The James Logan Courier

By T.J. Matsumoto, Courier Sports Editor
T.J. Matsumoto is a member of the James Logan Varsity Football Team.


Friday night's Homecoming Game against Kennedy of Fremont was not the game that the seniors wanted to play. We squeaked out a win over a good Kennedy team.

Even though it was one of our worst played games, we kept our heads high. We were victorious by a score of 18-12. It is difficult to win a game when you turn the ball over seven times but we prevailed. Our offense had its worst game of the year but our defense had one of its best. We were constantly put in bad situations but time after time we came through with clutch stops. We only gave up six points.

By T.J. Matsumoto, Courier Sports Editor

The James Logan Lady Colts battled their league rivals the Washington Huskies in the NCS girls volleyball championship. They played tough but it wasn’t enough. Washington was victorious by a score of 3 games to 2.

The first game was dominated by Washington and things didn'€™t look good for the Lady Colts.

By T.J. Matsumoto, Courier Sports Editor

Sometimes in order to enjoy certain things in life you must lose them first. Friday's win over Washington High School felt great as we lost to them in heartbreaking fashion last year. The final score was 28-10 and we outgained them in total offense by 200 yards. Many of the sports reporters had Washington winning this game in convincing fashion. We proved them wrong and will finally get the respect we deserve.

By T.J. Matsumoto, Courier Sports Editor

The Colts were once again dominant in their 58-0 destruction of the Mission San Jose Warriors. The score was 51-0 at halftime and our seconds got some much deserved playing time.

This game, we were lead by our defense, which has only allowed a total of 12 points in 4 league games. We also added two scores with interceptions returned for touchdowns by Victor Johnson and Marjely Taugavau. The Warriors did not have a single passing yard the entire game and they were held to 67 yards of total offense.

By Dana Llarena, Courier Correspondent

Last Thursday’s Girl’s Volleyball Breast Cancer Awareness Charity Match was determined a success for both the team and the charity. Your Lady Colts defeated the Washington Huskies in four games. The scores of each game are the following: 25-18, 19-25, 25-21, 25-17. The match, although exhausting, was considered to be well fought and enjoyable by our very own Colts. I feel that we have finally achieved the potential we’ve been working so hard to obtain since the beginning of season. All though it may be late in the game with only two matches left in the season, I feel that these next two will be fought, like Thursday, with blood, sweat, and tears.

By T.J. Matsumoto, Courier Sports Editor
T.J. Matsumoto is a member of the James Logan Colts Varsity football team.

The Colts were once again victorious over a pretty good American team. The final score was 52-0 and our offense scored on all 9 of our possessions. We had over 400 yards of offense compared to their 49 yards.

Our offense continued to be explosive and productive. Our first touchdown was a 40 yard pass from star QB Jonathon Willis to TE Toni Pole. That would prove to be all our defense would need as we posted our first shutout of the year.

By Alexa Rocero, Courier Staff Writer

On the weekend of October 10th, tens of thousands of people, including myself, gathered in Harding Park, and braved the brutal San Francisco weather to witness a historical moment in golf. The President's Cup is a match held every other year that teams golfers from the United States against a team of international golfers, competing against each other in a series of match-play rounds, unlike any other tournament in the PGA. The line-up consisted of big-name golfers such as Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, as well as honorary US team captain Michael Jordan who offered psychological advice to the players. This four-day event ended with an overwhelming US victory, with the winning putt sunk by Tiger Woods himself.

By T.J. Matsumoto, Courier Sports Editor
T.J. Matsumoto is a member of the James Logan Varsity football team.

The James Logan Football Team was victorious over Balboa High School of San Francisco Saturday afternoon by a score of 57-35. Offensively we absolutely dominated and had a total of 641 yards. Star quarterback Jonathon Willis did not have his best game passing with two early interceptions but had over 300 yards of offense by himself and 5 touchdowns.

We started off the game with a touchdown drive that ended with a 15 yard touchdown pass from Willis to T.J. Matsumoto. It was my first varsity touchdown.

By T.J. Matsumoto, Courier Sports Editor
T.J. Matsumoto is a member of the James Logan varsity football team

The James Logan Colts were victorious once again over Newark memorial. It is our second league victory in a row and in those two games we have outscored our opponents 80-12.

Once again we started slowly as we turned the ball over on our first possession. Our defense was asked to step up and make a play and they did when they recovered a fumble two plays later. Finally, our offense exploded and made some big plays.

By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer

Two Olympians, a football player who wears a Super Bowl ring and a state championship track and field team are part of the first full class of inductees into James Logan High School’s Athletic Hall of Fame, Athletic Director Tom Rosenthal announced today.

A former Major League baseball player, a second National Football League veteran, a beloved coach and the Superintendent who “made it all possible” also will be inducted at the second annual Hall of Fame Banquet, to be held Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

By T.J. Matsumoto, Courier Sports Editor
Matsumoto is a member of the James Logan Varsity football team.

Domination. That is the word that summarizes the Colts play on Friday night. We were victorious over Irvington by a score of 36-6. This was a great way to open up our league schedule.

By T.J. Matsumoto, Courier Staff Writer
T.J. Matsumoto is a member of the James Logan varsity football team.

So much for making a statement.

The James Logan varsity football team went to Foothill High School in Pleasanton and expected to come out with a victory. We soon realized that was not going to be an easy task. On our first possession we were forced to punt. This set the tone for our whole game. Our offense had a very difficult time moving the ball and putting points on the board.

By T.J. Matsumoto, Courier Staff Writer
T.J. Matsumoto is a member of the James Logan Varsity football team.

The James Logan Colts Varsity football team played one of the best games in Logan football history Friday night, but, for the second week in a row, we were disappointed.

The final score was 29-32, with Danville's Monte Vista Mustangs being victorious.

On the opening drive of the game our offense made a huge statement. We went down the field and scored on an 80-yard drive that only took a minute and forty seconds. We showed everybody that we came to play.

By T.J. Matsumoto, Courier Staff Writer
T.J. Matsumoto is a member of the James Logan Varsity Football Team

The anticipation of tonight's planned pre-season game against Fremont High School of Oakland was high this whole week. We had a great week of practice with very few distractions.

That all stopped when our coach stopped our Thursday afternoon practice with the news. Our first game against Fremont of Oakland had been cancelled.

By Alejandro Samaniego, Courier Staff Writer

James Logan's boys volleyball team beat Washington High School in the first round of MVAL playoffs Tuesday.

With James Logan High seeded second in the playoffs, they took on the third seeded Washington High at Mission San Jose High School in the first round of MVAL playoffs. The boys started off with the first two games close, but they pulled together and raised the intensity of their play to crush Washington in the final two games (25-23, 20-25, 25-10, 25-18). The statistic's of the teams leaders were Aniq Masood with 16 kills, Lutful Asifi with 12 kills and 11 digs, Henry Lam with 14 digs and 2 aces, and finally Minh Ngo with 43 assists.