The Bluffer - Red Bluff, CA
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r Sports Page 6 February 15, 2013 Varsity soccer preps for play-offs Mitch Fox Staff Writer After a big 3-0 shutout win against Foothill last week the Red Bluff Girls Varsity Soccer team is gaining momentum heading towards the end of the season and playoffs. According to the players, Foothill is their biggest competition. ���We play really hard and we are very scrappy; we also have a lot of team bonding on the weekends which helps our team jell,��� said senior striker Riley Graham. Riley is currently the leading scorer for the Spartans averaging about 1.3 goals per game. ���It feels good being the leading scorer but I have been set up with a lot of great passes from my teammates all season,��� said Graham. Riley Graham wants to get Egan Meagher/BLUFFER Selena Rosales tries to cross the ball to an open player during a drill in practice, where the varsity team had to prepare for their play-off game. up to 25 goals this season, a goal her and her coach agreed upon. The team agrees that passing and communicating are there strengths and say that they wouldn���t be anywhere close to wear they are without their coach. When asking Riley about what she wanted from this season she simply replied, their goals, and beating their little weaknesses. ���Our best game was against Shasta when we beat them 9-0, but the game we played our best was definitely our scrimmage against PV where we tied 0-0,��� explained Sophomore Lilly Taylor. One reason the girls think they had done so good this season is because they worked together as one and didn���t single anybody out, they also make sure that every girl has worked hard on their weaknesses that way they will feel comfortable on game day. The girls will also agree that their coach, Rachel Constantini, did a great job at teaching them how to do different things, supporting them through every practice and game, making sure they are all doing their best, but also making sure that they work together as a whole. ���We really get along with our coach, she was a really great coach and she brought us, as a team, and closer to one another,��� Lilly Taylor said. Their season isn���t done yet, but the girls will still keep their heads up along with their confidence to give them a good lead in their new beginnings next season. ���I want a trophy���, meaning she wants her team to win the championship. Closely related goals from senior mid-fielder Jackie Hollmer saying that her team expects to go all the way in playoffs this season. ���More people should come to our games,��� said Hollmer after a big win over Enterprise last week on senior night. At the game there was a first time student cheering section that was rooting on the Spartans all night. Jackie said that the fans helped a lot. By the end of the season Jackie hopes to be just and all around better player. Tabitha Gibson has been playing goal keeper for the past 3 years and is playing a big role on the team this year as starting goalie. Tabitha says that a big reason for the team���s success is that Coach Carreras never gets down on them and is always positive. She also says that their pre-game huddle and prayer help out a lot also. Her goal this year is to get as many clean sheets as possible, meaning to not let the other team score once in a single game. The Spartans are currently first in league. Junior varsity girls soccer brings season to a close with an undefeated record Veronica Smith Staff Writer After a long season of hard work paying off and putting in so much effort, the Junior Varsity girls��� soccer team is proud to say they are undefeated in league for the whole entire season. Although these girls made it look easy to go undefeated, they had to work really hard at practices to make sure they could walk onto the field on game day and keep their heads up and stay confident. As the season has come to an end for the year, they are proud with what they have succeeded, accomplishing Becca Blanchard/BLUFFER Cheyenne Houghtby attempts to block a goal during practice with some of the junior varsity team. Frosh boys basketball try JV boys basketball prepare to get ready for next season for moving up to varsity level Ceighlee Fennel Staff Writer Freshman boys��� basketball is still going strong as the season is coming to a close. Their last home game was Friday, February 8th. The boys played Foothill High School and they also beat them. Their very last game for the whole season is tonight���s game at Shasta High School. The reason their season ends there is that frosh boys basketball lacks play-off games. However, the team continues to push themselves and stay focused for the last week. Throughout the season, the freshman boys��� basketball has improved a great deal, but they are still working and they have their sights set on the next and last game of the season. According to Ryan Gamboa, the team works well together, but when they play they are not always together. Coach Sinclair said, ���From where we started to where we are now, we have come a long way.��� The team���s long-term goals from the beginning of the season were to be able to play their best basketball at the very end of the season and to have the best record, according to Joey Knight, starter forward, and Richie Borges, small forward. Even though the team might not have the best record in the league, they are still striving to complete their other goal by playing the best basketball they can in the last game of the year. Overall the team has won a total of 13 games and lost 9 games. In league, the team is 3-2. They are also the 3rd best in league out of the five teams. The highest score that they have gotten so far in a game was 67 points against McKinnleyville. In their lowest scoring game, they only scored 34 points. The boys are not required to practice after the season is over, but Coach Sinclair said that the kids who want to play will continue to play and be in the gym. Owen Ritter Staff Writer The Red Bluff High School JV boys��� basketball team is ���enthusiastic��� for next year���s season. The players love the game and enjoy being friends. The coach, Dave Michaels, pushes all the players to do their best. The practices may sometimes be hard, and sometimes be easy, but the players feel like it always improves their playing skills on the court. Joseph Bosetti says, ���[practice is] a lot of hard work, which pays off.��� The other players feel the same way. Most of the play- Varsity boys basketball set sights on play-off championships as they near end Claire Samay Staff Writer The Red Bluff Spartans varsity boys basketball team���s season is coming to an end. Tonight is the last league game, and playoffs are next week during winter break. They finished the season with a record of 10-14 for the season, and 1-5 in league. ���Im hoping we make a deep run in the playoffs, we have the potential to,��� said Myke Nichols The high school basketballs careers for Connor Ross, Evan Sinclair, Arif Selvitopu, Lucas Burns, Mike Nichols, and Garrett Sandow came to an end. ���It���s sad but that���s not going ���I really liked coaching this to stop me. I���m still going to team, they worked really hard play in college at Shasta,��� said in practice, and they get along Lucas Burns. with each other��� said Head ���Im sad that Coach Stan this is my last Twitchell. season, but I���m The team grateful to have has set and played for this achieved program over many goals the last four but they still years,��� said have one to Mike Nichols. accomplish., Burns was their goal is satisfied with to beat Shasta the season, but and Foothill, -Myke Nichols if anything according could have to coach been done better it would have Twitchell. been to win more games. His ���I feel kinda sad the hopes for playoffs is to not get season is over but proud and knocked out first round, and to accomplished of the work we go further than one game. got done, also im extremely ���I���m hoping we make a deep run in the playoffs.��� bitter Curtis wont be able to play due to his injury.��� says Sean Freeny. Team player Greg Dufour had set and accomplished goals in the beginning of the season. He wanted to make his way to start, and just help out his team. His biggest goal was to get back in the game after his injury because he was out for three months, he ended up making his way back to start. ���We will need to be mentally prepared and have good practice days to do good at playoffs��� says Dufour. Senior Evan Sinclair���s hopes for playoffs is to go as far in the brackets as possible, and to leave it all out on the court. ers plan on playing next year, and are confident in the team���s ability to succeed. Joseph explains, ���Yeah, with the combination of juniors and seniors, we���ll have a pretty dominate team.��� They all are ready for next year and are confident in their teams��� ability. Players feel like the team can improve immensely. They want to bring a lot more intensity to games and run through plays better. When asked what the team can do to improve, Sam Hendricks said, ���[we can improve] just fundamentally, we can never not get better.��� The players think they can improve individually, Emilio Soto says he can improve by making better passes. Other players will practice their skills on the off season and work out through the summer. Sam thinks the team needs better chemistry. If most of the team does move to the varsity team next year, they will be able to further their relationships as friends and teammates. The JV team should have great confidence in each other to prepare to take on the rest of the season and next year���s expectations that will come with becoming a varsity player.