This week Carlé High School took part in a special athletic event. We would like to thank the participating schools, Blue Heron and Aspire, in the 2009 annual softball tournament held at Haverty field, in Clearlake.

Carlé Students Sam Ayala, Vincent Copas, Vincent Dela Cruz, Leana Efestione, Anthony Henson, Kenneth Horton, Tyler Lawson, Willie Lefferts, Chris Mccarley, Monica Mcgaffey and Ashley Wiebush were the 2009 team led by Steve Hammond and Dan Maes.

“We played a tough game against the Aspire girls,” said Maes. “We all played a tough game, but in the end Aspire took it. We placed second.”

When the students returned it seemed as if they were in shock. “Those girls massacred us,” said Sam Ayala.

“We played a tough game,” said Monica Mcgaffey.

We would like to congratulate Aspire on their tournament win.

On Sunday May 24, Carlé assisted in a special event. Carlé donated our services to the 2009 Memorial Day Parade. The parade was put together and funded by the Lower Lake Community Action Group. After the parade there was a Memorial Day barbecue at the Lower Lake Park, were everyone enjoyed barbecued food and live music by local band Without a Net.

The students at Carlé set up as well as took down this event. Jeff Agius, Jason Andrews, Joshua Borba, Vince Copas, Sam Ayala, Stacy Fedewa, Katie Flannery, Atlee Erickson, Marissa Espinoza, Taylor Lopez, Amy Reis, Winter Grey, Anthony Henson, Daniel Miller, Aaron Trammell and Eric Reising were the assisting students.

On Monday, May 25, students paid their respects at the Lower Lake Cemetery to set up the Avenue of the Flags. At the cemetery our students joined the Boy Scouts, Judge Freeborn, and Russell Perdock in showing our respect for Lake County veterans. Students also took place in the flag raising ceremony.

Finally we would also like to congratulate the five newest Carlé graduates, Taylor Lopez, Jeff Agius, Daniel Miller, Amanda Tchmourian and Bonnie Passley.

Joshua Borba is a student at Carlé High School.