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Alameda Sun
Jan. 22, 2015
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SPORTS
School Soccer Teams’
Seasons Start off Slow
Lady Golfers
Hold Weekly
Tournament
Ekene Ikeme
In the last installment of our
Sun Staff Reports
check-ins on Alameda high school
Bonnie Kim won the Alameda winter sports teams, the Alameda
Women’s Golf Club (AWGC) net Sun looks at how teams in Alameda
tournament event last Thursday, are doing on the pitch.
Jan. 15, on the Earl Fry Course.
Alameda Hornets
Kim shot a net 71 playing in the
The
Alameda men’s soccer team
third flight — handicap of 26 to
is
not
off
to the start they had hoped
33. Kim easily beat out Janet Kirk
(net 75), LeAnn Curran (net 75) for in 2015. The Hornets sport a 0-8-1
and Wilda Moore (net 76) to win overall record and 0-3-1 in the West
the flight. She had much tougher competition winning the overall
tournament. Fran Mori and Dorothy
Moody both shot a net 72, just one
stroke out of the top spot. Mori and
Moody each competed in the first
flight with golfers with a handicap
of 10 to 21. Stephanie Ballato posted a net 73 for third place in the
Sun Staff Reports
flight, while Holly Cromer scored a
Alameda Junior Golf Club (AJGC)
net 76 for fourth place in the flight. held a special golf clinic for girls
Yvonne Lee shot a net 75 for first being introduced to the game for
place in the second flight — handi- the first time on Saturday, Jan. 17,
cap of 22 to 25. Juanito Solano shot at the Chuck Corica Golf Complex.
a net 76 for second, Sarah Valentine
The clinic for young girls was
posted a net 77 and Barbara Mickle organized by the AJGC, Alameda
shot a net 78. The fourth flight — Boys & Girls Club and the Perforce
handicap of 34 to 40 — belonged Foundation. The clinic was put on
to Kay Park and Jamie Totsubo. by former Alameda junior golfer,
The two ladies shot a net 76. Mirna Emily Childs who is now on the
Wong shot a net 78 for third place, Symatra Pro Tour. She was assistwhile Ann Ching scored a net 80.
ed by her sister Carley Childs, and
Lee won the closest-to-the-hole other UC Berkeley golf team memcompetition by hitting her ball 26’ bers. Greenway/CCGC provided
6” from the pin. Sia Scates came clubs, balls and golfing safety tips.
in second at 30’ 2” from the hole.
For more information on the
Thirty golfers competed in the AJGC, contact John Curliano at 521tournament.
4727 or at [email protected].
Jr. Golfers
Host Clinic
Alameda County Conference (WACC)
Foothill League. The team has not
earned its first victory yet, but played
league rival Piedmont to a 1-1 tie on
Jan. 14. The team will seek out its first
win of the season against Berkeley
tomorrow at Thompson Field.
The women’s team is off to a
much better start midway through
the season. The team boasts a 5-4-1
overall record and 4-3-1 record in
league play. The Hornets started
the season with a pair of shutouts
against Hayward (3-0 on Dec. 9) and
San Lorenzo (8-0 on Dec. 16). All five
of the team’s victories have come
from shutouts with the three others
being against Northgate of Walnut
Creek (1-0 on Dec. 20), Encinal (2-0
on Jan. 7) and Piedmont (2-0 on Jan.
16). The Hornets next contest is
against Bishop O’ Dowd of Oakland
on the road.
Encinal Jets
The Encinal men’s team is also
off to an undesirable start. The
Jets are 0-6-1 and 0-4 in the WACC.
The Jets played St. Joseph Notre
Dame to a 1-1 tie on Dec. 2. The
team played Arroyo of San Lorenzo
on Wednesday, Jan. 21, after press
time. The team’s next contest is
against Valley Christian on Monday,
Jan. 26 on the Don Grant Field.
The Jet’s women’s team
is 2-7 on the year and 1-5 in
league play. The team started the season with a 3-0 victory
Alamedan On the Slopes
Native helps team to victory in East Coast ski race
Sun Staff Reports
SMS is a ski and snowboard that serves students in grades
Alameda native Julia Puchkov academy located at the base of seven through 12.
To learn more about SMS or to
and her Stratton Mountain School Stratton Mountain, Vt. SMS is an
(SMS) alpine racing team had a academic and athletic institution enroll, visit gosms.org.
podium shut-out at the Vermont
Alpine Racing Association race last
Sunday, Jan. 11 in Killington, Vt.
Eight skiers from the SMS
under-16 women’s team were
among the 70 participants in the
event.
Puchkov was one of six SMS
Tryouts:
team members who finished
Saturday, Jan. 24 10am-1pm
in the top 10 in the event. She
Sunday, Jan. 25 11am-2pm
came in 10th place. Her teamSaturday,
Jan. 31 10am-1pm
mates Hana Kusumi of Stratton
all tryouts at Upper Washington Park
Mountain, Vt., Mikayla Lathrop
of S. Londonderry, Vt. and Nina
Most games played at beautiful College of Alameda
Reichelm of Westport, Conn.,
soon to have new scoreboard and lights!
finished first, second and third
in the race, respectively. Other
• Regular season starts when High School
SMS members included Marissa
baseball ends - PLAY BOTH
McMahon of Bantam, Conn. (sixth)
and Lexi Moynihan of Niskayuna,
• High school coaches welcome
N.Y. (ninth). Puchkov is a sopho• Babe Ruth players Pre-season program
more at SMS.
for all not in HS ball including 14U select team
The SMS team also had members competing in under-14 and
• Low player fees - scholarships available
under-18 men’s competitions in
• No additional charges for umps
Bromley, Vt. and Waterville, N.H.,
• No snack bar duty for parents
and an under-18 women’s competition in Stratton, Vt. on the same
• Play on a full size diamond with same rules as MLB
day.
• Minimum play rule - pitch count limits too
• Play with/against your friends and HAVE FUN!
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