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Garces announces Melissa Kelly as new cross country, track coach
Garces Memorial High School and athletic director Gino Lacava are pleased to announce Melissa Kelly as the new cross country and track and field coach. Kelly comes to Bakersfield from Orange County where she was the girls head track and field coach at Irvine-Beckman this past season. She has spent the previous five seasons as…
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Garces Alum Roberson drafted by Arizona Diamondbacks
The dream is now a reality for Garces Memorial alum Jacen Roberson. The 2018 graduate and four-year varsity baseball standout for the Rams was selected in the 16th round (468th overall pick) by the Arizona Diamondbacks. This past season as a redshirt sophomore, Roberson was named All-Big West Honorable Mention for Cal State Bakersfield. Roberson…
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Garces Memorial announces Grant Bingham as new girls basketball coach
Garces Memorial High School and athletic director Gino Lacava are excited to announce Grant Bingham as the new girls basketball coach on campus for the Rams. Bingham replaces LisaMarie Sanchez, who was the head coach of the Rams the previous four seasons. Bingham brings a championship pedigree at the high school, junior college and four-year…
Read MoreGarces hires Wulff as new volleyball coach as Harper steps down
Garces Memorial High School is pleased to announce the hiring of Rachel Wulff as the new volleyball coach for the Rams. Wulff replaces Kim Harper, who accepted a teaching position within the Kern High School District. “We are excited to work with Rachel,” Garces Memorial athletic director Gino Lacava said. “Her reputation as a great…
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Halevy named Gatorade California Boys Soccer Player of the Year
On Tuesday afternoon in the gym at Garces Memorial, recent graduate Alex Halevy was honored with a ceremony to celebrate being named the 2021 Gatorade California Boys Soccer Player of the Year. Halevy becomes the first boys soccer player from the Central Section to be named Gatorade State Player of the Year and just the…
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Buckey wins Mayor’s Trophy, surprised at a ceremony on campus
Recent Garces Memorial graduate Zach Buckey walked into the gymnasium Thursday morning without a clue of what he was walking into. In a surprise ceremony with Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh on hand, Buckey was celebrated in a small ceremony as he was awarded the 2021 Mayor’s Trophy winner. “I’m in a little bit of a…
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Walker, Pena announce retirement as cross country, track coaches at Garces
When then-Garces Memorial athletic director Vince Fanucchi hired Susan Walker as the new cross country coach on campus in 1987, he thought it was a one-year deal. Now 33 years later, Walker is leaving Garces as the longest-tenured coach in school history after announcing her retirement this week. “We were desperately in need of a…
Read MoreGarces names Eric Marsh new Director of Aquatics
Garces Memorial High School is pleased to announce Eric Marsh as the new director of aquatics. Marsh comes to Garces after six successful seasons as an assistant coach at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo and replaces Jason Gall, who resigned in April to take a job at Dallas-Jesuit High School in Texas. Marsh, an…
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HOW SWEEP IT IS: Garces sweeps SWYL girls championships
In the most unprecedented of years, the Garces Memorial girls tennis team brought back some normalcy at the Southwest Yosemite League individual championships. In the first competition against Kern High School District athletics, freshman Kesley Abraham won the singles title and the duo of sophomore Kylee Limpias and Jocelyn Sala won the league doubles titles.…
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Garces Competitive Dance Earns Team Title
The Garces Memorial High School competitive dance team made history with an overall team title in the program’s first competition last month. Over the weekend of April 23-25 in Orange County, the Rams won the overall victory in the contemporary division with a number called, “Falling” at the Thunderstruck Dance Competition, earning the Lightning Gold…
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