Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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.:Q.x,N,.. . . ,- ,.-.wwwuw-ev TOKAY Frosh basketball 51 Tracy' 39 Lincoin ' 52 ST, Marys' 54 Lodi' 53 Tracy' 50 Lincoln' 38 St Marys' 51 Lodi' ' denofes league game WN-wwmw-ww.,,.a., 4. Freshman Jason Vargas moves with ease from one end of the court to the other. 5. Freshman team members are front row Bruce Fry, 'YUKAY Smear? John DeWitt, Jason Vargas, Brett Drawve, and Jim McCann. Row two Dale Cook, head coach, Larry Giot- tonini, Jason Firsich, Byron Brown, Jon Garcia, and Joe White, Soph!Frosh Basketball 165

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Players work hard Team works togeth r What do dedication, late nights, and hard work have in common? They all have to do with basketball as Joel Erdmann, first year coach learned when he took on the position of sopho- more basketball coach. Improvement and success were two words often associated with basketball. Both the sopho- more and freshmen teams achieved both of these even if they did not show it in the winfloss column. According to Coach Erdmann all of his players worked hard and were never willing to give up. Most of the games we lost, we only lost by a few points, commented Coach Erdmann. Dale Cook, freshmen coach, praised his players for the hard work they put forth. Unfortun- ately, the team lost its star players because they did not make grades, Coach Cook, thought that Tokay will prosper in the future because a lot of other schools do not have freshmen teams. The fundamentals of the game and how to work together was what the freshmen players learned, said Coach Cook. Ov- 164 O l. Hoping to break a tie score, sophomore Melchor Labitoria re- aches for the basket. 2. Trying to avoid his opponent's block is freshman Jason Firsich 3. Sopho- more basketball team members are front row Keith Williams, Jermain Fox, Brett Place, Andy Martinez, Melchor Labitoria, Curtis Cole, and David Duran. Row two Raymond Frey, Craig Stevenson, Shaun Holmes, John Daniels, Jeff Fair, Steve Cole, and Curtis Bernard. erall, even though neither of the teams did well in the winfloss column, they improved as indivi- duals and as a team. l was pleased with the teams success, said Coach Erdmann, the most positive thing was that l was lucky enough to have all good kids and students who loved to play basketball. For the sophomores post sea- son honors went to: Brett Place, most valuable, Steve Cole, most improved, and Jermain Fox, best defensive player. by Kimberlee Giberson TOKAY Soph basketball 30 East Union 45 Sonora 56 Christian Bros 65 Atwater 59 Elk Grove 47 Grace Dacis 54 Franklin' 55 Edison' 57 Stagg' 23 St. Marys' 33 Lincoln'44 31 Tracy' 48 Lodi' 45 Franklin'65 55 Edison' 65 Stagg' 45 St. Marys 52 Lincoln' 43 Tracy' 58 Lodi' ' denotes league game

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Coac es link pirit to unit lgniting spirit and unity, the girls swim team practiced with the boys while their coaches fought together to instruct the duo. Because the team needed to be more united, the coaches decided to have them work to- gether. According to Toni C-rgich, girls swim coach, the co-ed atmosphere of the practic- es added more team spirit during the meets. Coaching co-ed is more of a challenge, said Coach Grgich, lt took a while for the swimmers and coaches to adjust to each other, but in the end it all worked out for the better. Because of an increase in girl swimmers, Coach Grgich was confident of placing in the top three for the San Joaquin Athletic Association title. However, she conceded that Lincoln would be tough competition due to their many year-round swimmers. According to Coach Grgich, the top swimmers were: fresh- man Mandie Morris, 100 breast stroke, sophomore Carmen Lynch, 100 butterfly and 200 individual medley, junior Kate Steinheimer, 100 backstroke and 200 individual medley, and senior Erin Gustafson, freestyle. Each individual usually im- proved, said Coach Grigch, and made her best time in an event. by Sheryl Tankersley 5, pa ,........,--1 4. Team members are front row Kristie Stender, Michellle Arnell, Carmen Lynch, Katie Brown, and Yvonnne Jackson. Row two Vanes- sa Mann. Jamie Goble, Tiffany Graviette, Tedra Burke, and Kris- ta Wichman. Row three Coach Toni Grgich, Trina Cooper, Sheryl Tan- kersley, Mary Elder, Heather Som- ers, and Sandra Barry. Row four Sheri Hoyt, Kristen Nieland, Joan 166 Q Kautz, Kelly Troger, Jolene Trog- er, Amy Straub, Mandie Morris, Leesa Miner, Tara Love, Leesa Schuetz, Anita Aro, Nancy Dyer, Kate Steinheimer, Ruth Howser, and Dina Smith. Row five June Parker, Lea Munoz, Melanie Cobb, Robyn Rosselli, Pamela White, Cheri Neva, Gina Borra, and Nicole Antonovich. 5, 2 1 3 s E ., t. -,,,..,wwf af 1 l l I l ' K, r V M ' fWt1fw?ffW'. .sl - ip , ' www- , . V rw W I