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Lucas Furtado throws a ball to a friend as he jumps into the Tracy High School pool during the annual Senior Beach Day celebration Tuesday, May 21. Seniors at West, Tracy and Kimball high schools will graduate June 1 at 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Glenn Moore/Tracy Press
Lucas Furtado throws a ball to a friend as he jumps into the Tracy High School pool during the annual Senior Beach Day celebration Tuesday, May 21. Seniors at West, Tracy and Kimball high schools will graduate June 1 at 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Glenn Moore/Tracy Press
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THS seniors make a splash
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Soon-to-be graduates traded in their textbooks for a dip in the pool Tuesday, May 21, at Tracy High School.
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The Millennium softball team shows off its Sac-Joaquin Section Division VII championship banner after the Falcons beat Elliot Christian 11-10 on Saturday, May 18, at Arnaiz Fields in Stockton. Bob Brownne/Tracy Press
Softball: Millennium wins Division VII title
Falcons beat five-time champion Elliot on Saturday, May 18.
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West High football coach Chris Myers leads the Wolf Pack football team through stretching exercises on his first official day as West’s head coach on Wednesday, May 15. Bob Brownne/Tracy Press.
Fresh face, new approach for West football
Starting this week, the West High football program gets a fresh start. Chris Myers was already active with the Wolf Pack football team before Wednesday, May 15, his first official day as head coach...
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Tracy Talks: Teen faces Lyme disease with courage
by Anne Marie Fuller / For the Tracy Press
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Samantha Heinrich, 16, is undergoing treatment for Lyme disease, a bacterial infection transmitted by ticks, after testing positive in June.

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