Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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Girls play beyond expectation Despite placing fourth in the San Joaquin Athletic Associa- tion, Sue Webber, head coach, believed Tokay's girls varsity basketball team did well and better than their expectations. At first the girls didn't believe in themselves, said Coach Webber. I kept telling them that they could do it. Toward the end of the season we managed to excel, said Kristen Nieland. Sometimes we seemed a bit lackadaisicalf' According to Coach Webber, two weaknesses were the lack of height and occurences with in- consistency of play. TOKAY 53 Bret Harte 58 48 Amador 55 38 Atwater 52 40 Merced 57 64 Linden 40 41 El Camino 45 79 Franklin' 64 55 Edison ' 43 55 Stagg ' 44 40 St. Mary's' 54 43 Lincoln ' 59 50 Tracy' 34 43 Lodi 64 52 Franklin ' 49 74 Edison ' 68 54 Stagg' 43 63 St. Mary's' 46 28 Lincoln ' 48 35 Tracy' 50 45 Lodi ' 55 43 Vacaville 73 ' denotes league game I. Girls varsity team members are Carol Coatney, Joan Kautz, Amy Straub, Melinda Daniels, Melissa Wichman, Sue Webber, head coach, Debbie Dahlhauser, Kelli Emerick, Kristen Nieland, Mandy McCormick, and Brenda Smith. 2. Girls frosh-soph members are front row Angelique Cordova, Mel- issa Wallace, Victoria Castellon, Kelly Gora, Tera Montano, Mercy Jasmin, and Patty Gabbuat. Row two Tamara Olsen, Stacey Robles, Amy Pearce, Kristen Groenewe- gen, Carla Hornbeak, Lisa Martin- ez, and Wendy Parker. 152 We were short and we didn't hustle as much as we should have, said sophomore Melinda Daniels. We also got down on ourselves when mistakes were made. According to Nieland, the main strengths were strong de- fense and quickness. We were really cohesive, so team unity was a strength, said Coach Webber. Our quickness was good and so was our de- fense. We hustled the whole time. According to Coach Webber, key players were Nieland and Kelli Emerick, both three year starters, and Joan Kautz and sophomore Melinda Daniels. Ni- eland was selected to first team all-SJAA. The frosh-soph team finished the season in first place. According to Lori Szczepanik, head coach, they had a good season and there was great im- provement after the winter break. The teams that beat us during the first half of the season didn't beat us in the second half, said Coach Szczepanik. by Zuriel Cervantes photos by Gregory Cooper ..

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SW22 s Lodig freshm n truggl Sweeping the Lodi Flames this season was the highlight of the sophomore basketball team un- der Sam Harrison, first year head coach. Despite finishing 6-8 in the San Joaquin Athletic Association and 12-16 overall, Tokay im- proved from last year's 1-13 league record and won seven more games overall. l think we accomplished a lot, said Coach Harrison. We played with a lot of heart and intensity, and I learned a lot working under Coach Gon- zalvesf' Coach Harrison formerly coached basketball at St. Luke's middle school in Stockton for eight years, Presentation middle school for one year, and St. Georgia's for seven years. According to Coach Harrison, fn! dia 2. . 'ft I li 'r ' Z ' ' I r 1... Q 4' Q 3. Going strong to the basket, Brett erence, Christopher Devers, An- Place shoots an easy lay-up on a breakaway steal. 4. Freshman team members are front row Devin Shelby, Mike Law- thony Hopkins, Lee Chacon, and Anthony Guidi. Row two Marcos Amezcua, manager, Willie Nelson, 'tidal' Gregory Jordan, Stanley George, Edward Leahy, Kenneth Wyatt, David Hampton, and Doug Frueh, head coach. the Tigers only other weaknesses were mistakes that came from overhustling. Playing well at times but not consistently, the freshman team finished 3-9 in league, 4-16 overall. The Tigers were coached by Doug Frueh, who has never coached on the freshman level. He returned this season after staying away from coaching To- kay basketball for one year. He coached the sophomores two years ago. According to Coach Frueh, Tokay lacked experience, speed, size, fundamentals in defense, shooting technique, consistency, and concentration. l'When we played consistently, things went well, said Coach Frueh. by John Park photos by Mike McMurray TOKAY frosh 33 Christian Brothers 56 30 Atwater 49 54 Elk Cirove 48 41 Grace Davis 61 29 Franklin' 44 42 Edison' 34 34 St.Mary's' 49 26 Lincoln' 58 58 Tracy' 51 44 Lodi' 45 41 Franklin' 59 41 Edison' 32 36 St lVlary's' 59 45 Lincoln' 47 51 Tracy' 55 49 Lodi' 53 26 East Union 58 ' denotes league game l - K Soph!Frosh Basketball 151

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J .ii fu vs P 3. Senior Kristen Nieland attempts centage shot is sophomore Melinda to block a shot with her aggressive Daniels. defense. 5. Senior Mandy McCormick drib- 4. Looking to create a good per- bles pastadelender. kiw i , ffm 'af- . 12: 5. Q3 'X ---.. is ',.g,c TOKAY Breterlarte 43 I I 37 Amador 35 26 Atwater 32 21 Merced 30 ' 47 Linden 30 I 35 ElCamino 48 38 Franklin' 24 23 Edison' 35 I 2 Stagcflforfeill O 27 51. Nlargfs' 25 37 Lincoln' 22 .X 34 Tracy' 41 I 33 Lodi' 28 31 Franklin' 19 45 Edison' 44 I 41 Stagg' 23 31 St. lVlary's' 28 21 Lincoln' 14 48 Tracy' 28 Lodi' 33 denotes league game , V .. I W' 3 ii... 1 I l i Girls basketball 153