i\ a team—through working
together, letting *jp. tikim; dt rwn, and
really nclping each other out." >hc
commenteu. "And everybody ically
tmpnned; the jtwlgc* all conuwnlrd
on the loci of progrc»t each gyrmuM
exhiliitcd tincc the beginning of the
JanV and many other u-im
nxmber> arc optuni\tic abtxii irxi
vcar't leant. Valerie Loo docrthed
tlie (cjm\ wnlinKnl^. "With our
vr.mp frc*hmen and very few tcim
memhen fr*jauinp. we should ha*c
one ctcclieni. ctpcrtcnccd |:roup «>f
"
The female jock
Should that be her label?
By Kaxblk CnhO
Art ftnWf t!h*ftff
tome people seem to thiiut? No, not
3£ Lowell, aa/wiy. Lo-#tir» girt
Athletn aren't husky tomboys; they
arc too* of the mire glamorous, in*
teili|cnt. and confident jiiU at
uouod.
Their sports range from :rack TO
loAball. from ice ikaiing to crew.
^%ctr many 1 M. v^n y4 ivynfrrtt t^cluoc
makioi the team, tnd helpioi: the
tcsnt get to tfar playoffs.
Tnii year ha*shown that the fenak
athletes aren't out there Juu to make
down* of themselves Rather, they
an proving their dedication to their
sports.
Some, like topbotnorr Jimiaiui
Toy, are certainly tnto Pfcrts beau*c
they love II. A* her friend,
sophomore Allison Chin explained,
"She is very serious about it. She
tbucs every night." Toy ice tLaic*
to keep in ihape. but she has born
compeliof for (be Us> fivti vxi i tuir
yetts.
. Others, sucbu junior KstifCor*
rigan, participate in sporu like crew.
an-i get out at hotL-s of 4 and b a.m.
to practice.
AAide from those woo parlicipaie
in tporn outside of school, there arc
rrany who make differences in Khool
.iports.
SophoiLore Rebecca Shuman
recently founded a jirts* loccer team
\ became. "I was upset when I got ac*
ccpted that LowvU d^ln't hj%e one.
Even before I came to Lowell, I
decided to organize n tram, but none
or my friends believed me,
In the future. Shuman hope* to
make girt*' soccer a league iport.
In the girh* league, through *pirit
end skill, teams often male it to the
playoff*
Th: girU' crou country lean: won
AU-City finals with the skill of senior
Chelsea Hernandez, who also *a» a
prominent member of the track team.
The girt** volleyball atkl gymnastic
KAira also won AIl*City titkt.
In r*r Ux winta, Lo* ell's jiils*
bas-tetbaU team made it to the
pUyofft with the spirit and skill of
icnion Maureen Ckiuthier. Kan Ler.
and Shirley Tipton. while Gauihicr,
sophomore Karuu Wonj, and junktt
Staccy Maycda made it to 7V Ex*
aminer's All-City Tean..
More recently, Softball pUjcn
with c^cat »kiU. especially Lucre and
Jennifer Young (no relation), fimiticd
the AAA Round Robin Season
undt-featcd and wxnt on to the chanv
piomhip to beat Waihingtoi
A lot ha* definitely happened this
>car in girli* athletics, and none of
it could ha>e happened wiuVtit the
taloas of Lowell's female athlete*.
Title eludes
varsity sluggers
Al«(n Lee Ufta Ih* .McA*c«r nlirhrr out In tbc ehsunptomhlps.
•Iv Wtcr TOOK
After cnuhinf O'Comxil by the
wore of 10-4. the varsity baseball
team hx>kcd to end the "86 •cajon
with iu f>nt city champtomhip in 11
>ean. but l*o eoruccutivc Io^»c* to
McAtcer ended nil hope*.
Tbc MJUOJ ended the rcpuV vnaan
with a league bevl 13-3 record which
was coich John Donohuc"* finest in
hit tenure with Lowell. Due to their
rccttrJ, Lowell would have had to be
bcoieti twice to be eliminated fntnuhue
explained.
Lowell lou the cnuiing game 4-1.
McAtrcr vcorcd ilv fiikl run on a
Icadoff homenin in the fir\t inning
and stfuA for the Uher three in the
second wheie the Indian.^ allowed fur
watU and J hit. Cit-c?ptain Erik-
Wong drove in Lowell'* 'xine run in
the mth and blanked the Jaguars for
the ltnol fivt innings.
Donohuc cited MeAtccr\ pitcher
Hancy Pull urn. who WVHI ihc firtt
Ranie and tavrd the vxond. a* the
reaMxi Lowell lo*t. "llancy teemed
tn be throwing harder than uoial
asheuruckrui llofpurguys. Abo.
his Icadolf hatnerun racuo* our pitcher
Daryl Scmicn." etprcsted
Donohue.
"We had a real good seasoii. It's
luugh to loje like this." said a
depressed Wocg.
"We worked to hard. 1 dxVl think
wedcscnedcntt|Qg\ccond, 'added
junior IXwniiJe Lau,
Atiltough reaching the tide *,,tnc
Uu year. Dimonuc didn't expect t.Sc
tram to get as far as they did due to
the low ul 10 pia» en from last ycv\
Mjuad. "The new pb>er* hepped in
and adapted quicker than I «•
pectcd." compiinicnwd Donohuc.
"'and they never gsvc up."
tKwkthur p>inte4 out good pitchun;.
timely hitting, being agpeuive
on the Kue paths, an; an excellent
defence as key factors in the
team'* UKCCU. 11: aim fell this gnwp
was the cKnctt-knit band of ball
playrrN he coached in hit IQjcartof
nutiapjup
"You could «ce the tears in their
eyes after ihc game. That showed
how clotc they were," Donohuc
fainted out.
With the return of 13 member*.
Donoliur has great ."ipec Jliotu for
new \car\ team. He named juniors
Kevin Jordan. Alvin Lee, ManLcfcr.
JKL Dyogi, Colin Jones, and
Dominic Lau »v kcj pUycn for ncM
year. Donohuc alto promiicd :o
utili/c wphomorcs Tixid Harnton.
Scan Folon. and Tod Atvman.
"I was gbd we got here. Next
year. I'm going to he in the stands to
watch thc»e guyi." indicated
Mctoycr.
"We miucu. two years in a row.
nctt )ear, we'll be here (champton-
•hip gamet again," stated Donohoe.
Metoyer added. "We would like to
thank the students that showed up.
We rcallv appreciated it."
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