Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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1. Trying to keep a steady pace so as to not wear themselves down are juniors Celeste Hernandez and Stefanie Aquino. 2. Starting the race for Tokay are the boys varsity runners. They are Carlos Castelo, Louis Rivera, Justin Redfearn, John Nahigian, Jeffrey Mortensen, Ray- mond Ott, Ryan Emlinger, and De- nnis Chua. 3. Cross Country team members are front row Leigh Ges- sell, Carrie Laine, Kirk Windsbor- row, Danielle Robledo, Bryan Cun- ha, Gae Medrano, Janelle Vrobel, Peter Schwartz, Susan Garrard. Row two Tricia Lynch, Renee Es- trada, Stefanie Aquino, Kristy Has- ty, Gissele Paccini, Julie Kohler, Ginger Rivera, David Turturici, Davin Bowker, Tara Simoncic, Kel- ly Peterson. Row three Angelica Bautista, Marcela Rodriguez, Shannon Stevens, Jennifer Qualls, Kenneth Israel, assistant coach, Al- fonso Gomez, head coach, Cary Wright, Laurel Lewis, Candi Wil- son, Stacy Woodruff. Row four Ken Juarez, Nicole Wordlaw, Stephen Scott, Lupe Jimenez, Jackie Smith, Louis Rivera, Christina Lindstrom, Ramam Bhardwaj, Matthew Silber, Clara Jimenez, Christopher Ford. Row five Michael Pearson, Amy Young, Stacey Robles, John Lopez, Ryan Emlinger, Dennis Chua, Cel- este Hernandez, Bill Johns, Justin Redfearn, Micheal Folds. Row six Randall McClaine, David McKin- sey, Brett Place, Carlos Castelo, Todd Angeline, Jennifer Gruber, Cory Jara, Stephanie Dugan, John Nahigian, Raymond Ott, and Jef- frey Mortensen. -' ' ' , 1 f wif-: fl 154 O E cl TOKAY Girls 15 Lodi' 15 Franklin ' 15 Tracy' 1 5 Stagg' 15 St. Mary's' 16 Lincoln' 15 Edison' TOKAY frosh-soph girls 29 Lodi' 15 Franklin' 15 Stagg' 26 Tracy' 25 St. Mary's' 21 Lincoln' 20 Edison' TOKAY Boys varsity 15 Lodi' 1 5 Franklin' 18 Tracy' 15 Stagg' 20 St. lVlary's' 29 Lincoln' 17 Edison ' TOKAY frosh-soph boys 29 Lodi' 15 Franklin' 20 Stagg' 21 Tracy' 22 St. Mary's' 20 Lincoln' 27 Edison' ' denotes league meet l l...--

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tamina h lps wrestlers Quickness, aggressiveness, nd raw talent are all factors to Jrestlers as they try to pin their ipponents to the mat. Tokay's junior varsity wrestling 2am used these keys to their dvantage by only losing one watch to Lincoln High during we season. The league tournament is fhere the guys really excelled, aid Rod Gaines, head coach. Lincoln was our only loss so the uys wanted some revenge. Tokay. 9-1-1 overall and 6-1 1 league. recorded eight indivi- dual champions out of 13 weight classes at the San Joaquin Athle- tic Association tournament. The champions were: Billy Griffitts, 129 poundsg Scott Trull. 132 poundsg Jason Spa- letta, 138 poundsg Darrin Taylor, 154 poundsg Jeff Bingham, 165 pounds: Todd Terzo, 175 pounds, Vince Malpasso. 191 poundsg and heavyweight Jason Ortega. We were in good physical condition and we pinned more often than other teams. said Coach Gaines, We were just in better shape than other teams. According to Coach Gaines the only thing the the Grapplers could have done better was to get better mentally prepared for Lin- coln in the first dual meet with them. Tolcay lost the match by one point 35-36. According to Coach Gaines, that since the varsity team is losing a lot of seniors he thinks that the guys on the junior varsity team ought to fill in real well. by Darrin Hughes TOKAYjunior varsity 46 lV1Od6Sto Z6 33 Beyer 33 66 Crane Dans 3 48 Atxwater 30 63 Franlxlin' 9 57 Edison' 18 76 Stagg' O 77 St Marys' O 34 Lincoln' 37 52 Trang' 18 57 Lodi' 15 ' deritires league game 4. In a standoff with a Tracy oppo- nent is Vince Malpasso, 191 pound champion, as he prepares to shoot for a takedown. 5. Against a Tracy wrestler, Todd Terzo, 175 pound champion, uses the cradle. FroshfSoph wrestling 153

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J , ,Qi 9,1-ov ' 5 li 4. Keeping a steady pace out in Bhardwaj, frosh-soph runner, as he front of her opponents is Amy keeps his lead over a Lodi team Young, frosh-soph runner. 5. Com- member. ing into the home stretch, Raman ii' .h ih A 'Q,. A - ' N' i Fig rs, ,-.,f K , if X, - ' W A ng , ,. gn .km , 6 AKA k xrimq yivk-O31 .X il. I - it K 5 ' f - . hifi - WT . we C s ' A -1--- ...x is Runners sweep S.lAAg girls take sub-Section For the first time, Tokay's varsity girls cross country team won the sub-Section champion- ship title. Also, besides winning the San Joaquin Athletic Associ- ation title, the boys varsity and girls frosh-soph teams ran to titles. The frosh-soph boys took third place. Collectively, the teams had the their best season it ever, accord- ing to Kenneth Israel, assistant coach. Many factors contributed to the success of all four teams. For the varsity girls, depth was a strength, according to Alfonso Gomez, head coach. We had seven to nine girls when the first finished, we knew that the others would come in to finish within 45 seconds, he said. Good runners definitely played a part in the team's strength. Several frosh-soph runners competed at the varsity level, Coach Israel said. Some of the outstanding run- ners who contributed to the suc- cess of the team were junior Louis Rivera, senior Carlos Cas- telo, sophomore Justin Redfearn, sophomore Michael Pearson, and freshman Dennis Chua, all of who ran varsity except for Pearson, who usually ran frosh- soph. Outstanding girls were junior Stefanie Aquino, junior Nicole Wordlaw, junior Celeste Her- nandez and freshman Christina Lindstrom, all running varsity. At the frosh-soph level, freshmen Stacey Robles and Amy Young stood out. Confidence was an improve- ment, said Hernandez. Every one's confidence went up. Many expectations were ex- ceeded with the team's success- es. They exceeded my hopes, said Coach Israel. We hoped to be in the top three. Mr. Gomez added, We knew the girls would win. With the boys, we thought we would come in the top three. We were expecting second or third to Lincoln, agreed Rivera. But, said Mr. Gomez, in the middle of the year we came together in a cohesive unit and beat Lincoln and from there, it was easy. by Cherie Cortez Photos by Matthew Silber Cross Country 155