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15 Feb

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Girls’ Water Polo Senior Night

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Varsity huddles up to encourage one another before their last game of the season.

During the last game of the season, girls’ varsity water polo players cheered on their only senior varsity member at their annual senior night. As a time-honored tradition, the varsity seniors were congratulated for their sportsmanship and teamwork. This year, Meghan Rafael was the only senior on varsity and was honored by coaches, parents, and teammates before the last home game begun. “What made Senior Night so special was the poster all the girls signed for me. Their quotes made me feel super loved and I will truly miss them all! Water polo has been such a great experience and I’m so sad to see it end.” said Rafael.

Following senior night we played in one of the best games of the year. Water polo is a game of determination, hard-work, and teamwork; three perks that our Lady Titans proved to be vital in the game against the Laguna Hills Hawks. Throughout the entire game, Goalie sophomore Amy Jenson put the team on her back and dominated the cage. Sophomore Emma Peterson scored three goals against the Hawks, and all the girls did a tremendous job by working together. Sadly, the Hawks won in a very close game of 10 to 14. We wrapped up the season last night and we will get them during swim season!

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15 Feb

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Tesoro Boys’ Basketball Let’s Keep the Winning Streak Going

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With a 30 point victory over the Laguna Hills Hawks (the score ended 59-29) and a 14 point victory over the El Toro Chargers the team is on a positive swing heading into the post season. With an overall record of 13-13 the boys were able to secure the number 16 seed in the Division 2AA CIF playoffs. They play an away game Friday night at 7 against Westminster High School.

Jed Abello,12, gets vertical and shoots over a Dana Hills defender to score 2 of his 11 points in the titans 62-44 victory over the Dolphins Leading scorer Tanner Lancona finished the season fire. He scored 29 points and had 12 rebounds in the teams last league game against El Toro

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15 Feb

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Long Jump

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Track is an intense sport with a variety of events, among them there lies sprinting, distance running, pole-vault, and throwing events such as discus and shot put. Many athletes chose to direct their energy towards a different event though: the long jump. “The long jump is an event that consists of one person, about 100 feet of track and a pit of sand,” Said Junior Eric Young “I’ve been jumping for years now, and it’s really my passion; once you’re out there at the pit it’s just you and the elements.” If you want to see competitors such as Eric try their hands (or their legs) at the long jump, come down to the track afterschool and witness some true athletic excellence.

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15 Feb

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Tesoro Girls’ Basketball off to CIF

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Captin Lea Wodach, 10, scored 29 points in the tie-breaker game which is only one away from the record for points in a single game.

With only two returning varsity players from last season it didn’t seem like the odds were very good for the girls to make CIF this season. However, the ladies were able to rally together and finish the season tied for third in league. Because they were tied for third they had to play a playoff game against Trabuco Hills last Friday night. The ladies played their best and fought hard but lost 56-46. It was a crushing loss but Coach Jim Arneson was able to petition for an at large bid and it got accepted! The ladies play Saturday night at 7 at Segerstrom High School in Santa Ana in the first round of the Division 2AA.

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15 Feb

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Going the Distance: Pre-season Track

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The start of a new semester comes with many changes, and a major change for many of the girls on the cross country team was the transition from post-season cross country into pre-season distance track.  “It’s hard to go straight from easy runs right into speed workouts,” explained sophomore Kylee Webster.  “And now we have to wake up early for Saturday practices again instead of being able to run on our own.”

On Monday, February 6, the girls started out their first week of the pre-season with a ladder speed workout on the track.  This meant they completed a series of distances at a fast pace from lowest distance to highest and back to lowest again with a recovery jog in between each interval.  On Tuesday there was a six-mile recovery run, followed by another speed workout on Wednesday, and a seventy to seventy-five minute long-distance run on Thursday.

Friday was a cool day, and after school the girls met for practice to complete a recovery run.  Despite some drizzling rain on Saturday morning, the distance track team met again at Tesoro for practice.  They left campus to complete their run, another speed workout.  “We’ve been doing a lot of hard workouts this week, but we need them to prepare for the season,” said junior Sarah Parsons.  “If we work hard now, then when it comes time to compete in the races, we’ll be prepared and we’ll feel a lot better knowing that we’re prepared.”

After returning to Tesoro after the workout on Saturday, junior Sarah Parsons and senior Amy LaRue recover by stretching and drinking plenty of water so they do not feel sore or sick later.

Before practice started early Saturday morning, juniors Madison French and Reanne Cedajas take some time to joke around as they wait for others to arive.

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