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Our Garces Rams have accomplished a lot and it's only a month into the school year! We thought we would share some pictures and brag about some of you - just a little bit. We are including some of the great things you did over the summer as well. We will do this every month - so if you have a great picture or some great news about yourself or a fellow Ram - please share it! You can email it to:
ldurrett@garces.org
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All-Americans!
Hey now...
Congratulations to Patrick Burke, Blaire Willaims and Lee Begin who were named Academic All-Americans by USA Water Polo.
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Kyra Sales
Ford Dimension
#RamProud
Congratulations to Garces senior Kyra Sales on her selection to the 42nd class of Ford Dimension Youth Leadership Program. It is quite an honor to be selected as a Ford Dimension representative. We all know how great a leader and overall person Kyra is - and now everyone else does too!
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Eagle Scout Kenneth Russo
#respect
Congratulations to Garces senior Kenneth Russo!
On June 5th, the Boys Scouts of America held a Court of Honor for Kenneth where he was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout. His service project was building a storage shed for St. Philip the Apostle Church. The shed will serve as a California Redemption Value Storage and will be used to collect and store the CRV items (cans and plastic water bottles) for recycling.
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Dream Builders
Tommy Torettta &
John Abrams
Kudos...
Congratulations to Garces seniors Tommy Toretta and John Abrams! Both have been selected to be part of the Jim Burke Ford Dream Builders 2016-2017 Youth Leadership Program. Tommy is in the back center of the photo on the left and John is in the back center of the photo on the right. Tommy's team is sponsored by Dignity Health Mercy & Memorial Hospitals and John's team is sponsored by Bank of the Sierra. Being selected to Dream Builders is a big honor. It is a highly competitive process and we are very proud of them!
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Scott Boylan & Patrick Burke
#hardworkpaysoff
Congratulations to Scott Boylan and Patrick Burke who were honored by the Bakersfield Jockey Club as Outstanding Student Athletes for their respective sports on Monday, September 19th, at a luncheon at Hodel's. Scott was honored for Football and Patrick for Water Polo. They are true scholar-athletes. Scott has a 4.4 GPA and Patrick has a 4.5 GPA. Both young men are stand outs in the class room and on the playing field, or in Patrick's case, in the pool!
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Lady Rams Golfers
On fire...
The Lady Rams Golf Team took first place at the Lemoore High School 6th annual golf tournament and haven't slowed down since. They are currently the SWYL league leaders! ! Members of the girls golf team are: Claire Cornejo, Grace Cornejo, Shannon Burdick, Allie Crawley, Sydney Crawley, Kristin Everett, Lauren Grijalza, Catherine Macias, Megan Nagel, and Melissa Taylor.
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Girls Tennis
#fierce
Congratulations to our Girls Tennis team. They are off to a phenomenal start and are currently the league leaders. They are undefeated in the SWYL!
Members of the Varsity Girls Tennis Team are:
Bianca Burkhart, Sierra Cole, Anastasia Drulias, Alexsia Drulias, Adrienne Ducato, Kaitlyn Fogarty, Katie Goode, Kelsey Haley, Danielle Lacayo, Lexi Lightner, Stephanie Mercado, Olivia Muller, Desera Olmos, Sabrina Ortiz, Taylor Riggins, Lauren Riggins, Giovanna Sacco, Lelani Strahan, and Emily Weber.
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Mission Bowl
Winner winner - chicken dinner!
Congratulations to the Varsity Football Team on their victory against Bakersfield Christian High School. Garces won the Mission Bowl Trophy and we will proudly display it all year.
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Ogilvie Trophy
Am I seeing double? Is that another trophy?
Congratulations to the Varsity Football Team! Their win over Tehachapi kept the Ogilvie Trophy at Our House!
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Holy Bowl Trophy
Say what?!!!
Three trophies at stake during the pre-season and the Rams won them all! Isaiah and Beck proudly hold the trophy and all it represents.
Yep...we dem Rams...
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Hometown Sports Scholar Athlete
His GPA matches his 40 time...4.4!
Congratulations to Garces Ram Scott Boylan! He was named Hometown Sports' Scholar Athlete of the Week!
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Josh Gonzales & Damian Wimberly
Fantastic...
Congratulations to Joshua Gonzales and Damian Wimberly on being selected to represent Garces this past summer at the Pepperdine Youth Citizenship Seminar. Each year, approximately 1,200 Youth Citizenship Seminar applications are received from public and independent high schools throughout Southern California. 250 students are selected based on a variety of strengths in the fields of scholastic, athletic, musical and theatrical accomplishments.
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Cam Roberson
Props...
Congratulations to Garces Ram Cameron Roberson on his nomination to the Hometown All-Stars!
Before the season started, Cam was named by Cal-Hi Sports to its Pre-Season All-Central Section Football Second Team as a defensive back.
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Conor Bruce
What? Athlete of the week two weeks in a row!!!
Congratulations to Garces Ram Conor Bruce! He was named BVArsity Sports Athlete of the Week for the game against BCHS.
Hometown Sports named Conor Athlete of the Week for his play against Arroyo Grande the following week.
And he was nominated for Athlete of the Week by KGET's FFX for his play against SJM.
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Isaiah Martin
#run #train #getoutofthewayorgetrunover
Congratulations to Isaiah Martin! He's off to a great start this season.
Hometown Sports named Isaiah Hit of the Week - a Hit Man T-shirt for a RB? That's say'n something.
Isaiah has also been nominated TWICE (and we have only played four games) for Central Valley Football's Offensive Player of the Week.
And for his play against SJM - Isiah was voted Hometown Sports Athlete of the Week!
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Sydney Wetzel
#leadership
Congratulations to Sydney Wetzel who was selected to attend the HOBY program this summer. HOBY programs provide students the opportunity to participate in unique leadership training, service-learning and motivation-building experiences.Founded in 1958, HOBY's mission is to inspire and develop the global community of youth and volunteers to a life dedicated to leadership, service and innovation.
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Perri Starkey
Bestest...in the westest...
Congratulations to Perri Starkey who was selected All-Tournament at the Clovis Volleyball Challenge tournament.
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Chris Coleman
All that and a bag of chips..
Congratulations to Chris Coleman. He is a Hometown Sports All-Star Nominee. Chris we are happy to have you join the Garces RamFam!
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Lebrevon Austin
Fantabulous!
Congratulations to Lebrevon on his nomination by Central Valley Football as Defensive Player of the Week after his performance in the Tehachapi game.
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Garces Artists
#legit
Over the summer, Garces began working on one of the 33 mini-trucks for the Bakersfield Museum of Art's "Driven By Art" project. Garces Art Instructor, Mr. Mark Brown recruited some of our very best student artists and they created a "Van Gogh Recycled" project utilizing items like plastic bottles, aluminum cans, and pull tabs. The student artists who worked on the project are Cherry Wang, Kimberly Mielke, Olivia Wooner, Belen Cazares, Vedant Vaidya, Kathryn Koenig, Francesca Shattuck, Maggie Waguespack, Lee Begin, and Kristen Vibal.
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Varsity Boys Water Polo
Bring it...
Congratulations to the Varsity Boys Water Polo Team on winning the Garces Water Polo Tournament. The boys went undefeated beating BCHS, Taft, and Lemoore. Members of the team are:
Lee Begin, Patrick Burke, William Cross, Eric Klang, Cael Osborn, Oliver Oxley, Kenneth Russo, Mason Smith, John Starkey, and Hutton Stewart
They also beat San Joaquin Memorial during the Holy Bowl! Nice job Rams!
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JV Boys Water Polo
Represent!
Congratulations to our JV Boys Water Polo Team. They took first place at the Lemoore JV Boys Water Polo Tournament. Members of the team are:
Evan Berry, John Dulcich, Ryan Kammerad, Logan Lortz, Gary Lyles, Alejandro Ramirez, Jordan Reyes, Robert Williams, Charlie Wong & Ostin Woodfin
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Frosh Volleyball
Ewe Go Ewe...
Congratulations to our Frosh Volleyball team on their 2nd place finish at the East High Tournament. Members of the team are: Yetunde Abedayo, Ali Adkins, Jana Dulcich, Kelsi Forrest, Alondra Garay, Andrea Gomez, Julia Gray, Marisa Hurtado, Jazminne Mayen, Grace McMurtrey, Allyse Naworski, and Alex Penner.
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KC Baseball All-Stars
#beastmode
Congratulations to Garces Rams Jack Tobias, Joe Tobias and Jake Moody on being selected to play for the Kern County Baseball All-Star Team! They played for the Grey Team on June 11th and won!
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Allie Crawley
KC Junior Golf Player of the Year
AWESOME!!!!
Congratulations to Garces Ram
Allie Crawley who was the recipient of the Martha Crozier Player of the Year trophy. It is a perpetual trophy that is awarded to a senior who meets
specific criteria to be eligible for this award such as GPA, years playing and overall points. A
llie also won 2nd place for overall points for the summer season.
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REVS UP
Claudia Millar,
Damian Wimberly & Eduardo Munoz
Impressive...
Every summer, Cal State Bakersfield offers a program called REVS UP through their School of Natural Science, Mathematics, and Engineering. The program is funded by Chevron and is geared towards high school students to increase their interest in science and mathematics careers. REVS-UP offers hands-on research experiences for teams in biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, geology, mathematics, and physics. Several Garces students participated this summer. Photos are of Garces students Claudia Millar, Damian Wimberly, and Eduardo Munoz taken by Garces teacher, Mrs. Jennifer Kloock, who went and supported the students during their final team project presentations.
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Iceland Trip
YOLO...
Accompanied by Garces instructors, Ms. Jessica Pavletich and Ms. Mandee Dees, Garces students traveled to Iceland this summer. They were able to earn college credits while touring Iceland and learning all about their habitat. They traveled all over south eastern Iceland and saw amazing views and learned a lot about their environment and way of life. Some of the sights they saw were: Reykjavík, the Settlement Exhibition, the Music Hall, the Lava Fields, the Gullfoss Waterfall, Arnessysia, Icelandic horses, Eyjafjalllajökull, black sand beaches, and the Icelandic Puffins. The students visited a farm that uses the earth's energy to bake bread and another that used solar energy to grow tomatoes. They also hiked a glacier and swam in the world famous Blue Lagoon.
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Cheer Squads Shine at Camp
We've got spirit, yes we do...
Congratulations to our cheer squads on their stellar performances at cheer camp this summer!
Varsity Awards- Spirit Stick (Day 1); Excellent ribbon on Game Day Cheer & Chant; Superior on their Chant & Performance Cheer; Summer Padilla was the Recipient of the Pay it Forward Award; Team National Champion Bid; Nevada Allison Leadership Award; Summer Padilla, Christa Uzzle, and Sophie Bouldoukian - All American Nominations; and the squad took home the Final Day Spirit Stick! Varsity squad members are : Nevada Allison, Emily Andrews, Sophie Bouldoukian, Sierra Cole, Marisa Edmonston, Kaitlyn Fogarty, Kelsey Haley, Danielle Lacayo, Ali McCullumn, Emily McMurrey, Summer Padilla, Lauren Riggan, Taylor Riggan, Maddie Reyes, Christa Uzzle, and Eleni Zaninovich.
Junior Varsity Awards- Spirit Stick (Day 2); Superior ribbon on Game Day Cheer & Chant; Superior on their Chant & Performance Cheer; Claire Smith was the Recipient of the Pay it Forward Award; Team National Champion Bid; Mika Reclusado, Claire Smith, and Mariana Iturry - All American Nominations; and the squad took home the Final Day Spirit Stick! Junior Varsity squad members are: Mariana Iturry, Mia Larroque, Danielle Munoz, Mika Reclusado, Claire Smith, Daniella Vargas, and Lizette Velez.
Freshman Awards- Excellent ribbon on Game Day Cheer & Chant; Superior on their Chant & Performance Cheer; Olivia Holland was the Recipient of the Pay it Forward Award; Team National Champion Bid; Olivia Holland and Abi Lee- All American Nomination; and the squad took home the Final Day Spirit Stick!
Freshman squad members are: Teresa Demler, Laura English, Isabella Edwards, Olivia Holland, Abigail Lee, Alexandra Marquez, Abby McMurtrey, and Mimi Raytis.
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Garces Students at Steubenville
#FAITH
Steubenville San Diego is a Catholic weekend conference for teens that is a transformational experience! Evangelistic in nature, authentically Catholic, Steubenville San Diego is a weekend filled with great speakers, engaging music, reverent Mass and prayer, and tremendous fellowship. The
Garces students and recent graduates who attended were: Allison Gonzalez, Emily Demos, Madison Demos, Jordyn Pavletich, Laura Gonzalez, Haley Martin, Renée Rasmussen , Jenysa Patterson, Amanda Gutierrez, Zac Demos, Josh Pavletich, Kaden Uribe, Jakob Uribe, Matthew Tobias, Nick Tobias, and Jamie Tiscareno.
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Marisa Edmonston
Be The Change....
Congratulations to Garces senior Marisa Edmonston on her appointment as a member (alternate) of the inaugural Bakersfield City Youth Commission. The seven members and alternates were chosen from 24 local high school students and will advise the Bakersfield City Council on needs and concerns of local young people. The Commission was established in January.
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Garces Basque Dancers
Heritage...
This summer several Garces students - future, past, and present - traveled to Washington, DC, to proudly take part in a wonderful event that allowed them to showcase their Basque culture. The Smithsonian Folklife event highlights a different culture every summer, and for the first time ever - it was the Basque culture. The Smithsonian asked for Basque dancers to perform and, with the hard work of Garces parent, Maria Toretta, and others, they were able to get 27 dancers to particiapte. Of those 27 dancers, 18 are affiliated with Garces.
Current students: Tommy & Ariana Toretta; Antone & Marco Fanucchi; Maddie Reyes; Sebastian Minaberrigarai; Natalina Antongiovanni;
Alumni: Danielle Etcheverria, Jenetter Echeverria, Christian Curutchague, Mary Jo Etcheverry, & Nikki Iturriria (who is also a dance instructor).
Future Rams: Olivia & Gino Antongiovanni, Johnny Toretta, Nico Fanucchi, JP Etcheverry; William Minaberrigarai
Two Rams are missing from the picture because they were doing another event at the festival- Nikki Iturriria & Christian Curutchague.
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Football Team Summer
Community Service Project
Doing good...
On Saturday, July 16th, over 40 Garces football players volunteered to help distribute over 13,000 pounds of food to over 500 families at a CAPK Food Bank food distribution. They did a great job and we are very proud to see them giving back to the community and demonstrating kindness to others.
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GARCES #RAMFAM #HYPE #BACKBONE
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