The Bluffer - Red Bluff, CA
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Sbaseball continues winning streak JV ports Page 6 April 19, 2013 Ceighlee Fennel Staff Writer The JV Boys Baseball team is on a winning streak this season. With consecutive wins, they are adding even more victories to their undefeated overall record 22-0 as of the 16 of April. They tied Chico on the first of March. In league, their record is 8-0. So far, the team has only played Enterprise, West Valley, and Foothill, but they have not played Shasta yet. Today the boys are going to be playing Foothill for the third time in a row and the game is going to be held at Foothill High School. Of course, the team wants to finish out the season by winning league and still have stayed undefeated. Eric Schreter, sophomore Egan Meagher/BLUFFER Spartan JV baseball players work on bunting and base running in a practice while they work to continue on their undefeated winning streak. pitcher, feels that they have definitely improved since the beginning of the season and that their communication and teamwork has gotten better. To keep improving and working on their weaker points, the team has been running bases every practice. This year the team members have better relationships with each other and get along really well. "We are always cracking jokes and having fun. If we did not work together as well as we do, I do not think we would still be undefeated." said Ryan Gamboa. Schreter also feels that they get along very well, and last year they did not get along that well which that contributed to their mediocre season. It is not all fun and games though; the JV team this year is very superstitious. They have not worn their home jerseys yet and do not plan on doing so until they have lost a game. The JV boys have two jersey, their home and away jerseys. . "I do like it because our home jerseys are gross," said Gamboa "The home jerseys are nasty so I'm okay with this superstition," agreed Joseph Bosetti, sophomore. Again the junior varsity boys' baseball team plays today at Foothill High School at seven. Golf team works on unity to help for a reappearance at CIF tournamment Aaron Lewis Staff Writer The Red Bluff High School Golf Team works together as a team so at each match, each of the players' points at the very end are combined to make a total score. Every day the team practices on their home course, the Wilcox Golf Course. Wilcox Golf Course lets the team practice there for free since they are a school team. It really helps out the team a lot for practice. Practice begins at 3:30 p.m. and ends at dusk. At practice, one of the warm up routines they do is hit chip shots around the green with a tee as a target. They also spend time working on their communication and cooperation as a team. Golf is an individual sport, but in the end it matters on what the team's accumulative score is. "There is a lot of talented Golfers who play for Red Bluff High School, we all rely heavily on our team," said Tanner Durfee, freshman. A big part of the team are Daniel Frantz, senior JV softball tries to fix weakness as they reach midpoint mark Veronica Smith Staff Writer Now hitting the middle of the season mark for this season, the JV softball girls are working hard to fix their weaknesses and make them their strengths that way during games they can work together more as a team. Although this season has been rough for these girls with their record being at 5-4, they have still managed to keep their heads up and they are not giving up just yet. At practices the team has long time consuming practices with a lot of drills to keep them in shape, they also do a lot of warm ups and fundamentals to get better. One of their weaknesses would be communicating in the field but when it comes to offensive playing and batting that is their strengths. Sosie O'Sullivan, sophomore, decided to do something new this year and is now playing her first year of softball, "my favorite part is definitely slap bunting and batting!" One of their most memorable games so far this year is against Shasta at a tournament, Red Bluff was down at 7-3 and at the last inning Red Bluff was able to keep their heads up and not give up and came back winning 7-9. "One of my favorite games I was against CV because every time I went up to bat I hit the ball," O'Sullivan explains. Although this last half of the year the JV girls haven't been doing as great as they had planned to, they haven't given up and they don't plan to because they know what they need to fix and they are already on top of it for the next half of the season. , and Peter Mitzel, senior. According to Durfee, Frantz and Mitzel are very strong in nine matches. Which in every match that the team competes in, it is super There [are] lot of talented " who play foraRed Bluff High Golfers School, we all rely heavily on our team," - Tanner Durfee Golfers and are really dedicated to their team. As of Thursday, April 18, 2013 the team has participated important that they all work together. "So far this season, the team has been doing alright," said Durfee. Meanwhile, each week the boys have a qualifying match to determine who the top six golfers are that will compete in the next match or tournament. So far, the team has improved on their scores and accuracy at practice. Keeping in mind, that in the end it matters on their accumulative score for how well the team does. The team stays confident as they continue on further into their season. Head Coach of the Golf Team, Elena Tomasetti, who also teaches math, stays dedicated to the team and encourages the boys in every she can. Assistant Coach of the Golf Team, Dan Ackley teaches Economics at the high school. The team is confident, as they continue on going through their season. That is considering they have won the California Interscholastic Federation before. The Spartan's next match is April 25 at Shasta High School. They will play the Wolves with Tee-off at 12 pm.