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!