TROJAN THURSDAY 10/19/17

Welcome to Trojan Thursday – So what exactly is Trojan Thursday? Trojan Thursday is a weekly email/online blog to give the UNI community an update on what is happening with our UNI athletic teams and will also give information as to major events that are happening on campus.  If you would like to receive Trojan Thursday each week please go to https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com and type in your email address. You will receive a notice each week when Trojan Thursday is posted. Please help spread the word about Trojan Thursday so everyone can hear how our athletes are doing.

What’s Happening on Campus

Trojan Army Gear:  Tie-dye Trojan Army shirts and Pink Trojan Army shirts available now in the SAC.  Get yours today!

Mandatory Wrestling Meeting:  Any students interested in joining the Wrestling team this year should attend the mandatory wrestling meeting during LUNCH on Thursday, Oct. 26^th in the MPR.  Any students who cannot attend the meeting should email Coach Takemura at kevintakemura@iusd.org.

Upcoming Try-outs:

Wrestling: Mandatory Meeting @ Lunch Oct. 26^th – MPR B

Girls Water Polo: Nov. 6^th – 8^th (3p.m. – 5p.m.)

Boys Basketball: Nov. 6, 7 & 9 (3p.m. – 5p.m.)

Soccer (2^nd Try-out): Nov. 7-9 – After School – fall sport athletes or invitation from coach

Baseball: Dec. 4^th (3:15 – 4:30), Dec. 6^th (2:45 – 4:15), Dec. 7^th & 8^th (3:15 – 4:30)

Boys Golf: Dec. 18^th – 20^th – Must attend info meeting on Dec. 5^th @ Lunch – MPR A

	Fall GOW Schedule 2017
Sport	Day	Date	Time	Location	Opponent
Girls Golf	Thursday	9/21	3:00	Rancho San Joaquin	Woodbridge
Girls Volleyball	*Pink Out* Tuesday	10/3	5:15	UHS Gym	Woodbridge
Cross Country	Thursday	10/5	3:00	Mason Park	League Cluster Meet
Girls Tennis	Tuesday	10/10	3:15	Uni Tennis Courts	Corona Del Mar
Boys Water Polo	Tuesday	10/17	4:15	UHS Pool	Irvine
Football	Friday	10/27	7:00	Uni Stadium	Woodbridge

Fall Sports

Let’s take a look at how our teams are doing

Football

Varsity fell to CDM last week, and are now 5-2 for the season. Check out game photos on the UNI Football Boosters website: unitrojans.com.  Varsity plays at Irvine High School tomorrow night, 10/20 at 7:00 PM.  Come out and support!

Congratulations to last week’s Players of the Game!

• Offensive – Sky Roberts
• Defensive – Max Haughey
• Special Teams – Zach Goodfriend

Girls Golf

The Uni Girl’s golf team has had a busy week. On Monday, we played the first day of league finals. During this day of the tournament we were making up a match against Woodbridge that was cancelled due to the canyon fire last week. We beat Woodbridge to secure a co-championship with them for the PCL. Yesterday, 5 of our starters advanced on to the CIF first round.  There are only 9 golfers that can qualify from our league and Uni has 5. Here are the results of the Pacific Coast League Finals:

Dana Choi finished 2^nd, Nodoka Honda 4^th, Alexis Kim 5^th, Samantha Cabunag 6^th, and Coco Yang 7^th. They move on to play CIF as individuals next Tuesday. The team also qualified for the CIF Team Division to be played 10/30.

Cross Country

UNI Cross Country competed at the Orange County Championship meet this past Saturday at Oak Canyon Park. We had some exciting performances in the varsity girls race. Freshman Collette Lowengrub continues to impress as she was named “All County” by finishing as the #3 fastest freshman of the entire day with a time of 18:49. Avery Klauke also had a great race, finishing 14^th overall (time 19:18) in the varsity race against some tough competition. Lowengrub and Klauke both finished in the top 100 in the county, placing 31^st and 72^nd respectively. The rest of our varsity finishers included Marta Meinardi, Sydney Field, Vani Tankha, Roseanne Yu and Harper Klauke. This weekend we will be at the Riverside Invitational where we look forward to racing on the CIF SS championship course. GO UNI XC!

The boys Cross Country had another tough weekend at the OC Cross Country Championships. Uni’s true nature was seen with 55% of the team out for ACT and PSAT testing. Our top performance for the day came from Christian Go, Chris Lohmeyer, and Daniel Vilchis. Our next meet will be this Saturday at the Riverside Invitational. The team will be at full strength and we look forward to some more PR’s on the season. Go Trojan Cross Country

Girls Volleyball

Come out and support the girls next Monday, Oct. 23rd.  The girls will be taking on Beckman in the Uni gym for their last game of the season.  It is also their senior night. Varsity plays at 5:15 PM.  Hope to see you there!

Girls Tennis

The Uni girls varsity tennis team defeated Irvine on Tuesday.  On Wednesday the girls lost to CDM.  Sophomore Cami Brown had her best performance of the season winning two out of her three sets against some of the top girls in So Cal.  Playing on center court at the Racquet Club of Irvine, Cami capped off her impressive day with a 6-2 win over a girl who had defeated her a week earlier.  The girls are now 5-2 in the Pacific Coast league and 9-4 overall and will be on the road at Woodbridge today.

Boys Water Polo

The University Boys water polo team beat Irvine on Tuesday with a close victory of 13-12.  With it being senior day, the game had plenty of pre game distractions.  Starting the game, the Irvine High team jumped up with 2 quick unanswered goals, and it was an upward climb to catch up in the first half.  However, pulling his team from a 3 goal deficit, Co-team Captain Joe Nagy rallied in the 3rd quarter.  With help from seniors Bennett Kidder, Nelson Tello, Kyle Mumm, and freshman Matt Wallin and Stewart Campbell all adding clutch goals.  Contributing to this top performance was the defensive efforts of Bennett Kidder and Andrew Weller.  An overall effort by the entire teams efforts is what brought UNI to victory, and gave our athletes the best league record they have had in their 4 years here.

Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletics events

(Home events in Blue)

Thursday 10/19

Girls Tennis @ Woodbridge – 3:15 PM

Boys Water Polo @ Woodbridge – 4:15 PM

Girls Volleyball @ Woodbridge – 5:15 PM

Friday 10/20

Football @ Irvine – 7:00 PM

Saturday 10/21

Cross Country @ Riverside Invitational – 8:00 AM

Monday 10/23

Girls Golf CIF Individual Regional – Time TBA

Girls Tennis v Beckman – 3:15 PM

Boys Water Polo v Corona Del Mar – 4:15 PM

Girls Volleyball v Beckman – 5:15 PM

Tuesday 10/24

Girls Tennis v Northwood – 3:15 PM

Boys Water Polo v Beckman – 4:15 PM

Wednesday 10/25

Girls Tennis League Finals @ Beckman – 1:00 PM

Continue to do what you can to help support UNI Athletics and:

1. Attend the games
2. Wear UNI clothing or colors to the games
3. Attend the GOWs
4. Support the Trojan Army so we can put on events and give always at big games
5. Spread the word about Trojan Thursday – If someone is interested in receiving Trojan Thursday send them the link – http://trojanthursday.wordpress.com
6. Get others to do the same

GO TROJANS!

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TROJAN THURSDAY 10/12/17

What’s Happening on Campus

PINK OUT!!!!!   Come out to the Stadium Friday Night (10/13) sporting your PINK Trojan Army shirt for the PINK OUT Football game against Corona Del Mar high School!  Game starts at 7:00 PM in the UNI Stadium.

Fires Impacting Uni Athletics  All games and practices were cancelled on Tuesday, 10/10 due to poor air quality from the Canyon Fire 2.  Boys Water Polo and Girls Volleyball have been rescheduled for Monday, 10/16.  Girls Tennis was rescheduled for Tuesday, 10/24.

Mandatory Wrestling Meeting   Any students interested in joining the Wrestling team this year should attend the mandatory wrestling meeting during LUNCH on Thursday, Oct. 26^th in the MPR.  Any students who cannot attend the meeting should email Coach Takemura at kevintakemura@iusd.org.

Upcoming Sports Try-outs:

Girls Lacrosse:  Oct. 9^th – 13th (3p.m. – 5p.m.)

Softball: Oct. 12^th @ 3:00 p.m.

Wrestling: Mandatory Meeting @ Lunch Oct. 26^th – MPR B

Girls Water Polo: Nov. 6^th – 8^th (3p.m. – 5p.m.)

Boys Basketball: Week of Nov. 6^th (Specifics TBD)

Soccer (2^nd Try-out): Nov. 7-9 – After School – fall sport athletes or invitation from coach

	Fall GOW Schedule 2017
Sport	Day	Date	Time	Location	Opponent
Girls Golf	Thursday	9/21	3:00	Rancho San Joaquin	Woodbridge
Girls Volleyball	*Pink Out* Tuesday	10/3	5:15	UHS Gym	Woodbridge
Cross Country	Thursday	10/5	3:00	Mason Park	League Cluster Meet
Girls Tennis	Tuesday	10/10	3:15	Uni Tennis Courts	Corona Del Mar
Boys Water Polo	Tuesday	10/17	4:15	UHS Pool	Irvine
Football	Friday	10/27	7:00	Uni Stadium	Woodbridge

Fall Sports

Let’s take a look at how our teams are doing

Football

Uni Football Players and Parents,

Varsity won their first league game against Northwood last week, and are now 5-1 for the season. Read all about the Northwood game in the OC Varsity article below. Check out game photos on the UNI Football Boosters website: unitrojans.com.

Congratulations to last week’s Players of the Game!

• Offensive – Ariyan Golbad
• Defensive – Onyexx Chukwumerije
• Special Teams – Claudell Martinez

Uni Trojans Host CdM this Friday at 7 p.m. in the Uni Football Stadium! Freshman play CdM at home on Thursday, 10/12 at 3 p.m., and JV plays away against CdM on Thursday, 10/12 at 3 p.m.

University football team takes control early and tops Northwood, 28-7, in PCL game

Brent Shaver

OC Varsity.com

The University High football team dominated early and then held on late for a 28-7 win over Northwood in a Pacific Coast League opener last Friday, Oct. 6, at Portola.

The Trojans marched right down the field for a score on their first three possessions and later led, 28-0, early in the third quarter.

But Northwood never gave in and made it a game in the second half before Uni closed out the win.

University improved its record to 5-1 overall, while Northwood fell to 1-5.

“We played very well in the first half, but got sloppy and made some mistakes in the second half,” University coach Mark Cunningham said. “We have to correct those things. You have to give credit to Northwood too. They just kept on battling back. They never quit. It was a great tribute to those kids.”

University started the game with a six-play, 58-yard drive that was capped by a 21-yard touchdown pass from Tristan Lucas to Jack Hausam.

Lucas rolled to his right and found a wide-open Hausam in the right corner of the end zone.

University then forced a three and out by the Timberwolves and went to work on offense again.

A 13-play, 53-yard drive resulted in another score. Eleven of the plays were runs behind the offensive line of Andre Le, Shawyon Ezzati, Ariyan Golbad, Parker Selbo and Sky Roberts and the Trojans converted on two short fourth down plays before scoring.

Lucas ended the drive with a five-yard touchdown run on a bootleg to help give University a 14-0 lead with 3:54 left in the first quarter.

“I was really pleased with the way that we started,” Cunningham said. “Everything was clicking.

Northwood looked like it might get back in the game on its next possession, but a long touchdown pass was called back for holding and the Timberwolves ended up having to punt.

University took advantage with another sustained drive – this one for 75 yards.

Daniel Dolan took a short pass from Lucas, sprinted to the left side of the field and dove into the end zone for a 29-yard touchdown and a 21-0 lead for the Trojans.

The Trojans went up, 28-0, with 5:30 left in the third quarter on a nifty 78-yard punt return for a score by Claudell Martinez.

Martinez faked left and then went right after receiving the ball. He cut back to the middle of the field, spun out of a tackle just past midfield and then outran the rest of the Northwood coverage for the touchdown.

Northwood had its best drive of the game on its next possession, moving the ball inside the University 10-yard line, but Uni’s Josiah Henry picked off a pass by Seth Locke.

Northwood did score soon after, though.

Luke Demaio blocked a University punt deep in the Trojan end and Jake Simonian recovered the ball in the end zone to get the Timberwolves on the board with 10:18 left in the game.

That is the way the game ended. Northwood threw two more interceptions – Farbod Memarian picked off both passes – and University fumbled the ball inside the Northwood 20-yard line late.

Lucas completed 4 of 11 passes for 85 yards and two touchdowns. He also rushed for a score.

Zach Goodfriend had 60 yards rushing on 13 carries and, Max Haughey added 44 yards on the ground and Branton Lucas ended with 43 yards rushing. As a team, University had 215 yards rushing.

For Northwood, quarterback Trevor Littlejohn completed 9 of 20 passes for 97 yards on the night. Towne Allen had 2 catches for 21 yards and Demaio caught a pass for 37 yards.

“We got off to a rough start, but we played better as the game went on,” Northwood coach Pete Mitchell said. “University is a good ball club, but we shut them down in the second half. Our kids really fought. They never stopped fighting.”

Girls Golf

Girls golf has not had any matches since last Tuesday.  Their match on 10/10 was postponed due to the fire. League finals are coming up next week. Their final home match is today, 10/12 at 3 PM at strawberry farms.  If they win their last two matches of the season they will finish in first place in the Pacific Coast league.  Go Uni Golf!

Cross Country

Boys Cross Country had a tough league opener at Mason Park last Thursday. Our top performances on the day came from Christian Go, Ryan Duffy, Raja Batra, Amir Guity, Nick Choi, Ryan Liang and Justin Soliman. I was proud of our boys with one runner (Ryan Duffy) completing the race with a bloody nose and not giving up and another (Amir Guity) fracturing his foot in the first 400m of the race but still completed the race. This weekend we will at Irvine Lake for OC Champs. Go Trojan Running!

Girls Cross Country competed in the Pacific Coast League Cluster meet this past Thursday. We had two girls place in the top 5 in our league against some tough competition. Freshman Collette Lowengrub finished in second place in the varsity race, running an impressive time of 18:01 for 3 miles. Sophomore Avery Klauke was 5^th place with a big PR of 18:26. Lowengrub is now #15 all time in UNI history and Klauke is #22 all time. Other varsity standouts were Sydney Field, Marta Meinardi, Mackenzie Field, Vani Tankha and Roseanne Yu. We look forward to seeing what this young squad continues to accomplish this season. GO UNI XC!

Girls Volleyball

The Lady Trojans gear up this week to play CDM Thursday night and head down to San Diego for a tournament this weekend. The team is very excited and amped up to have all these opportunities to show all the hard work they’ve been putting in this season.  Next Monday, 10/16 the girls play Northwood at home and then another home game on Tuesday against Irvine.

Girls Tennis

The girls tennis team, currently ranked 5th in CIF Division I and 2nd in Orange County, lost a close match to 2nd ranked Peninsula high on Wednesday. With the match tied at 9 sets all, total games were counted and the Trojan girls came up 4 games short.  Freshmen Emily Markus and Mya Wang won two of their three sets in doubles and Dana Feng and Cami Brown each won two sets at singles.

The girls are back in action on today, 10/12 at top ranked CdM.  Good luck girls!

Boys Water Polo

Boys Water Polo has been working hard and putting their time in at practice.  Despite practice and game cancellations due to the fires, our team is showing spirit.  We are improving from last years performance in league, this year with a 1-5 record (7-8 overall).  We will have a tough game today against league leader CDM, but look for our next hard fought win to be vs. Irvine on Tuesday  10/17/17… Senior Day @ Home.  Come out and cheer for our Trojan polo players as we wrap up a senior heavy roster year led by team captains Andrew Weller, Bennett Kidder, and Joe Nagy.

Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletics events

(Home events in Blue)

Thursday 10/12

Girls Golf v Beckman @ Strawberry Farms – 3:00 PM

Girls Tennis @ Corona Del Mar – 3:15

Boys Water Polo @ Corona Del Mar – 4:15

Girls Volleyball @ Corona Del Mar – 5:15

Friday 10/13

*PINK OUT* Football v Corona Del Mar – 7:00 PM

Monday 10/16

Girls Golf League Finals – @ El Prado Golf Course – 8:00 AM

Boys Volleyball v Northwood – 4:15 PM

Girls Volleyball v Northwood – 5:15 PM

Tuesday 10/17

Girls Tennis v Irvine – 3:15

Boys Water Polo v Irvine – 4:15

Girls Volleyball v Irvine – 5:15

Wednesday 10/18

Girls Golf – League Finals @ El Prado Golf Course – 9:00 AM

Girls Tennis v Corona Del Mar @ Racquet Club of Irvine – 3:15 PM

Continue to do what you can to help support UNI Athletics and:

1. Attend the games
2. Wear UNI clothing or colors to the games
3. Attend the GOWs
4. Support the Trojan Army so we can put on events and give always at big games
5. Spread the word about Trojan Thursday – If someone is interested in receiving Trojan Thursday send them the link – http://trojanthursday.wordpress.com
6. Get others to do the same

Go Trojans!

TROJAN THURSDAY 10/5/17

Welcome to Trojan Thursday – So what exactly is Trojan Thursday? Trojan Thursday is a weekly email/online blog to give the UNI community an update on what is happening with our UNI athletic teams and will also give information as to major events that are happening on campus.  If you would like to receive Trojan Thursday each week please go to https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com and type in your email address. You will receive a notice each week when Trojan Thursday is posted. Please help spread the word about Trojan Thursday so everyone can hear how our athletes are doing.

What’s Happening on Campus

New Head Wrestling Coach!  We are excited to announce we have hired a new Head Wrestling Coach.  Kevin Takemura will be taking over the Uni Wrestling program.  Kevin has served as an assistant wrestling coach at Uni in the past and we are excited to have him back!

Upcoming Sports Try-outs:

Girls Lacrosse:  Oct. 9^th – 13th (3p.m. – 5p.m.)

Softball: Oct. 12^th @ 3:00 p.m.

Girls Water Polo: Nov. 6^th – 8^th (3p.m. – 5p.m.)

Boys Basketball: Week of Nov. 6^th (Specifics TBD)

Soccer (2^nd Try-out): Nov. 7-9 – After School – fall sport athletes or invitation from coach

	Fall GOW Schedule 2017
Sport	Day	Date	Time	Location	Opponent
Girls Golf	Thursday	9/21	3:00	Rancho San Joaquin	Woodbridge
Girls Volleyball	*Pink Out* Tuesday	10/3	5:15	UHS Gym	Woodbridge
Cross Country	Thursday	10/5	3:00	Mason Park	League Cluster Meet
Girls Tennis	Tuesday	10/10	3:15	Uni Tennis Courts	Corona Del Mar
Boys Water Polo	Tuesday	10/17	4:15	UHS Pool	Irvine
Football	Friday	10/27	7:00	Uni Stadium	Woodbridge

Fall Sports

Let’s take a look at how our teams are doing

Football

Uni Football Players and Parents,

Varsity lost their first game this season to Ocean View last week, and is now 4-1 and looking forward to league play starting this week. Read all about the Homecoming game in the OC Varsity article below. Check out game photos on the UNI Football Boosters website.

Congratulations to last week’s Players of the Game!

• Offensive – Jack Hausam
• Defensive – Jackson Muniz
• Special Teams – Sam Kelley

League Opener vs. Northwood this Friday in the Portola High School Stadium! This Friday at 7 p.m., Varsity will open up league play against Northwood in the Portola High School Stadium, 1001 Cadence, Irvine, CA 92618. Please note the corrected location from prior game listings. The JV and FS will play in a combined game at Northwood today, 10/5 at 3:15 PM.

Ocean View arrives motivated, leaves with victory over University

By STEVE FRYER | sfryer@scng.com | Orange County Register

IRVINE – Quarterback Noah Hickman scored all four touchdowns for Ocean View and Nathaniel Washington had 107 receiving yards and an interception for the game’s only turnover in the Seahawks’ 28-21 win over University on Thursday at University High.

Ocean View needed the victory to soothe its psyche. Last week, the Seahawks lost for the first time in 2017 and it was a tough one – 34-33 to Katella. It was their first close game after three wins of 15 points or more.

Playing in such a tight game, win or lose, seemed to have Ocean View prepared for the tough four quarters it got from University.

“Last week we had a very similar game” Ocean View coach Luis Nunez said, “and we were ready.”

Washington said the Seahawks had an inspired week of practice.

“We had to redeem ourselves after last week,” Washington said. “We had to.”

Ocean View concluded the nonleague portion of its schedule with a 4-1 record. The Seahawks are ranked No. 7 in CIF-Southern Section Division 13.

University (4-1) plays its Pacific Coast League opener next Friday, Oct. 6, against Northwood at Portola High.

Ocean View plays its Golden West League opener Oct. 6 at Segerstrom.

Hickman’s fourth touchdown, a 5-yard run on which he dropped back before seeing the right half of the field unoccupied, provided the winning points with 5:57 to go in the fourth quarter. Those points also gave Ocean View its first and only lead of the game.

Washington, who finished with seven receptions, had two catches on that possession, both for first downs. The best of the two came on third down with 29 yards to go at the Ocean View 30-yard line. Washington jumped between two defenders for Hickman’s pass and out-wrestled the two Trojans for a 30-yard gain and a first down.

Earlier in the fourth quarter Washington made a leaping interception.

Hickman finished with 78 rushing yards and 187 passing yards.

Ocean View’s Noah De Loera rushed for 92 yards on 24 carries. He has 701 rushing yards over five games.

University senior quarterback Tristan Lucas passed for 146 yards and a touchdown and ran for a touchdown. It was his third start as the replacement for junior quarterback Thomas Keeling who is out for the season because of a knee injury.

University scored first on a 7-yard touchdown pass from one brother to another – Tristan Lucas connected with sophomore receiver Branton Lucas for a 7-0 lead early in the second quarter.

The Seahawks tied it midway through the second quarter on Hickman’s first touchdown, an 8-yard run. University regained the lead, 14-7, on Tristan Lucas’ 1-yard touchdown run. Hickman’s second touchdown, a 20-yard run on the final play of the second quarter, made it 14-14.

University reclaimed the lead midway through the third quarter on an 8-yard scoring run by Daniel Dolan.

The Seahawks tied it later in the quarter on a 1-yard run by Hickman who in the fourth quarter would supply that 8-yard touchdown run that put his team ahead to stay.

Girls Golf

In girl’s golf this week, the team finished in first place at the annual Long Beach Wilson Invitational tournament for the third time in a row. Yes, it was a three-peat!  The second place team was 12 strokes behind the Uni girls. Nodoka Honda and Dana Choi finished with a 2-under par score of 72. That was a tie for the second best score for any individual golfer at the tournament.  Coco Yang shot a 1-under par 73, giving her a 5^th place finish in the tournament. Alexis Kim, sophomore, completed her first official high school golf tournament with a 5-over 79, a very competitive score.

On Tuesday, the team beat Corona Del Mar 184-220.  Low scorer and medal winner was Nodoka Honda with a 33 (2-under par). Both Dana Choi and Coco Yang finished at even par 36. The team is now 7-1 in league and will face Woodbridge next Tuesday in a match at Strawberry Farms that could decide the PCL champion.  The final match of the regular season is next Thursday at Strawberry versus Beckman.

Cross Country

Boys and Girls Cross Country will be competing in our Pacific Coast League Cluster meet this Thursday, 10/5. This meet is at Mason Park, and the races start at 3:00. Come out and support us at our GOW as we go head to head with the other Irvine schools! GO UNI XC!

Girls Volleyball

The Trojans this week started off with a tough loss to Woodbridge. The university girls came out strong in the first game with a win. Then Woodbridge came back to win the next 3 games. The games were well fought and University girls showed promise. Although it was a tough loss the girls definitely competed to the best of their abilities. The girls are going to be hungrier than ever the next time we play them. The JV team for University High School beat Woodbridge in 2 games. The JV team is looking good with Coach Jamie Goto leading them to their victories. The freshman team is full of young talent and some very competitive girls. They competed hard against Woodbridge but came up short. Looking forward to today’s game against Beckman High School it’ll be a tough and hard-fought game.

Girls Tennis

Come out and support the Uni girls tennis team on Tuesday, 10/10 for the Girls Tennis GOW!  They will be playing at 3:15 at the Uni tennis courts against Northwood.

Boys Water Polo

Last Thursday, the boys took on Irvine at home and came out victorious with a final score of 13-9.  Congratulations boys!   The boys are travelling to Beckman today, 10/5.  Games begin at 3:15.  Good luck boys!

Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletics events

(Home events in Blue)

Thursday 10/05

***GOW***Cross Country – League Cluster Meet @ Mason Park – 3:00

Girls Tennis @ Beckman – 3:15

Boys Water Polo @ Beckman – 4:15

Girls Volleyball @ Beckman – 5:15

Friday 10/06

Football v Northwood @ Portola High School – 7:00

Tuesday 10/10

Girls Golf v Woodbridge @ Strawberry Farms – 3:00

***GOW***Girls Tennis v Northwood – 3:15

Boys Water Polo v Northwood – 4:15

Girls Volleyball v Northwood – 5:15

Wednesday 10/11

Girls Tennis @ Peninsula – 3:15

 

Continue to do what you can to help support UNI Athletics and:

1. Attend the games
2. Wear UNI clothing or colors to the games
3. Attend the GOWs
4. Support the Trojan Army so we can put on events and give always at big games
5. Spread the word about Trojan Thursday – If someone is interested in receiving Trojan Thursday send them the link – https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com
6. Get others to do the same

 

TROJAN THURSDAY 9/28/17

Welcome to Trojan Thursday – So what exactly is Trojan Thursday? Trojan Thursday is a weekly email/online blog to give the UNI community an update on what is happening with our UNI athletic teams and will also give information as to major events that are happening on campus.  If you would like to receive Trojan Thursday each week please go to https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com and type in your email address. You will receive a notice each week when Trojan Thursday is posted. Please help spread the word about Trojan Thursday so everyone can hear how our athletes are doing.

What’s Happening on Campus

Spirit Week – 9/25 – 9/29:

• Monday – “Merica’ Monday”
• Tuesday – “Decades Day”
• Wednesday – Class Shirts and PJs – Spirit Night @ Uni! Class Rally at 9:00 p.m.
• Thursday – Blue Out! Pep Rally and Homecoming football game
• Friday – “Formal Friday”

Homecoming Football Game – The Homecoming game TODAY Thursday, 9/28 at 7:00PM v Ocean View. Be sure to wear your BLUE Trojan Army shirt! We’ll see you there!

Pink Out Games – Wear your PINK Trojan Army Shirt

-Girls Volleyball v Woodbridge – 10/3 @ 5:15 p.m.

-Football v Corona Del Mar – 10/13 @ 7:00 p.m.

Trojan Army– Trojan Army T-shirts and Gear now sold out of the SAC

	Fall GOW Schedule 2017
Sport	Day	Date	Time	Location	Opponent
Girls Golf	Thursday	9/21	3:00	Rancho San Joaquin	Woodbridge
Girls Volleyball	*Pink Out* Tuesday	10/3	5:15	UHS Gym	Woodbridge
Cross Country	Thursday	10/5	3:00	Mason Park	League Cluster Meet
Girls Tennis	Tuesday	10/10	3:15	Uni Tennis Courts	Corona Del Mar
Boys Water Polo	Tuesday	10/17	4:15	UHS Pool	Irvine
Football	Friday	10/27	7:00	Uni Stadium	Woodbridge

Fall Sports

Let’s take a look at how our teams are doing

Football

Congratulations to the players and coaches with wins over Estancia last week! Varsity is now 4-0 after beating Estancia on the road last week 28-0. The Freshman and JV won 22-0 in a combined game. Check out game photos on the UNI Football Boosters website: unitrojans.com

Congratulations to last week’s Players of the Game!

• Offensive – Branton Lucas
• Defensive – Parker Golden
• Special Teams – Jackson Muniz

Homecoming Game vs. Ocean View this THURSDAY! Thursday at 7 p.m., Varsity plays Ocean View in the Homecoming Game at Uni Stadium. JV plays at away at Ocean View on Friday at 3 p.m., and Freshmen are home on Thursday at 3 p.m.

Girls Golf

The girl’s golf team lost their first league match against Woodbridge last Thursday afternoon: 188-189. The match was played at Rancho San Joaquin and was decided by only one stroke. Both teams played really well. Sophomore, Alexis Kim, shot the low round for Uni at par 36.

This week the team completed two league victories against Beckman and Northwood. Tuesday, the girls scored a 185 to Beckman’s 206. Dana Choi had the low round at 1-under par, 35, while team captain Samantha Cabunag shot an even par 36.  On Wednesday, Uni beat Northwood 181-212. Nodoka Honda came in with a low round, 32 (4-under par) and Dana Choi shot even 36. At this point, the Uni girl’s golf team is in second place in the PCL with a league record of 6-1.  The team has three matches to go and if they win all three they will repeat as league champions.

Cross Country

The Boys Cross Country had another awesome weekend at the Dana Hills Invitational. We had many new personal records and our standout performance came from Senior Christian Go, Senior Amir Guity, Junior Abhi Nisha Anish, Sophomore Ryan Duffy and Sophomore Raja Batra. Our next meet will be our first league meet at Mason Park which is next Thursday. Go Trojan Running!

Uni girls cross country had another great showing at the Dana Hills Invitational this past weekend. Our freshmen girls placed 4^th as a team against some very tough schools. Leading our varsity group once again was Avery Klauke, running another solid time of 18:50 over 3 miles. Collette Lowengrub continues to improve every week. Collette broke 19 minutes for the first time, running 18:58 and placing 5^th overall in the freshman race. Other top performances include Marta Meinardi, Sydney Field, Mackenzie Field, Vani Tankha and Roseanne Yu. Our GOW is next Thursday, October 5^th at Mason Park. Races start at 3:00, come out and support! GO UNI XC!

Girls Volleyball

Girls Volleyball just finished another jam-packed weekend of volleyball, with Varsity at our home tournament and JV at Dave Mohs.  Varsity finished 2^nd in pool avenging their loss to Northwood last Thursday and JV put up a strong fight against some pretty competitive teams like Mater Dei, Dana Hills and Mira Costa!  Talk about a tough pool….well played JV team!

Our weekday matches put us against CDM and the JV team fought hard on their second set albeit losing 27-25.  Nice work JV!!

This weekend will mark the last of our home tournaments. Our JV team will be competing against Costa Mesa, Beckman, Northwood, JSerra, and Laguna Hills so come out and support them!

Next week Tuesday, is our GAME OF THE WEEK against Woodbridge High School so Trojan army we need you to come out in masses to show our cross town rival that this is our house!

Girls Tennis

The girls tennis team opened league play last Thursday with a 15 to 3 win over Northwood.  Captains Sasha Iraniha and Kayla Agustin led the Trojans winning 6-0 and 6-1 at 1^st doubles.  Dana Feng and Kamar Alajeely each won two sets at singles.  The girls are now 4 and 1 overall and 1 and 0 in league play.  The much anticipated match with CdM this Tuesday was postponed due to air quality concerns.  The girls are back in action on Thursday at Irvine and will host the Menlo School from Northern Ca. on Friday at the Uni Courts.

Boys Water Polo

The boys will be playing away at Irvine today, 9/28. Frosh/Soph plays at 3:15, Varsity at 4:15 and JV at 5:15. Come out and support!

Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletics events

(Home events in Blue)

Thursday 9/28

Girls Tennis @ Irvine – 3:15

Boys Water Polo @ Irvine – 4:15

Homecoming Football Game v Ocean View – 7:00

Friday 9/29

Girls Tennis v Menlo School

Monday 10/02

Girls Golf Tournament – Long Beach Wilson – 7:00 a.m.

Tuesday 10/03

Girls Golf v Corona Del Mar @ Strawberry Farms – 3:00

Girls Tennis v Woodbridge – 3:15

Boys Water Polo v Woodbridge – 3:15

*GOW* Pink out – Girls Volleyball v Woodbridge – 3:15

Continue to do what you can to help support UNI Athletics and:

1. Attend the games
2. Wear UNI clothing or colors to the games
3. Attend the GOWs
4. Support the Trojan Army so we can put on events and give always at big games
5. Spread the word about Trojan Thursday – If someone is interested in receiving Trojan Thursday send them the link – http://trojanthursday.wordpress.com
6. Get others to do the same

GO TROJANS!

TROJAN THURSDAY 9/21/17

Welcome to Trojan Thursday – So what exactly is Trojan Thursday? Trojan Thursday is a weekly email/online blog to give the UNI community an update on what is happening with our UNI athletic teams and will also give information as to major events that are happening on campus.  If you would like to receive Trojan Thursday each week please go to https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com and type in your email address. You will receive a notice each week when Trojan Thursday is posted. Please help spread the word about Trojan Thursday so everyone can hear how our athletes are doing.

What’s Happening on Campus

Spirit Week: 9/25 – 9/29:

• Monday – “Merica’ Monday”
• Tuesday – “Decades Day”
• Wednesday – Class Shirts and PJs – Spirit Night @ Uni! Class Rally at 9:00 p.m.
• Thursday – Blue Out! Pep Rally and Homecoming football game
• Friday – “Formal Friday”

Homecoming Football Game – The Homecoming game is Thursday, 9/28 at 7:00PM v Ocean View.  Be sure to wear your BLUE Trojan Army shirt!  We’ll see you there!

Pink Out Games!  – Wear your PINK Trojan Army Shirt!

• Volleyball – 10/3 @ 5:15 in the UHS Gym
• Football – 10/13 @ 7:00 in the UHS Stadium

Trojan Army– Trojan Army T-shirts and Gear now sold out of the SAC

	Fall GOW Schedule 2017
Sport	Day	Date	Time	Location	Opponent
Girls Golf	Thursday	9/21	3:00	Rancho San Joaquin	Woodbridge
Girls Volleyball	*Pink Out* Tuesday	10/3	5:15	UHS Gym	Woodbridge
Cross Country	Thursday	10/5	3:00	Mason Park	League Cluster Meet
Girls Tennis	Tuesday	10/10	3:15	Uni Tennis Courts	Corona Del Mar
Boys Water Polo	Tuesday	10/17	4:15	UHS Pool	Irvine
Football	Friday	10/27	7:00	Uni Stadium	Woodbridge

The Trojan Army going strong at the 9/15 Football Game

Fall Sports

Let’s take a look at how our teams are doing 

Football

Congratulations to the players and coaches with wins over Calvary Chapel last week! Varsity is now 3-0 with a 43-14 victory last Friday night. The Freshman and JV won 22-0 in a combined scrimmage. You can read all about it in the OC Varsity article below.

Congratulations to last week’s Players of the Game!

• Offensive – Zach Goodfriend
• Defensive – Josiah Henry
• Special Teams – Jared Harlan

Uni vs. Estancia this Friday! Friday at 7 p.m., Varsity plays Estancia away at Jim Scott Stadium, 2323 Placentia Avenue, Costa Mesa. and Freshmen are away at Jim Scott Stadium on Thursday at 3 p.m.

Cheerleaders and Football Players at the 9/15 Football game v Calvary Chapel

University finds a way past Calvary Chapel

By TIM BURT | tiburt@scng.com | Orange County Register

September 16, 2017 at 2:51 am

IRVINE – University was missing six injured starters, including junior quarterback Thomas Keeling, for Friday night’s nonleague game with Calvary Chapel at University High.

So Coach Mark Cunningham had to adjust his lineup to come up with a winning combination. The Trojans, with senior Tristan Lucas leading the way at quarterback, defeated Calvary Chapel, 43-14.

Lucas passed for 55 yards, including a 35-yard TD to Austin Lake which put the Trojans ahead, 30-7, late in the third quarter. “He’s a very good back-up quarterback,” Cunningham said of Lucas. “He did a very good job.”

Cunningham said that Keeling, who was injured in last week’s game against Pioneer, will be evaluated at the end of next week but may be able to play against Estancia on Thursday. With Keeling out, University used a run-oriented offense.

Zachary Goodfriend led the way, rushing for two touchdowns and 96 yards. Claudell Martinez rushed for 54 yards and one TD, Tristan Lucas rushed for 49 yards and Branton Lucas rushed for 45 yards and one TD.

“That was our plan (to run more) and even on the pass, we wanted him (Tristan Lucas) to, if it wasn’t there, take off because he’s a pretty good athlete.” Calvary Chapel (0-4) was led by quarterback Cole Boop, who passed for 118 yards. Noah Bustillos rushed for 88 yards for the Eagles.

University (3-0) jumped to a 3-0 lead on a 25-yard field goal by Sam Kelley with 5:53 left in the first quarter then extended its lead to 9-0 on Goodfriend’s 3-yard TD run early in the second quarter. Boop scored on a quarterback keeper in the second quarter to cut University’s lead to 9-7.

But Martinez scored on a 30-yard TD run and Branton Lucas scored on a 9-yard TD run to put the Trojans ahead, 23-7, at halftime. Goodfriend and Daniel Dolan had TD runs in the fourth quarter for Uni to seal the victory. Jonathan Carnevale scored on a 10-yard TD run for Calvary Chapel late in the game to make it 43-14.

Cheerleaders with Tommy Trojan at Friday Night’s game

Girls Golf

This past week the girl’s golf team has won two league matches.  Last Thursday, we beat Corona del Mar 194 – 226.  Our low round came from Coco Yang, who shot a two over par 37.  On Monday of this week Samantha Cabunag, senior, tied a school record with a low round 31, 5-under par.  We beat Irvine 184-226.  This brings our overall match record to 9-0 and our league record to 4-0.

Congratulations to Coco Yang for being named the Orange County Girls Golf Athlete of the Week for the week of Sept. 4^th!

COCO YANG

UNIVERSITY

She posted a 2-under-par 34 on the front nine at Strawberry Farms Golf Club to help the Trojans beat Irvine by 61 strokes. Her medal-winning round played a key role in the Trojans finishing 2-over-par as a team on one of the toughest courses used in high school girls golf.

Cross Country

UNI Girls cross country has had a great start to the season. At the Laguna Hills Invitational, our freshmen girls placed 2^nd in their race, and our team finished 21^st overall out of a total of 54 teams. At the Woodbridge Invitational, our freshmen girls also finished 3^rd overall, and the large majority of our team ran their all-time personal best. Leading our team has been sophomore Avery Klauke who ran an elite time of 18:49 at the Woodbridge Invitational.  Freshman Collette Lowengrub has been a standout and is currently undefeated this season. She placed 1^st in the freshman race at Laguna Hills and also won her race at the Woodbridge Invitational running an impressive 19:08. Other varsity standouts include Sydney Field, Marta Meinardi and Mackenzie Field. This weekend we compete at the Dana Hills Invitational where we look forward to more fast times! Go UNI XC!

Uni Boys Cross Country also had a great start to their season. At the Laguna Hills Invitational, our Sophomore boys finished 1^st overall in their race with standout performances from Ryan Duffy, Nick Choi, Raja Batra, Adam Gish and Cole Carlson. At the Woodbridge Invitational which is now the world’s largest Cross Country invitational with over 14,000 entries our Sophomore boys finished 3^rd overall and our Senior boys finished 3^rd overall for their races. Our standout performances came from 5 individuals who broke the 17 minute barrier for the first time and included Christian Go, Ryan Duffy, Amir Gutiy, Raja Batra, and Ryan Liang. All five boys were within 7 seconds of each other from 16:22 to 16:30. Our next meet is this Saturday at the Dana Hills Invitational. Go Trojan Cross Country.

Girls Volleyball

We had an exciting week with both our JV and FS winning Saddleback Valley Christian in San Juan Capistrano last week and a very successful Frosh Soph tournament at home on Saturday!  Our Frosh Soph team played against some competitive teams and got better at every game! It was very exciting to see everyone improving and playing some good volleyball!  Great job Frosh Soph Team!

Yesterday, all three teams traveled to Tesoro and played a pretty competitive match but came up just a little bit short.  Today, Thursday, Sept 27 is our league opener against Northwood HS at NHS. 4pm JV/FS and 5:15pm Varsity.   This weekend we have some jam-packed action with JV playing at Fountain Valley HS in the annual Dave Moh’s Tournament and our Varsity hosting our own tournament here at home.  So come out to support our team across town today or at home this weekend!

Also, if you would like to pre-order corsage & boutonniere set for your Homecoming then you can do so through Uni GVB fundraiser – go to our website:  unigirlsvb.com and look for “Homecoming Flowers Order Form” and the link to order:

https://unigirlsvb.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/homecoming-flowers-info-sheet.pdf

Girls Tennis

This week the girls tennis team moved to 3 wins and 1 loss with a 17 to 1 win over visiting Santa Margarita Catholic high school.  Juniors Dana Feng, Kamar Alajeely and Jackie Yoon led the Trojans with two wins each in their two sets in singles.  In doubles, Ashi Parashar and freshmen Therese Garcia won their two sets 6-1 and 6-3.  Also, freshmen Mya Wang and Emily Markus won their two sets at 1^st doubles.  The Trojans start league play on Thursday at Northwood.  Finally, senior captains Kayla Agustin and Sasha Iraniha were named co-athletes of the week by the OC Register for their 1^st doubles sweep over #1 Campbell Hall last Thursday.  Congratulations to all of our girls.

The Register’s girls tennis athletes of the week for Monday, Sept. 19.

SASHA IRANIHA & KAYLA AGUSTIN UNIVERSITY

The senior captains swept at No. 1 doubles to help the Trojans push Campbell Hall of North Hollywood, ranked No. 1 in CIF-SS Division 1. Campbell Hall won on games, 81-80, after the teams were tied in sets, 9-9.

Boys Water Polo

Our team this year is focused on better defense around the pool. We have held 90% of our opponents to under 10 goals.  With very little returning players having varsity experience, our team is doing a great job.  We have great hope for our upcoming juniors and underclassmen with some very talented athletes filling the ranks. Our future is looking very promising. Go Trojan Polo!

Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletics events

(Home events in Blue)

Thursday 9/21

**GOW**Girls Golf v Woodbridge @ Rancho San Joaquin Golf Course

Girls Tennis @ Northwood – 3:15

Girls Volleyball @ Northwood – 5:15

Friday 9/22

Boys Water Polo @ Trabuco Hills – 4:00

Football @ Estancia – 7:00

Saturday 9/23

Girls Volleyball Tournament @ Uni – 7:00 a.m.

Cross Country – Dana Hills Invitational – 8:00 a.m.

Monday 9/25

Girls Volleyball v Corona Del Mar – 5:15

Tuesday 9/26

Girls Golf v. Beckman @ Tustin Ranch Golf Course

Girls Tennis v Corona Del Mar @ Racquet Club of Irvine – 3:15

Boys Water Polo v Corona Del Mar – 4:15

Wednesday 9/27

Girls Golf v Northwood @ Strawberry Farms Golf Club

Girls Volleyball @ Irvine – 5:15

 

Continue to do what you can to help support UNI Athletics and:

1. Attend the games
2. Wear UNI clothing or colors to the games
3. Attend the GOWs
4. Support the Trojan Army so we can put on events and give always at big games
5. Spread the word about Trojan Thursday – If someone is interested in receiving Trojan Thursday send them the link – https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com/
6. Get others to do the same

GO TROJANS!

 

Support Uni Athletics!

Come support the University Girls Volleyball team tomorrow, June 8th at the Chipotle at 4255 Campus Drive in Irvine between 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.!

Make sure you tell the cashier you are there to support the University Girls Volleyball team and 50% of the proceeds will be donated back to the team!  Hope to see you there!

TROJAN THURSDAY 5/18/17

Welcome to Trojan Thursday – So what exactly is Trojan Thursday? Trojan Thursday is a weekly email to give the UNI community an update on what is happening with our UNI athletic teams and will also give information as to major events that are happening on campus.  If you would like to receive Trojan Thursday each week please go to https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com and type in your email address. You will receive a notice each week when Trojan Thursday is posted. Please help spread the word about Trojan Thursday so everyone can hear about how our athletes are doing.

Help publicize our athletes – Follow us on Twitter @UNI_Athletics– If you have a Twitter account and would like updates on how our UNI athletic teams are doing, you can follow us @UNI_Athletics. We will have updates from big games and from the GOWs (Game of the Weeks). It is another way to highlight our athletic teams and star performances by our athletes.

What’s Happening on Campus

Athletic Summer Camps: Brochure available online at www.universityhigh.org/athletics

Athletic Clearance for 2017-2018: Complete the online clearance process at www.athleticclearance.com. Upload your physical to the website (Physicals should be completed AFTER May 1^st, 2017) and then bring the confirmation page to the athletic office to receive athletic ID.

Spring Sports

Let’s take a look at how our teams are doing

Baseball:

Last Thursday’s game against Irvine was a heartbreaker for the UNI baseball team as they lost the lead late in a 2-0 defeat. The game was tied at zero with Irvine batting in the top of the sixth when Irvine homered driving in two runs. The pitching was strong on both sides. David Schlomovits pitched all seven innings, allowing two runs, striking out seven, walking zero, and only allowed five hits. The Trojans left several men on base throughout the game. Despite several chances, they were not able to push across any runs. A special congratulations to Peter Vu, Ben Hansen, and Farbod Markazi for playing in their final game as outgoing seniors.

Girls Swimming:

The CIF SS Div 1 Championship meet was held last week at Riverside Community College.

Preliminaries were Thursday with the top 18 in each event returning for finals on Saturday.

The 200 Medley Relay team of Alondra Ortiz, Kate Weiland, Claire Jang and Anne Jang qualified for finals, with Anne Iwata substituting for Anne Jang in Saturday’s finals, finishing in 18th place.

In the individual events, Alondra Ortiz had a lifetime best of 58.95 in the 100 butterfly finishing 25th overall, and also swam the 100 backstroke, finishing 27th. Anne Jang finished 27th in the 50 free. Kate Weiland finished 30th in the 100 breaststroke, and Claire Jang finished 33rd in the 100 free.

The 200 Freestyle relay team of A. Jang, Leila Mirsafian, Iwata and C. Jang finished 22nd and the 400 Freestyle relay team of Ortiz, Weiland, Mirsafian, and Iwata finished in 30th place.

Freshman diver Tamar Aizik finished in 23rd place.

This concludes the 2017 Swimming and Diving season.

Good-bye, good luck, and thank you to our graduating senior swimmers: Chandlyr Denaro, Erika Ervoes, Anne Jang,  Jacinda Kao, Annie Lee, Celine Nie, Madi Wakita, Vanessa Yang, and Diana Zhang.

Boys Swimming:

Best of luck to Aaron Lee, David Lowengrub, Brian Lou and Sidney Miller as they travel to Fresno, CA to compete in the CIF State Swimming Championships this Friday, 5/19 & Sat. 5/20.

Boys Tennis:

The boy’s tennis season came to an end on Wednesday (5/17) when the boys lost to Harvard Westlake of Studio City at the CIF Semifinals. Congratulations to the boys on what was still a very successful season.   We can’t wait to see what you bring to the table next year!

Track & Field:

Well, we had another great day at the Division 1 CIF Prelims at Trabuco Hills HS. We started the day off with our boys 4×100 team (Faris Qaisi, Darius Outland, Jeremy Koo, Harry Baker) breaking their own school record, running an impressive 42.88. They placed 9th overall for D1, which qualifies them for CIF Finals next weekend. Daria Shkel will also be moving on to finals next weekend in the 100m hurdles. She ran an amazing time of 15.21 for 6th overall, which is a new school record by over a second! Paige Metayer is still undefeated in the 800. She won her heat running 2:13 (after another soccer game) which automatically qualifies her for next week.  These six individuals will be competing in CIF Finals at Cerritos College this coming Saturday, 5/20.

It has been over 10 years since we have had anyone make it all the way to CIF Finals, and this year we have 6! We are super excited for these athletes, so if you see them tell them congrats!

Here is our record breaking 4×1 team:

Boys Lacrosse:

Congratulations to these outstanding Boys Lacrosse Players!

All League:

Nick Khamseh – 1^st Team

Omar Salah – 2^nd Team

All Irvine Team:

Nick Khamseh – 1^st Team

Omar Salah – 1^st Team

Isaiah Bonnafoux – Honorable Mention

Tre Salvador – Honorable Mention

Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletic events

(Home events in BOLD)

Friday, May 19^th

Boys CIF State Swimming Championships @ Clovis Park HS (Fresno)

Saturday, May 20^th

Boys CIF State Swimming Championships @ Clovis Park HS (Fresno)

Track & Field CIF Finals @ Mt. SAC – 11:00 a.m.

GO TROJANS!

Kevin McCaffrey and Mark Cunningham

Athletic Directors

University High School

 

TROJAN THURSDAY 5/11/17

Welcome to Trojan Thursday – So what exactly is Trojan Thursday? Trojan Thursday is a weekly email to give the UNI community an update on what is happening with our UNI athletic teams and will also give information as to major events that are happening on campus.  If you would like to receive Trojan Thursday each week please go to https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com and type in your email address. You will receive a notice each week when Trojan Thursday is posted. Please help spread the word about Trojan Thursday so everyone can hear about how our athletes are doing.

Help publicize our athletes – Follow us on Twitter @UNI_Athletics– If you have a Twitter account and would like updates on how our UNI athletic teams are doing, you can follow us @UNI_Athletics. We will have updates from big games and from the GOWs (Game of the Weeks). It is another way to highlight our athletic teams and star performances by our athletes.

What’s Happening on Campus

Athletic Summer Camps: Brochure available online at www.universityhigh.org/athletics

Athletic Clearance for 2017-2018: Complete the online clearance process at www.athleticclearance.com. Upload your physical to the website (Physicals should be completed AFTER May 1^st, 2017) and then bring the confirmation page to the athletic office to receive athletic ID.   We will begin printing cards for next year on May 15^th.

Spring Sports

Let’s take a look at how our teams are doing

Baseball:

The Uni Boys Baseball team will be wrapping up their season tonight, 5/11 with a home game v Irvine. It is their Senior night as well as their Game of the Week. Game time is 3:30 p.m. Come out and support! Go Uni Baseball!

Girls Swimming:

Last Friday at the Pacific Coast League swimming championship finals, the Uni girls finished in 5th place in the Varsity division, 4th place in the JV division and 2nd place in the Open division for a combined girls overall 4th place finish. For the Varsity girls, strong finishes by both the A and B relays, each beating a higher seeded Beckman team, and  moved the team from 3 points down to one point up over Beckman. The A relay of Claire Jang, Anne Iwata, Kate Weiland and Alondra Ortiz dropped 2.6 seconds from their seed time with a season best CIF consideration time of 3.46.83 for 5th and the B relay of Leila Mirasafian, Yuuri Yoshikawa, Savanna Cruz and Vanessa Yang dropped an amazing 16.7 seconds from their seed time to take 12th with a time of 3:53.03.

There were many outstanding swims during the championship meet. The 200 medley relay of Ortiz, Weiland, C. Jang and Anne Jang started out the meet with a 2.55 second drop from their previous season best, to make a CIF automatic qualifying time of 1:50.45, assuring themselves of a spot at the CIF meet.   The 200 free relay of C. Jang, Mirasafian, Iwata and A. Jang dropped 2.36 seconds for a season best CIF consieration time of 1:41.58.

Individual top 8 finalists included freshman Kate Weiland in the 200 IM and the 100 breaststroke, dropping her CIF consideration time in the breaststroke to 1:07.74, Ortiz in the 100 fly and the 100 back, A. Jang in the 50 free and the 100 breast, and Claire Jang, who swam 3 relays and one individual event ,  in the 100 fly  , finishing Ortiz finished 3rd and A. Jang  4th, only 0.06 seconds apart, both swimming best times  of 59.53 and 59.59 respectively.

Last Saturday, the swimmers who officially qualified to swim in this week’s CIF-SS, Division I Championships were announced.   Swimmers are allowed to swim a maximum of 2 individual events and 2 relays.  Our diver, freshman Tamar Azik, also qualified for CIF, diving Monday in the prelims and finishing 23rd.

The following swimmers will be representing Uni at CIF:

Alondra Ortiz : 100 fly, 100 back, 200 medley relay, 400 free relay

Anne Jang:   , 100 free, 200 medley relay ,200 free relay

Kate Weiland: 100 breast, 200 medley relay, 400 free relay

Claire Jang: 100 fly (alt), 200 medley relay, 200 free relay

Anne Iwata: 200 free relay,400 free relay, 200 medley relay

Leila Mirasafian: 200 free relay ,400 free relay, medley relay

Vanessa Yang 200 free relay, 400 free relay

Savanna Cruz: 200 free relay, 400 free relay

Celine Nie: 200 free relay

Sarah Sharifi : 200 medley relay

Yuuri Yoshikawa: 200 medley relay, 400 free relay

The CIF meet will be held at the Riverside Community College Aquatics Center. Prelims are today, Thursday, May 11 with finals Saturday, May 13.  Good luck, swimmers!

Boys Swimming

Boys swimming travels to CIF Prelims today (5/11) and Finals on Saturday (5/13).   The meets will be held at the Riverside City College Aquatics Center.  Good luck boys!

Track & Field:

The track team had some outstanding performances at League Finals this past Friday. We have a large number of athletes moving on to compete at the Division 1 CIF Prelims this upcoming weekend. We are also excited to announce that Paige Metayer and Harry Baker were named as the 2017 Pacific Coast MVP’s.  Here are some of the top varsity performances of the day and the athletes moving to CIF:

Boys 4x100m relay – 1^st place, new school record of 42.99 (Faris Qaisi, Darius Outland, Jeremy Koo, Harry Baker)

Girls 4x100m relay – 3^rd place (Alexis Robertson, Lauryn Wood, Daria Shkel, Leyna Wood)

Daria Shkel – 2^nd in the 100m hurdles, 2^nd in the 300m hurdles

Paige Metayer – 1^st in the 400m, 1^st in the 800m, time of 55.05 in the 400 is the #5 fastest time in Orange County history

Harry Baker – 1^st in the 100m, 1^st in the 200m

Jeremy Koo – 2^nd in the 400m

Darius Outland – 3^rd in the high jump

Cecilia Langlois – 3^rd in the 3200m

Girls 4x400m relay – 3^rd place (Lauryn Wood, Daria Shkel, Sara Sussman, Paige Metayer)

 

Boys Tennis:

The boys tennis team defeated Santa Monica 16 to 1 in the first round of the CIF playoffs on Wednesday, 5/10.  The boys will be back in action tomorrow (5/12) against Calabasas high school at Uni. Come out and support the boys. The game time will be 3:00 p.m.  Good luck boys!

Check out the article below from OC Varsity.com:

Five Pacific Coast League teams earn spots in CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs

The CIF-SS released the boys tennis playoff brackets Monday afternoon and revealed that five of the six teams in the always-loaded Pacific Coast League earned bids in the newly constructed Division 1 field.

University, Corona del Mar, Woodbridge, Beckman and Northwood each garnered postseason bids, giving the PCL two more teams than any other league in the Southern Section’s Division 1 field. University (16-2) was given the No. 3 seed in the bracket, putting the Trojans on a course to possibly meet No. 2-seed Harvard-Westlake of Studio City (20-2) in the semifinals. University lost to the Wolverines, 13-5, when the teams met in February.

San Clemente (13-3) will host Corona del Mar (13-6) in an all-Orange County first-round matchup on Wednesday afternoon. The Sea Kings topped the Tritons, 12-6, in a nonleague match in March. The other all-county first-round matchup will pit Santa Margarita (19-6) against Northwood (11-7), which beat the Eagles, 13-5, during the regular season.

In Division 2, several local teams might make lengthy postseason runs. Yorba Linda was awarded the No. 1 seed after posting a 19-1 overall record. Behind Redlands, the No. 2 seed in the bracket, are Sage Hill (13-1) as the No. 3 seed and Newport Harbor (16-4) as the No. 4 seed.

Also in that bracket are Fountain Valley (10-8) and Dana Hills (10-7), which both dropped down from the Division 1 under the new competitive equity system. Both teams are lively lower seeds that are battle-tested and talented enough to go on a run. The Barons open the playoffs at Long Beach Poly, while the Dolphins will host Temecula Valley.

All first-round matches are Wednesday, and the second round is Friday. The quarterfinals and semifinals are set for May 15 and May 17, respectively. All five divisional championship matches will be held May 19 at the Claremont Club.

Boys Golf:

As our rebuilding season come to a close, we are already looking forward to next season!  Our team finished the year with many positive notes:

• The team average score improved more than 6 strokes per match which means all our players have improved
• Connor O’Brien finished PCL tied for 3rd place individually.  He also qualified for Individual CIF-SS Regionals.
• With no seniors on the team, we will have everyone returning next year to pick up where we left off.

Although we finished with only 1 league win in arguably the strongest league in Sounthern California, our team average would have placed us top 3 in most other leagues!  We have a lot to look forward to next season!

Go Trojans!

Here is a look at this week’s UNI Athletic events

(Home events in BOLD)

Thursday, May 11^th

Swimming CIF Prelims @ Riverside City College – 8:00 a.m.

**GOW** Baseball v Irvine – 3:30 p.m.

Friday, May 12^th

Boys Tennis Play-offs v Calabasas – 3:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 13^th

Track & Field CIF Prelims @ Trabuco Hills – 11:00 a.m.

Swimming CIF Finals @ Riverside City College – 5:00 p.m.

Monday, May 15^th

Boys Tennis CIF Play-offs – Time / location TBA

Wednesday, May 17^th

Boys Tennis CIF Play-offs – Time / location TBA

	Spring GOW Schedule 2017
Sport	Day	Date	Time	Location	Opponent
Boys Tennis	Tuesday	3/21	3:15	UHS Tennis Courts	Beckman
Boys Lacrosse	Wednesday	3/29	4:00	Football Stadium	Woodbridge
Swim	Wednesday	4/12	3:15	UHS Pool	Northwood
Softball	Monday	4/17	3:30	UHS Softball Field	Beckman
Boys Golf	Thursday	4/20	3:00	Strawberry Farms	CDM
Girls Lacrosse	Thursday	4/27	4:00	Football Stadium	Woodbridge
Boys Volleyball	Tuesday	5/2	5:15	UHS Gym	Woodbridge
Track & Field	Friday	5/5	4:00	UHS Stadium	League Finals
Baseball	Thursday	5/11	3:30	UHS Baseball Field	Irvine

Continue to do what you can to help support UNI Athletics and:

1. Attend the games
2. Wear UNI clothing or colors to the games
3. Attend the GOWs
4. Support the Trojan Army so we can put on events and give always at big games
5. Follow us on Twitter @UNI_Athletics
6. Spread the word about Trojan Thursday – If someone is interested in receiving Trojan Thursday send them the link – https://unitrojanthursday.wordpress.com
7. Get others to do the same

GO TROJANS!

Kevin McCaffrey and Mark Cunningham

Athletic Directors

University High School