Lompoc and Cabrillo split Surf / Turf Events

Cabrillo's Chaz Whitmore was the medalist at the Lompoc - Cabrillo golf match on Monday, although his team lost by two strokes, 231 to 233.





Lompoc and Cabrillo went head-to-head for valley supremacy on Monday - the Braves took the golf match-up [story] on a day that they honored a fallen teammate [story] [blog][photos], while the Conquistadors took home the victory in the swim meet delayed from Friday by the lock-down at LHS.

Monday, 10 March 2008

Golf: Cabrillo at Lompoc [La Purisima GC]
Varsity: Lompoc won a very competitive match on their own turf against a Cabrillo program that according to some reports had won the last 12 contests versus the Braves. It was made even more special by the pre-match ceremony honoring teammate Brandon Pate who died last summer. Throughout the day, the tension and pressure was palpable, especially for coach Chris Adams and team captain,and the squads only senior, Brent VanDyke.

VanDyke who competed in the same foursome as medalist Chaz Whitmore of Cabrillo was furious with himself after his round, stating "If we lose this thing, it will be my fault". He was upset because of he had to take a lost ball penalty on the next to last hole, when he couldn't find his ball in a bunker. This resulted in his scoring an eight on the hole, and an overall 45. [LPL duals are nine holes - on Monday they played the back nine]. He needn't have worried, on a day dedicated to team, the Braves scorers finished in a tightly clustered group.

That information wasn't known, however, until the third foursome had finished. The first group in, consisted of Whitmore (40), and Perry Naughton (52) of Cabrillo with VanDyke (45), and Alex Stone ( 46) of Lompoc - giving Lompoc a 1 stroke lead. Likewise, in group two, Cabrillo's Aaron Hay (46) & Drew Langston (47) surrendered a one stroke advantage to Lompoc's Brian Magann (45) & Abie Luna (47) - Braves up two. It would all rest on the best 5th place score. [Teams play six, and score five. The six man is used to break ties.]

The third varsity group was Cabrillo's M & M's vs Lompoc's "Tylers" - Jacob Moreno & Michael Morgan against Tyler Grossi & Tyler Grossini. When the scores were tabulated the low scorers from each pair (Martin & Grossi) were tied at 48. So the Braves lead had held up, they won 231 to 233.

Swimming: Lompoc and Cabrillo at COLAC

The Conquistadors easily swam away with the surf half of the Monday equation, but Lompoc did have its moments.

Varsity Boys: Cabrillo 120 Lompoc 57
Varsity Girls: Cabrillo 129 Lompoc 51
JV Boys: Cabrillo 90 Lompoc 42
JV Girls: Cabrillo 133 Lompoc 42
Complete Results will be posted this weekend.

Tuesday, 11 March 2008

On Tuesday baseball and tennis teams from both schools, and LHS softball were in action against opponents from the north.


Softball


Lompoc


Varsity vs Arroyo Grande @ LHS
The Braves scored a run in each of the 2nd and 3rd innings and made it stand up. Great pitching by Brianna Vickery (complete game, 1 hit, 3 walks, 4 strikeouts) and solid defense, like Jeana Carrillo's shoetop grab in rightfield to end the top of the 6th, made the difference. Paty Martinez & Dana Campitelli both had a double and single while Courtney Dosa & Lauren Lopes each had a hit.


JV vs Arroyo Grande @ LHS
The Braves beat the visiting Eagles 3-1. Catrina "Catachill" Chill got the win going 5 innings, before Adrianna Davis came in to mop up the last two.


Baseball


Cabrillo


Varsity (2-3) vs Righetti (1-2) lost 9-0.
Burn the tape. The Warriors walked all over the Conq's. Cabrillo gave up 10 walks, 4 hit batsmen, and 5 errors in the game. They gave up 5 unearned runs in the first two innings, and compounded the pitching & defensive woes by hitting, or not hitting, at a .182 average for the game. They did draw 6 walks to supplement their 4 hits, but were unable to score. Tony Eliot, who took the loss, Justin Boggs, and Tyler Ramsden shared the pitching duties.

JV @ Righetti


Frosh @ Righetti

Lompoc
Varsity (1-5) vs SLO (3-0) lost 11-5.
Watch out Santa Ynez !! The Tigers are coming ! After thrashing St. Joseph 10-4 and Morro Bay 15-2 last week the bash brothers from SLO continued their assault on the LPL with an 11-5 pounding of the Braves. They play the Pirates on Thursday. In the first inning, Lompoc surrendered 4 runs in the top half, before taking the lead with 5 runs in the lower half. That lead soon melted away, however, when they allowed five in the 2nd inning. Darrin Mullen went 3-4 vs Lompoc (single, double, and home run), scored twice, and drove in four runs. Rob Nadalsky added a homer and four other players had doubles. For the Braves, Scotty Aguailar went 3-4 with two doubles, 2 RBI's, and scored a run. Cody Berryman started on the mound, and Ritchie Hirzel came on in relief. Lompoc host St. Joseph on Thursday, 13 March.

JV @ SLO lost 3-2.

The cruelest form of defeat is having victory snatched away at ye last moment. Yup, up 2-1 in the bottom of the 7th, they allow 2 runs and the ballgame is over. Daniel Dunaetz gave up two earned runs while going the distance on the mound. At the plate, they scattered 9 hits.

Frosh @ SLO lost 9-4.
It was worse than it sounds, all four Lompoc runs were scoredin the 7th inning. Pat Hill relieved Adam Card on the hill after three. B. Howard had two hits including a three-run double.

Boys Tennis

In LPL action Templeton beat Santa Maria 14-4 (5-4 sngls, 9-0 dbls) with lots of substitutions.

Cabrillo
Varsity (1-4, 1-1) vs Morro Bay won 11-7.
The Conquistadors finally got to pick on someone their own size. They were undefeated in doubles, as the teams of Casey Owen / Jose Flores, Jordan Daniels / Arjun Ayyar, and Andrew Shewell / Ryan Anderson all swept three sets. In singles, they were able pick up two points although both Mike Ion and Matt Hansen swept 3 sets each for the Pirates.

JV @ Morro Bay

Lompoc
Varsity @ Arroyo Grande lost 15-3.

A reconfigured Lompoc team got wholloped by the Eagles. Alex Jensen and Marco Pasallo won both singles points, and Joel Martin / Kyle Thumm collected the only doubles point for the Braves.

JV vs Arroyo Grande

Due to illness (ouch!) and grades (OUCH !!), the Braves JV squad is undermanned and unable to field a full unit.

-- el stato