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For 13 consecutive seasons, the girls’ varsity soccer team has shown the city that it never gets tired of being a champion. On May 8, the Cardinals came out of Boxer Stadium victorious once again with a close 1-0 win against the rival Washington Eagles. The Eagles gave the Cardinals the competition they were waiting for all year.

The Cardinals walked into the gloomy, rainy weather at Lincoln Park on May 17 ready for redemption, and walked out of the golf course later that day with the well-deserved title of champions.

The triple jumper starts off slow and gradually accelerates as his first, second, and third jumps crash into the sand and beat the record of 38 feet! On May 13, the Cardinals scrapped the competition in intense jumps, extreme field events and heated runs at the McAteer meet against Lincoln, Washington and Galileo.

A combination of tears for a disappointing loss and smiles for an unforgettable season put an end to the final huddle of the 2010 varsity baseball team. On May 6, the varsity baseball team said their final goodbyes to the closing season with a devastating 5-8 loss to the Washington Eagles in the playoffs. “It was difficult for the team to have done so well all year winning 23 games and being in first place 13-1 all season only to have some breaks in the final game against Washington,” coach John Donohue said.

Setting their swim caps and goggles in place, the Cardinal swimmers made a splash by breaking 12 league records at championship. On May 1 at City College of San Francisco, the Cardinals entered the All-City Championships against the Washington Eagles, Balboa Buccaneers, Lincoln Mustangs, Galileo Lions and the Wallenberg Bulldogs.

Filling up bleachers with excited fans wearing “Property of Lowell VB” V-neck T-shirts, a rowdy crowd from schools all over the Bay Area watches the intense and highly-anticipated AAA boys’ volleyball championship game.

“Even if you have the skills, you can’t win without the mentality,” junior singles player Alex Zhu said. On May 13, the Cardinals could not pull another win at All-City because the pairings worked against the team’s favor and because of the overconfidence that members gained from winning the championship. Zhu lost to Galileo’s number one singles player, Juan Pablo Garcia.

As the final out on the Cardinals was made in the championship game, raindrops immediately darkened the brown infield. The Cardinals came up short in the championship to the Washington Eagles, losing 4-3 in seven depressing innings. “Usually when our offense is down we have players that can pick up the whole team,” head coach Sascha Ray said. “The nerves got the best of us.”

As the season comes to a close, like the Greek god Chronos, the Cardinal fencing team looks back on their stellar record while gazing ahead confidently for another excellent season next year. The Cardinals beat out 10 other schools for first place at the All-City Tournament for the second year in a row on April 24 at George Washington High School and competed for individual titles. “I’m honored to be invited to compete with other skilled fencers,” senior fencer Arlo Lobascio said.