Fall Sports Season Coming to an End

Alexis Gutierrez, Writer
November 17, 2017

The fall sports season is wrapping up as teams finish their seasons and some advance to playoffs.

Football

Downey High’s varsity football team’s final game for their fall season was on Thursday, Nov. 2, at Gahr High school, with Downey winning with a score of 50-31.

The football team has had an overall ten games, winning eight and losing only two.

On Friday, Nov. 11 they competed in the first round of CIF and won against Etiwanda, 47-14. The Vikes will advance to the second round of CIF on Friday, Nov. 17 at Corona Del Mar at 7:30 p.m.

Tennis

Girls tennis had their final game against Louisville on Nov. 1. Downey lost 77-73. The girls tennis team had seventeen total games this year with 10 wins and seven losses.

Water Polo

Varsity boys water polo’s final game at Foothill Technical was a loss with a score of 6-10. They played a total of 29 games and had an overall score of nine wins and 20 losses.

Volleyball

Girls varsity volleyball had their final game on Oct. 31, at El Segundo, they lost with a score of 3-1. Their overall games stats totalled at 28 games played with 10 losses and 18 wins.

Golf

Girls golf last game was for CIF against rival school Warren, at Downey High on October 12 at, with a loss scoring at 280-258. They have a small total of 15 games, with 14 losses and one win.

Cross country

Downey’s coed cross country team had a total of three league meets in which they placed at two. While they had one last before CIF, on Wednesday, Nov, 1 with the boys varsity placing third out of all schools competing. On Friday, Nov. 10 they had a qualifying placement meet, that allowed them compete for the CIF finals. The Vikings did not qualify this season.

Cheer

Varsity cheer earned first place at the UCA southern california championships on Nov 11.

About the Contributors

Alexis Gutierrez, Writer

As a returning Downey Legend news staff member, Alexis Gutierrez, 12, plans to expose more of what Downey High School has to offer. “I returned to newspaper because explaining new aspects of school life has really put me out there,” Gutierrez said. “I can't wait to continue discovering downey's little stories.”

When I first met Alexis Gutierrez we did not get along whatsoever. We share the same opinions, but for the most part we are very different people. In the beginning we constantly argued in a manner that was not friendly at all. We would constantly get on eachothers nerves to the point where I think both of us would get irritated solely by looking at the others face. However, as time passed by we slowly—and I mean very slowly—developed a friendship. Alexis may be very opinionated and outspoken, but I’ve learned to appreciate her for it. Plus we have pretty much all the same opinions so that helps. As opposed to myself Alexis takes pride in her work and puts forth all her effort to do a great job. She has no fear in sharing her opinions and voicing her concerns which really impresses me. She can easily accomplish any task put in front of her and I have no doubt in her ability to accomplish any goal of hers. I consider Alexis a vital part of The Downey Legend and I am grateful for all the arguments we’ve had so far. Alexis Gutierrez is as corny as it sounds an independent and candid person who can do most if not all things she sets her mind to. She also never failed to call me out on my malarkey, so she should be thanked for that.

-Jesus Aguayo Cerda

Vanessa Carrillo, Co-Editor-in-Chief

Co-Editor in Chief, Vannesa Carrillo, 12, has been part of Downey High School’s Newspaper, The Downey Legend, for the past 2 years. Carrillo has also been part of the Downey Viking’s girls wrestling team since freshman year and wishes to end her last season off strong. As a dependable soul, she spends every lunch with the special needs students in hopes of pursuing a career in teaching the disabled.

As a frequent aid to those with special needs Carrillo has made it her life mission to help those in need. “I help the students with severe developmental issues,” Carrillo stated. “I help feed them. I read to them. I sing to them and I do arts and crafts with them.”