The Bluffer - Red Bluff, CA
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Page 5 October 31,2014 Sports partan ound S off How do you feel about the football game being on Halloween? Ms. Carter (Teacher) "I don't have kids to go trick or treating with so I'm ok with it" Lane Pritchard (11) "It's sad, because I don't get to go trick or treating." Mr. Ackley (Teacher) "I don't care that much. I would like to be with my son who is going to be a hobbit, but I will be going to see him before the game." Emily Grissom (10) "It's cool, but it kind of sucks because people have other plans." Monroe Grabfelder (12) "It's so rad that after the game I get to go trick or treating." Sound Off/Jay Boone Timothy Bonds (9) "It's great, because it's almost like two holidays in one, except it's not." Spartan's Coach of the Issue Elena Tomasetti Girls' Golf Coach Elena Tomasetti Has been coaching tennis here at Red Bluff High School since 2007. Also, she began teaching at Red Bluff High School in the Fall of 2005. Tomasetti stated, "I love golf. I like the opportunity to build relationships with my students outside of the classroom." I quote Elena Tomasetti shared that she lives by is, "The one thing nobody can take away from you is your education." "All season we have been in the lead," said Tomasetti. The Red Bluff High School's girls tennis team finished second out of seven schools. Coach of the Issue/Jay Boone and Tymberlyn Bealer Hailie Willey Staff Writter Jay Boone Staff Writer Lexi Pritchard Topics Editor Photo by Jay Boone Red Bluff High School's varsity volleyball team persevered throughout the recent Pink Out game Tuesday, October 21, 2014 marked the annual pink out volleyball game for our Red Bluff High Varsity team. Despite the loss to Chico, winning one of four sets, the team played hard the entire game and put up quite the fight. Senior Sosie O'Sullivan stated, "I thought we played very well. We put up a fight against Chico." Although she believes they played very well, the team could have done things differently and could have played a bit more strategically. When asked if and what the team could have done better, Sosie responded saying, "Yes, we could have focused on tipping in their back corners more." Regardless of the out come of the game, the team still did what they had hoped for in regards to the pink out. The purpose of the pink out game is to bring breast cancer awareness to the community. Even though the team does not raise money for breast cancer, they do show their support for the cause. "We all wore pink socks, pink bow ties, and got to throw things to the crowd.", as stated by O'Sullivan. The team considers the night to have been a success as far as the pink out aspect of the game goes. O'Sullivan also went on to comment saying, "It was a success for the most During the Pink Out game at Red Bluff High School on October 21, 2014 against Chico Panthers Bailey Frantz is jump serving the ball. part, but we could have used a bigger student section for more support. We also could have used a win." After the pink out game the teams league record went down to 1 and 8, but they are keeping their heads up and looking forward to each remaining an end shortly, but the team will not stop fighting for wins. The next match will be November 4, 2014 and playing in front of a full house is always welcomed by all of the team members. game with hopes of finishing strong. They have learned from their mistakes throughout the season and are continuing to strive to improve not only as individual players, but also as a team. This 2014 season may be coming to Spartans prepare for the challenging game against the Hornets on Halloween night one, we have the talent, but we haven't been able to put it all together." The team is somewhat disappointed that they only won two games so far this year. "We thought that we were going to do so much better," Gamboa said. Stroud commented saying, "We should have kept our momentum going." Even after all of the losses, the teammates still feel like they have a good coach. "The coaches are great. They are the best coaches I've had for a while," Nunez said. The Varsity teammates have bonded very well this year. "I love my team like a family. We are one big family," senior Joey Skaggs said. Another member of the team said, "They are like family. We spend so much time together, we are like brothers." The next game is against PV at 7:30 and takes place at PV High School. Red Bluff High School's Varsity football team is practicing in the rain for the Halloween game against Enterprise, tonight at 7:00pm. more games than we did. Mental errors cost us a lot," Junior David Stroud said. Ryan Gamboa, another member of the varsity team said, "This season has not gone the way we wanted it to, but it has been very fun." Tonight's game is against The Red Bluff High School Varsity football team has lost six games so far this year. "I feel like we should have won Enterprise at 7:30 and takes place at Red Bluff. "This upcoming game will be the most challenging because Enterprise is the best team in the North State," senior Justin Nunez said. David Stroud commented on this by saying, "I feel like it will be a tough think their toughest and last competitor for the season will be which is Pleasant Valley High School. "They are probably the best team we are going to face this year so probably the toughest team we are going to play," said Freshman Ian Hagen. One of the things the players of this team feels will help them succeed is their defense. "Our defense is very strong, most of our players do their job and complete their tasks," said Clement. The one thing they believe the need to work on for PV is their overall communication. The teams next game which will be their last game of the season is Thursday, November 6 against Pleasant Valley. With the end of their season coming near the Red Bluff Boys Freshman Football team has high hopes to end their season with a bang by hopefully adding two more wins to their overall record for this season. "Our overall hopes for the rest of the season is to win our next two games to even out our record, and win a home game for this season," said Freshman Tye Clement. With an overall season record of 3-5 at the time of this issue, the team hopes to even this out by beating their next two opponents one of which being yesterday's game against Enterprise and then who they Freshmen football hopes to end their season strong "Our defense is very strong, most of our players do their job and complete their tasks." -Tye Clement Photo by Ceighlee Fennel Bluffer/Karla Nowicki