Winter Sports Rally!
(UPDATE 4/7/16: Video recap of the Winter Sports Recognition Rally uploaded.)
After having amazing success this past Winter with sports, our fellow athletes were acknowledged with a ceremony at lunch Monday, March 21st in the Main Gym. The ceremony recognized winter sports that had won championships this school year. Girls Varsity Basketball, Boys Varsity Soccer as well as individual athletes each from Boys and Girls Wrestling were recognized.
The individual from Boys Wrestling was Senior Ray Mendoza, who won numerous of titles this year. Overall, Mendoza won a total of six titles. Mendoza participated in the Apple Cider Classic, in which he received 5th place, in both the Webber-Lawson Classic and Jim Root Classic he ended up in 4th place. At the Nick Buzolich Classic he advanced into 2nd place as well as in the Colt Classic. Lastly, he ended up getting 1st place in the BVAL Finals 195.
Junior Haven Olmos in Girls Wrestling won a total of 7 titles this year. Haven comes from a true family dynasty. The Olmos’ are all very well-known for wrestling. The reason for their status, is two of her older sisters, Michelle and Sarena, are former CCS (Central Coast Section) individual champions.
Haven took the spotlight again this year by being a CIF state qualifier, finishing in 5th place in state. Also, Haven is a three-time CCS finalist, winning her second consecutive title at CCS this year. She was also named an All American.
Boys’ Varsity Soccer made history this year by becoming the first team at Lincoln ever to win a CCS Championship on March 7th, 2016. They played against Emerett Alvarez High school at Leigh High school, where the game was hosted. Lincoln ended up winning the championship with the score of 2-1. The team also claimed the BVAL Santa Teresa Division League Championship with the league record of 10-1-3 and the overall record of 17-4-3.
The roster for Boys’ Varsity Soccer 2015-2016:
Luis Aguilar-Ochoa, 12th
Jose Almaraz, 12th
Diego Beiza, 11th
Julio Camacho-Baez, 10th
Juan Carillo-Perez, 12th
Bernabe Castro, 11th
Jose De La Torre, 12th
Alan Espinosa, 12th
Abel Flores, 9th
Jonathan Flores, 9th
Chefe Galvan, 11th
Brayan Guererro, 11th
Guillermo Hernandez, 10th
Ramon Inda-Felix, 10th
Julian Lorenzo-Garcia, 12th
Aaron McNelis, 11th
Brian O’campo-Rojo, 11th
Richard Ortega, 10th
Daniel Quijano, 12th
Mario Robles, 12th
Michael Robles, 11th
Omar Setka, 12th
Henos Tsegay, 12th
William Wauford, 12th
Alejandro Zapien, 12th
Ulices O’Campo, 10th
Miguel Jimenez, 10th
Girls’ Varsity Basketball made history as well by being the first team to advance to the quarterfinals of CCS in the history of Lincoln. In the quarterfinals, the Lady Lions played against Presentation High School on their own turf. The girls ended up losing against Presentation with the score of 60-24. Overall, even though they lost, the girls did had a record of 19-6 and are now the League Champions in the BVAL West Valley Division with the the score of 13-1.
The roster for Girls Varsity Basketball 2015-2016:
Vanessa Azure, 11th
Olivia Brashears, 11th
Arianna Chavira, 11th
Mikayla Ehresmann, 11th
Alicia Gomez, 10th
Marie Graetz, 11th
Alyssa Greenhalgh, 11th
Sara Greenhalgh, 11th
Isabel Mendoza, 10th
Anna Ortiz, 12th
Angelina Palafox, 10th
Linda Rivera Ricardez, 12th
Kassandra Salazar, 11th
Carley Savedra, 10th
Aileen Weise, 1oth
Emalie Ortega, 10th
Congratulations to our fellow Winter Sport athletes for their accomplishments and hard work!
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