Boys’ LAX loses to Costa by Micah Ezzes
Sink or swim? by Romy Moreno
Although it is said that it was their best meet yet, the swimmers were still unable to beat Peninsula High School last Thursday, ending with a score of 100-61 for boys and 110-36 for girls. “Both of our teams went into the meet expecting the loss, the boys especially, because Penn has just about the strongest boys’ team in the league,” coach Mark Rubke said. Senior Nick Johnson has similar thoughts towards last week’s meet as well. “We knew we needed to try our best to get the times we wanted,” Johnson said. According to the team, this meet was one of their better ones so far, despite the loss. “This meet against Penn happened to be most of the swimmers’ best meet in terms of times,” Rubke said.
The swim team lost to Peninsula last Thursday but still looks forward to their meet against West today.
According to Johnson, the team is very proud of all the swimmers that set personal records (PR) last week. “Our team set many PRs in the Penn meet, but Jack Bradford was able to break 50 seconds on the 100 freestyle, which is a huge deal,” Johnson said. Sophomore Elle Inscore was also proud of her performance in this meet. “Penn did have a stronger team, and we were not expecting to come out on top, but overall I was proud of what I was able to do,” Inscore said. The team has an idea of how they will do in today’s meet against West Torrance. “Most likely it is going to be a close meet for the guys, but the girl swimmers at West happen to be stronger than the girl swimmers at Penn, so we are expecting the girls at West to dominate in today’s meet,” Rubke
said. The swimmers are planning on West being stronger than last year but are hoping to defeat them today, even though they are less experienced. “West has definitely gotten better compared to last year, and our team is mostly underclassmen, which is not necessarily a good thing,” Johnson said. Inscore has similar thoughts about this year’s team. “Last year we had a handful of seniors who had a lot of experience and now we only have two,” Inscore said. Even with less-experienced swimmers this season, Rubke is expecting the team to improve. “This team will definitely go further, and I am very pleased with the progress and effort of the swimmers,” Rubke said.
BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL
SOFTBALL
by Cole Stecyk
by Caitlin Cochran
The boys’ volleyball team lost to Palos Verdes on Friday 21-25, 24-26, 25-20, 22-25. According to senior Nick Williamson, the team gained a lot of energy and momentum during their third game but failed to keep it up.
The softball team beat West Torrance 11-4 yesterday and feel confident going into their next games, according to sophomore Morgan Moczygemba.
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We have a lot of ups and downs and we rarely have a consistent fire. — NICK WILLIAMSON, 12
A closely fought game resulted in a loss for the boys’ lacrosse team, which fell to Mira Costa 14-12 on Monday. In their game earlier this year, RUHS won in a match that was not closely contested by the Mira Costa team. Junior Harrison Faecher believes that game had an effect on the Monday game. “Our guys thought it was going to be a cakewalk since we beat them last time,” Faecher said. The game exposed problems that need to be fixed in order to continue the team’s Bay League run this season, according to freshman Preston Faecher. The fourteen goals allowed by the team were the most allowed this year. “Our defense got caught watching balls go by, and we didn’t execute as well as we needed to,” Preston said. As for Bay League, the team remains in second place, behind PV. “Obviously, we would like to be in first place,” he said. “But second place is just as good, considering we have never been so highly ranked in Bay League.” Preston also feels that the team is capable of accomplishing great things this season. “Our goal [before the Costa game] was to go undefeated in league, as well as win Bay League,” he said. “[Despite the loss,] our goal is to still win Bay League and win the rest of our games, so we’re just going to have to put this one behind us.”
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Our team was on fire today. We had a lot of energy and not too many errors, so we were able to get the win.
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— BRIGID ANTONELLI, 10
PHOTO BY MITCHELL YONEMURA
Set and spike. Senior Nick Williamson sets to sophomore Dominic Cangialosi. The volleyball team is third in Bay League.
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Fast pitch. Sophomore Haley Reed pitches in a softball game at West Torrance yesterday.
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