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Although Arroyo took the win, 55-19, at the homecoming game, Mountain View put up a fight.
Michael Moreno(‘14) looked forward to, “ making a battle putting up a tough fight for the other team.” Jose Moreno(‘14) said, “High and tight. Be relentless.” Both players hoped to make their last homecoming game a viking victory by putting forth their best effort and the teams. The players said they were very confident but also nervous to play against a really good school. “We’ve had really close games and have made MVHS a respectable football team. We still have a shot at being 5-5 [5 wins, 5 losses] and end the season on a good note,” said Coach Ambruso. Ambruso has a lot of respect for his players. He has seen his players’ character grow. He said he has never seen a tighter “One Blood Football Team.” “I love these guys,” said Coach Ambruso.“ Adam Olivarez(‘14) said, ”New team. New players. New skills.” These different abilities have brought the team together. Laila Rodriguez Going the distance
This years cross country team has practiced since the beginning of the school year to prepare for their first meet. Members of the Cross Country team are able to choose their practice times. They practice from 6 a.m to 6:30 a.m, 2 p.m to 3 p.m, or from 3 p.m to 4 p.m. Mr. Bob Averill, (Physical Education Department), is the boys Junior Varsity and Varsity coach and Ms. Rita Ferrer (Student Store), is the girls Junior Varsity and Varsity coach. The Varsity captains are Isaih Mendoza (‘14) and Maritza Salazar (‘14). The teams first meet was on Wednesday, 25th of October at Bonelli park. The cross country team was scheduled to have three meets. The first and third at Bonelli park and the second was at Legg Lake. There are seven members on the boys varsity and seven on the girls. The cross country teams meets are usually an average of three miles long and they are timed to determine the placing.
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“A team that wins or loses together, stays together,” said Sirenia Cortez (‘15), JV volleyball co-captain. Another teammate, Corrina Castro (‘15), JV volleyball co-captain, said, “We are like a family and you don’t abandon a family.”
The volleyball team sisterhood started on the volleyball court in the gym. Castro and Cortez were very excited for the new season, because they had both played volleyball before and had experience.On the other hand, Kassandra Pelletier (‘17) mentioned that volleyball is a sport that she can get used to even though she was completely new to it. Jasmine Sosa (‘17) said that volleyball was hard and it was different from all the other sports she had played before. Through their practices, hard work, and dedication the Junior Varsity volleyball team began to not only love the sport but their teammates, as well as creating a better bond with the coaches. A few members of the JV volleyball team said they are “very close” to their coaches. They described their coaches as a big sister figure, inspiring, and amazing. Both of the coaches often tell the team, “Be a better player than you were yesterday.” Varsity volleyball Coach Myra Duenas and JV volleyball coach Maria Nava have helped the girls become better people and better players. The coaches gave the girls advice on not only on how to play but on how to “play with heart.” Jennifer Hernandez Jasmine Alvarez what's all the racket? The tennis team took part in hosting the preliminaries (PreLims) and finals, although the event took place at El Monte High School. The Mountain View tennis team had to set up and arrange everything so it would go by smoothly. PreLims took place Tuesday, October 22th and finals took place Wednesday, the 23rd.
PreLims takes place between the five schools in our district including, Arroyo, South El Monte, El Monte, Rosemead, and Mountain View. They all play each other and the winner of two matches moves on to finals. It is only 5 because Gabrelino does not have a tennis team. The two day event starts earlier than their matches and ends later because the teams all have to compete against each other. When asked what the difference was between these PreLims and other ones that she has attended, Kimberly Vidrio (‘14) said, “There was that feeling of knowing what was happening.” The tennis team started practicing two weeks after classes started. They would practice the whole week until league started then Monday, Wednesday, and Friday since they would have games every Tuesday and Thursdays. The team played 8 league games since they competed against every team twice. The tennis team was forced to forfeit its match against El Monte High School because they did not have enough players to compete. “It was the first time I had ever forfeited a game in my coaching career,”said Mr. Garcia. Elvis Alfaro |
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