Va l e n c i a Hi g h Sc h o o l Sp o r t s Thursday, Ap r i l 29, 2010 7 track races to the lead County Championships at Mis- Boys Varsity and Frosh Soph teams (10), Keya Alexander (11), and By: Madison Tang sion Viejo, and the Mt. Sac Relays. are undefeated. We would also like Maggie Hutcherson (11) contin- Reporter At the Meet of Champi- to send a good group of athletes to ue to perform well for the girls. ons, a total of fifty-four CIF and have Sean Krinik repeat his “This year’s track team has been an The Valencia Track and Field team personal records were, the win of the state champion- incredibly hardworking group. We has another immensely successful most notable being Sean ship title, as he is current- are staying positive and would love season in store for them. On March Krinik’s (12) 1:50.16 time ly number one in the na- to win league,” says Coach Frank. 4, the season began wonderfully with for the 800 meters, putting tion for the 800 meter Valencia’s major competition for the scrimmage him in the lead event. Besides that, league will most likely be Pacifica, against El Dora- “This year’s track for the entire na- we are all stay- the only other undefeated team at do for pre-sea- team has been an in- tion in the event. ing healthy and fit the moment. The current focus of the son, in which credibly hardworking Krinik also set a for future meets.” team is on the Empire League Pre- Valencia would group.” new school re- Particularly excep- lims, which will take place at Cer- have won, had - Coach Frank cord of 4:12.7 tional athletes for ritos College on May 4 and May 7. the scores been at the Arcadia the boys team The team trains diligently every day kept. Following that, outstanding per- Relays in the 1600, dis- include Brad during 6th period and after school in formances were seen in winning meets placing graduate Talal Cooke (11), order to prepare for its upcoming com- against Cypress, Katella, and Kennedy. Khan’s previous one. Sean Krinik, petition. In addition, the distance run- The first dual meet, which was against The distance Julio Gonzalez (12), ners meet on Saturdays to put in extra Cypress, displayed exceptional athlet- runners’ coach, Pat Had- Tayyab Khan (11), miles on trail runs. “We are striving icism from the athletes, who redeemed ley, remarked, with en- and Carson Garcia for perfection in all distance, sprint- themselves from their defeat last year. thusiasm, “Right now we (12), while Jill Sey- ing, jumping, and throwing events,” In addition, the team also participated would like to compete for mour (10), Sejal Patel says Brad Cooke, junior. The athletes in the Meet of Champions at Azusa the league title, and Se a n Kr i n i k (12) a n d Ta y y a b Kha n (11) (11), Laila Atal- are anticipating a fantastic finish to Pacific University, as well as the Ar- it looks like that will r a c i n g t o t h e finish l i n e . Ph o t o b y Vivian la (10), Brit- their season, which you can support at cadia Relays and Invite, the Orange happen, since the He r n a n d e z tany Norton any home meet on the Valencia track. Boys’ volleyball Boys’ tennis

By: Wan Po has, in total, 13 players, contain 3 left By: Boyoung Kim and Kevin’s constant movement at Reporter side hitters, 3 right-side hitters, 3 liberal Reporter the net. The boy tigers eventually players, 3 defensive players, and 3 setters. won the game against one of their During a recent tournament in Foothill most challenging opponents with a Valencia Boys’ Volleyball High School, the tigers showed that they With heightened goals, this year’s close score of 10-8. The Varsity ten- team strikes for a difference. are completely used to and appreciate boys’ tennis team is prepared with nis boys are currently ahead 6-2 for Southern California has been said to be the various methods that the new experience and athleticism, shown their pre-league season and the team the most popular place, coach has brought in. well in their game against Diamond is one of the top ten in the county. in America, for boys’ “We feel we have a Nathan Kofman (10) is Bar High School. The shuffling of Last year’s team progressed all volleyball. With the real cohesive team this one of the most promising quick feet anticipated the opponent’s the way to CIF Finals but suffered great spread of this sport year that will carry us underclassman varsity serve and a close loss. in our region, Valencia far into leauge and in players; he has been signified the Mike Mc- High School adopted CIF,” playing on the varsity boys’ readi- Call, the Var- a boys’ volleyball - Matt Simek level since his first ness to take sity tennis team starting from the year. So too does Chris on any chal- team coach, year of 1998. This is Harraka (10), who brings lenge thrown shared that he a tradition and a pride that we own. the team his best efforts and leadership. at them. “feels good With a total number of 14 seniors, the The most challenging mentality has Fluid racket about the sea- 2010 Valencia Boys’ Volleyball Team been said staying consistency, as said by swings and son up to this became more Varsity Coach rapid sprints point,” which unyielding, Thorn. He also, towards the is promising while at the in addition, shooting ten- for their ulti- same time, s t a t e d t h a t nis balls kept mate goal of t h e i r p a s t there is plenty the courts in winning CIF. experiences more space tense motion. Much poten- a r e g o i n g for the players The no- tial is appar- to push the to improve. table Varsity ent for excel- tigers even It is very true tennis play- ling in league further. The that no matter ers played and eventu- b o y s a r e how well you with experi- ally CIF. De- determined do anything enced agil- spite the high to do well t h e r e a r e ity, patience, expectations, and win this always ways to and friendly a c c e p t i n g y e a r. “ We develop more. t e a m w o r k . c h a l l e n g e s feel that we This is, really, Curtis Wu, a Da n i e l Kim (12) s w i n g s h i s r a c k e t t w i t h a l l is routine as have a really a mentality senior, ema- h i s m i g h t , ass i s t i n g t h e t e a m in r a c k i n g y e t Jonathan ex- c o h e s i v e Je ss e sa n d o va l (12) s e t s t h e b a l l f o r h i s d e t e r m i n e d t h a t s p o r t nated confi- a n o t h e r v i c t o r y f o r va l n e c i a . Ph o t o Co u r t e s y plained that t e a m . Ph o t o Co u r t e s y o f Te s o r o s o f Te s o r o s t e a m t h i s coaches need, dence as he “after [their] year that will and the tigers easily placed shots in the court away loss against Claremont last year, carry us far in the league and in CIF,” surely show an abundance of respect from his opponent. Sophomore Jon- we’re all pumped to hopefully one of our very best senior players, Matt for their own coach. Two Junior Varsity athan Hammel possessed a strategic play them again in CIF.” Both the Simek (12), stated with confidence. coaches, William Stanley and Matthew mindset and continually approached captains Kevin Paik and Jonathan This year, varsity team’s new coach Miller, who came back for another the net to put away winning volleys. Hammel and Coach McCall agree Thorn is bringing a distinct style into the significant year, discussed that this is Senior Sean De Young’s pristine that confidence and passion are the team. Any transition is said to be cleverly about to be one of the best seasons. structured forms yielded to power- key assets in achieving goals in ten- arranged and intended to bring something “Our challenge is consistency, and so far ful serves and ground strokes. Se- nis. “We’re all just trying to come fresh into the entire team; coach Thorn I am very pleased with our progress, but nior Kevin Paik and junior Bran- out every day with a positive at- is dedicated to push the tigers to their we aren’t quite yet where we want to be,” don Chang’s performances were titude that we are good enough full potentials. The solid varsity team Coach Thorne explained with importance. distinguished with Brandon’s aces to beat any team,” Jonathan said. 8 Th u r s d a y , Ap r i l 29, 2010 Sp o r t s Va l e n c i a Hi g h Sc h o o l Schedule Stick a fork in him By: Sargun Singh placing third in league. This year, their goal is to reach Reporter the top and finish first. The team has great captains Boys Track Empire league prelims such as Carl Robinson and Mark Anderson. With @ Cerritos College at 2:00 Pm on steady effort, good work ethic, and determination there may 4th is no stopping these tigers from reaching their goal. The Valencia High School Baseball team starts The team has a number of experienced returning Boys Tennis vs. Loara HS @ Loara off the spring season with excellent spirit. The team players that add skill and knowledge to the game and High School at 3:15 on may 4th is bursting with talent and determination to finish its younger players. Their experience complements first in league. the abilities of the Boys Volleyball vs. Loara @ Va- The tigers start younger, more in- lencia High School at 4:45 on their season of experienced players may 4th well with victory who will take their in 6 of the first place when they Girls Track Empire league prelims 7 games. These graduate. The variety @ Cerritos College at 2:00 Pm on wins should of experiences that may 4th be greatly at- the team’s members tributed to the have been through, Boys Baseball vs. Loara High varsity coaches combined with the School at Loara High School at Mr. Scheetz, skills the players 3:15 PM on may 5th Mr. Borning, have honed over the Mr. Garcia, and season and through Boys Swim Empire League Prelims Mr. Runge, who practice, make @ Kennedy High School @ 1:00 PM work these play- their team strong. on may 5th ers hard to better When we asked hone their skills Kevin Johnstone, Girls Swim Empire League Prelims during practices. a junior, what he @ Kennedy High School @ 1:00 PM The baseball Br y s o n Ka u haahaa (11) a n d t e a m m a t e s p r a c t i c i n g p i t c h i n g , c a t c h i n g , a n d thinks of this sea- on may 5th practices con- o v e r a l l t e a m w o r k . p h o t o b y : Ja c k Da u l e y son and his team, he sist of two and a says, “I think that if Boys Baseball vs. Loara High half to three hours of defense and fundamental work our team works hard enough, then we will prevail.” School and Loara high school @ which strengthens the team’s defense which ultimate- It takes a lot of hard work to achieve success in the 3:15 PM on may 5th ly wins games. The strongest attributes of the team League, and the baseball team has been constantly im- this year would be their depth of pitching. They excel proving with diligent training in baseball fundamen- in that part of the game which has helped the team tals. The team also owes its success to its coaches, who Boys Tennis vs. Pacifica High win many games. According to the coaches such as have guided them throughout training and the season. School at Valencia High School Coach Scheetz, the tigers are overall experienced Coach Scheetz says, “Good things will hap- 3:15 PM on may 6th teams who have great work ethic. All they need is pen if we work hard. We have to go out and a little confidence booster to liven their motivation. earn it. Our whole school agrees with Coach Our VHS baseball team finished strong last year by Scheetz and hope these tigers can climb to the top.

h2o goes pro boy meets track 2010 at the Kennedy High School. his academic excellence, and most es- By Jin Joo Coach Bernard Ma coached his team By: Wan Po sentially, his incredible efforts. Sean, Reporter to obtain a record of winning 39 Em- Reporter pire League and only losing 1. His throughout his academic career, made philosophy is that “If you want to a decision not to be an average student. be a champion, you have to put your Thus he has also proven that it is pos- Valencia High School’s boys’ swim- time in the water.” “If I were dropped Sean Krinik may be one of the sible, for any high school students, to ming team is doing great this season. out of a plane into the ocean and told best runners in the entire nation, but maintain both academic excellence in They have made records of scores: the nearest land was a thousand miles he is still a high school student with school and strike for athletic merit on On March 23, 2010, 134 to 36 against away, I’d still swim. And I’d despise a life like many of our own lives. the sports fields. Like so many others Cypress High School and VHS Ti- the one who gave up.” This quote was Once again, we congratu- of the greatest young people that Va- gers won. Also, on March 26, 2010, by Abraham Maslow and also this late him for his admission into lencia High School has nurtured, Sean the score was 112 to 54 leading VHS quote can best describe Coach Bernard University of Washington! is going to make a difference, with all boys’ varsity swimming team to the and VHS boys’ swimming team. They All the way back into his freshman the experiences that he now has in life. victory against the Fullerton High love swimming and they will always year, Sean already knew what he want- “I love to run, and I think it’s School. Valencia High School boys’ be. We are hoping that VHS boys’ ed to do, and what he was best at. Dur- pretty obvious,” he likes to say. varsity swimming team is doing re- swimming team to compete well in ing his first year in Valencia’s Cross Sean Krinik is going to be re- ally great and they are planning to go their next game and bring good results Country, Sean was inevitably caught membered, as a dynamic runner. to the empire league finals on May 7, from the Empire League finals. Also, by Coach Hartley’s eyes, and distinct- ly, a successful running for the Valencia High Se a n Kr i n i k b e a m s w i t h t h e p r i d e o f h i s g r a n d e o u s Jo n a t ha n We i ss (12) p u sh e s f o r v i c t o r y w i t h e v e r y s t r o k e h e School girls’ varsity career path was put to- a c c o m p l i sh m e n t s . Ph o t o b y : Vivian He r n a n d e z m ak e s in t h e p o o l . Ph o t o b y : Mi c h e l l e Po w e l l swimming team, they gether for him from the are planning to com- pieces of talent, potential, pete in the empire and effort that he still has. league finals on May It now seems like 7, 2010 at the Kenne- everyone in Valen- dy High School. Their cia knows who Sean coach is Ms. Nancy Krinik is: The runner. Thomas who taught Sean has not only raced for about 3 years. against others, but She was named Head against himself, both Coach of the Girls mentally and academi- Swim team in 2008. cally. It is proven that Tigers are wishing what led him into all of the best for them to the good results and out- win their CIF match- comes was not only his es. Good Luck Tigers. athletic ability, but also