Tech Tigers Sports Update

It was a busy month for the Athletic department. One winter sport ended and another winter sport season is still competing. In addition, There was some overlap between the spring sport season as well.

Soccer: The varsity soccer team made it to the Wildcard Round of the CIF Southern Section playoffs. It was the first time in five seasons that the soccer program made it to the playoffs. Under the leadership and guidance of Coach Michael Mojarro -in his second year as the head varsity soccer coach the varsity soccer program finished second in the Santa Fe league and a playoff appearance.

This season, there were eight student-athletes who earned all league status. These five student-athletes earned First Team All League for Santa Fe: freshman Erick Alvarez, juniors Marco Garcia and Ivan Manzanilla, and seniors Nicolas Gomez and Humberto Salas. The following student-athletes earned Second Team All League: seniors Nahuel Crosthwaite-Gonzalez, Christian Perez and Jose De La Torre. Lastly, Nahuel Crostwaite-Gonzalez was named Goalie MVP for the league. What wonderful accomplishments of the student-athletes and the coaching staff!

Basketball: The varsity basketball team captured its first CIF Southern Section Championship on Feb. 25 by defeating Lynwood with a final score of 88 to 81! The Championship game was at Edison High School and we packed one side of the bleachers with 1,000 spectators (students, faculty, staff, administration, alumni, supporters, former coaches and former faculty) to cheer on our Tigers!

The basketball program also became Co-League Champs in the Santa Fe League. These three studentathletes earned First Team All League for the league: sophomores Darius Benitez and JadenErami, and junior RyanOsborne. These three student-athletes earned Second team All League: freshman Dominic Hernandez, juniors Andrew Hernandez and Aston Wu, and junior Ryan Osborne was named Co-MVP of the Sante Fe League.

Tigers Basketball has made the CIF-SS playoffs for the past three years. In addition, they have qualified for the CIF State Division IV Southern Regional.

Baseball: For the baseball program, first year head varsity Coach James Luna started the season with a victory over San Gabriel High School by a final score of 15 to 0. The junior varsity baseball team also started the season with a victory over San Gabriel High School.

Volleyball: The volleyball program started their season as well. They are hoping to become Camino Real League Champions for the third straight year. The volleyball program is led by all league participant Matthew Wong

Golf, Tennis, Track and Field start their seasons in early March. The golf program returned All League participant Lucas Christman. The track and field program returns these student-athletes who qualified last season for CIF: sophomore Daniel Cendejas and seniors ChristianFigueroaand JustinRoybal.

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