September 28, 2004

Sports

Ben Lohmeier
Mesa Legend

Photo by Eric Pajak Mesa Legend

Thunderbird captains (from left) Justin Douglas, Jeremiah White, Nick Trevillian and Brad Smith, are the first players other opponents see when they represent their team for the coin toss.

Football is a sport that needs leaders for a team to survive a brutal three month schedule and an even more rigorous year-round training.
The Mesa Thunderbirds have just that in four soft spoken but very fiery players who put the team ahead of themselves at every given point.
There are four players on this tough and physical team that fellow players look to for leadership. Justin Douglas, Jeremiah White, Brad Smith and Nick Trevillian, are all players that seem to produce and standout in each game.

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Freshmen runners embrace distance
Ben Buettner
Mesa Legend

Mesa’s cross country men improved at their second meet, the Aztec Invitational in San Diego, Sept. 18. Instead of taking last place, they took 7th (out of 10) overall as a team. A big reason for the slow start this season is the age of the players. Of the seven current runners, six are freshmen for the men. Jacob Hayes, Seth Lagrhausen and Mark Yost were the top finishers and they are first year performers.

Mesa falls short against No.1 Dixie College
Jennifer Wagner
Mesa Legend

Mesa Community College’s rival, Glendale CC, was one of the most anticipated match-ups coming into the season for the volleyball team.
Coach Tricia Melfy pointed out three major teams that are the most formidable in the region, being Chandler-Gilbert, Eastern Arizona and Glendale. Her goal for her team is to finish third in the region.
Mesa started off well when Eastern Arizona went down first on Aug. 27. Sure the girls were thrilled to win after coming back from only being able to take one of the first three matches, to winning the last two matches 32-30 and 15-11.

Women's soccer to 5-1; top Phoenix College
Ben Lohmeier
Mesa Legend

Mesa defeated Phoenix Coll. 5-0 on Sept. 17. Mesa improved to 5-1 on the season as Heather Perry scored three goals.
Mesa went scroreless in the first 18 minutes of the game but scored 4 goals before the half. Mesa’s Heather Perry gathered her third hat trick of the season.