This is the archive for February 2008
By Vicente Marcelo,
Courier Sports Writer
Colts Varsity wrestling captain, Senior Ruben Baca took home the North Coast Section title on Saturday night.
When Ruben Baca began wrestling at Logan four years ago, he set some difficult goals: Win a section title and place at state.
On Saturday at Newark Memorial, Ruben accomplished his first goal with a come‑from‑behind 7‑6 victory over Dylan Phillipy of College Park in the 125‑pound championship match of the North Coast Section tournament.
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By Christina La, Courier Editor-in-Chief and
Cameron Lacson,
Courier Sports Writer
The James Logan Colt's boys' Varsity basketball team had a chance to get into the North Coast Section tournament Tuesday, but fell short.
Last Thursday, the Colts lost to the Newark Memorial Cougars for the third time this season. Similar to the past two games that Logan played against Newark, the Colts managed to stay side by side with the Cougars leaving behind close scores at end of the first, second, and third quarter. However, Logan fell under the anxiety of the game where Newark broke through with a victory. The score was 59-70.
Furthermore, since Logan still stood a chance in qualifying for the North Coast Section (NCS) tournament they were pushed to play in another play-off game against the Antioch Panthers on Tuesday night to help determine the seating.
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By Samuel Jue, Courier Sports Editor
Number three seed Amador Valley showed off their top-ranked defense Saturday night by blanking the Colts 1-0 and eliminating them from the North Coast Section playoffs.
Amador’s George Mayer scored the potential game-winning goal eight minutes into the contest thanks to a nice feed from Michael Janjigian to lift the Dons over the Colts in the NCS Quarterfinals.
The Dons’ defense sparkled yet again at Logan Wednesday. In games that Amador has been able to get on the scoreboard, their opposition have been denied the right to score all season long. As a team, they have allowed only two goals in their last fourteen games.
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By Vicente Marcelo,
Courier Staff Writer
The Colts Varsity Soccer Team played their first game of the NCS Championship last night against the Washington Huskies and beat them.
Washington was one of just two teams to beat Logan this year. The other was East Bay Athletic League's Amador Valley.
Roberto Padilla scored the game-winner on a perfectly placed shot from 25 yards in the 29th minute to give the Colts the only goal they would need, and Jorge Hernandez scored a late goal to cap the win for Logan as they advance to the quarterfinal with a 2-0 win.
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By Cameron Lacson,
Courier Sports Writer
The Colts Varsity boys’ basketball team played their first play-off game of the Mission Valley Athletic League, throwing down a win against the Washington Huskies at Newark Memorial's home court Tuesday night.
The Huskies stood no chance against the Colts, who led the game from the beginning to the end. At half time, Logan’s score was 27 to Washington’s 18. As the Huskies continued to fight back, third quarter ended with a close 37-35. However, as determined to win the game, Logan came out with victory at the end of the night with 62-53.
Posted by courier at 07:45 AM. Filed under: Sports
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By Samuel Jue,
Courier Sports Editor
The Colts found out from Sunday’s North Coast Section soccer seedings meeting that they will be slotted in the 6th playoff spot and will face No. 11 Washington in the first round of NCS playoffs.
With this said, one might be thinking how can a team that has allowed only 4 goals throughout the MVALs, own a 10‑1‑2 record and have shutout their opposition throughout the Shaughnessy playoffs can only manage to be in the sixth place spot.
That only shows how tough the Boys NCS 3‑A playoffs plan to be.
Posted by courier at 07:47 AM. Filed under: Sports
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By Cameron Lacson,
Courier Sports Writer
On Thursday night, the James Logan Varsity boys’ basketball team scored a win over American in their last home game this season. Before the game, the Colts’ seniors were recognized in celebration of “Senior Night.”
The seven seniors on the team were each called up individually and honored with gifts from family and friends. Logan’s Varsity seniors are: Kevin Aujla, Felipe Bobino, Hunter Hayden, Howie Manzo, Christian Okeze, Isaiah Moore, and Zachary Smith.
Posted by courier at 07:30 AM. Filed under: Sports
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By Samuel Jue, Courier Sports Editor
The Colts knocked off League rivals Newark Memorial 1-0 on Wednesday night to win the MVAL crown and to lock up a NCS playoff spot.
Jorge Hernandez scored in the first half of the contest and that goal proved to be all Logan�s defense needed.
"This feels really good to win in my senior year,"said Logan Senior Hernandez. "If everybody keeps working together, we�ll keep playing well."
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By Samuel Jue, Courier Sports Editor
The Lady Colts were perhaps one win away from pulling off the unthinkable Friday night. But that would have to be delayed as the Newark Cougars shutout out the Girls Soccer team 1-0.
At the 35th minute of the contest, Newark Memorial's Emily Kirk fed a leak-out pass to Sarah Biser who netted a goal on the breakaway to give all the scoring the Lady Cougars needed for the 1-0 victory.
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The Lady Colts celebrated the seniors'
last home game of the regular season.
Denay Harris/Courier Photo,
Courier Sports Writer
The James Logan Lady Colts played their last home game of the regular season in the Guy Emanuele Pavilion Wednesday night. It was Senior Night, when the seniors in the basketball program are honored before the game begins.
The six seniors on the varsity team received special gifts , such as balloons and flowers, from their friends and families. When the girls were recognized in center court, their goals and plans were announced along with some of their favorite memories of playing basketball for Logan.
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By Samuel Jue, Courier Sports Editor
After a long and exhausting 110 minutes of soccer, Logan’s Gabe Stange lifted the Lady Colts on Thursday night to the 3-2 victory.
Logan and Washington both played solid defense throughout the first half as the score was knotted at 0-0.
But the scoreless trend would not continue. Logan star Chris Garigan scored in the opening minutes of the second half as the Lady Colts took the early 1-0 lead.
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By Samuel Jue,
Courier Sports Editor
The James Logan Boys Soccer team had no trouble handling Kennedy Wednesday night as they shutout out the Titans 4‑0.
Abran Gonzalez notched a pair of goals and Juan De La Cruz added yet another dominating goaltending performance to his resume.
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By Samuel Jue, Courier Sports Editor
The James Logan Girls Soccer team played out their hearts Tuesday night to knock off the formerly undefeated Newark Cougars 1‑0 in the Shaughnessy playoffs.
Newark jumped out early on the Lady Colts, controlling the tempo of the contest. But soon the tide would shift. After the first twenty minutes of action, Logan carried on the game. The match would remain scoreless after the first half.
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Senior Howie Manzo, 33,
takes a hard foul.
Cameron Lacson/Courier Photo
The James Logan Varsity Boys basketball lost to Newark Memorial on Tuesday night in the Cougar’s home court. This is the Colts’ second Mission Valley Athletic League loss this season, and they have both been to the Cougars.
Logan put up a good fight through the first, second, and third quarter. First quarter ended with 12-14, second quarter with 32-33, and third quarter with 49-50.
The Colts were at their best at 6:31 left in the third quarter when they were leading 38-33. However, when fourth quarter approached Newark’s intensity grew to its highest level, as they were non-stop scoring and leaving Logan with little time to catch up.
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Vicente Marcelo/Courier Photo
The James Logan Varsity Wrestling Team finished off their regular season last Saturday when they attended the Mission San Jose Invitational.
The Colts were not able to place in their final tournament as a team. However, they had two wrestlers who were able to place in the tournament individually.
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By Cameron Lacson, Courier Sports Writer
On Tuesday night, the James Logan Varsity boys’ basketball team will get another chance of victory in a head to head dual against Newark Memorial. This is going to be the second game that the Colts will be playing the Cougars this season.
Logan’s center, Hunter Hayden said, “We have been working hard all week for this game so hopefully we will perform to our best potential.”
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By Samuel Jue,
Courier Sports Editor
The Colts rallied late Friday night to knock off Newark 1-0 to clinch the Mission Valley Athletic League's regular season soccer championship.
Logan only needed a tie against Newark Memorial, but inside the final minute of play co-captain Danny Zermeno scored to put the exclamation point on the season.
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By Samuel Jue, Courier Sports Editor
Despite being shutout by Newark Memorial 1-0 in the most crucial game of the season, the Colts clinched a playoff birth with help from an Irvington loss.
The James Logan Girls Soccer team showed a great deal of teamwork, determination and grit Thursday night, but fell short to undefeated Newark.
Newark star Sarah Biser and Alyssa Trujillo teamed up to net the only goal of the contest, as goaltender Vanessa Baumann made six saves to complete the shutout for the win. Newark picked up their ninth shutout of league action.
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By Vicente Marcelo, Courier Sports Writer
The Logan Colts Wrestling Varsity Team defeated the Newark Memorial Cougars in their showdown last night at the Guy Emmanuel Pavilion. The Colts won by a total score of 38‑27.
Mark Taia, Logan’s heavy weight kicked off the Dual meet by being the first match of the night. His match remained very close through three rounds. Unfortunately, at the end of the third and final round, Mark Taia wounded coming up short and losing by three.
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By Vicente Marcelo,
Courier Sports Writer
The Colts will have plenty of challenges as they head over to Mission San Jose Friday morning to attend the Mission San Jose Invitational. The Colts will be competing against 59 other High Schools and over 200 wrestlers will be competing.
The Mission Invitational is a two day tournament which consists of top wrestling schools from all over California, such as Clovis West High, Granada, De la Salle, Deer Valley, Mount Diablo.
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By Samuel Jue,
Courier Sports Editor
The Colts came back to defeat the Titans 2‑1 Wednesday night to stay in first place in the MVAL standings and set up a crucial season finale against Newark on Friday.
The pair of Jorge Valdovinos and Abran Gonzalez provided all the scoring the Colts needed to secure the victory.
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