Beckman Athletics

We closed the book on our Winters sports season in late February and I'm extremely proud of our athletes and coaches. Overall, we had one of the best Winters in our 20-year history bringing home two league championships out of the six available. Those titles were in Girls Basketball and Girls Water Polo, with some of our other sports still being in the hunt going into the final week of the season.

On the field, both of our Soccer programs did very well. The Boys ended the season in a 3-way tie for first place, however, they were the odd team out due to the league tiebreakers. Our Girls program finished second in league behind Woodbridge with a fairly young squad and had a strong defense. They played well in the playoffs and were able to advance to the second round before losing on the road to Warren HS.

As we head inside, our Basketball and Wrestling teams had very good results as well. The Boys Basketball program was very competitive beating the eventual league champ, Sage Hill, during the regular season, but did not get a playoff bid. As for our Wrestlers, we've had some individuals perform extremely well through CIF and moved on to the Masters Meet, one of those being Cody Dalebout who finished 2nd overall in his weight class at CIF. The standout from this group was our Girls Basketball program. After winning their league title, they went on to win two playoff games before losing to Lakewood HS in the CIF Quarterfinals.

As stated above, our Girls Water Polo team was also a league champion this year. They went undefeated through league play and also captured the PCL tournament crown this year. Our girls had a great run through the playoffs, advancing to the CIF Semifinals where they lost to Alta Loma HS by a score of 7-6. Congratulations on a great season for Water Polo as well as all of our other Winter Sports.

I'm appreciative of the work our coaches did with these programs as well as the Boosters whom have been extremely supportive. Finally, I want to give an enormous thank you to our student-athletes from our Winter sports for how they competed and represented Beckman High School.

-Steve Fischel

Athletic Director

Congratulations to all of these Winter student-athletes:

• Callie Rusandhy (Girls Basketball)
• Lia Hall (Cheer)
• Christoph Lutkemeyer (Boys Soccer)
• Caydon Do (Boys Basketball)
• Aiden Yim (Wrestling)
• Ashley Arata (Girls Water Polo)
• Jordan Matthews (Girls Soccer)
• Aiden DeRosier (Boys Soccer)
• Sarah Joumaa (Wrestling)
• Cody Dalebout (Wrestling)

The Spring sports season is upon us and I'm looking forward to seeing our athletes compete. It's our busiest season with 11 Varsity-level teams participated by over 600 student-athletes. Last Spring, we brought home two league titles in Boys Lacrosse and Boys Volleyball and the initial outlook is very good for our teams.

Per the CIF calendar, our Spring teams were able to begin competitions on Feb. 10 and most have been able to get a few games or matches in thus far. The weather has been a bit of a hinderance, but we're finding ways to get workouts in and reschedule games for our teams. Most of our programs will play through their Spring Break and conclude the regular season in late April with CIF playoffs concluding in the middle of May. We wish all of our Spring sports programs the best of luck this year!

Go Pats!

Once a year, we get an opportunity to honor two student-athletes that represent the finest our department has to offer in terms of attitude and character. The Orange County Athletic Director's Association sponsors this event where we spotlight these two athletes in front of their peers from all the other high schools in the county including their parents. This year, we honored Seniors Mika Sakaeda and Zach Ireland. Unfortunately, Mika was unable to attend due to our Girls Basketball team having a game that conflicted with the ceremony. Below you'll find a picture of Zach with new CIF Commissioner Mike West at the ceremony and another of Mika. Congratulations to both of them!

We are just beginning to put together the camps we'll be offering this summer along with their corresponding dates and times. If you're interested in being a student-athlete at Beckman, most of our programs will be running a summer camp. At those camps, it's expected that all current athletes as well as all interested incoming Freshmen are in attendance. We will not be able to publish our summer camp information until late March/early April subsequent to it being School Board approved. If there's a camp or two you're interested in and you need info prior to April, please check that program's website for details. If you don't see it posted there, please contact Coach Fischel in the Athletics Office. It's understood that some summer plans may have already been made prior to knowing the camp dates, but please keep in mind that athletes will not be invited to join a 6th period sports class without attending the camp or having a proper tryout. Please be on the lookout for our Summer Camp info!

For the 23-24 school year, Beckman spectators will again be purchasing their tickets through the CIF ticket partner GoFan. For those that attended games this past year, please use the same GoFan account for your purchases. For a first-time user, it will require a few minutes to create an account and a credit card is required to connect to that account. Please take a minute to download the App and have an account prepared to save you time at the gate/table.

Also, the Pacific Coast League has agreed on the following ticket prices this year. It will be $10 for General Admission and $5 for Students/Children/Seniors. For those that purchase the ASB decal for the 23-24 school year, you still get into to all BHS Home games(Football, Volleyball, Basketball and Wrestling) for Free, excluding playoff games.

** Any athlete leaving school before the end of the school day must get signed out in the attendance office by their parent. Letting the athlete's coach know is important, but doesn't excuse the absence or approve the athlete to leave campus.

Please go to the Beckman Athletics webpage for all of the following important info and so much more(https://www.tustin.k12.ca.us/beckman/athletics

• Clearance for 24-25 School Year - All athletes will need to get fully cleared over the summer prior to being placed in a 6th period sports class. Please don't attempt to do this before June 1st, but plan on getting your 24-25 physicals and clearance paperwork completed over the summer.
• Coach's Contact Info for Summer programs or questions on Tryouts for the 24-25 year can be found on the Athletics webpage.

Thank you to all of the Beckman families for your support of our student-athletes and have a great Spring!