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The fall sports season has gone by in a blink for Garces Memorial athletics. Coming up
Tuesday, we will celebrate our first Senior Night at 3:15 p.m. for our nine girls tennis seniors on Tuesday in their final regular season home match before the playoffs.
Here is this week in Garces Athletics
Cross Country
The Rams were not in action this week, but will gear for the second River League meet on Wednesday River Walk Park.
Football
The defense for Garces last Friday was on full display, but the Rams weren’t able to get the offense humming in a 13-0 loss to Liberty. Jalani Smith had a first-half fumble recovery in the loss. The Rams will look to snap a four-game losing streak tonight at Frontier with JV at 5 p.m. and varsity at 7:30 p.m. During the losing streak, each team is currently ranked in the top-70 in California. No one else left on the schedule is ranked in the top-100.
Girls Golf
The Rams have won the first four River League tournament after another victory on Thursday at Bakersfield Country Club. Malia Giumarra led the way with an 85, which was the second-best individual score of the day. The Rams shot 480 on the 18-hole course, besting second place Liberty by 35 strokes. Bella Burks (85) and Hailey Shaw (90) helped lead the way for the Rams.
Girls Tennis
As stated above, the Rams are celebrating the nine seniors Tuesday night as Garces continues to dominate the Central Section and league play. The Rams beat Frontier 8-1 on Tuesday at home and defeated Bakersfield Christian 9-0 last night on the road. The Rams are 22-2 and 6-0 in River League action. In fact, the only losses were in tournament play to top teams from the Southern Section and Garces is 10-0 against other teams ranked in the top-10 in the section. The JV team defeated BCHS on Thursday as the Rams have just two more matches this season. The Rams have not lost a match.
Volleyball
Before Garces hosted Stockdale on Tuesday, all three levels for volleyball surprised varsity head coach Rachel Wulff by wearing pink warm-up shirts that had #WulffStrong on the back. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Coach Wulff is a survivor after beating cancer after six rounds of chemotherapy and 25 radiation treatments just two years ago. The Rams will go into next week's games seeking the first league win of the season.
Boys Water Polo
The Rams have dominated the local competition since league play began last week. After starting the season with one of the toughest tournament schedules north of the Grapevine, the Rams took care of business at home on Monday in a 21-1 win over BCHS and then defeated Centennial 15-3. In the win on Monday, Johnny Mendiburu led the way with eight goals. The Rams host all games in league this season, including Monday against Stockdale and Wednesday against Liberty.
Girls Water Polo
Like the boys, the girls have been impressive at home. This week the Rams beat BCHS 21-3 and defeated Centennial 21-4 on Wednesday before heading to Arroyo Grande for the annual AG Fall Classic. Last night, the Rams lost 17-3 to the Orinda-Miramonte, the top-ranked team in California, 17-3, but rallied to beat Stockton-St. Mary’s 9-8 in the first day of tournament action this weekend. The Rams trailed 8-3 at halftime in a battle of the Rams before shutting out St. Mary’s in the second half. The Rams are scheduled to play Buchanan first today.
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