Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

•Athletes of the Month-
_ : jirch r, 1985
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.SPORTS
Cagers Archuleta, Cornell share March honors
Bj DrbMe Hai
"To go to ichool and pUy
baseball U great. To pUy baseball
and basketball b the ultimate.*'
states Jim Archuleta, March's
Athlete of the Month.
Archuleta has managed to excel in
both sports while maintaining a 3.0
G.P.A.
A tea-yerr veteran at baseball and
•rven-year vctena at basketball.
Archulet* has grown up with
athletics. He coosrien his dad his
btggcst influence became hii father
U gre |y involved in sports.
•'Sports was never foreign to me.
I wu ilwt)i anwM it." Arthuleta
gi\cs as hu reason for his interest in
sports.
Archuleta has played for
numerous bascbaE teams other than
Lmtell, including CYO, PAL,
FLAME, Park and Recreation.
America- Legion, and Horace
Mann.
At LowcJl. Archulcu was part of
the lightweight basketball (cants that
participated in two championship*.
For the put two yean, he has been i
co-captain for the varsity squad.
• In baseball, he played junior var-
I liry in his Treshnun year and vanity
\^hit soohooMfc. junior, and senior
years. He was the All-City shortstop
in buh hii tophomore tod junior
yean.
He enjoys being pan of a team.
not only for the mhldics side, but
for a learning Mpect alto. "Away
from the sport, you learn other tnv
portaiu things', siwh as di-ripline,"
Archuleu insist*.
He cootjdeti his coaches x major
factor in the success be has hid.
"Coach Low (varsity baikcitttll)
and Coach Donohue (vanity
baseball) have been good to me.
They are not only coaches, but
fricads. Not all coaches arc like
that." declared Archulcu.
Archuieta hopes to tnend University
of Santa Clara in the fall where
he "in pokiibly major in
psychology.
Baseball after college? "I would
love to keep going after, but I'm
keeping a straight head and being
realistic. It's a million to one shot."
responds Archuleu.
He hopes to play baseball in college.
"If I got the chance to play
baseball in college, I would have to
produce and concentrate on only
one sport because of the high level
of competition," he addv
Varsity baseball expects
to have successful season
By Debbie lUuscr
The Lowell vanity baseball team
will %un the season backed by a
great deal of experience. The squad
will he returning with 11 seniors,
mac of whom are from last year's
playoff team. :
League play for the Indians begins |
March 13 tgiimt the McAtcer
laguan. but ihc team will already
hate played ten ore-season games.
The squad faced Riordan. Sacrrd
Heart, Vacaville, Ar»gon.
McAtcer. and St. Elizabeth's,
which proved to be tough
cociipct ition.
Senior co-captain Rkhml Weeks
stated. "We go into pre-tcason not
to boost egos like other teams, but to
gain experience and determine areas
that need improvement.
The team feels that playing quality
teams during the pre-scaion provides
- challenge for the squad and
gives them the preparation they
need to be ready for the sown.
Key playen for the Indian* look
to be senion Weeks, Jason
Gallegos. Dae Kim. Paul Colcman.
Jim Archuleu, Steve Folan. Dan
Braun. and Ernie Lee. Noted
ju***Cis include Marvin Mctoyer and
Eric Wong.
Indian Coleman stated, "If there
are no injuries, and w« itay healthy
and keep a good attitude, I don't see
why we can't finch in first place."
Thank you
to the
Class of 1984
for the
glass
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