Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

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J*te B, Thr L»rll. Junior, 18. f)SS
..SPORTS
Varsity cagers remain
hopeful for playoffs
By Stor Park
The vanity lutkctball te vd opened
league pU*' with three quarters cf
great tetkctUU against Lincoln, but
fell to the Mustangs. 61-47.
Lowell pU)cd three quartcn of
•ggrrMive and controlled ball
•gainst Lincoln, a tor ten team in
the Bay Area, and w-erc leading by
eric point four punute* ireo the
fourth quarter when thing.* tuned
railing apart, and Lincoln pulled
««•:* to victory.
Cooth Dave Low tUtcd trut it
wsv a "tk-ek of i game." but lhat
some of tftc miKuu tt thr end rcaliy
hurt them, like untimely turnovers..
Low stressed lhat the game wu a
•rcat team effort. ai*l |« fell the
whole team deserved a 'of of credit
Two super performancci were
turned in by center Mark Horn and
forward Mike SUtiuno. Horn had
20 poirai and 13 rebound* and Mat-
Mifto grabtvd 15 rebound*. Dolh
g*»c up scseral inches to their taller
opponents, but MaiMiitu commented
that tV continuous Dractice on
screening out oral the aggrcssisc
play fatty paid off.
I^JW stated that there was "scry
food ieo.ir.worV* and the team effectively
cleaned tt» jjme pUn
against Lincoln. In an effort to
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neutralize Lincoln's eiircrr.c
quicknen. Lowell employed a
"fake prcis." applying slight
pressure upenurt. hut basically
backing up into a zone defemc.
The Induns alwi handled the
pressure applied by the quick
Mustangs very well and even tried
to run en them occasionally to throw
(her.) off-balincc. which was successful
at times.
During the tecond week o*
December, the (cam p?*>cd in the
Scrra Basketball Tournament a.id
lud one *m and two losses. Low
fei' CK team pljscd fairly writ, and
one ol Lowell's losses was tn Ihc
cons elation game against
Westmoor. a team fatorcd to win i's
league.
The highlight of the team's
preseason wat probahly it* four consecutive
v iitor ics agiirtst some good
caliber icamv The Indians defeated
Ocearu hy vt. HiHsdalc by 25.
South Cit> by 13 and Burlingame by
25.
IJIV Oatcd about the Mreak. "We
jutt did »kit we needed (u d«t and
pi't cvcr>ihinj i«»geiher."
Th** COKH and i*>c pla;en *v contest
23*18 at halfiimc and 30-2 •' at tltc
end of the inird qiuner ttforc
Lowell \paikedioaseven-point lc*i
midway dmxi/ii the founh quarter.
The "tec-saw" pattern of the
game continue? as Aragon surged
back to take a one-point lead in the
Ian minute before Lowell brought
the ball down court, and Horn took
the winning shot.
Low uid that the crowd was \cr>
Uxid throughout ih- ty.\e. and the
pavers ipptrcuted the -Aippon of
the Lowell font.
YcMciJay, the «ur«it> team
pLi>cd league opponent O'Conncll.
Th: score was uuvailable at The
jimcl/ went to press. B«rr> Pon esade* two Aragon defenders as bf scores.
Are Lowell's athletic facilities adequate?
H>Marn!nV\Hnrrl>
With a vtudent tsv^ clove to
3.0UO Modemv jnd irt\ f^ciltii
Utwcll hj* n>ire sport* *;K ifc
than «h.-r public high vein*-!* in
San Frjncwv There arc Xzn outvtdc
tennis own* and ni.'-e iKit*idc
r^sketbail ci
Lowell hj* aJequate- *>,nort*>
f»rilitics: but rather jrc thew
fjciltttc* in pmxl ktn>Jiii*sketh3ll
coach Date Low. the lights in the
gym need to be replaced. Low. Fdward
Bums, hod of the Physical
Edocuion Dcf rtment. are? JV
basketball coach Gary Macaluso
came in during summer vacation to
coat the gym floor. According to
Low. it would ru%c uVcnt.x -.re*'!
diitrkt forever to do the job. jnd
" . . basketball u;jum would bo
o\cr before it would be done."
lenm* ouch Barbara ('rain ^aiil
t'ut tt»c n«ot* fntnt t.w ticc* Jie
cau*in}' hump* on itv tennis courts,
''fji't icvN that t!w courts jrc m
••Vtnhle" condition and comtwined,
"Wt hjse a loi o| \iMitnp
The inick u jl*o in pour ci-ndttion.
The track boundary