The Bluffer - Red Bluff, CA
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Sports December 14, 2012 Page 7 Alpine awaits snow on Mt. Shasta Brittany Villa Sports Editor Red Bluff High School's alpine team has recently begun their season. The team has 20 racers: 14 snowboarders and six skiers. Since there is not enough snow on Mt. Shasta, the team is currently having dryland practices three days a week. These practices are set up to work on core strength, conditioning, and agility for the racers. To work on racing techniques, the team sets up cones or discs like slalom and giant slalom race courses. Once Mt. Shasta Ski Park has enough snow, racers will ideally get in two to three days of free riding to get them used to the feel of being on the snow before they begin actual race training. On January second, the team Bill Treat/ Courtesy Madeleine Walton snowboards down the race course last season. is scheduled to attend a fourday race camp at Mt. Shasta. On the snow, racers spend six hour days on the mountain and are split into groups by experience. Experienced skiers and snowboarders are led by ski and snowboard professionals to fine tune their racing techniques. Beginners are split into even smaller groups and work with the team's coaches to strive for rapid progression. The team has four coaches this season. Mary Treat and Mat Puryear are the snowboarding coaches while Bill Treat and Scott Treat are the ski coaches. During the camp this year, former RBHS skier, Ryley Gallagher, will return as a guest instructor to demonstrate race tactics. Head Coach Bill Treat feels that alpine team is faced with a disadvantage that other sports teams do not have. This is the fact that the athletes do not get to practice their sport on the courses unlike in basketball or baseball where all practices ensue on the court or the field. As it is the beginning of the season, it is difficult to say how successful the team will be, but Treat admires the commitment of the racers. "These 20 athletes are hard working and dedicated people," said Treat. The team looks forward to a good season with plenty of snow and improving both individually and as a team. Boys soccer continues with Frosh/JV basketball hope for better outcomes work hard for wins Ryan Fisher Staff Writer As the season starts for the Red Bluff High School's boy's soccer team, they have had a decent start to their first seven games with four wins and three losses. But one of the biggest losses was to Shasta High School. Playing them twice, they have lost to them both times. The first time playing them the Spartans were shut out five to zero. Then on the next game they played Shasta. The first league game, they lost three to one, which is a lot better outcome than a complete shut-out. "After our first game with Shasta High School, we decided that we need to beat them, so on the second game with them we lost. They're the team we really want to beat right now," said sophomore David Oliver Roman. Some players say that the "We have a great coach who helps us out a lot in practices." -Baptiste Guilbert stress of the league games is getting the best of the players. "The four games we have won weren't league games and it seems when it's a scrimmage or a tournament game, we just go out have fun and we win, but when its a league game its stressful and I think that stress is getting to us," said Senior Baptiste Guilbert. But by the end of the season, the team as a whole feels as if they will improve later on in the season. " As the season progresses and we play more games I feel we will be a whole different team by the end of the season. We have a great coach who helps us out a lot in practices," said Guilbert. "We are having a rough start but by the end of the season I feel we will do awesome," said Senior Alex Fausto. The guys play today at Foothill High School at 4:30, and then on the 19 they play at West Valley High School. Freshmen girls basketball prepares for upcoming season Egan Meagher Sports Editor The freshmen girls team has started their season with a winning record. The girls are currently 42 with all those games being from tournaments. The team participated in both the Paradise and Anderson tournaments where they took second for each. In the Paradise tournament, the girls faced off with Paradise and lost in regular game time. "We came together and played well as a team in that tournament," said Stefanie Brunello, freshman. The team has been practicing since early November with their sights set on getting better. "Mainly this season I want to see growth in (the players) and they all have really great attitudes," said Coach Liz Thomas. The team has been working on playing better together and knowing how they work as a team. "I think we've been getting a lot better and really getting better as a team because of our practices," said Katie Gallagher, freshman. The team is not completely new to basketball as most have played the sport at the city and middle school level. The team has also set goals for themselves that they hope to achieve during the season. "I really want us to win a tournament so that I can get a t-shirt for the tourney," said Nicole Renfroe, freshman. The team has yet to play a league game but continue to prepare for it. Mac's Driving School DMV# 4584 -Driver's Ed-Driver's Training- Online Courses- Traffic School- LAST CHANCE TO GET YOUR PERMIT BEFORE THE YEAR ENDS! For details call 529-2828. Special winter break 4-day class starts on December 26. Steer your furture in the right direction by booking today. Veronica Smith Staff Writer The Red Bluff High School basketball season of 2012 has finally started and with great practice and endless work effort the JV and Freshmen boys basketball teams are ready to take the court. The Junior Varsity boys are starting out with their record being 5-2. "We go very hard at practice and we are trying to carry that over to the games," explains sophomore Walker Dodero. The junior varsity boys team came into this season with a new coach: Mr. Michael, and the team feels good with their new coach by their side, supporting them the whole way. "We feel that we are a much better team than we were last year," said Wyatt Clement, sophomore. The junior varsity team holds their heads high due to the fact that they won the tournament in Jackson just last weekend. They were able to beat the Amador team by about 30 points, and they barely made it out of the second game by beating Linden. At the championship game the Red Bluff boys had to work hard to keep up and they were able to beat Brookside Christian by 15 points. As for the Freshmen boys team, they also feel confident with the season about to begin. Already, the freshmen boys' team is starting off with a record of 2-4. They have been working hard at practice and giving it their all. They feel very pleased with themselves. The new Freshmen boys coach, Mr. Sinclair is having the boys work incredibly hard by having them run a lot to get them back into shape and make sure they can communicate with one another properly. "We have the pieces but we can't put the puzzle together," said Lane Pritchard, freshman. The freshmen boys are hoping to get their heads in the game and focus more to make sure they can win more of their games. The JV/Freshman boys first game this season will be held at the Red Bluff High School. They will be playing against Paradise for the first time this season, and they hope to leave with a win. Girls soccer has the potential to do well Ryan Fisher Staff Writer As a new season for Red Bluff High School's girl's soccer begins, the whole team hopes for a positive season. With last year's coach, Mr. Barrow, stepping down from coaching, Mr. Correras, last year's J.V. coach, is the new varsity coach. "He knows what he's doing, he talks with us individually to help us improve fundamentally," said Junior Selena Rosales. "He is a great coach and he knows what we need to work on fundamentally, and his coaching has showed off in our games," said Junior Hannah Woodall. The team has played five games as of the tenth of December. To start off their season they took a first league game win 4-1 over Shasta High School. Then on December sixth they played an away game at Corning High School and won 1-0. Then, on the seventh and the eighth they played a home tournament. In the first game they shut out Lassen High School 5-0. Next game they lost to Chico 2-0, and then another shutout win three to zero over Shasta High School. "I think we have potential to do really well this season," said Rosales. Wednesday night the team defeated Enterprise 2-0, maintaining their undefeated standing in league. The game they lost was in a tournament to Chico, but the team knows they could beat them if they played them again. "I think we would come out on top if we played Chico again; they are the team we are gunning for," said Woodall. As the beginning of soccer starts the girls have a record of five wins and one loss overall and for league they are 2-0. Today the girls are playing at Foothill to, hopefully, improve their standings. S partan ound off What do you most look forward to about Holiday Classic? Why? Jacob Samuelson (9) "Iʼm excited for my first time watching it." Daphne Marciel (10) "I like the rallies because it gets crazy and loud." Anthony White (11) "All the decorations because growing up, my family didnʼt decorate very much." Kate Haase (12) "The faculty skit with my mom being an idiot." Mr. Fox (Teacher) "Having quality basketball teams come into town because basketball is the greatest sport invented." Mrs. Stroud (Teacher) "I canʼt wait to watch the kids go crazy." 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