Lincoln High School - Best of Lincoln Yearbook (Stockton, CA)

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T.O.C. ... T.O.C. ... For the first time in Lincoln High School's 26 year history, the Varsity basketball team won the Section championship and earned a berth in the Tournament of Champions in Oakland. The Trojans beat second seeded Ri- ordon High School of San Francisco in their opener 67-58 to advance to the semi-finals against Fremont High School of Oakland. Lincoln showed its true character in the Fremont game by refusing to give up. The Trojans made a stirring comeback after falling behind by 17 points. Then, with just over a minute left in the third quarter they came back to tie the game up 58- 58 with just over two minutes remain- ing to be played. However, Lincoln could not stay up with Fremont in the last two minutes and lost 69-61. Fre- mont went on to win the tournament. Lincoln ended up in fourth place after losing the consolation game to Wood- row Wilson High School of San Fran- cisco 79-69. The fourth place finish was the highest ever for a Stockton school in the T.O.C. Palmer was selected to the All- Tournament of Champions Team for his play in Oakland. Lincoln won four games in five days to win the sectional champion- ship in Sacramento and advance to the Tournament of Champions. The Tro- jans entered the section tournament as an at large team and drew the High- land Scots, who were favored to win the section. Lincoln won the game 53- 46 in the Scots gym. Leake and Palmer scored 16 points a piece to lead Lincoln to a 57-52 vic- tory over Vallejo High School in the second round to set up an all Stock- ton semi-final between Lincoln and Stagg Delta Kings. The Delta Kings took a 25-18 halftime lead into the locker room. Playing tough defense, the Trojans came back to win the game 49-47 with lVlohan's 17 foot jump shot at the buzzer. After I got turned around l focused and fired, said Nlohan. After lVlohan's shot went through the hoop pandemonium broke out as the Lincoln student body mobbed the floor and the players. Lincoln's fan support throughout the sectionals and the T.O.C. was incredi- ble. The Trojan's fans won the sport- smanship trophy for the sectional playoffs. Our fans were awesome, I loved it when our fans went crazy, said Palmer. lVlath teacher Gerald Cohen, who helped organize the Tro- jan fans, summed it up best when he said, lt must have been very intimi- dating for opposing teams. Our root- ing section was like a team. We had a 400 man team. We weren 't spectators, we were participants. With their fanatic rooting section behind them, the Trojans advanced to the section finals against Hogan of Va- llejo. Lincoln was hurt in the first half by Hogan's half court press and were trailing at halftime, 32-25. We weren't worried, said Nlurray. We were behind at halftime in most of the games in the playoffs. With the crowd chanting T.O.C., T.O.C. , Lincoln began their comeback and with nine seconds left, the Trojans had the ball with the score tied 58-58. A play was set up and Stathi lVlarcopu- los shook free and hit a 14 foot jump shot with three seconds left to give Lincoln a 60-58 victory and the sec- tional championship. l knew if the guy from Hogan didn't block it, it was going in, said lVlarcopulos. We won because we played a team game. Everyone contributed. We did- n't have any superstars, but we didn't need any. We just played with poise, intelligence, and tough defense, said Coach Peoples. It was these traits that gave Lincoln its first sectional champ- ionship and a trip to the T.O.C. XXYXQUI4,

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J Varsity team displays depth At the season's start the varsity base- ball team appeared to be one of the best Lincoln has had. Experience showed at every position as many were held by last year's squad. First baseman Ken Riley felt that this year's team compared to last year's was considerably better. The overall depth in hitting had improved, and the pitching was far more consisten. They were a fundamentally sound team, and talent Iurked everywhere, said Coach Rodger Gray. They placed second at the Gus Gal- lagher tournament. l'VE BEEN HIT--Coach Rodger Gray, lrightl, gives some comforting words to Tim Sharrock after Sharrock was hit by a pitched ball while up to bat. TEAM PICTURE-'lfront rowl, John Gallagher, Jerry Matuska, Brad Flanagan, Tim Sharrock, Doug Hanham, lsecond rowl, Matt Merseth, Mark Safady, Ray Ames, John Vickerman, Scott Barton, Drake Johnson, Gary Palmer, Danny Chapman,lthird rowl, Coach Rodger Gray, Terry Ward, Paul Botha, Nick Galvez, Steve Cutter, Ken Riley, Jesse Castellon, Mark Greenberg. RUN SCORED--Drake Johnson,lmiddle rightl, rounds third base on his way to score the win- ning run. BOOMERe-Mark Safadylbottom rightl, hits a two out triple against Tokay. FASTBALL--Senior Matt Mersethlfar rightl, fires a fastball as a Tokay batter unsuccessfully tries to lay down a bunt. K HJ, aww-J ,.H,,.,,v , . .An ' ,, 4, ,,., ' - x , -at A , 2. A 5 l A X l J 4 if . f' is , . . 'S i, V' V N 2 'E ig F f we as f lt l - . . i