Eleanor Roosevelt High School Eastvale
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BY REZA MORENOEastvale – The school year at Eleanor Roosevelt is coming to an end, but spring sports are just beginning. The weather is finally cooling off so it’s perfect for the track and field athletes to give it their all and win league for the sixth time in a row for the boys, and fourth time for the girls.

At their first invitational, the Chet Nicholson Relays, many records were broken. The highlight of the day was when the girls hurdle team, including April Sutton, Jaela Williams, Jasmyne Graham, and Tyler Beale, came in with a time of 1.03.03. They broke the previous record by 1.5 seconds. Senior Taisyn Crutchfield met a record with a time of 12.25 in the girls’ open 100m. As for the girls’ distance runners, Jana Warrick, Elizabeth Unzueta, Crystal Valiente, and Jaden Warrick ran the number two time in history in the 4×1600. The boys’ team also did an amazing job. David Potts heaved a 152’10 in the boys’ discus throw. Evan Singletary ran in the boys’ open 100 with a time of 10.92, and junior Branden Randall won first place in the boys’ open mile. As for the track and field’s first league meet against Santiago on March 20, both the girls and boys team came in first place. Good way to start off the season and defend your title, athletes!

The softball team started off their pre-season having more wins than losses. Team captains, Delainey Thompson, who is on her way to Texas A&M International University with a scholarship, and Jessica Flores, are both trying their best to get to league for the first time in school history. Right now they feel that they have a good chance. “Everyone is equal,” said Jessica Flores. Another senior on the team, Sam Saporito, received a scholarship to Eastern Michigan University. At the Corona Tournament on March 7 at Butterfield, the team beat Valley View with a score of 5-3. Their recent challenge is trying to pull together to raise batting averages. Out of their seven pre-season games, the girls won four, and are hoping to do their best for league meets which will be held April 16 at Santiago High, and on April 23 against Centennial High at home. Be sure to come out and support your fellow softball athletes and cheer them on.

As for the baseball players, they had three wins in their pre-season. Their first game was against Duarte on March 3, with a score of 6-0. They also Damien and won with a score of 3-2. On March 5, the team beat Diamond Ranch High by 7-3.  Although they lost the last few games, the team is working hard to make sure they accomplish as many wins as possible during their league games this month.

Boys’ tennis is also having a great start. Senior Captain, Andy Sung, personally won two-thirds of his games and hopes to go to CIF individually along with his fellow teammates. As for pre-season, the team won two games. They beat Lake Elsinore and Colony, and they felt very accomplished. Their main challenge is that their doubles aren’t as solid as the team would like, but they are improving every day. Their coach’s goal is to have the team end the season with more wins than last year. As of right now, rival Norco High is on their back and they hope to beat them in the upcoming league meet.