The Bluffer - Red Bluff, CA
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Page 7 February 14, 2014 Sports partan ound S off What is your favorite part of the pink out rally and game? Mrs. Ferran "Watching the freshman girls beat the pants off of the team they're playing." Logan Warneke (11) "Watching the game." Mr. Palubeski "All the money that gets raised for cancer awareness and prevention." Aaron Lewis (10) "Hanging out with my friends, and watching the game." Marisol Polanco (12) "The game's at the rally." Sound Off/Kylee Bonds Lexi Pritchard Staff Writer Brianna Tackmier Staff Writer Taylor Nguyen Staff Writer The wrestling team works on qualifing for sectionals Girls varsity soccer is aiming for a win dur- ing their game to make it into playoffs Frosh girls revel in success The Red Bluff High School freshman girls' basketball team played a game against Foothill last night. They're off to a great start in league, an undefeated 3-0, and an overall season so far of 14-3 this year. However, the Bluffer won't have the results yet, but the girls did talk about how ready and confident they were about the game, which they thought the game will go well, since they have played Foothill four times before, and a Red Bluff High School versus Foothill record of 3-1. They admit that their best advantage going against this team is their good communication. "We had a really good start to the season and had only a couple of losses." said wing and point Jennifer Weightman. The girls' defense has allowed them to do well in addition to communication on the court. They have been working on defense from the start of the season under the lead of coach Elbie Doege and have made lots of progress. "We do what we do." jokingly stated post Rena Fox. Fox said that communication is their best aspect Junior, Mikenna Corry, about to kick the ball against Foothill High School at last Wednesday's game at home. JV boys basketball remain optimistic This year's Red Bluff High's JV boys basketball has been having a rough season so far. However, despite the rocky start, the boys' still remain optimistic and are hungry for another win. The players aren't exactly having the best season. However, they're still working harder and harder each day to improve for the rest of the season. To improve, the team will focus on ball handling, rebounds, dribbling, and communicating on the court. They have been improving since the beginning of the season; however, they boys don't feel as if it's enough to meet their expectations. They're working hard to ensure themselves that they'll have better outcomes during this season. "We're always going to give 100 percent," said sophomore Lane Pritchard. When asked, the JV basketball team said their biggest competitor would have to be West Valley. It was said that they're equal teams, and their going to knock them out next time. . One great factor that helps the team improve is their relationships with each other. A majority of the team were already team mates during football season, so already they know how to work as one cohesive unit. Throughout the season, they've built stronger relationships with each other and bond well together; they're a much closer team now than last year. The JV basketball team excells at 3-pointers, ball movement, drive to the hoop, defense, agility, and a great support system on the bench. The boys are full of team spirit.. Their supportive attitude is what motivates each player to become better. "Tanner gets us pumped up and we all just go crazy pretty much," said sophomore Bryce Sinclair. Despite the rough season the boys' are having so far, they're still having a positive attitude for better outcomes this season. Their optimistic attitude will drive them into working harder. "A blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while," said Sinclair. The RBHS wrestling team has been hard at work this wrestling season preparing for upcoming matches and wrestling tournaments. There are many techniques and moves each wrestler learns during their wrestling career. With all the hard work each individual wrestler has improved throughout the year. The wrestlers have also been working hard to qualify for the upcoming league, division, section, and state championships coming up. The wrestling team practices moves that are most likely to occur during their live matches. They also work on different pinning combinations and near fall moves, which are moves that take their opponent to the ground. Some examples of moves used to make their opponent vulnerable to being pinned would be the outside single leg, ankle pick, and The Grasshopper. Even though the team has season The varsity girls soccer team has been doing a wonderful job. So far into the season the lady spartans have won six games, lost eight, and tied four overall. In the league they have won three games, lost five, and tied three. At the last match Red Bluff played Enterprise and won despite having three key players gone. The team stepped up and played a winning game with a score of 2:1. Marissa Chase was injured, KK Gibson was on a red card suspension, and Claire Lester was at an FFA event in Sacramento. There were 40 mile per hour winds and it was raining. During the Enterprise game girls that stepped up and should be recognized are Savannah Sutliff, who is a left defender and put pressure back on Enterprise players and held her back. Michelle Mitchell kept two top Enterprise scorers in check and neither of them made a goal. Midfielder Mikenna Cory, who had a minor ankle injury, passed to Jordan Vasquez who shot and scored a goal. Zumalt cleared the ball and Lilly Taylor took it and deflected it off of a player and then kicked it back into the net. Zumalt was sick and played through it. Cheyenne Houghtby had good saves and was on her toes ready to go with four quality saves despite her hip injury. Their coach, Javier Vasquez said, "We are expecting a good game up against West Valley tonight at 6 at the Red Bluff High School campus." West Valley is number one in the league and we have had two tough games against them already. A score of 0:1 and 0:2 the games were not an easy feat by any means. Javier believes that Red Bluff has a good change of pulling off a win. He also expects to have his starters back and have a good amount of people there to cheer them on. This game is senior night and Marissa Chase, Hannah Woodall, Jane Kinner, and Michelle Mitchell will be recognized. in the game and believes that it has carried them so far this season. Other teammates like point guard Megan Boone agree that defense and communication has driven them to do well. "Communication is definitely our best aspect of the game." she said. Boone also added that having a good attitude seems to help move the game along. After last nights game, the girls have a game this coming Tuesday at Shasta High School. They think it will be a good game, too. "If we work hard and improve ourselves, we will do well." said wing Kylee Clatty. Clatty said that if the team works hard in down time and practices in the off-season, they will improve on their weaknesses and make them a better group on and off the basketball court. wrestlers who have been wrestling for years, they also have many wrestlers doing the sport for the first time. Since day one the team has been practicing five days a week November, learning all about wrestling or expanding their already known knowledge of such a competitive sport. "All of the first year wrestlers have improved the most on the team; they've gone from knowing nothing, to knowing all about the sport." Carlos Rivera, sophomore One of the biggest parts in the Red Bluff High Schools wrestling teams season is their upcoming league, division, section, and state championship tournaments. Depending on how the wrestlers do in these tournaments, decides on whether or not they will move to the next tournament. The first tournament which is League Championships is this Saturday. Proceeding this tournament comes the Division one Championships which takes place February 22 it has not yet been announced where both of these tournaments will take place. If the wrestlers are able to qualify past these two tournaments they move on to the NSCIF which stands for Northern Section California Interscholastic. This match takes place on February 28 through March 1, in Redding. If the red Bluff wrestlers place 1-6 in this tournament they get put on the wrestling board in the mat room which is a huge honor to be on. If the wrestlers get first through third in this tournament then they get put into the CIF state championship which is March 7 through March 8 this match takes place in Bakersfield. The RBHS wrestling team has been working extremely hard this season preparing for all of their duals and matches against some of their biggest competitors and has been steadily making their way towards success, by everyday improving more and more. Through this dedication they will work towards competing in league, division, section, and state championships. Molly Shea Staff Writer Freshman Marla Heredia taking a shot during a practice last wednesday night Cameron Ortega (9) "Watching the game and cheering."