Athletics Newsletter - Issue 2 - March 2015

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“Always make a total
effort, even when the
odds are against you.”
Arnold Palmer
American professional
golfer, who is generally
regarded as one of the
greatest players in men's
professional golf history.
David Luiz (b. 1987)
“My faith gives me the belief that I can go out
and perform and improve as a player. It
gives me strength and inspiration."
David Luiz—Brazilian Professional Footballer (Soccer)
over 40 caps. He was a member of the
Brazilian teams which won the 2013
FIFA Confederations Cup and reached
the semi-finals of the 2014 FIFA World
Cup.
Schedules can be
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David Luiz Moreira Marinho (born 22
April 1987), known as David Luiz, is a
Brazilian professional footballer who
plays for French club Paris SaintGermain and serves as vice-captain
for the Brazil national team.
Primarily a central defender, he can
also be deployed as a defensive midfielder. After starting out at Vitória,
he moved to Benfica at the age of 19,
remaining with the club five seasons
(three complete). He joined Chelsea
in January 2011, winning the Champions League and the FA Cup in the
following season. In June 2014 he
transferred from Chelsea to Paris
Saint-Germain for a fee of £50 million
(€62 million), a world record transfer
for a defender.
David Luiz made his full international
debut in 2010 and has since earned
Club career:
Vitória
Born in Diadema, São Paulo to Ladislao
and Regina Marinho, David Luiz arrived
in Esporte Clube Vitória at the age of 14
after being released by São Paulo FC,.
David Luiz made his official debut for
Vitória in 2006, excelling in a 2–2 draw
against Santa Cruz Futebol Clube for
that season's Brazilian Cup.
Benfica
On 30 January 2007, David Luiz joined
Sport Lisboa e Benfica as a replacement
for Tottenham Hotspur-bound Ricardo
Rocha, on loan. On 12 March 2007, he
played his first league match for Benfica, against União de Leiria. At the end
of the season, Luiz signed a five-year
deal with the club and at the end of the
season, following 10 league appearances, joined permanently for €1.5 million.
However, it was on the 2009–10 season, when new manager Jorge Jesus
arrived to Benfica, that David Luiz be-
came a club symbol and vice-captain.
He was everpresent, appearing in 49
official matches (three goals, 4,206
minutes), as Benfica won the league
after a five-year wait.
On 30 September 2009, Benfica sold
25% of David Luiz's economic rights
on any future transfer to a third-party
owner, Benfica Stars Fund, along with
other teammates. He was tagged at
€18 million, with the fund paying €4.5
million; his contract was also renewed
in October, with a release clause of
€50 million.
Chelsea
On 30 January 2011, David Luiz completed a move to Chelsea for a fee of
€25 million, a five-and-a-half-year
contract, with Nemanja Matić joining
Benfica at the end of the season after
his transfer spell away at Vitesse in
the Netherlands. He made his official
Premier League debut on 6 February,
replacing José Bosingwa in a 1–0
home loss against Liverpool. Eight
days later, he made his first start for
Chelsea, in a 0–0 draw against Fulham
at Craven Cottage. Instantly becoming
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Arroyo Valley High School (AVHS)
Arroyo Valley High School
Arroyo Valley’s girls
basketball team has
clinched the SAL title
for the first time in
school history. They
currently have an 8-0
record in league, and an
overall record of 23-1.
Congrats to the Lady
Hawks!
Cajon High School (CHS)
Cajon’s Winter season in the Citrus Belt
League was successful for several teams
The Girls Basketball team finished the
regular season 25-1. CBL league co-
“Never give up, never
give in, and when the
upper hand is ours, may
we have the ability to
handle the win with the
dignity that we
absorbed the loss.”
Doug Williams
American
football quarterback and
former head coach of
theGrambling State Tigers
football team
Championship to Yucaipa 29-28. They are
sending 13 individuals to the CIF individual
wrestling meet. They had Christian Cadenas, Sammy Lopez and Jonah Nugent all
win League Championship titles.
Mesa in Oxnard and
upsetting the #3 seeded team in our CIF
division 5. They play in
the Quarterfinals on
Sat. Feb. 21st.
CHS Wrestling-Sammy Lopez
CHS Girls Basketball-Kayla Washington
champs. They are entered in the CIF
Open division for the playoffs. They are
the only San Bernardino County team
represented in the Open division.
The Wrestling team took 2nd place in the
Citrus Belt league narrowly losing the
The Boys Basketball team finished tied for
The Boys Soccer team
2nd in the Citrus Belt League. They finfinished a solid 3rd place
ished league play with 6 straight wins and
in the Citrus Belt
go into the CIF playoffs as the # 13 seeded
League missing out on
team in 1A division.
CHS Soccer-Alexander 2nd by 1game. They
The Girls Water polo team finished 3rd in Beltran
have already won an atthe very difficult Citrus Belt League. They large playoff game 3-0 over Patriot HS and
began CIF playoffs by traveling to Rio play Chaffey HS in the next round.
Indian Springs High School (ISHS)
With the end of the competitive
winter season coming to a close ISHS
is proud of all of their athletes for
competing at a high level all season. Their wrestling team finished
second in league as well as crowned
ISHS Wrestling Team. L to
R Andrew Cancino, Geovanni
Virrueta Lopez, and Jose Perez III.
three individual league champions at
the San Andreas League Finals, hosted by Indian Springs. They were
SBCUSD
The boys’ soccer team is
in the hunt for the SAL
title, currently tied for
second place, 1 game
out of first.
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Andrew Cancino, Geovanni Virrueta
Lopez, and Jose Perez III. Along with
the three champions they had five
runner ups in their weight classes,
they all are competing at CIF Championship Finals on February 20-21 at
Grand Terrace High School and have
the opportunity to compete for a
chance to go to the CIF Masters Event
at Citizens Business Bank Arena.
The construction of their new athletic
complex has begun and the scheduled completion date for their stadium is August 15, whereas their pool
complex will have a tentative completion date of November 17,
2015. ISHS students and staff are
very excited to have the new additions to the campus. Over the Holiday Break they had their logos and
alma mater added to the interior of
the gym to give it a spirited
ISHS logo added to the gym
touch. The addition of the logos and
alma mater have given their athletes,
coaches, students, and staff added
pride!
This Spring they are competing in
Track and Field, Boys Volleyball, Softball, Baseball, and Boys Tennis. Their
Softball Team and Boys Volleyball
Teams are looking to have successful
years and get back into the playoffs
for consecutive years. Their track,
baseball, and tennis teams look to be
formidable as well. Go Coyotes!
Pacific High School (PHS)
PHS Wrestling Team
With the Winter sports’ season winding
down, the Pirates have much to celebrate!
Our wrestling team, coached by Bob Vargas, did outstanding this year and currently they have 8 wrestlers competing at CIF!
Seniors Andre Bishop, Jeremy Brooks, Erick
Jimenez, Edgar Salazar and Tristan Todd all
won league championships and freshmen
Raziel Jordan and Arturo Leon were named
Varsity coach Teresa Gonzalez, draws up a
play with her girls during a game with
Bloomington.
The 14-15 girls' soccer team getting ready
to do battle pictured with principal,
Hector Vasquez.
to the all-league team. Heavyweight
Jeremy Brooks was voted by the league
coaches as the Mountain Valley League
MVP!
In soccer, both the boys’ and the girls’
improved during the season and on the
girl’s team, coached by Jenny Paige,
goalkeeper Karla Ramirez was voted
league MVP! The boys, coached by Hugo
Quintanilla, picked up two first team allleague players in senior Javin Singer and
freshman Edwin Leon.
Basketball also fared well in the Mountain Valley all-league voting with senior
Anthony Ford and sophomore Tyrese
Collins winning first team honors for the
boy’s team. The boys are coached by
Ray Gonzalez, while on the girls’ side,
seniors Jalesha Love and sophomore
Imani Vallier both walked away with
first team patches. The girl’s basketball
team is coached by Teresa Gonzalez.
San Bernardino High School (SBHS)
They went undefeated in league play.
Andrea Contreras a junior on the team
SBHS Boys Wrestling
The wrestling team won the Mountain Valley League Championship. It
was the first league title for the
wrestling team in over 30 years.
SBHS Boys Basketball
qualified for the girls state championships February 27 and 28.
The boys basketball team went unde-
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“Make sure your
worst enemy doesn't
live between your
own two ears.”
Laird Hamilton
feated in Mountain Valley League
play to capture
their third straight
boys
basketball
league title and
fourth in the last 5
years. The boys
team currently has the longest active
league winning streak at 36 straight
league wins in the Inland Empire.
American big-wave
surfer, co-inventor
of tow-in surfing, and
an occasional fashion
and action-sports
model.
Girls Soccer- Jacqueline Segura was
voted the Offensive MVP for the
Mountain Valley League.
San Gorgonio High School
going undefeated 10-0 in league
play earning first round home games
for the CIF Playoffs. The Girls’ SocThe San Gorgonio Spartans had cer team finished the season ranked
another successful winter season #6 in CIF-SS Division 6 while winning
qualifying four of their sports for the 9 of their 10 league games with
CIF Playoffs and winning two
shutouts.
Spartans’ Boys Soccer team put
together 7 straight league games
without a loss (4-0-3) to vault to the
SAL #2 seed for the CIF Playoffs after
being in fifth place with two weeks
left in the season. A dramatic 2-0
victory over Rialto on the final day
of the season knocked the CIF #3
SGHS girls soccer team after clinchranked Knights out of first place and
ing the SAL title
guaranteed a CIF Playoff berth for
San Andreas League titles. The Girls’ the Spartans who became then
Soccer and Girls’ Water Polo teams ranked #8 in the final CIF poll for
both captured SAL Championships Division 5.
San Gorgonio also got to celebrate two
Spartan football players who signed
their National Letter of Intents accepting scholarships to play football in college. Blue chipper Nathan Meadors
made his announcement to sign with
UCLA on Prime Ticket/Fox Sports West
choosing UCLA over Notre Dame,
Oregon, CAL, and Boise State. Also
signing on February 4 was four year
varsity starting offensive lineman Julian
Rodriguez who is going to Western New
SGHS Fooball Players Signing
The Lady Spartans Water Polo team Mexico University.
had several tough games en route to
their Back-To-Back SAL Titles defeating second place Fontana 5-3 and 43 and beating third place Granite
Hills 12-11 in 3 OTs and 12-9 at
home. The final CIF qualifiers for
San Gorgonio were in wrestling
where the Spartans sent one SAL
champion and two second place
Nathan Meadors making his college
wrestlers to CIF at Grand Terrace
announcement on television
HS.
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Sierra High School (SHS)
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Sierra High School is a member of the
Inland Empire Alternative School
League (IEASL). The league consists of
ten schools from neighboring cities
such as Moreno Valley,
soccer season starts the first week of
April and there is a lot of interest in this
particular sport. Announcements along
with fliers that are placed around campus are made for students; reminding
them of the requirements to participate
in sports at Sierra High. The requirements are good attendance, no current
SHS Girls Softball Practice
Sierra High School has won many championship trophies, which are proudly
displayed in their office and Physical
Education room. They are currently in
volleyball season and their girls’ team
has 5 wins and 1 loss while their boys’
SHS Boys Softball
SHS Girls Softball
“You're never a loser
until you quit trying.”
Mike Ditka
Former American
football player, coach,
and television
commentator.
Perris, Fontana, Highland, Riverside,
San Bernardino, Yucaipa and Rialto.
We participate in Girls and Boys volleyball, softball and soccer including
boys’ basketball. During this 20142015 school year their boys’ softball
team made it to the championship
game while their girl’s team qualified
for the playoffs. In previous years
SHS Girls Softball
team has 2 wins and 3 losses. Their end
of the year volleyball tournament is
scheduled for December 12 and the
basketball season starts in January. Their
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a cult hero amongst the Chelsea fans,
David Luiz was awarded the Barclays
Man of the Match award for his
performance, despite giving away a
penalty in the 93rd minute of the
game, which was saved by Petr Čech.
Paris Saint-Germain
On 13 June 2014, David Luiz transferred to French club Paris SaintGermain for a fee of £50 million, a
world-record transfer for a defender,
signing a five-year contract.He made
his Ligue 1 debut on 16 August, partnering compatriot Marquinhos in
central defence as PSG defeated
Bastia 2–0 at the Parc des Princes.
[45] On 30 September David Luiz
scored his first PSG goal, opening a 3
–2 home win over FC Barcelona in
the Champions League group stage.
He was seen as a surprise inclusion in
the FIFA World Team of the Year at
disciplinary record, and the need for PE
or elective credits. These requirements
encourage students to come to school
and stay focused and motivated on
credit recovery with the ultimate goal
of graduating from Sierra or high
school. Many students participating in
sports at Sierra High have never had the
opportunity to participate in competitive extracurricular activities therefore
given this opportunity most students’
value the opportunity to play.
the 2014 Ballon d'Or awards.
In 2015 he and Marco Verratti scored
a goal each against Evian Thonon
Gaillard F.C. initially winning 2-0 but
then were tied 2-2 in the first half of
the match.
International career
David Luiz played with Brazil's under20 at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in
2007. He was present in every squad
during the management of Menezes
and was called up for the Copa América in 2011. On 7 September 2012,
David Luiz captained Brazil for the first
time, appearing in a 1–0 win against
South Africa in São Paulo.
David Luiz was included in the squad
for the FIFA Confederations Cup in
2013, which was hosted in his native
Brazil. Alongside teammate Thiago
Silva, Luiz started all matches and
helped Brazil win their fourth Confederations Cup title. On 2 June, David
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Luiz was named in Brazil's squad for
the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He scored
his first international goal in a 1–1
draw against Chile in the round of 16.
He subsequently converted the
team's first kick in the penalty
shootout as they prevailed 3–2 and
reached the quarter-finals where he
scored the winning goal from a longdistance free kick in a 2–1 win against
Colombia. In the absence of Thiago
Silva due to suspension, David Luiz
captained the Seleção in their 7–1
defeat to Germany at the semi-final
stage of the tournament.
Personal life
David Luiz is a devout Christian and
has named Kaká as his role model. He
said: "My faith gives me the belief
that I can go out and perform and
improve as a player. It gives me
strength and inspiration." He later
added: "Everything in life belongs to
God. Our purpose has already been
mapped out."
Earlier in his career, David Luiz was
likened physically to the Brazilian
basketball player Anderson Varejão
by fans in his own country. In England, he was referred to as The Simpsons villain Sideshow Bob by opposition fans, and also in self-reference.
Article condensed from Wikipedia at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
David_Luiz
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