Thursday, December 17, 2009

TC: First Place in Southern League

The Lady Eagles opened Southern League play with a hard fought win against the LeGrand Bulldogs. The Bulldogs kept the game close throughout, giving the Eagles their first real challenge of the season. The Eagles out scored Le Grand in the first 3 quarters assuring the victory. When two starters went out with 3 fouls in the first half it looked like the Bulldogs could work their way back into the game but tough play by reserves Kara Gabrielson, Molly Zuhlke, Candice Balswick, and Natalie Snyder kept LeGrand in check as the 1st half came to an end. With Molly Farrar and Halie Bergman on the bench the "speed" game of the Eagles, just out run their opponents, was put aside for a more deliberate style. When the second half started Molly F and Halie were back and LeGrand was done. The combination of size, Kaisa Spycher and Marly Burton, and speed, Halie, Molly, Candice and others, was to much for the Bulldogs.

The officiating made the game exciting as it was a mystery most of the game. Jump balls were called many times when two players just happened to touch the ball at the same time. There were numerous delayed calls being made 1 to 2 seconds after the play. As a former high school coach I never cared if the officials were great or poor, all I wanted was consistent. You can work with consistent, but the officials last night weren't.

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Kaisa Getting Ready to Block a Shot

There were many outstanding performances last night that helped the team win. The supporting case off the bench ate up the clock in the 1st half making the fouls less of a problem. Halie getting her fourth foul as she drove to the basket and then having the wisdom to avoid any other offensive fouls by taking short jumpers.

Outstanding Individual Preformances include:

Rebounds: Kaisa (15), Marly (13), Amy Wright and Molly F (7 each).
Block Shots: Marly and Kaisa (6 each) and Amy (3).
Assists: Molly F. (5).

Ever wonder how owr team stacks up to the rest of the Sac-Joaquin Section?

Per Game averages out of 173 teams:

Points: 4th
Blocks: 1st
Rebounds: 1st
Assists: 7th

Friday, December 11, 2009

West Coast Jamboree Posted

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2009 Summer Travel Team

The TC Lady Eagles will again be playing in the "West Coast Jamboree", the post-Christmas tournament in Antioch. The tournament is played in divisions that are contested in various high schools in and around the city of Antioch. Over the years the Eagles have been fairly successful, beating Sonoma Academy for 1st place in the Garnet Division in 2007. The tournament or "jamboree", if you like, is set up with 10 or more tournaments that have precious metal and gem names that "roughly" correspond to the strength of the teams in that particular tournament. This year TC is playing in the Diamond Division with some or the best schools in the state. This tournament may be worth stopping at on your way to a romantic, no grapes but plenty of "slankeit" (half sweater / half blanket) time, in a Napa Valley bed and breakfast;-)

The girls open with Bradshaw Christian from Sacramento, last year's Sac-Joaquin Section champions. The next day they may face Clovis, in the top ten in the Central Section, or Eastside Prep from East Palo Alto where 5'6 junior point guard, Ahjalee Harvey, considered one of the fastest and best ball handlers in the county, guides the Panthers.





Tuesday, December 8, 2009

TC Lady Eagles Invade the Elliot Eagles Nest

Elliot Eagles are no match for TC Lady Eagles

The visiting Lady Eagles of Turlock Christian landed in the Elliot Christian "Eagles Nest". By the end of the game the home Eagles were out gunned and out runned (is that a word?) by TC. The team had an excellent offensive night, scoring 83 points, making over 50% of their 2pt field goals, dishing out 21 assists, and gathering up 31 offensive rebounds. Defensively the team continued to dominate inside the paint (in and around the key area / near the basket), with 29 defensive rebounds and 7 block shots, and stole the ball 19 times. Elliot had a difficult time scoring with the exception of hitting the 3 pointers.
With TC leading by 47 to 16 at half time the 100 point barrier was a possibility, but the combination of Coach Edwin's classiness and a running clock (in high school basketball when a team leads by 30 points in the fourth quarter the clock does not stop for anything) the girls "only" scored 83 points.

Outstanding Individual Performances:

Scoring: Halie Bergman (30), Amy Wright (14) and Kaisa Spycher (12).
Assists: Molly Farrar (6), Kara Gabrielson (5), Candice Balswick & Molly Zuhlke (3 each).
Blocks: Marly Burton (3), Halie & Molly Z (2 each).
Rebounds: Kaisa & Halie (11), Amy & Marly (8 each), and Molly Z (5).
Steals: Molly F (4), Natalie Snyder & Candice (3 each).

More games coming up this week with the
Turlock Christian / 7-UP Tournament starting on Thursday

The Eagles open the tournament with Ripon Christian on Thursday @
7:30 in the Calvary gym.
Come out and support the team.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Reformation 2: TC vs Central Catholic

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The Lady Eagles began their 2009/2010 season in a big way. Traveling to Central Catholic the TC varsity girls were impressive as they beat the Raiders on their home court. Led by the freshman Halie Bergman's 34 points and outstanding pressure defense the Eagles outscored the Raiders 64-33. Sophomore Natalie Snyder, last year's JV star, scored 6 points in her 1st varsity game.





The Eagles over-powered Central with a very quick defense that deflected 9 passes and stole the ball 21 times. Central had no answers to the swarming "D" that Coach Edwin threw at them. When the Raiders could get the offense going 12 of their shots were blocked, 6 by sophomore Marly Burton. TC's excellent defense led to a high scoring offense.

Outstanding Individual Performances:

Steals: Candice Balswick (2), Molly Zuhlke (4), Halie Bergman (5), and Molly Farrar (6).
Rebounds: Kara Gabrielson and Halie (7), Kaisa Spycher and Amy Wright (6) and Molly Z (5).
Blocks: Marly Burton (6), Halie and Amy (2).
Assists: Molly F (4), Halie and Molly Z (2 each).
Scoring: Halie (34), Kaisa (8) and Natalie Snyder (6).

The Lady Eagles will be playing Jim Elliot Christian on Tuesday, Dec. 8 @ 5:00 PM (NOTE THE EARLIER TIME)

Here's a link to last year's final four game with Bradshaw. There are some nice photos of the girls who played at the section tournament.

Monday, November 23, 2009

Lady Eagles 2009/2010: The Juniors

The year's team has four juniors. When they, the Mollies and Kara (Kaisa was on varsity), were freshman they lead the JV Eaglettes to their first Southern League championship. As sophomores they lead the varsity Lady Eagles to the final four in the Division 5 Section Tournament. That was the deepest into the tournament since the section went to 16 teams for a Turlock Christian basketball team. Maybe this year they can go even further.

Here is an overview of the returning juniors.

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Kara Gabrielson: Kara is a super quick guard who averaged 3 rebounds and 2 steals per game. This is her 2nd year on the varsity.

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Molly Farrar: Molly is a 2nd year varsity player. She averaged 5.3 points a game as a sophomore. She played point and was the 2nd in assists last year and had 4 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game.

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Kaisa Spycher: Kaisa is starting her 3rd year on the varsity. She lead the team, as a sophomore, with 8.6 rebounds per game and 2.5 blocked shots per game. Those averages places her 4th in blocks for sophomores and 9th in rebounds for sophomores in the Sac-Joaquin last year.

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Molly Zuhlke: Molly is a 2nd year varsity player. She averaged 3.5 rebounds and 1.5 block shots per game. Her blocked shot average place her at 9th for sophomores in the Sac-Joaquin section.

Come out and support, not just the juniors, but all the players at Central Catholic on Tuesday night. The JV game starts at 6 PM and the varsity around 7:30. If you need directions just scroll down a bit and there is a map.

Go Eagles.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Lady Eagles 2009/2010: The Underclassman

The Lady Eagles traveled to scrimage Forest Lake Christian on Friday night. The varsity faced the scrappy Falcons. Everyone played a lot of minutes. The Falcons, usually a power in Division 5, were out manned and out gunned by the Eagles. One TC player said, "They were trying to beat us up instead of beat us". Good job Eagles.

This year's team has three underclassman on the roster.

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Marly Burton: Sophomore Marly returns for her 2nd year on varsity. Last year she averaged 1.1 blocked shots per game and 5.3 rebounds.

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Natalie Snyder: Natalie, a sophomore, makes her debut as the only member of last year's record setting JV team on varsity. She lead the Eaglettes to a 15-0 Southern League championship as a freshman. The sharp shooting sophomore should continue to shine.

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Halie Bergman: New to the Eagles and to Turlock Christian High School is the freshman lefty Halie. She played on the summer team that did so well at the Lake Tahoe Tounament in July. We are looking forward to her contributions to this year's Lady Eagles.

Just click "Turlock Christian Lady Eagles Schedule" to see what is coming up.

If you missed the last blog about the senior Eagles just scroll down. Enjoy:-)



Friday, November 20, 2009

Lady Eagles: 2009/10 Varsity Team "The Seniors"

The new basketball season is about to begin and the team has been chosen. There is a mix of new and old faces on this version of the Lady Eagles. Leading the team into the 2009/2010 campaign will be a group of 3 seniors.

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Candice Balswick: Defensive specialist. 5th in charges drawn in the Sac-Joaquin Section in 2009. Led the 2009 team in steals and was 2nd on the team in 3 pointers as a junior. 4th year on the varsity.

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Amy Wright: 2nd leading scorer (7.4 ppg) in 2009 and tie for 2nd best free throw %. She brings 7.3 rebounds per game into the season. 3rd year on varsity.

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Aubrey Larrson: Rebounded at over 3 per game last year. 2nd year on the varsity.

The team traveled to Modesto High School for a scrimage on Tuesday night and played well. The unoffical score was TC by 5 points. Offically the score was not kept.

Friday, tonight, is a long travel day as the Lady Eagles travel(ed) to Forest Lake Christian in the Land Before Time, I mean past Auburn for another scrimmage.

Look for more profiles of this year's team in the next few blogs.

The opening game of the new season will be on Tuesday, November 24 @ Central Catholic High School in Modesto. Come support the girls. If you need directions look below.




Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Improved Waterford Falls to the Eagles

The Waterford Wildcats visited "The Nest" and lost the set in three straight. Molly Farrar and Kara Gabrielson started the game at the setter positions since the Muller's had missed practice due to some college visits to Washington and Oregon. Molly F. was excellent at the setting position and Kara was awesome at the hitting those sets. Way to go girls:-)

The Wildcats, though only 1 win in league, played much better then the last time they met the Eagles.

Outstanding Performances Include:

Kills: Andre Morgan and Aubrey Larsson (8) and Kara Gabrielson (4).
Service Points: Johanna Muller (9), Rebekah Muller (7), Aubrey, Megan Brown, and Kaisa Spycher (4 each) and Molly Zuhlke (3).

Molly Zuhlke received the game ball as she was perfect for the night with no errors in 11 ball handling opportunities.

Way to go Lady Eagles.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Bulldogs Attach the Eagles

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Crowd gets ugly at LeGrand game. (Maybe I meant to say, "Crowd is ugly at LeGrand game";-)

WOW! The Lady Eagles battled the LeGrand Bulldogs to 5 games but ended up on the wrong end of the match.
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The Eagles played a very aggressive match as many of the girls had their best hitting nights of the season. Audrey Larrson had a few kills that may have left dents in the Calvary gym floor. When the smoked cleared Audrey led the team with 13 kills while Morgan Andre added 12, Rebekah Muller 9, Kaisa Spycher 8, and Johanna Muller 7. The team had a year best 56 kills, that is a massive amount, yet LeGrand returned attach after attach with their amazing defense. LeGrand did not even attempt to block the majority of attacks and just used great defense to wear the Eagles down.

The team attacked the Bulldogs with a season high 211 attempted kills and a grand total of 56 kills. The Eagles struggled from the service line with 13 errors. A better serving night may have resulted in a victory.

For entertainment value this was the best match of the season.

Great effort Lady Eagles and you'll get them next time:-)

Due to lack of current photos just pretend the girls are playing LeGrand.

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Molly Serves an Ace?


Thursday, October 8, 2009

Eagles Ground the Hawks / 6 Wins - 1 Loss in Southern League

Monday, October 5 @ Calvary

The Lady Eagles welcomed the Delhi Hawks to the "Nest" (just made that up:-) and were pretty rude about it. The Hawks were out manned, out played, and out hustled. TC play an outstanding match and every player contributed to the victory.

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Cheyenne

The Eagles won the match in 3 straight games.

Some outstanding performances included:

1) 6 kills for Morgan "The Italian" Andre. She dominated the Hawks like garlic dominates an Italian meal. Players who also had outstanding hitting nights where Rebekah Muller (5), Aubrey Larsson (4), Kara Gabrielson 3), and the Mollies (Farrar & Zuhlke) (2).

2) 8 sevice aces by Morgan "I take vacations when everyone else has to go to school" Andre. She looked like she had never missed a practice. Johanna Muller also served well with 4 kills.

3) 13 assists by Johanna "The Mauler" Muller from the setters position. Rebekah Muller contributed another 6 assists and Kara Gabrielson 3 more.

4) 16 digs by Candice "She's Number 1" Balswick led the team in an excellent night against the attack of Delhi. Others contributing were Molly F (8), Aubrey L (7), and Rebekah (6).

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Eagles Cage the Cats

The TC Lady Eagles visited Waterford on Wednesday and left with their 5th Southern League win in six tries.

Outstanding performances included:

Kills: Kara Gabrielson (6), Rebekah Muller (5), Aubrey Larrson, Molly Farrar, Kaisa Spycher, and Molly Zuhlke (2 a piece).

Service Aces: Aubrey (6), Rebekah (5), Kaisa (3), and Johanna Muller (2).

Blocks: Molly Z., Paige Ulrich, Kara, and Aubrey (1 each)

Assists: Johanna (13) and Rebekah (3)

Digs: Candice Balswick (12), Rebekah (11), Megan Brown (8), Paige Ulrich (5)

Random Thought: Whenever I see the word "Dig" I think of the old video game "Dig Dug". Told you it was random. Imagine my wife deals with stuff like this all the time:-)

Serve Receiving: Candice (7), Aubrey (5), Kara and Cheyenne Perry (4 each)

The Eagles were dominate over Waterford, who is struggling at the bottom of the Southern League.

After the first round of Southern League games (There are 3 rounds and total of 15 games in league) the standings were:

4-1 Turlock Christian
4-1 Mariposa
4-1 Le Grand
2-3 Denair
1-4 Delhi
0-5 Waterford

Great job through the first round Eagles!

Come out and support the Eagles vs Delhi @ Calvary Baptist Gym on Monday, October 5 / JV @ 5:00 followed by the Varsity

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Coyotes Give the Eagles a Scare

The Denair Lady Coyotes came into the Eagle's Nest and almost stole the match on Monday night. The fans were going crazy, the Lady Eagles were playing great, I mean not so good, I mean great --- What I'm trying to say is that it was a rollercoaster of a match. Denair entered the contest with 2 wins and 2 losses in the Southern League and were not intiminated by the taller and more athletic Eagles.

The first game of the match was a shocker as the Coyotes stunned the Eagles with a 25-23 win. Denair served better and continuely returned the big hits by the Eagles. The coaches twicked the line-ups for games 2 and 3 which resulted in TC taking a 2 to 1 lead in the match. Denair, with a never say die attitude came storming back in the 4th game with a 25-17 win to tie the match at 2-2.

The 5th and deciding games had a couple of surpise stars as the "2 MOLLIES" served, dug, and hit ammazing well to lead the team to victory. Molly Farrar was awarded the game ball as she lead the team with 16 service points.

Way to come back Eagles.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Eagles Nip the Cats

The Lady Eagles opened the Southern League with an overwelming win against the Waterford Wildcates.

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Image that the opponent is Waterford (No pictures from Monday's game)

The leaders for the night were as follows:

29 Team Kills: Rebekah Muller, Morgan Andre, and Kaisa Spycher (6 each). Aubrey Larsson (5).
21 Service Aces: Johanna Muller (6) and Rebekah M. (5).
20 Blocks: Aubrey (6), Johanna (4), Rebekah (3), Kaisa (2) and Molly Zuhlke (2).
29 Assists: Johanna (17) and Rebekah (12).
51 Digs: Candice Balswick (18 digs and no errors).

After one match the Eagles are tied for 1st place in league:-)

TC @ Delhi - Wednesday - JV 5:00 - Varsity 6:00

Sunday, September 13, 2009

TC Does Well at Golden Valley Tournament

The Turlock Christian Lady Eagles volleyball team has been keeping busy during this year's pre-season. In less than two weeks the girls have played 6 individual matches and 7 tournaments games, that's a grand total of 13 games.

At the Golden Valley Tournament this weekend the girls played well as they won four matches and lost three.


Here's a little video from the tournament against Livingston High School.

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Sonora 0-2 Loss
Bishop Manogue (Reno, NV) 0 -2 Loss
Merced 2-1 Win
Stone Ridge Christian 2-0 Win
Livingston 2-0 Win
Merced 2-1 Win
Modesto Christian 0-2 Loss

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Thursday, September 10, 2009

WOW!!!

TURLOCK CHRISTIAN 3 / MODESTO CHRISTIAN 2

The now once beaten MC Crusaders were stunned by the TC Eagles. WHAT A MATCH!

The "Zulkster" will update on Sunday and include this weekend's tournament and MC vs TC details :-)

Come out and support the Lady Eagles as they play in the Golden Valley Tournament on Friday and Saturday in Merced.

Friday's games are at 4:30, 6:30, and 8:30 @ Merced High School.

Click for Directions

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Busy Week for the Eagles

What a week. The Lady Eagles played 4 matches, going 2 and 2, in an up and down week.

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Megan B blocks while Aubrey L assists against Turlock

Playing Pitman on Monday with a very competitive four game match, eventually losing 1-3. With the exception of the final game the girls played very close to the Pride and with just a few different results the match could have gone to TC.

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When Joanna yells the Eagles do:-)

On Tuesday the Eagles played the Turlock High Bulldogs and lost in three straight games. Again the match was much closer then the final score indicated.

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Molly Z gets the elevation but not the ball vs Turlock

Thursday night TC played playoff rival Ripon Christian at Ripon and pretty much dominated the match, winning 3-0.

The final match was against Orestimba (Newman) High School. The match was super exciting and the girls really play hard but in the end the Warriors of Orestimba won the match 3 to 2.

Another busy week is on hand this next week with games against Big Valley Christian on Tuesday and Modesto Christian on Thursday. The varsity will be playing at the Golden Valley (Merced) Tournament on Friday and Saturday.

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The JV Eaglets give the "tough girl" stare down to the opposing server:-)

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Eagles Swat the Yellowjackets

A new season - A new blog opportunity:-)

HEY, WHERE ARE THE PICTURES AND VIDEO. If you have any, I can insert an impressive array of Audio/Visuals in the blog if provide with them. You got pics and vids, I want them.

The Turlock Christian Lady Eagles began the 2009 campaign with a 3-0 win over the Hilmar Yellowjackets. The buzz in the gym was not provided by an over-matched Yellowjacket team, rather by the impressive Eagles. All the players had an opportunity to play and the all played well.

The highlights of the match included:

Kills (some really nice ones); Kaisa Spycher and Aubrey Larsson with 5 each and Rebekah Muller with 4.
Service Points: Rebekah (6), Aubrey (5) and Candice Balswick (4). Morgan Andre also had a really impressive jump serve that seemed to shred the Jackets D, but only ended with 2 points in the official stats.
Blocking: The "short" Eagles did surprising well in the blocking category. Rebekah led with 2 blocks while Aubrey, Megan Brown, and Molly Zuhlke each had 1 block.
Setting: The coaching staff is loading the team with quality setters as Johanna Muller carried most of the duties, but Kara Gabrielson and Molly Farrer were impressive giving the hitters easy targets to pound.
Digging & Service Receiving: The trio of Candice, Rebekah, and Aubrey provide the "Dig Duggers" as they combined for 35 up balls that kept the offence on the attack.

Come out and support the Lady Eagles as they play Pitman @ Pitman 6:00 PM, Monday, August 31.

For those who are new to the blog or just getting old and can't remember how all this "link" stuff works (you know who you are) just click on the "Lady Eagles Volleyball" and you will be whisked to Max Preps where the "statistic" junkies can get their fill of what your favorite player has been up to.

I will update information at the right when sleep is less important to me - that would be the weekend:-)

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Lady Eagles Hoops: The Summer of Tahoe

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Zephyr Point, Stateline, Nevada - Fun in the Lake

Summer basketball has come to an end. The girls played in a number of tournaments and also participated in some exciting scrimages. The tournaments included two at UC Berkeley. These were 1 day events that gave the girls the opportunity to play four games at each tournament against schools from all over California and Nevada.

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The Littlest Fan @ Tahoe

The 3rd tournament was a major event in South Lake Tahoe. The girls went up on a Tuesday and returned home on Saturday. Eleven girls participated and many families (5 all week) came up to enjoy the games and area. The girls had an outstanding tournament, winning 4 games which is the most wins for a TC team in all the years they have been going to the event.

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Everyone stayed in a cabin in Stateline, Nevada.

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Lady Eagles Lake Tahoe Tournament Team

For a look at pictures of the girls playing this summer click the link or click on the slide show at the right.

More Pictures @ Flickr

Any pictures you might want from "Flickr" just set the size you want and click and drag to your desktop.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

The Softball Season: A Look Back to the 2009 Team

The 2009 softball season is done, finished long ago. I was looking at the pictures I took during the season and thought maybe some of you would like another look. Just click the link and you can browse at your leisure. If you want to keep any of the pictures it's really easy. Click the picture that interests you and then click the "picture size" icon above the picture. When you decide the size just place the cursor on the picture, hold down and drag to the desired location (desktop, folder, etc.) and let go. You now have the picture.

2009 Turlock Christian Softball Team Pictures
- Just click the above link -

Enjoy :-)

Trent "The Zulkster" Zuhlke

Thursday, April 23, 2009

The Eagles Final Meet? Maybe Not

The TC Swimmin' Eagles headed north to Manteca High School on Tuesday to swim against Ripon and Manteca High Schools and dominated almost every event that they entered. The Eagles entered the Boys Varsity 200 IM (4 swimmers and 4 different strokes) with a coed team that consisted of Johanna Muller (Back), Daniel Braden (Breast), Colin Russell (Fly), and Rebekah Muller (Free) and won the event. I wonder what the boys from Ripon and Manteca were thinking?


Molly Zuhlke swam the Girls Varsity 200 Free and won by so much that I believe her hair was dry by the time the Manteca swimmer took second. After the first three events the Eagles had won all of them. One Manteca varsity swimmer told Molly Z that their team was afriad of the Eagle swimmers.

Rebekah and Colin swam the 100 Free in a special race head to head. Both their times were the fastest 100s of the day. Take a look at the video of the race.
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Daniel impressing the crowd with his ability to breath underwater.

The TCers swam another coed race against the Indians and the Buffaloes, the 200 Free Boys Varsity Relay. The swimmers included Micah Larrson, Molly Zuhlke, Rebekah Muller, and Colin Russell and won the race in a school record of 1:53.12. I believe those watching and those being beat by TC were impressed, but if they knew all the facts (the TC relay team consisted of 2 sophomores and 2 freshman) they might wake up screaming at night:O

Other outstanding swims included Micah and Daniel in the 100 Breast, Molly in the 100 Fly, Johanna in the 100 Back, and Rebekah and Colin in the 50 Free.

Way to go "Water Eagles"!

Saturday, April 11, 2009

The Eagles Fans Are All Wet

The weather was not what one would call "fan friendly" at Thursday's swim meet at Pitman High School against the Pitman Pride and the Buhach Colony Thunder (Atwater). You would have never known that the weather was bad as TC may have had the most fans of any of the 3 schools at the meet. TC Swim 4-9-09 64
Mrs. Braden was seen desperately searching for the bathroom :O

Non-swimming Turlock Christian students and parents were out in droves for the meet.

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This reporter counted somewhere between 20 and 7,123 TC fans in the stands and wandering the pool deck (closer to 20 then 7,123).

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Molly's mom and moms of former TC parents in the grandstand.

The weather served up on-and-off drizzle throughout the meet. The swimmers didn't mind at all, as wet is just another day in the pool, the fans had to suffer through the wet and surprisingly cold weather. Despite the weather the Eagles had a great time.

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Paige and the girls talking "swimming" strategy

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Royalty was seen at the meet, Princess Emily of Eagleton;-)

Everyone of the TC Eagle swimmers either won or placed in every event that they swam. For such a small group in the pool, 5 swimmers this week, they do very well. I am sure there have been more then one swimmer from the other schools that can't comprehend a small school like TC leaving their swimmers in their wake.

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The boys team - all 3 of them.


The TC Coed 200 Free Relay Team (Molly Z, Rebekah M., and Colin R.)

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Molly Zuhlke lowered the school record in the JV 200 Free with a 2:37.something as she took 1st place. The timing system recorded the wrong time, but Coach Paul kept it on a stopwatch. We will get that exact time for you in the near future.

Rebekah Muller set a new JV 50 school record, even though Coach Paul announced over the PA system that she should be swimming varsity, with a JV CIF Section qualifying time of 25.31.

Micah Larrson improved his 50 Free time with a 29.60.

Colin Russell tied his own school record with a CIF Qualifying time of 23.38 in the varsity 50 Free.

Molly Zuhlke took 1st place in the JV 50 Fly, swimming it in 37.15.

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Daniel Braden swam the JV 100 Free in 1:06.54.

The 100 Free was swam by Rebekah Muller in 55.86

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Colin set a school record with a 52.86 in the Varsity 100 Free.

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Micah Larsson won the JV 100 Breast with a 1:21.73 and Daniel placed 4th with a 1:25.73.

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Ian Roos is one of top swimmers on the Pitman varsity and a friend of many at TC.

Next Meet is at Manteca High School on April 21st. Looking forward to seeing you all there:-)

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Water Fowl Impressive vs Manteca and Sierra

The TC Eagles swam at Sierra High School for the second week in a row, competing against Sierra and Manteca. Some impressive swims as school records were set in the 200 Free (Molly Zuhlke), JV 100 Free (Daniel Braden), and Varsity 50 Free (Colin Russell). Three swimmers were unable to preform do to sickness and injury.

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You can almost feel the excitement of the crowd through the Internet connection;-)

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Daniel, Aubrey, & Johanna

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Coach Paul debriefing Molly after swimming the 50 fly.

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Molly Z after setting a JV record in the 200 Free

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Colin at the start of a new Varsity 50 Free school record


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Daniel blasting off to a new JV 100 Free school record

Come out and support TC's swim team at Pittman High School on Thursday, April 9 @ 3:00 PM.

Saturday, March 28, 2009

TC @ Sierra High

The Eagles Swim Against Sierra (Manteca) and Ceres

The "Sea Birds" continued to be impressive as they swam at Sierra High School in Manteca on Friday. Not only did the team look good in the pool but they also looked good setting up for the meet and providing timers as the Sierra swimmers just "chilled". I guess that is the price of having no "home" pool.

A really exciting moment in the meet was when the the 200 Free Relay team came from 10 yards behind on the last leg to beat all the other teams in the race. The victory was short lived as it was discovered that Colin is not an official member of the GIRLS Relay :0

Aubrey Larson improved her time in the 50 Free with a 29.58

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Rebekah Muller lowered the school record in the 50 Free to 25.50

Molly Zuhlke set a school record in the JV 50 Fly with a 36.93 that beat both the Ceres and Sierra JVers by a half a pool length.

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Colin Russell is now the school record holder in the 100 fly with a 1:00.18

Daniel Braden's 1:07.17 in the 100 Free is good for a school record at JV

Rebekah Muller set a school record and achieved a section qualifying time of 55.79 in the Girls Varsity 100 Free.

Colin Russell's 53.09 is a school record in the Varsity Boys 100 Free.

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Molly Zuhlke was up to the challenge of a 500 Free with a varsity school record of 7:26.18.

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Daniel Braden set a varsity 100 breast record with a 1:15.25, but did not swim a PR in the event as his JV time is faster:-)

Micah Larson did his best ever in the 100 breast with a JV school record of 1:21.48

Great job swimmers.

Next week we are at Sierra High School in Manteca again.

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Fans come out to support the team from as far away as Kentucky, so we expect TC supporters can make the 30 mile drive to Manteca:-)

Come and support the "Water Birds". Its a lot of fun.