FEB 15 – 21
Rubey leads Tigers over Vikings to secure playoff spot
BY JAKE LITTLEJOHN
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The Performance of the Week for the week of Feb. 15-21 was varsity girls basketball guard Skyler Rubey’s 14 point game against the Oakmont Vikings. Rubey led the Tigers to a 65-53 win over the Vikings to secure the team a spot in the playoffs for the first time since the 2009 season.
This is Rubey’s highest scoring game so far this season and, according to teammate junior point guard Shelbie McKay, was her best overall performance she had ever seen from her.
“I have been playing with Skyler for two years and that is the best game I’ve ever seen her play,” McKay said. “She just had confidence like no other.”
The win earned the girls the seventh seed in the playoffs. The Tigers will host the tenth seed, the Del Oro Eagles, tomorrow at 7 p.m.
According to McKay, the girls have been playing at a high level leading up to the playoffs and believes that Rubey helped the team make a statement in its final game.
“All of this momentum will help us in playoffs and carry us into next year,” McKay said.
FEB 8 – 14
Eight of 11 wrestlers advance past League Finals
BY BLAKE BEAMAN
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The Performance of the Week for the week of Feb. 8-14 was the wrestling team’s advancement of eight of the eleven wrestlers sent to the Capital Valley Conference League Finals Tournament on Feb. 11.
These wrestlers were able to continue on to compete in the California Interscholastic Federation Division II Tournament last Friday and Saturday.
Senior wrestler Christian Matlock was one of the 11 wrestlers that advanced to Divisionals and thinks the wrestlers who were sent to compete in the finals performed very well.
He has high hopes for the wrestlers’ advancements.
“The team performed very well at League Finals and most of them looked better than they did in previous matches,” Matlock said. “I expect us to do very well at Divisionals and hopefully some of us can advance to Masters and eventually State.”
Sophomore wrestler Jake Solso, who also advanced to Divisionals, agrees with Matlock and feels that some of the wrestlers had the best matches of their seasons in the finals meet.
“I think most of us have a really good shot at placing [in Divisionals] so it should be interesting to see what happens,” Solso said. “I had my best match of the season at League Finals, and I think most of the other guys did too.”
JAN 1 – 7
JV boys beat two first place teams in three consecutive wins
BY MEGAN ANDERSON
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The Performance of the Week for the week of for Feb. 1-7 was the JV boys basketball team’s three consecutive league wins – two coming against teams that entered the contest in first place.
The Tigers took on the Cosumnes Oaks Wolfpack, the Antelope Titans and the Bella Vista Broncos on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, respectively.
According to freshman center Jackson Esparaza, the boys saw an opportunity to clinch a few wins and took it.
“I think that we felt like we had to win because we were already three games behind everyone else in league,” Esparza said. “We knew that we still had a chance because other teams started losing. Cosumnes got some guys hurt, so we knew they would lose a couple games and if we kept winning we could still win league.”
Sophomore guard Cooper Baddley thought that the team performed well against their opponents during the week and had a good mindset coming into the games
“We just came out at home and did what we did,” Baddley said. “[Our mentality for the] second half of league was, ‘They beat us the first time, we’re gonna do it the second time.’ And that’s what happened.”
