The James Logan Courier

By Vicente Marcelo, Courier Sports Writer

The James Logan Colts Varsity Boys and Girls Track and Field Team has dominated the Mission Valley Athletic League for quite a while. They have placed and qualified for the North Coast Section Finals and State Finals for more than ten consecutive years.

Unfortunately, this year the boy’s track team fell short of the league title by losing to the Newark Memorial Cougars. However, the Girls track team dominated league and finished with an undefeated overall record.

By Samuel Jue, Courier Sports Editor

The James Logan softball crew behind their ace pitcher, Stephanie Barnes, held Washington off the scoreboard on Thursday on their way to a 6‑0 win to bring home the MVAL Championship title.

Barnes pitched a pair of complete game shutouts in the playoffs to earn MVP honors around the Mission Valley Athletic League. She struck out half a dozen, while only allowing 3 hits on her way to the victory.

By Samuel Jue, Courier Sports Editor

The James Logan Girls Softball team have lost only one League game all season long and they were not about to pick up loss number two when it counted most.

The Lady Colts, behind ace Stephanie Barnes, shutout Irvington 4‑0 Tuesday evening to advance to the MVAL Championship game.

Barnes was one runner allowed shy of a perfect game, as she gave up only one hit and no walks. Logan’s ace hurler also K‑ed half a dozen in the win.

By Samuel Jue, Courier Sports Editor

Logan fell to the Irvington Vikings 9‑2 Wednesday afternoon to see their season come to an end.

The Colts struggled miserably throughout the game in which shoddy defense was key.

The Vikings starter Mike Rogers pitched into the 7th inning, allowing only 4 hits and 2 runs while striking out five.

By Samuel Jue, Courier Sports Editor

The Boys Track Field team were knocked off 181‑151 by Newark Memorial in the MVAL Championships at Tak Fudenna Stadium on Friday.

Meanwhile, the Girls Team pounded their opposition, finishing with 252 total points and topped their nearest opponents by a wide margin (American 72.5, Newark Memorial 72).

The Boys team failed to finish among the top 5 for both the 100s and the 200s, but had a pair of top finishers in the 400s(Justin Brooks and Nick Shutes) and the 800s(Andy An and Shaun Shutes). Logan also finished with a top finisher in the long distance races the 1600m(Shaun Shutes) and the 3200m(Ravi Patel).

By Cameron Lacson, Courier Sports Writer

The James Logan Boys’ Varsity volleyball team opens their North Coast Section playoff run against Deer Valley Wolverines tonight at 7:00 PM in Antioch. The Colts clinched for eleventh place in the North Coast Section Tournament with a 17-15 record.

By Samuel Jue, Courier Sports Editor

One month ago, the highly-touted James Logan baseball team had lost three in row and were in danger of being expelled from a playoff spot.

But, Logan picked up back-to-back huge wins over the last week to clinch 2nd place in the Mission Valley Athletic League playoffs. They knocked off Irvington 6-2 on the final day of the regular season to barely sneak by the Vikings for a top two seed.

Logan’s Roberto Padilla pitched lights out baseball for 4 2/3 innings. The Colts ace starter punched out 10 hitters among the 14 he faced Friday night.

By Vicente Marcelo, Courier Sports Writer

The Colts, down 2-0 in the semifinals of the Mission Valley Athletic League playoffs against Moreau Catholic, rallied from a 2 to 0 deficit to beat the Moreau Mariners by a score of 3-2.

Eventually they were able to come back and reel off three straight wins to claim a thrilling 18-25, 23-25, 25-21, 25-23, 20-18 victory over the No.3 Mariners.