Shells from sunflower seeds were already littered under the stands.

Opening Day for Lodi’s recreation baseball and softball leagues will be held this Saturday at Salas Park.

I enjoyed the Lodi Association of Realtors annual luncheon at the River Mill in French Camp last week — lots of fun moments.

London isn't the only place to find Olympic showdowns in the pool. Several local water polo players participated in some intense games in recent days, competing in the Junior Olympic national championships in Palo Alto.

From their seats high in the corner of Stockton's Bob Hope Theatre, Richard and Valerie Mahoney waited anxiously for their son, Davis Mahoney, to take the stage on March 30.

Some of Lodi’s youngest musicians will take the stage of the Charlene Lange Performing Arts theater Sunday to perform in “Lodi’s Young Stars of Broadway.” This is a Central Valley Youth Symphony Association event featuring students from the Lodi Children’s Chorus: Davis Mahoney, Samuel Primack, Jacob Noori, Rachael Sherman-Shockley, Adam William Gates and Trenton M. Diaz. They will be performing special selections from Broadway musicals. 

Lodi Children’s Chorus, Youth Chorale — Forty-five members of two youth choruses will perform their annual Christmas concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Zion Reformed Church, 105 S. Ham Lane, Lodi.

Lodi Children's Chorus, Youth Chorale — Forty-five members of two youth choruses will perform their annual Christmas concert at 7 p.m. Saturday at English Oaks Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1260 W. Century Blvd., Lodi.

1. Festival of Trees

Forty-five members of two youth choruses will perform their annual Christmas concert at 7 p.m. Dec. 3 at English Oaks Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1260 W. Century Blvd., Lodi.

Even a 14-5 loss to the defending Sac-Joaquin Section champion could not contain Tokay Tigers head coach Nate Varosh’s enthusiasm over the performance by his varsity girls water polo team against Davis Blue Devils on Wednesday at the Tokay High School pool.

The Tokay Tigers varsity boys swim team won 10 of 11 events in the 118-49 Tri-City Athletic League victory over McNair on Friday in Stockton.

Hitting the water in the cross-town Lodi-Tokay rivalry, the Flames swimming and diving program showed it owns the city waters by sweeping all four meets against the Tigers on Wednesday at the Tokay High pool.

Zach Oden won two events to lead the Tokay Tigers boys swim team in a dominating 120-33 home victory over the Edison Vikings on Friday to move to 2-0 in Tri-City Athletic League action. Tokay won all 11 events.

The Tokay High boys water polo team found out the hard way there is a reason why Davis has made it to the section playoff championship game 18 times since the inception of the playoffs in 1972.

Tokay High boys water polo coach Shane Mahoney knows how to win section championships. And all season long, Mahoney has been teaching his team what it takes to do just that. Cole Mahoney had three goals and Danny Kemether added two as Tokay upset Lodi, 7-5, in the quarterfinals of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I playoffs at its home pool on Tuesday.

Whether he is swimming or playing water polo, it's hard to find Jake Lear when he's not in the water. The Lodi High senior has made a career of scoring goals for Lodi in the pool in the fall and then earning invitations to the Sac-Joaquin Section meet in the spring. He says he likes both sports equally and just focuses on whichever is in season.

Here is a list of awards presented to Tokay High School graduates for 2010:

Here is a list of Tokay High School graduates for 2010:

The Tokay Tigers girls water polo team just wanted to make a decent playoff run.

The Flames have a shot at revenge. The Lodi High boys water polo team dominated Downey 18-5 in the first round of the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs on Saturday at Johansen High School, setting up a rematch with Fairfield.

Both of Tokay's water polo teams were Tri-City Athletic League runner-ups this season and both were rewarded with two first-team all-TCAL selections and another two second-team picks.