The James Logan Courier

By Jennifer Torres, Courier Staff Writer

The girls tennis team played their last game of the season Friday against Washington, ending their season on a high note beating Washington seven games to zero.

In singles,Shirley Cheung was able to defeat her opponent 6‑4, 6‑3. The number one doubles team Jenny Nguyen and Crystal Kwong beat their opposition 6‑2, 6‑3.

Unfortunately this conquest of Washington was not enough to propel the Lady Colts to first place in their league. With a record of eight games won and four games lost the girls tennis team placed third behind Mission San Jose (2nd) and Irvington (1st).

By Samuel Jue, Courier Sports Editor

The Boston Red Sox knocked off the Colorado Rockies on Sunday night 4‑3, to win the Worlds Series for the second time in the last four years.
"Jonathan Papelbon picked up his 3rd save of the Series and recorded the final five outs in succession, including striking out Seth Smith for the final out."

Jonathan Papelbon picked up his 3rd save of the Series and recorded the final five outs in succession, including striking out Seth Smith for the final out. Jon Lester pitched 5 and 2/3 innings of shutout baseball and Mike Lowell and Bobby Kielty hit solo homers to lead the Red Sox.

Home runs by Brad Hawpe and Garrett Atkins turned the contest into a nail bitter before Papelbon retired the last five hitters. Aaron Cook picked up the loss and Brian Fuentes allowed Bobby Kielty’s eight inning home run which at that moment made the score 4‑1, but would turn out to be the potential game‑winner.

Courier Staff Report

A Homecoming crowd of fans got their money's worth of the James Logan Colts Offensive Show Friday night, as the varsity scored 49 points during the first half.

This time, however, the usual star of the show, the phenomenal Rashad Evans, took a back seat to the phenomenal talents of three Colt running backs:

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  Danny Godfrey averaged 21 yards-per-carry in a virtuoso first-half performance. On one play, Godfrey galloped 62 yards for a touchdown. He carried the ball seven times in the first half, gaining 149 yards.


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  Joe Bailey, who was handed the ball three times, scored twice. During those three carries, he gained 74 yards, an average of nearly 25 yards-per-carry.


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  Justin Brooks, got the ball twice, and scored both times, gaining 48 yards in the process. Do your own math to figure the average on that one.

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The Logan Girls' Varsity Volleyball team continued its string of wins Thursday against a scrappy Irvington side.

The Lady Colts' only loss this season was to Washington and Logan will face them for a second time this season next Thursday at last home game of the season. Seniors on the varsity will honored at the game.

By Tim Ciardella, Courier Sports Writer

The Logan Colts expect to impress their fans for homecoming this Friday when they take on Fremont's John F. Kennedy High School.

The Colts are coming off a 35-7 trouncing of Washington High last Saturday. In that game, quarterback Rashad Evans ran wild against the Huskies, scoring three touchdowns and running for more than 250 yards.

If the past is prologue, this week's game against JFK shouldn’t even be close and Logan should rack up tons of yards on the ground. The Colts are way too much for Kennedy to handle. Logan is ranked second in the East Bay and Kennedy isn’t even considered competitive in the MVAL. The Colts should excite everyone for homecoming with their explosive offense. They are very well capable of putting up 50 or more points against JFK.

By Cameron Lacson, Courier Staff Writer

The Colts Girls Golf team finished 3rd in the HAAL (Hayward Area Athletic League) tournament at Metropolitan par 72 Golf Course in Oakland Monday.

Although Logan’s team total of 502 strokes was more than Castro Valley’s 432 and Mission San Jose’s 417, they still managed to beat San Leandro’s 513, which was their goal. The team total of 502 is a team best for the Colts this season.

Sophomore Alexa Rocero said, “I feel very accomplished because we exceeded our expectations.”

By Vicente Marcelo, Courier Sports Writer

Following their successful season last year, the James Logan Wrestling Team will try to continue their success as they hold their first practice of the 2007/2008 season on November 5.

Last year the Colts went undefeated in league and took fourth in the North Coast Section. Colin Malcolm, Adrian Gomez and Ricky Streeter led the way.

By Tim Ciardella, Courier Sports Writer

Logan looks to be alone in the lead for first place in MVAL after Saturday Nights game against Washington at Tak. The game is for first place in league and the Colts are very determined to maintain their status as an undefeated powerhouse.

“We play every game like it’s the last game because anything could happen”, explained senior wide receiver Virjaun Carter.

By Tim Ciardella, Courier Sports Editor

Logan Junior middle linebacker Joseph Mestre knew he had big footsteps to fill coming into the 2007 season. The Colts lost a tremendous player from last year in stud middle linebacker Fenuki Foketi who graduated, but knew they had a guy with tons of potential to replace him. Mestre is listed at 5 foot 10, weighs 205 pounds and has been playing football for seven years. He is an exceptional player who has a knack to come up and make the big hit on a ball carrier.

“The best thing about being linebacker is that I’m in the middle of the action and I get a lot of chances to lay someone out”, said Mestre.

The junior has desire for the game and just loves to be out there playing. He is a big component in the Logan defense and is vital to them in stopping the run. Mestre comes up and meets the running backs at or behind the line of scrimmage.

By Samuel Jue, Courier Staff Writer

Last week, Olympic track star Marion Jones relinquished her five medals won at the Summer Games of 2000 after pleading guilty to steroid use.

On October 5th, Jones made a public apology to her supporters about her choices and her actions.

"I have let [my family] down. I have let my country down, and I have let myself down,” A teary‑eyed Jones said in her address.

Jones had previously stated that she had never taken any steroids in her career. Even with this said, many still questioned the truth. In 2003, Jones appeared among a Grand Jury investigating BALCO. Jones told the court that she had never used performance‑enhancing drugs when she was asked.

Courier Staff Report

The truth is that the Colts took victory against the hapless Mission San Jose football time for granted, and they weren't disappointed. The game went according to plan: 65-0, Colts.

Before the game, players told The Courier that the plan was to take it easy on Mission, and get the second string into the game by the second quarter, at the latest. They planned to come out in the first quarter, get a half dozen scores or so, then go on cruise control and get everyone on the team in on the fun.

The score was 37-0 Colts in the first quarter. Everyone played.

Courier Staff Report

James Logan's girls tennis team looked like it was playing squash Thursday, in that it squashed the Newark Memorial team, 7-0.

None of the Newark players were able to win even one set in play against the Lady Colts.

Courier Staff Report

The Lady Colts varsity volleyball team got back on the winning track with a victory over Newark Memorial Thursday in the Guy Emanuele Jr. Pavilion, after dropping to 5-1 due to their Tuesday loss to Washington,.

Playing without stalwarts senior Stephanie Barnes and injured sophomore Shelleyse Patolo, the rest of the team took three sets out of four from Newark, 25-10, 30-32, 25-23 and 25-11.

By Tim Ciardella, Courier Sports Editor

The Logan Colts defensive line has extreme talent and one of those players on that outstanding line is senior defensive end Nifae Lealao.

Lealao is another remarkable big guy who can get it done on that Colts D‑line. He is six foot even and is around 255 pounds. That sounds pretty intimidating, but to add on to that, the senior can run a 5 flat 40. He shows that he has great athletic ability and he certainly knows what he is doing after playing football for nine years of his life. He plans on using his skill and very experienced technique to dominate opposing offensive linemen in the remainder of the games this season.

By Tim Ciardella, Courier Sports Editor

The James Logan varsity football team expects lots of fireworks from their offense when they go to Tak again this Friday to play Mission San Jose.

If statistics are predictive, this game should be a complete blowout and Logan (5-0 overall and 1-0 in MVAL play after trouncing American last week) should have their second stringers put in the game by the middle of the first quarter unless some kind of miracle happens and the still-winless Mission team is able to compete.

Led by Rashad Evans, who's averaging an East Bay best 12.8 yards per carry, and is eighth in total yards, the Colts are just way too much for Mission on offense and defense. Evans is seventh in individual scoring in the East Bay, too, with 11 touchdowns and 66 points.

By Harman Badwal, Courier Staff Writer

Coach Neal Fromson today starts his new job teaching Physical Education at Searles Elementary School after nearly 25 years teaching and coaching at James Logan High School.

"I want a new challenge, new opportunity and a new career," he told The Courier on Friday, his last day at Logan. 'I have taught here for 25 years, so I'm not that happy to leave Logan."

Courier Staff Report

The James Logan Varsity football team is not nice.

After running up the score 42-11 at halftime, the Colts had a chance to show some mercy to their fellow Mission Valley Athletic Team in neighboring Fremont, the American Eagles.

Instead, they plucked the thrashed poultry clean and shoved the ball so far down their throats that it came out....well, you get the picture. The American Eagle mascot is usually portrayed as a male, and it laid an egg. The final score was 63-18.

It was ugly.

By Vicente Marcelo, Courier Sports Writer

The James Logan Girls Volleyball team extended their league record to 4‑0 after beating the Irvington Vikings in at home Tuesday.

The Lady Colts beat the Vikings three games to two. The Colts lost games one and four by scores of 22‑25 and 24‑26 and won games two, three and five by scores of 25‑13, 25‑18 and 15‑6. Shellyse Patolo, a sophomore, contributed with 17 kills while Lisa Nguyen had a couple of aces.

The girls excelled on both offense and defense.

By Cameron Lacson, Courier Staff Writer

The James Logan Girls Golf team broke the school record for low score at Mission Hills Par 30 golf course against Bishop O’Dowd and Moreau Catholic in a three-way match Thursday.

The Colts' team total of 198 strokes defeated Bishop’s 223 and Moreau’s 272.


The Girls Golf team, from left:
Jessica Rasmussen, Jenny White, Alison Wong, Christina La, Alexa Rocero, Jasmine Garcia, Whitney Gebhard. Above: Coach Neal Fromson. Courier Photo

By Samuel Jue, Courier Staff Writer

The NHL season opened Saturday Night with the Kings knocking off defending champs Anaheim Ducks 4‑1 in London, England.

With the NHL’s long history, this was only the fourth time that an official NHL game has been played outside of the U.S. and Canada and the first game ever played in Europe. The other three games were played in Japan (1997,1998 and 1999).

The NHL commissioner hinted that more European‑hosted games would lie in the future, but a permanent franchise outside North America would not.