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Sierra High Hall of Fame on Sunday at Chez Shari
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Sierra High School’s first female championship team, the 1995 Boys Cross Country team that became the 10th ranked team in California when the new campus was only in its second year, and a faculty member who helped open the doors of Manteca Unified’s third high school campus in 1994 will be inducted into the Timberwolves’ Hall of Fame on Sunday.This third Hall of Fame class induction, which is held every year, will be held Sunday starting at 5:30 p.m. at Chez Shari in the Manteca Golf Course on South Union Road. Refreshments will be served.Started as a spring event, the annual Hall of Fame induction is being held in the fall for the first time this year.“This year, we moved it to fall to coincide with homecoming weekend,” explained Sierra High Vice Principal Greg Leland.Explaining the genesis of the school’s Hall of Fame tradition, Leland said the idea was born out of a desire to recognize the achievements of Timberwolves alumni.“There are so many neat things our alumni are doing,” Leland said, and having this event helps remind everyone where these achievers started – at Sierra High.It’s the school’s way of saying, “Look at all the great things Sierra graduates are doing in the community,” Leland said. “We just want those people to remember where they came from.”The three Hall of Fame classes for 2013 being honored and recognized on Sunday are Ed Almaas who helped Sierra High’s first principal Rick Arucan open the doors of the school in 1994; the 1998 Girls’ Soccer Team coached by Manuel Pires that defied many odds by adopting a “never say die” attitude and went on to win 12 V.O.L. championships and four section banners at Sierra, and the 1995 Boys’ Cross Country coached by Mike Rosendin which distinguished itself even though the Timberwolves was only in its second year of existence and was still without a senior class.Below is a profile of the three that make up the Sierra High Class of 2013 Hall of Fame.Ed AlmaasEd Almaas began his teaching career at East Union in 1967.