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Cabrillo senior Daniela Alvarado (above) was one of four Conquistadors named to All-CIF teams for winter sports.
Rachel Nelson, the LPL MVP, was another.

All-CIF

The newly released winter sports All-CIF Teams contain the names of only four local athletes, all from Cabrillo. They are Rachel Nelson (Div IV Girls Water Polo - 1st Team), Daniela Alvarado (Div IV Girls Water Polo - 2nd Team ), Massimo Beeson (Div III Boys Soccer - 1st Team Defender), and Oscar Torres (Div III Boys Soccer - 3rd Team). The sports teams released are for boys & girls basketball, boys & girls soccer, and girls water polo.

Cabrillo Baseball

Varsity [6-8]: Recap of Righetti Tournament
They opened with Dos Pueblos at home on Tuesday, losing a slugfest 16-12 [Story]. Lost to Palm Desert 7-1, in a game moved to the CHS campus, by allowing six runs in the second inning [Story]. And finished 2nd in the ugly contest - besting the Santa Maria Saints 11-5 Thursday at Righetti High School [Story].

Cabrillo finished tournament action at 1 pm Friday against Santa Barbara. The Conquistadors came out on top and evened their tourney record at 2-2. Using 12 hits (including 6 doubles), 6 free passes (5 walks, 1 hit batter), two Dons errors, and a solid 5 inning performance by starter Brian Engler, Cabrillo turned a 4-2 deficit into a 10-6 win. They were down 4-2 after 3 innings but got 1 in the fourth and 2 in the fifth to take a tenuous 5-4 lead. Santa Barbara scored 2 runs in the sixth off Deuce Galvan but the locals put up 5 big ones, and reliever Justin Boggs shut down the Dons in the seventh.

Tony Elliot went 3-3, scored a run, drove one in, and had one of those six doubles. The other doubles belonged to Zach Pecyna (2 RBI's, 2 walks), Kevin Harmon (2 runs), Patrick Somers, David Fraats, and Brian Engler who helped his own cause with an RBI and two runs scored.

Cabrillo jumps back into the LPL playing Morro Bay [5-8] next Tuesday. Morro Bay went 2-2 at the recent Atascadero Tournament.
The JV results from Saturday's action at the Righetti Tourney are not yet availible.

Cabrillo Softball

At the Arroyo Grande Tournament [Recap]

Cabrillo opened play with the regional monster - Simi Valley. The undefeated Pioneers won the tourney- as they did The Best of the West Trny earlier in the week. The result was a 15-0 hammering. But as the man said "there is no shame in being knocked down - only in staying down". So these ladies climbed off the matt and belted Covina's Western Christian 6-1 in the afternoon game. On day two, they suffered a similar fate, losing to El Segundo 10-3. They were reportedly playing Sanger for eleventh place in the second game Saturday.

The Braves Classic

The Classic was by all accounts a great success -- for Lompoc Athletics, with thousands of dollars raised for all LHS Athletics (not so much that your contributions are unneeded). Others perhaps did not fare so well. [Story] Seems our old pal Brad is determined to prove Robin Ventura correct in his assessment of him- "Those who can -- do; Those who can't -- coach; and those who can't do either -- write about it ! I guess those who can't write -- blog. -- el stato