Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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Tennis Golf TOKAY 1980 TOKAY 1980 4 Franklin 1 2 14 Kennedy 2 1 9 1 EdiS0n 4 2 1 7 Edison ' 260 1 Stags 4 226 Stagg ' 258 1 Lodi 4 227 Lodi ' 1 97 2 TTHCV 3 208 Lincoln ' 207 2 I-iHC0lH 3 236 Tracy ' 209 3 St- MafV'S 2 206 St. Mary's ' 206 5 Franklin 0 225 Franklin ' 224 1 Edison 4 199 Stagg ' 2 18 2 Stagg 3 2 10 Tracy ' 207 1 Lodi 4 220 Lodi ' 202 4 Tracy 1 222 Lincoln ' 230 3 Lincoln 2 216 St. Mary's ' 218 4 St, Marys 1 'Conference matches All conference matches 2 Q , ' vi i lg ' W. 4 S F iii :iff - , . 0 new , , 5. Junior Mark Bechthold serves to his opponents. 6. Returning a cross-court shot is Mark Tamura. 7. Golf team members are row one Gregory Dalporto, Erin Obrion, Steven Escobar, David Berg. Row two Coach Rod Gaines, James Cope, Kevin Fisher, Alan Bluhm, and senior Scott Smith. Boys' GolflTennis 0 191

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1. Coach Haas and the tennis team prepare the nets before a practice. 2. Junior Steven Escobar awaits his turn while junior Alan Bluhm swings his No. 3 iron. 3. Tennis players are row one Greg Pettis, Mark Tamura, Dan Mims, Stephen Nagai, Steven Black. Row two Coach Gary Haas, Michael Borenstadt, Eddie Barnhart, Mark Bechthold, David Dyke, Todd Whitaker, Craig Tamura, Michael Clem. 4. Preparing to drive is junior Kevin Fisher. Tennis, golf seek victories Using the same techniques as last year, such as a video recorder to improve perfor- mances, the boys' tennis team planned to improve on a 6-8 '80 season. We seem to have very am- bitious players this year, commented Coach Gary Haas, who replaced Dena Mason as varsity coach. Returning players and leading the team were Mike Clem, Barry Mettler, and Mark Tamura. We have a young team consisting of five juniors, three sophomores, and three fresh- men, so we are preparing now for next year, stated Haas. John Solari from the Lodi Recreation Department also helped coach the team. Starting the season with an upset 201-210 victory over rival St. Mary's, the gob' team also got of to a great start. Leading the squad to try to surpass their 6-6 record of last year were Alan Bluhm, Kevin Fisher, Scott Smith, and James Cope. Golfers received new equipment, such as shirts and bags, and played their home matches again at the Elkhorn course. We had a decrease of players, but with more ex- perience we should do very well this year, commented Coach Rod Gaines. 190

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W, NAV Aww if sm 1? 1 . V 40 ox X - 0, . Wy Gi my an il , 96 Sackers try to move up V We're hoping to represent Tokay with pride and distin- ction this year, stated varsity baseball coach Paul Lovotti, The 1980 varsity had tied for third place with St. Mary's and Edison with a San Joaquin Athletic Association record of seven wins and seven losses. The 1981 squad wanted to bet- ter that record. Returning for Tokay was third baseman Robert Wright, who made the All League Team in 1980 when he main- tained a .500 batting average in league play. Other top players returning were Troy Botts, pitcher, Ran- dall Howard, catcherg Jimmy Johnson, first base, James Elson, secondg and Kenneth Boston and Rob Stevenson, outfielders. 1. Catcher Randy Howard blocks a bad pitch to keep the ball under control. 2. Varsity baseball players are front row Charlie Swimley, Harold Hood, Kenneth Boston, David Rausch, James Elson, Perry Manley. Row two Randy Howard, David Bennett, Randall George, Jimmy Johnson, Troy Bot- ts, Rob Stevenson, Nathan Bertsch. Row three Coach Gary Dreher, Paul Glennon, John Johnson, Robert Wright, Ernie Jackson, Coach George Cec- chetti, and Paul Lovotti, head coach. 192 Additional key players were shortstop Perry Manley and outfielders Ernie Jackson and Charlie Swimley. Moving up from coaching the sophomore squad was assistant coach Gary Dreher. He was joined by grad George Cecchetti, who worked with the varsity before leaving for a Cleveland Indians training camp in late March.