Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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T tw l Z l l C l l tv 'J l l Z O O OKAY Varsity lrttttlyliti' l Ldtsitn ' Stagg ' St Klart F lmix' liwtli' fmrtlylin' l.dtsttri Stagg' St hilary X' l int tilit ' lraty ' Lodi ' Linitilrt' 'dvriitles league gnlm' 1. Dawn Berry, lull back, chips the ball above the heads ol her oppo- nents. 2. Junior Varsity soccer team members are front row Tzer Lao. Lisa Rios. Nicole Renzelman, Julie Sturgeon, and la Lo. Row two Leigh Ann Gessell, Karen Patter- son, Jenny Qualls, Coach Shelly Pleiler, Brenda Eldredge, Audrey Taylor, and Danielle Robledo. Row three Cari Wright, Dawn Berry, Peggy Backues, Jodi Stock, Eliza- beth Barnett, Tricia Thomas, and Laurel Lewis. Illness, abse ce ki ks team goals Despite a field full of effort and potential. the girls varsity and junior varsity soccer teams were unable to get the ball rolling. This was due greatly to the amount of interference brought on by poor attendance. inexperi- ence. and injury, Out of the 23 players. only 13 remained con- sistently healthy throughout the season. However, Alice Castellanos. head coach. said, The girls have played well, Sometimes it seems they play' better when some members are out because they know that they have to get thejob done. It was this spirit that gained the girls an overall record of 5-5. and a San Joaquin Athletic Associa- tion record of 5-fl. Including a rocky year full of injury, it was the first time that the soccer team was dixided up into two teams. a yarsity and junior varsity' division. According to Shelly Pfieffer. iunior tarsity coach, the junior yarsity team played well as it also gaye more girls the opportunity to play soccer. They ended up taking fourth place in the SJAA and improx ed greatly. The key players on yarsity werei April Taylor, Stephanie Plowman, Amy Young. and Kel- ly' Octaye, Captains were Cindy Eldridge and Stephanie Plow- man. Awarded post season hon- ors were: Alice Tracy, most goals. Jennifer Taylor. best de- fensiyeg and Amy Young and April Taylor, the coaches award, JV Awards were won by Cari Wright, most goalsg and Peggy Backues and Karen Patterson. most improved. Earning all SJAA honors were' yarsity players Stephanie Plow- man. with Melanie Cobb. April Taylor and Jennifer Taylor carry- ing honorable mentions. JV players Alice Tracy. and Amy Young, by Robin Saxen Girls soccer 149

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K., u B Photo by Kent Wrestlers earn SJ leagu titl For the first time since 1979. the Tokay varsity wrestlers cap- tured the San Joaquin Athletic Association league title. Coach Rod Oaines attributes the team's success to experience. Overall, it was a more exper- ienced team, said Coach Gaines. With our seniors gra- duating, next year we'll have people with little if any varsity experience stepping in. The wrestlers' achievements included ranking in the top five at every match, undefeated in the league, first place at the league tournament, second in San Joa- quin sub-sections, 10th in Sac- Joaquin sections, and two wres- tlers advancing to state, l knew we had a good chance, said Coach Oaines. I didn't know if we would, but l thought we could. A really nice turn around for us was Mike Lee winning his matches against Lin- coln and Tracy. Key wrestlers were: sopho- more Gabriel Oarcia. 1 19 pounds, junior Jason Freitas, 119 pounds, and seniors Mi- chael C-riffitts, 132 pounds, John Highfill, 138 pounds, James Cowan, 165 pounds, Jay Kra- nich, 191 pounds, and Michael Marshall, heavyweight. Marshall tied the school record of 18 pins in one season. Overall, said Coach Gaines, l'm really pleased. by Helen Schorr 3. Heavyweight Michael Marshall rides an opponent. 4. Log-riding a Lodi wrestler is Doug Highfill. 5. Wrestling team members are front row Michael Griffitts, Gabriel Gar- cia, Jason Freitas, Michael Lee, Mark Kilby. Row two Kiem Nguy- en, Michael Marshall, Jay Kranich, John Shallberger, James Cowan, Brian Silva, Ron Fassano, and John Highfill. Row three Coach Rod Gaines, Scott Trull, Billy Griffitts, Todd Sandman, Michael McClatch- y, Hoa Nguyen, Ernest Gumm, and Sean Ames. Row four Jason Orte- ga, Vince Malpasso, Todd Terzo, Jeff Bingham, Darrin Taylor, Marty White, Jason Spaletta, and Derek Taylor. Row five Coach Michael Drouin, Eric Perez, Chris Rufert, Jason Freeman. and Rich Napo- lean. Varsity Wrestling 151 n N Q I V5 3 w 4: Photo by Matt