The Bluffer - Red Bluff, CA
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Sports Claire Samay Staff Writer soccer tournament the Red Bluff girls varsity team placed 4th At the Redding Spring Classic by winning two games and losing two games. This is the first year varsity has advanced to meet the consolation game. The girls expect a lot out of this season. "I expect us to have more wins and goals, better movement on the field, and all around a better season than the past couple years. Injuries are taking away from the amount of players, so were hoping the people who are injured bounce back quickly when league starts," said junior, defensive player, Rachel Ward. The team is working very hard at practices by doing drills to work on ball control. "They are always working in early support and aggressive communication. "I hope to become more and more competitive each week," said Coach Barrow. They also work on improving possession of the ball and their intensity. "We need to improve on our touch on the ball and making check runs to the person with the ball. We need to work on our movement when we don't have Veronica Smith Staff Writer Spring sports are starting up their seasons and JV girls' soccer is going into the season with a good start. Just after choosing the team players, that weekend they played in the 2012 Redding Spring Classic. They had lost their first game to their rivals PV 3-1 in which Marissa Chase scored off of the penalty kick. "I have a great group of student athletes, who definitely know how to move the ball around the soccer pitch," Coach Jason Carreras said. With four other schools in the league Red Bluff had gotten another chance against PV in the championship game, which Red Bluff had won with a battle 2-1. Red Bluff had then placed first Page 9 V. Soccer works on being competitive the ball and to stay open minded on new formations," said Ward. According to midfield player Chelsey Jauregui, they are going to have a lot of challenges this season because the other teams are strong, but if they work hard and together as a team they will have a good successful season. "I hope we take advantage of the winning opportunities against specific teams in the league," said Ward. According to Barrow, "The season so far is going well so far great attitude from the players, they're supportive of each other and are learning a lot and they are hungry to play." in the 2012 Spring Classic. "Our goals for this season... I would have to say is to work really well as a team together and grow as players," sophomore Hannah Woodall said. The majority of the team are freshmen which could be taken as an advantage since they get to learn as a team, and for the most part stay as a team next year. Jason Carreras has been Shantell Estrada/BLUFFER Players Chelsey Jauregi and Claudia Martinez against try to steal the ball. JV Soccer gets a quick beginning on their season playing soccer for more than 25 years, and he used to play for Red Bluff High and received a scholarship to play for San Francisco State University. He brings a passionate style of coaching for Red Bluff. "I feel like soccer is more than just a sport, it's an art of form," Carreras said. He teaches his players that there is more to the game other than just scoring. Even though the season had just begun, this soccer team already knows what to work on. "I look forward to winning the rest of our games and kicking some PV butt!," sophomore Mirandah Dickerson said. The team will face PV a couple of more times this season, and they are working hard to prove they earned a championship title. The Bluffer staff's Final Four bracket choices Kentucky- Kentucky is a 1 seed team in the south division with 14 Final 4 apperances Michigan State- Michigan is a first seed team in the West Divi- sion and has two championships. Ohio State- Ohio, 2 seed, has 21 apperances and has only won the tournament once North Carolina State- N.C. is the underdog at 11 seed with 3 Final 4's and 2 championships. Final Four PIcks/Egan Meagher and Connor Ross JV softball tries to keep their strength Veronica Smith Staff Writer Red Bluff High School's JV softball is starting off with no complaints and their hard work is already paying off. With their first tournament on March 8 and 9, the girls had less than two weeks to practice and get to know each others weaknesses and strengths. During the days of practice, the weather wasn't helping them out much with the harsh winds and the nightly winds making the field fairly wet. "Our strengths are definitely pitching and we hit pretty good too, we just have to work on communication I think," sophomore Alyssa Heathcoat said. In the tournament, Red Bluff had beaten Paradise, Chico, and Yreka. After those wins, then was sent to the championship game against Foothill. The girls struggled to keep up and Red Bluff lost 8-4. Red Bluff then placed second in the tournament. "My favorite part about being on the team would probably have to be how no matter how well we're doing, or how bad we're losing, the team will constantly cheer you on," sophomore Amber Harms said. The teams' goals are to set up high, meaning they need to keep their strengths up to where they are, and working on their communication on the field. Red Bluff High Schools varsity softball team starts off their season with 4 wins and 1 loss. Coach J. Howell adds another year under his softball coaching belt and is very excited for this season. "We have high hopes for the girls to perform well this year and I'm excited for the season and to see how the girls change in their preformance," said Howell. The Girls are also excited. "Yes I am very excited to win and bond as a team this season," said Kasarah Bosetti. "I'm excited but also not at the same time because of this year being the seniors last Varsity Softball players learn many lessons from previous game loss Ryan Fisher Staff Writer season I've played with the senior girls for a long time and will be sad to see them gone next year," said Bryce Etzler. The girls have played 5 games a tournament in Oroville and a game against West Valley. They lost their very first game in the tournament against Shasta. "Technically Shasta got the win but to me Shasta didn't win we lost," said Etzler. The girl's mistakes were common defensive errors that couldn't be helped. But with the season starting it is good for the girls to have some goals this season some personal goals that they want to work on to get better or team goals in general. "Our main goals this season obviously is to win league and to work together as a team to Spartans get better," said Howell. "We have some communication problems that I think we should work on but other than that my goal is to get better at pitching," said Etzler. Coach J. Howell has coached softball for many years and has good strategies and drills to teach the girls. "Howell is awesome he is really nice and knows what he is doing to prepare us for games," said Bossetti. The girls play games until mid May and J .Howell believes the girls will have no problem beating other teams that they play this season. The next game is today March 23 and is a tournament in Anderson and the next game is March 27 and is a home game against Pleasant Valley High. Cody Case(12) "Baylor, because I think they have really strong guards." Jessica Macdonald(11) "Missouri, because I dont want Kentucky to win." Maryn Spangler(9) "Lehigh because they are the underdogs." March 23, 2012 S partan ound off Who is your pick for the March Madness tournament champion? Why? Andrew Clawson(10) "Ohio State, because they play great defense." Mrs. Wagner (Teacher) "Florida State, because I always side with the underdog team." Player of the issue -Peter Mitzel -Golf Team "I've been working very hard to improve my game mentally and physically. My personal goal for the season is to contend in league,"-Peter Mitzel Player of the Issue/Egan Meagher and Nick Reinhardt Mr. Burch (Associate Principal) "Kentucky, because they have a well balanced, solid team." Sound Off/Payton Cumpton