GIRS SOCCER - CCS CHAMPIONS “RUNNING OF THE BULLS

December, 2007
GIRS SOCCER - CCS CHAMPIONS
“RUNNING OF THE BULLS”
GOLF TOURNAMENT MAY 31, 2009, AT DEEP CLIFF
PROCEEDS TO PURCHASE ATHLETIC TRAINERS CART
On Sunday, May 31st the Monta Vista Athletic Booster will hold its annual Running of the Bulls
Golf Tournament.
The tournament will take place at Deep Cliff Golf Course. Registration begins at noon with a
1:00pm shotgun start.
Each year the Athletic Boosters choose a special project to fund with the proceeds from the
golf tournament. In the recent past, we have purchased bleachers for use on the fields, pool
deck and field house. We have also contributed toward the purchase of new scoreboards in
the main gym. This year, we will
purchase a first aid cart to be
used by the athletic trainer. This
cart (pictured to right) will be
used by the trainer to carry first
aid supplies and deliver water to
the athletic teams. And when
necessary, carry an injured
player from the athletic fields to
the training room.
Your
participation
in
the
golf
tournament
will
make
this
purchase possible.
The Running of the Bulls Golf Tournament is a fun and relaxing way to spend a great
afternoon on the golf course with friends & family, maybe meet some new friends and have
some great food. A tri-tip dinner with all the fixings is included in your registration fee of
$115.00.
A registration form is available with the Banner. Please fill out the form and send it in right
away as we only have 7 foursomes remaining.
If you have any questions about the golf tournament, please contact Sam Reinhart at
[email protected] or me at [email protected].
If you are interested in sponsoring the tournament, please contact Dana Drysdale @
[email protected].
I hope to see all of you at Deep Cliff on Sunday, May 31st.
Thank you.
Ken Orvick
President – Monta Vista Athletic Boosters
Monta Vista Athletic Boosters, Inc.
Monta Vista Athletic Boosters, Inc. is a non-profit California Corporation dedicated to the
mission of supporting Monta Vista Athletics through service, spirit and fundraising. The Athletic
Boosters meet monthly at 7:00 PM on the 2nd floor of the Monta Vista gym. All Booster
members are welcome to attend the meetings.
Next meeting dates:
•
April 20, 2009
•
May 18, 2009
Board of Directors:
Dana Drysdale, Cathy Gatley, Nancy Fitzwater, Alison James, Marcia Kearns, Jon Kelley,
Denise Montijo, Ken Orvick, Anand Ramamurthy, Dana Stern, Judy Wilson & Jenni Winter
Monta Vista Staff:
April Scott, Brian Sullivan, Ron Freeman & Mike Hicks
Spring Sports
Team Websites
Baseball
Coach Sullivan [email protected]
http://www.mvhs.fuhsd.org/lori_graham/Boysbaseba
ll.htm
Badminton
Coach Situ [email protected]
Coach Sullivan [email protected]
http://www.mvhs.fuhsd.org/lori_graham/Badminton.h
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Golf
Coach Jeffrey Thomas: [email protected]
http://www.mvhs.fuhsd.org/lori_graham/Golf.htm
Girls Softball
Varsity Coach Smith [email protected]
JV Coach Johnson [email protected]
http://www.mvhs.fuhsd.org/lori_graham/Softball/Softball.
htm
Boys & Girls Swimming
Boys Coach: Ron Freeman [email protected]
Girls Coach: Don Vierra [email protected]
http://www.mvhs.fuhsd.org/lori_graham/SwimmingGB.ht
m
Boys Volleyball
COACH: Jason McDonald [email protected]
http://www.mvhs.fuhsd.org/lori_graham/Boys%20Volleyball/BoysVolleyball.htm
Track & Field
Coach Payne [email protected]
http://www.mvhs.fuhsd.org/lori_graham/Track/Track.htm
Boys Tennis
Coach Becker [email protected]
Coach Onodera [email protected]
Please visit team websites for detailed schedule.
Winter Sports Highlights
Girls Basketball
JV Girls Basketball
The Monta Vista JV girls
basketball team finished in
second place in the El
Camino league with a 10-2
record. Highlights of the
season include an overall
excellent defensive effort
from all 12 team members.
Our defense was our team's
greatest strength. Only twice
(and both times by the first
place team) did a league
opponent score 10 or more
points in any quarter against
our defense. Our most
exciting moment must have
been when Steff Sum made
2 free throws with 2 seconds
remaining in the fourth quarter to tie the game at Fremont HS. We eventually won the game in
overtime.
Coaches Bradac and Jennings would like to thank the parents of our players for the tremendous
support at our Holiday Tournament, for driving to all of our games, and for your cheers at the games.
Thank you parents
Varsity Girls basketball
The Monta Vista girls varsity
basketball team had many
accomplishments. The
players on the team
continued to improve
individually throughout the
season to have a successful
season as League
Champions. It was a great
team effort for all the players,
especially Sophomore Alex
Chiu and Junior Kelli Sum.
Chiu led in rebounds and
points, and Kelli, although
small, pushed through all
kinds of defense to get the
Matadors ball into play. This
amazing season was not only highlighted by team accomplishment – winning league, getting ranked
9th in CCS—but it was defined by an inseparable bond between each and every player. There is no
mere, single word, phrase, sentence—or even paragraph, to describe the endless amount of inside
jokes, the memorable moments at breakfast/brunch/lunch at Borelli’s house, or just how much each
and every one of us care about each other. We played together as a team, as proved by majority of our
wins being characterized by ninety percent of the team scoring—truly, a team effort.
Highlights: Winning league
Getting into CCS
2nd Place in our tournament
Memorable Moments: Beating Mountain View to become co-league champions
A well-fought game against Evergreen Valley, but sadly losing at the last minute
Boys Basketball
JV Boys basketball
The JV boys basketball team
finished the season with a 10-14
overall record and 3-9 league
record. The season was a tail of
two halves as in preseason the
boys were able to put up a 7-5
record beating certain opponents
by double figures. However when
league rolled around we struggled
as shots would just not fall for us.
The kids would never give up
competing in every single game.
Our team was led by sophomore
guard Ryan Michelfelder who
average 11 points, 4 rebounds,
and 1.5 steals per game. The
other leader of the team was
freshmen newcomer Mihir Chavan
who helped defend the paint
averaging an astounding 2 blocks
a game. He also chipped in with 7
points and 5 rebounds per game.
The coach would like to thank all his players for the hard work they put into their season. He would also
like to thank the parents and fans that game to support the players all those games.
JV Coach: Calvin Wong
Varsity Boys basketball
Boys Basketball had a very successful year. They started the season with victories over Fremont and
the mighty Alumini team. They then journeyed south to the San Luis Obispo tournament where they
faced four very good teams from southern California and unfortunately lost all four. They played their
hearts out but were just outmatched and outsized. When they returned they entered the Independence
tournament where they faced a very good Hollister team and came away with a victory before losing to
the
eventual
CCS
Champion
Bellarmine
Bells. After the Bellarmine
defeat they won 4 out of
their next 5 with victories
over Cupertino, San Jose,
and Watsonville.
League began in with the
toughest stretch possible
with
games
against
Lynbrook and Homestead.
They led both games going
into the 4th quarter but
couldn’t hold on to either.
They then rattled off 7 wins
in a row including a
phenomenal victory over
rival, and league champion,
Lynbrook in front of a sold
out crowd at Monta Vista.
This was the game of the
year and the only league
loss for the Vikings, the
crowd was big, loud, and very excited and the players loved it! To end the season they lost to
Homestead and Milpitas but defeated Saratoga at home for Senior night.
CCS followed the next Tuesday and for the 3rd year in a row they got a first round victory. In a game
where the Matadors trailed the entire game they came back in the fourth quarter with tenacious defense
and two clutch freethrows by senior Kevin Lang. Alvarez missed a shot at the buzzer to tie the game
and Monta Vista escaped with a victory. Next was a trip down to Salinas where they faced a very big
and very physical team. The Matadors came out firing but in the end were simply outmatched by the
Cowboys, who eventually lost in the CCS Championship game to Bellarmine.
All in all another very successful year for the Matadors! Kevin Lang and Krish Rangarajan both received
1st team all-league and Phaniteja Kanneganti was 2nd team all-league. More importantly the team
grew throughout the year and competed in every single game every minute!
Girls Soccer
Monta Vista girls varsity soccer has a season for the ages; CCS Champions
After winning the SCVAL De Anza Division for
the first time since 2006, these 18 girls went on
to win the CCS Division 1 Championship with a
2-1 win over league foe Palo Alto, a feat MV
has not accomplished since 1979. The team
finished with a 17-3-3 record. After starting out
impressively 8-0 in pre-season we hit a bump
against Palo Alto in our first league match
eventually losing 3-1. We rebounded to play
tough teams game in and game out to win the
league in which 6 or the 7 teams went onto the
CCS playoffs.
The coaching staff of Alan Kute, Greg
Wendschlag and Jon van den Berg could not be prouder of this group. The team overall played
consistently and had contributions from all players. A few standouts include junior, Micehlle Pao, the
League MVP, who scored 14 goals and had 5 assists and played just about every position at somepoint
this season. Senior Shandon Rovetta, was our defensive anchor and recognized as the SCVAL
Defensive Player of the Year. She also scored 7 goals and had 3 assists and was very dangerous on
set plays and free kicks. Junior Cheryl Kute gave us great balance between attacking and defending in
the midfield and had 8 goals and 10 assists, while sophomore Sandra Ley had 9 goals and 9 assists.
The league recognized Gabby Ley as the freshman of the year and she came on stronger as the
games became bigger scoring the first goal in the finals on a great header off a free kick from Rovetta.
Our defense gave up less than one goal per
game (21 goals allowed in 23 games) and the
players responsible for this were Alyssa Walker,
our goalie, and defenders Jacquie Stuart (1st
team all league), Rovetta, Claire Nastari (2nd
team all league), Zohar Liebermensch (1st team
all league) and Rachel Major.
In the midfield, Kute (1st team all league), G. Ley,
Cheryl Tom (1st team all league), Vanessa
Forney (2nd team all league)who also scored a
goal with her head in the finals, Nitya Simon,
Jennifer LeQuieu, Crissy Stuart, Taylor Francoeur
all played solid throughout the year.
Up Front Pao, S. Ley (1st team all league), Julie Davis, and Alex Francoeur all gave us production. We
scored in every single game this season on the way to 56 total goals.
Overall the season was a blast. From our ropes course/team building event to the senior game in the
rain and mud to the league and CCS championships it was a lot of work but a good time. The only thing
that could top it would be to repeat it all again next season.
JV Girls Soccer
Top row (L->R)
Natalie Carpenter (asst.), Vivian Mueller, Katie Upton, Jessica Rahn, Savannah Day, Olivia Li, Dana Ashkar, Nicole
Lou, Kaylene Reid-Kearney, Sophia Tiene, Hiromi Meguro, Jonathan van den Berg (Coach).
Bottom row (L-R)
Hannah Debates, Briana Zimmers, Rachel Kapul, Rannah Dabiri, Grace Huang, Diana Chin, Chelse Tsai-Simek,
Samantha van den Berg.
Seated (L-R)
Mary Matsunami, Annie Blake-Burke
Here's an update on the 2008-2009 girls JV soccer season.
The schools JV soccer team came together very quickly, with a core of the players knowing each other
through their club soccer experiences. They started pre-league play, with a 10-0-0 record, knocking out
most opponents with suffocating defense and great finishing on goal.
Fantastic team, finished 3rd overall, and as it turns out, the most talented HS Girls Soccer league in
CCS for 2009 - from Burlingame all the way to Salinas. Overall standings:
Pts Team (just top 3)
•
•
•
Homestead
Palo Alto
Monta Vista
Any one of these teams could have won the jv league.
The team's overall record was 15-2-3 (W, L, T) scoring 58 goals and only conceeding 10. We were led
by sophomores Mary Matsunami, Grace Huang, Chelse Tsai-Simek, Briana Zimmers, and Olivia Li,
with freshmen Sophia Tiene, Savannah Day, Katie Upton, Kaylene Reid-Kearney, Dani Beiser, and
Vivian Mueller (goalie) anchoring the stingiest defense in the De Anza league. Freshmen Samantha
van den Berg, Rannah Dabiri, Nicole Lou, Hannah Debates, Danna Ashkar, and worked tirelessly
across our midfield, and Diana Chin, Rachel Kapul, Hiromi Meguro, Annie Blake-Burke and Jessica
Rahn lead our attack. Jessica earned Most Valuable Offensive Player in the entire leage - scoring 17
goals, and 8 assists. Jesse, Olivia, Annie, Hannah, Grace, and Samantha led the team in points assists and goals.
This team had 19 different players score goals, and assists from 20 different players - a phenomenal
team wide contribution.
JV Players Jessica Rahn (Jesse), Mary Matsunami, Olivia Li, Vivian Mueller, and Grace Huang were all
asked to join the varsity squad for the what turns out to be our CCS Champions - Monta Vista 2009!!
League Honors go to:
Jessica Rahn (Most Valuable Offensive Player)
Grace Huang & Olivia Li (1st team all league)
Sophia Tiene, Rannah Dabiri, and Mary Matsunami (2nd teal all league)
Boys Soccer
Boys Varsity Soccer
The boys varsity soccer team
finished league play
undefeated in the last 5
games to earn enough points
to remain in the DeAnza
league next season. The
senior game against Milpitas
was an exciting 3-3 tie
including a penalty kick save
from goal keeper Matt Irvin.
Matt was an all-league first
team selection along with
team MVP Casey Sakima.
Erik Romelfanger and Drew
Constant earned all-league
second team honors.
Boys Junior Varsity Soccer
The boys varsity
soccer
team
finished league play
undefeated in the
last 5 games to
earn enough points
to remain in the
DeAnza
league
next season. The
senior
game
against Milpitas was
an exciting 3-3 tie
including a penalty
kick saves from
goal keeper Matt
Irvin. Matt was an
all-league first team
selection along with
team MVP Casey
Sakima.
Erik
Romelfanger
and
Drew
Constant
earned
all-league
second
team
honors.
The JV boys soccer
team ended up with
a 7-4-1 record in league play. This was good enough for a 2nd place finish. Kyle Hulquist, Nathan
Burroughs, Michael Kute, and Yash Chitneni were named to the 1st team All-league team. Julio
Pererya and Michael McGarry were named 2nd team All-league selections. Nathan Burroughs was
further honored as the Most Valuable Defensive Player in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League,
DeAnza division.
All in all it was a great season for the JV boys soccer team. Thanks to everyone who participated
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