Gymnastics

Team Champion Lowell Cardinals

2008 Individual Varsity Singles Medalists
Nina Liu (Lowell) Bronze, Jennifer Salomon (Wallenberg) Gold, Karen Etin (Lowell) Silver

Lowell #2 Sally Ness prepares for a backhand

Wallenberg’s top player Jennifer Salomon

Action in #3 Singles

Washington’s M#1 Doubles match is underwayy Pham finishes off her Bronze Medal round

2008 Individual Varsity Doubles Medalists
Maria Klionsky-Amy Yee (Lowell) Bronze, Sally Ness-Amanda Lam (Lowel) Gold, Tiffany Leung-Mona Man (Lowell) Silver

2008 Individual Novice Doubles Medalists
Sally Liu-Heidi Vuong (Galileo) Bronze, Fiona Lam-Tiffany Leung (Wallenberg) Gold, Carmen Dan-Lucy Huang (Washington) Silver

Team Champion Lincoln Mustangs

Individual All-City Medalists
Chae Kim, Lowell (Silver), Andrea Fung, Lincoln (Gold), Shannon Wong, Lincoln (Silver)

Lincoln’s Andrea Fung keeps her eye on the ball

Chae Kim of Lowell starts off her quest for the individual title

Lincoln’s Monica Saint ready to smack a drive

Lincoln’s Monica Saint ready to smack a drive

2008-09 Champion Mission Bears – That makes 4 in a row!

Teams head out for battle

The final match is underway!

SF Section Varsity Champion Lowell Cardinals

Frosh-Soph Champion Balboa Buccaneers

Varsity All-League Team

Teresa Lee Award Winner Jacklyn Lee of Balboa
with Coach Cubales and SF Section Commissioner Don Collins

Keep your eye on the ball

Action at the net

Pre-match good wishes before the battle begins

Keeping it fair!

Lowell Varsity Boys
SF Section Champions

Lowell Varsity Girls
SF Section Champions

Girls Varsity Individual Winners
Anna Slotterback (Lincoln) Silver, Tamara Purpura (Lowell) Gold,
Sarah Gulli (Lowell) Bronze

Boys Varsity Individual Winners
Kendrick Chow (Galileo) Silver, Mark Olson (Lowell) Gold,
Cory Worthington (Lowell) Bronze

Girls runner-up Anna Slotterback stops the clock at 21:14

Boys varsity Champion, Mark Olson, about to cross the finish line

Boys Varsity racers ready to start!

Race Director Andy Leong gives final instructions to Girls Varsity runners

Frosh-Soph Individual Medalists
Nery Martinez (Mission) Silver, Tareq Al-Shami (Washington) Gold,
Alex Hillan (Lowell), Bronze

Girls Frosh-Soph Individual Winners
Serena Ye (Lowell) Silver, Sami Chu (Lincoln) Gold,
Salina Yu (Lincoln) Bronze

Top Freshman Girl Emelie Roche of Washington

Boys Frosh-Soph Champs Lowell Cardinals

2008-09 Champion Lincoln Mustangs…it’s a four-peat!

Hoisting the Hardware

Heads or Tails?

Turkey Day is under way!

Where the real action is

Eagle’s QB Antyon Metoyer gives directions

Calvin Graber leads Shawn Meneses down field

The Washington Eagle doesn’t look to happy

It takes two Eagles to bring down Deshon Marman!

Mustang Cheerleaders happy with the victory

Devon Marman leaves ’em in the dust

Washington RB Antonio Ogilivie finds some open space

Lincoln’s Eric Beverly protects the pigskin

Lincoln Drum Corp and Spectators cheer on their Mustangs

Coaches Finley and Ferrigno congratulate each other on fine seasons

Halftime Honorees SF Section Commissioner Don Collins and Former District Landscape Department Head Tony Lazcano with Lincoln Principal Rong Pang and Lowell Principal Andy Ishibashi

UCSF Athletic Trainer Joe Smith looks after an injured Eagle

Grandville Taylor is literally dragged to the ground

The men in stripes

The scoreboard tells the story

2008-09 Show/Cheer with Stunt Champion Lowell Cardinals

2008-09 Show/Cheer Champion Lincoln Mustangs

2008-09 Dance Champion Washington Eagles

A view from above

One Big “Cheer” Family

Lincoln during Show/Cheer winning performance!

Balboa squad looking sharp

Burton gals all smiles

Jordan girls happy to be in first competition

Lowell squad await their turn in the spotlight

Lady Mustangs confident after 2007 victory

Judges enjoyed the competition as much as the fans

Team Champion Washington Eagles

Outstanding Wrestlers
Alvin Tran-Light wt., Jason Liao-Middle wt.,
Sam Berry-Heavy wt.

Juan Santa Maria,103lb Champion and runners up.

Alvin Tran, 112lb Champion, and runners up.

Andy Lam, 119lb Champion, and runners up.

Jimmy Zhen, 125lb Champion, and runners-up.

Fredrick Tran, 130lb Champion, and runners up.

Galen Yun, 135lb Champion, and runners up.

Eric Kudroff, 140lb Champion, and runners up.

Devin Liu, 145lb Champion, and runners up.

Jason Liao, 152lb Champion, and runners up.

De’Mon Jones, 160lb Champion, and runners up.

Calvin Graber, 275lb Champion, and runners up.

Plenty of awards to hand out!

The men in stripes ready for action.

Retiring official Doug Dressler receives an outstanding service award from SF Section Commissioner Don Collins

Stephan Zink and Juan Santa Maria in 103# match action.

Ricky Feng and Galen Yun in 135# match action.

Carlos Cheung and De’Mon Jones in 160# match action.

Ryan Donnelly and Kevin Li in 171# match action.

Calvin Graber and William Thorsen in 275# match action.

Lowell Boys take the title!

Lincoln Girls are the SF Section Champs!

Noah Rosen performs the Star Spangled Banner

SF Section honors long time SFUSD teacher, coach, and First Aid/CPR trainer Pat Stein along with a posthumous award presented to current SFUSD PE Dept. Head Michelle Moll-Zapata in honor of former SFUSD teacher and PE Dept. Head Gloria Siech

Boys action begins!

Girls game is underway!

Victor Chew of Wallenberg and Jerome Pusung of Mission share the Herb Blanchard Award honors

Lincoln’s Kelly Huey receives the annual Alma Blanchard Award

Lincoln’s Spirit Squad performs during half time..

Lowell’s Yuhki Sakai defends against Lincoln’s De’End Parker’s throw-in.

Lincoln’s Monique Thomas drives to the hoop.

All-City Team Overall Champion Lowell Cardinals

Individual Champs Lauren Jung (Convent) and Alex Cheng (Lowell) show where their names will be permanently displayed

Girls Individual Medalists
Natalie Ho (Lowell)-Bronze, Lauren Jung (Convent)-Gold, Amanda Zerbe (University)-Silver
with runners up

Boys Individual Medalists
Roland Nguyen (Washington)-Bronze, Alex Cheng (Lowell)-Gold, Nick Prey (University)-Silver
and runners up

Coaches Leo Bello, Sandor Mandoki, and Scott Cunningham and the Girls Team Tri-Champion Convent Cubs, Galileo Lions, and Lowell Cardinals

Coach Scott Cunningham and the Boys Team Champion
Lowell Cardinals

Nick Prey (University) and Alex Cheng (Lowell)
compete in the boys final

Convent’s Lauren Jung and University’s Amanda Zerbe square off in the girls final

Arlo Lobascio (Lowell) and Roland Nguyen (Washington) on the strip
in the boys third place match

Girls Varsity Team Champion Lowell Cardinals

Boys Varsity Team Champion Lowell Cardinals

Lincoln Mustang boys bring home the Junior Varsity title for retiring head coach Phong Pham

Girls Junior Varsity Champion Lowell Cardinals

Backstrokers take their marks

Nice Relay Exchange!

Some final cap and goggle adjustments before hitting the water

It’s a fair start!

Team Champion Lowell Cardinals

Lowell’s Gary Podvalny serves in #3 Singles

Lincoln’s Ben Lam in #1 Singles action

Lowell’s #4 singles with a nice return

Lincoln’s #3 Singles prepares to strike

Action in the #1 Doubles match

Singles medalists Alex Zhu (Lowell)–Bronze, Ben Lam (Lincoln)–Gold, Brandon On (Balboa)–Silver

Doubles medalists Will Scharffenberger and Will Chan (Lowell)–Silver, David Konstantinov and Juan Garcia (Galileo)–Gold, James Wan and Mark Solovey (Lincoln)–Bronze

Novice Doubles medalists Konstantin Letuchy and Alvin Liu (Lincoln)–Silver, Aaron Yeung and Vincent Man (Wallenberg)–Gold, Aram Durgurian and Boris Tengberg (Washington)–Bronze

Singles Champ Ben Lam of Lincoln with a nice follow through

Galileo’s Juan Garcia prepares for a return in Doubles final

Action in Doubles third place match

2008-09 Champion Balboa Buccaneers

Balboa’s Jacky Su receives Peter Yan award from
Commissioner Don Collins

2008-09 All-League Team

Action at the net

Serving to start the match!

Keep your eye on the ball!

2009 Champion Lowell Cardinals

Thanks for a good game, ref!

Lowell throw in action

Washington moves the ball up the field

Here comes the ball

Nice follow through on the throw in!

Coach Corbett with her 2008-09 Team Champion Washington Eagles

Individual Champ Ken Escobar of Burton with Tri-Silver Medalists Bryan Wang (Washington), Tom Ebergen (Lowell), Marcus Wong (Lincoln)

Lining up a putt on #18

Textbook follow through

Washington’s Gianni Canzona chips onto the 18th green

Nice putting form!

It’s a 3-Peat for the Lowell Cardinals

A view from the “press box”

The Eagle’s Tammy Visser comes up ready to throw

2008-09 Champion Washington Eagles

Good game fellas!

SOTA student Xiomara Demetrius performs national anthem with support from the Washington JROTC Color Guard

Retiring SF Rec & Park director Gary Siri receives Award of Appreciation from Commissioner Collins and Galileo Assistant Principal and SF Section Federated Council member Nancy Lambert

Reviewing the ground rules.

We’re underway!

Team Champion Lowell Cardinals

Action in #1 Singles Match

Lowell #1 Doubles team ready to receive

Washington #1 Doubles Team

Singles Medalists
Janice Su (Galileo)–Silver, Sophia Li (Lowell)–Gold, Zhaoqing Zheng (Washington)–Bronze

Doubles Medalists
Latisha Chan and Leta He (Lowell)–Bronze, Carmen Lee and Zoie Chow (Lowell)–Gold, Bonita Hugh and Sandy Zhao (Washington)–Silver

Action in Singles Final

Action in Doubles Final

AAA Champion Lowell Cardinals Varsity Boys Team

AAA Girls Varsity Team Champion Lowell Cardinals

Boys FS Champion Lincoln Mustangs

Girls FS Champion Lowell Cardinals

Kirtman Family Outstanding Performer Award Winners
Deondre Anderson (Burton) and Katherine Jarvis (Lowell) with Commissioner Collins and Mike Kirtman

A very happy 3200m gold medalist, Anna Slotterback, of Lincoln

CIF SF Section Farmers Scholar Athlete award winners
Elena Chin of Lowell and Kendrick Chow of Galileo

Jordan’s Christian Castaing keeps pace with Gal’s Kendrick Chow

Lowell’s Melanie Speech finishes strong

A good exchange in the relay

Fine form over the hurdles

Using the drafting technique saves energy