Tongva Times8 SportsApril 30, 2015
THROWING FIRE The Gabrielino varsity baseball team stepped up to
the plate this season, showing a marked overall imporvement, and
are now setting their sights on a Mission Valley League title.
Amanda Tzoc|Tongva Times
PASSING THE BATON The track team excelled in the 4x4 relay race,
as well as many other events, thus earning a victory against the
Rosemead Panthers on April 23.
Taylor Thames|Tongva Times
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By Jasmine LamStaff Writer
Yesterday, the Gabrielino High School boys varsity base-ball
team went on the road to take on their longtime Mission Valley
League rivals, the Ar-royo High School Knights, in what became a
heated contest between two of the top base-ball teams in the
league. Scores unavailable at press time. Last Friday, the varsity
base-ball team went up against Mar-shall High School, with the fi
nal score being 9-1. Key players in this game were pitcher Armando
Ortega, senior, and offensive star, James Clapp, junior. Ortega
remained pitcher for the whole game and allowed Marshall to have
four hits and one run. Clapp had three for four runs batted in,
meaning that because of his hit, a player at a base was able to
steal another base or score. By the fi fth inning, the score was
8-1. One of the players who scored
was Sean Fassler, senior, who had a narrow escape with the
catcher. Fassler had been run-ning to home base when he
On April 10, the Eagles lost 3-5 against Bell Gardens High
School. On April 15, the Eagles won
evaded the opponent by do-ing a small fl ip to the side and
touched home base, effectively scoring for Gabrielino.
11-1 against Mountain View High School. Also, on April 22, the
Eagles stepped up to the plate with Rosemead and brought home a
win. The score was 10-2. Brandon Lara-Mack, senior, made the fi rst
home run of the season. So far, the team has had seven league games
and have won fi ve, making the league score 5-2. When asked about
how the season was going, Brian Chen, sophomore, stated, All of our
players stepped up their games so this should be a strong sea-son.
The teams coach, Mauricio Hernandez, otherwise known as Mo,
previously coached Gabrielinos baseball team from 1995-2003.
Hernandez came back this season and has been coaching the varsity
baseball team since January. Robert Jara, junior, stated, Hes a
good coach. He focuses on the fundamentals which is good because
thats all we need to follow to win games.
Baseball makes impressive pitch at league title
By Roxanne MenchacaStaff Writer
On May 5, Gabrielino High School Track and Field will compete at
Rosemead High School to qualify team members to the Mission Valley
League Finals. This past Wednesday, the Ea-gles competed against
South El Monte in hopes of bringing their record-breaking season to
a pos-itive close. Scores unavailable at press time. On April 25,
the team sent their top competitors to the San Gabriel Valley
Championship meet in San Dimas. Unfortunately, rain prevent-ed the
team from fi nishing all their events. Despite the setback, the
Eagles still ex-celled in the available events. The Eagles did well
at the Rosemead meet on April 23. Although girls varsity lost by
only a few points, boys varsity swept the competition and won fi
rst in their division. In the fi nal event, the 4x4 boys varsity
re-lay, juniors Nathan Wong, Jorge Bayardo, Trent Hoffman, and
sophomore Harry Sanin raced to the fi nish line , pacing fi rst.
On April 16, the Eagles met at Arroyo High School and domi-nated in
the track events. Isa-
on the track and knowing that all your hard work is about to pay
off, stated Marchionne. Throughout April, track and fi eld did
consistently well and
bella Marchionne, junior, gave it her all and managed to break
her personal best in the 300m hurdles. Theres no feeling like
going
even qualifi ed team members to compete at invitational meets.
On April 11, a select few were chosen to participate in the Arcadia
Invitational, which is a national meet. Helen Tade, senior, placed
6th in the 100m hurdles, and Gary Hawkins, senior, placed 3rd in
the 110m hurdles. We are a very talented group of kids. We are hard
working, determined but, at the same time we know how to joke
around and laugh. We defi nitely are a family, stated Hawkins. At
the South Pasadena Invita-tional meet on April 10, Kiana Peters,
sophomore, placed 2nd in the 100m race. Eagles who attended this
meet were chosen based on their achievements in previous races. At
the home meet on April 9, the track and fi eld team showed Marshall
the power of Eagle pride by placing fi rst in all divi-sions. I am
very proud of our kids. They work hard and in the end it really
pays off. They are all competitors at heart, stated Me-lissa Lopez,
hurdle coach.
Track and Field sprints towards a strong fi nish
9sportsTongva Times
SCOREBOXScores as of 3/24
Boys Volleyball
9-6
Boys Golf
11-1
Softball
5-2
Baseball
11-11
Boys Swim
6-0
Girls Swim
4-2
Track
8-3
April 30, 2015
Mayweather takes on Pacquiao in match for the ages
First NFL female offi cial makes waves around league
By Jessica DuqueQuirks Editor
On May 2nd, approximately 15,000 people will gather at the MGM
Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas to watch the wel-terweight title
unifi cation fi ght between Floyd Money May-weather Jr. and Manny
Pac-man Pacquiao; thousands more will be watching from home. In
preparation for the fi ght, both Mayweather and Pacquiao have been
training with partners that best emulate their oppo-nents style.
The Filipino boxer Pacquaio has been training with former Mixed
Martial Arts fi ght-er Dashon Johnson, while Floyd Mayweather has
been sparring with boxer Zabdiel Zab Judah. I can defi nitely
emulate [Mayweathers] style very well and not to mention Im the
ex-act same size as Mayweather as far as reach and height and size
stated Johnson to Sporting News. Honestly, its a dream come true.
Hes trusted me with the biggest fi ght of his life, the biggest fi
ght in boxing history. Yet, the fi ghters sparring part-ners are
nothing compared to the opponent. With Pacquiaos 57
win and 2 loss record and May-weathers undefeated 47 win record,
all audiences are in for quite a battle. It was Mayweather who fi
rst made the announcement of the fi ght, pronouncing it on his
so-
By Sharon TramStaff Writer
On April 8, the National Football League (NFL) made a
groundbreaking announcement, hiring Sarah Thomas as their fi rst
full-time female offi cial. Thomas, who has been offi ciat-ing
football for 19 years was one of the nine fi rst-time NFL refer-ees
added to the leagues stable. I dont feel that its been harder for
me because Im a fe-male, Thomas, who also works as a pharmaceutical
representa-tive, told ABC News in 2013. I think that we are just
out here working as offi cials [] I think just on our credentials
just as offi cials. I think thats what moves us along, not be-
cause of our gender or race. Thomas was fi rst introduced to the
world of football offi ciating by her brother. I got involved in
offi ciating football because I was intrigued when these guys took
it serious-ly, she told ABC News. But then I was more challenged
at, Hey, I really dont know the game of football, and, being a
competitor, I really wanted to see, Hey, whats in store with this?
In 1996, she began her offi -ciating career when she attended Gulf
Coast Football Offi cials Association. According to NFL.com, Thomas
was the fi rst fe-male to offi ciate a Division I-A high school
football game in Mississippi.
cial media website Shots.com. Fans and observers have pres-sured
both boxers to come to-gether as far back as 2009. Even so,
numerous rumors and intimidations have been tossed around over the
years between
both fi ghters and their support-ers. In 2010, during a Ustream
video to his fans, Mayweather accused Pacquiao of using
per-formance enhancing drugs. When addressing a poten-tial fi ght
with Pacquaio, May-
In 2006, Gerry Austin, Con-ference USAs coordinator of offi
cials, was impressed by her skills, and decided to hire her. The
following year, Thomas was the fi rst woman to offi ciate at a
major college football game. Before the game, Austin said in an
ESPN interview, She came highly recommended by two NFL scouts. She
has a good presence and demeanor. After being hired, Thomas
received the opportunity to of-fi ciate the conferences
champi-onship games in 2008 and 2010. In 2009, Thomas also became
the fi rst femal to offi ciate at the Little Ceasars Pizza Bowl.
Thomas previously offi ci-ated NFL preseason games and worked at
team mini camps for
weather stated, As soon as we come off vacation, were going to
cook that little yellow chump [] Once I stomp the midget, Ill make
that [jerk] make me a sushi roll and cook me some rice. Likewise,
Pacquiao feels hostil-ity to his opponent as well. In an April 2015
interview with USA Today, Pacquiaos trainer, Fred-die Roach
explained that the killer instinct is going to come back a lot
faster due to a per-sonal dislike for Mayweathers history of
domestic violence. In an interview conducted last September with a
Filipino tele-vision network, Pacquiao stated, Im not angry at him.
I feel sor-ry for him because he acts like an uneducated person.
Its pitiful to me and Im praying for him. Already built on
attention from heated discussion, the fi ght on May 2nd is expected
generate the largest amount of money in boxing history. According
to the Wall Street Journal, it will cost $99 to watch the fi ght on
pay-per view; fi ghts typically cost $59. Pacquiao is expecting to
be paid over $100 million dollars, while Mayweather is said to be
receiving $180 million.
ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN Two of the greatest fi ghters of their
generation, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquaio will face off on
May 2 in what promises to be a classic.
the Cleveland Browns, New Or-leans Saints, and Indianapolis
Colts. I am a female, but I dont look at myself as just a fe-male,
Thomas said in a San Francisco Chronicle interview while working in
a Cleve-land Browns minicamp. I look at myself as an offi cial. In
an interview with ESPN, Aus-tin noted that there will be a great
amount of pressure on Thomas. I think its like any other time you
are the fi rst one, Austin said. If she does a good job, I think
she will have a very posi-tive effect. If she messes up, some
people might say females arent ready. Thomas joins the NFL as a
line judge, fi rst fulltime female
offi cial and second woman to offi ciate an NFL regular-season
game. Most of the time they are so focused on what they are doing,
they dont notice me, Thomas told New York Times in 2009. And that
is what ev-ery other offi cial strives for. Our best games are ones
that no one knows were there. Thomas will offi ciate her fi rst
game as a part of the 2015-2016 NFL regular season. I didnt set out
to break a glass ceiling or a gender bar-rier, Thomas told
Bloomberg in early July. If youre doing things because you love
them, then things have a tendency to just kind of fall into
place.
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