Traditions Winter 2002
Junípero Serra High School RADITIONS T Volume 28, Number 1 Winter 2002 Florida Invitational Highlights Padre Skills in the nation. All of Serra’s games against Bellarmine were chal- he highlight of the Padre soccer season was its three-day T lenging, but extremely well-played, according to coach Aparicio. Puma Invitational in Tampa, Florida just before Christmas. “We played well, and dominated the game, we just could not Although they placed fourth in their bracket, with two wins put it in the net,” said Aparicio. and two losses, the team saw the prestigious tournament as a step Finishing the season in second place in the WCAL, the Serra up in Serra soccer. team will lose two outstanding seniors next year. Both Kalechi “The program got so much better because of the tournament,” Igwe (shown in photo) and Tony Gonzales have played on the said head coach Enrique Aparicio, who was impressed with the varsity team since they were freshmen, and “have been stand-out quality of the teams that they played against. players all along,” said their coach. “Every game they played was good, physical soccer,” he said. “Not one team was weak, and you can only get better by playing good teams.” At home, during league play, the Padres faced only one oppo- nent tougher than themselves — Bellarmine, which is ranked #1 Junípero Serra High School 451 West 20th Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94403-1385 (650) 345-8207 Fax: (650) 573-6638 www.serrahs.com Return Service requested 2001 SERRA REUNION Grammar School Gang At left, these Class of 1981 Padres date their friendship back to grammar school at St.
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