Brrrrrrrrr.....

It's getting cold out there folks - bundle up for Friday's games. The Cabrillo girls varsity was definitely feeling the effects of the cold and wind while watching Ashley Pennewell on Thursday.


LPL Girls Tennis
Morro Bay 4 @ Cabrillo 14 [Ryon Park]
Rollin', rollin', rollin'. That's what the Cabrillo squad keeps doing - this time they rolled 14-4 over the visiting Morro Bay Pirates. The doubles units were superb, winning 54- 4 in games while taking all nine sets. Ashley Pennewell swept at #1 singles, although she was pushed in the last set of the day. After taking a 4-3 lead, she lost two games in a row to the Pirate's Megan Hansen. Clearly disgusted with that development, she promptly won the next two games under the lights, to take the set. Julie Leyva won two sets. Click on the image to see the complete results.



Templeton 7 @ Lompoc 11
The #1's did the job on Thurday. Paty Martinez (# 1 singles) and Dana Campitelli / Maria Morales (# 1 doubles) both swept three sets. It was a satisfying win for the Braves who lost to the Eagles in the first LPL round this season 9-9 (84-85).

Junior Varsity
The JV squad had a rough time visiting with the Templeton Eagles dropping the match 13-5. They did most of their best work in doubles, winning 4 sets and only being outscored 40-31 in games. The combination of Ashley Branson & Azucena Villalobos swept (6-3, 6-3, 6-1), and Isabel Anguiano / Rosa Carreno won a set 6-3. Emily Tremblay won the sole singles set (6-4) for the Braves, and lost a second one 6-4.

Santa Ynez 9 (76) @ St Joseph 9 (70)
The Santa Ynez singles line-up was in tatters. Singles # 1 Nathalia Chaddad, an exchange student from Brazil, who hasn't lost a league set, was out with a bad back, and # 2 Lauren Gerlach (leg injury) could only play one set. So what do you do if you are the Santa Ynez Pirates ? Plug in some subs, who have been playing most of the year anyway, and win the Los Padres League tennis championship over the St Joseph Knights. Among the whipping winds on Thursday the teams tied 9-9, but the Pirates held a 76 -70 advantage in total games over the Knights who finish the LPL race in 2nd place.

In doubles for the Pirates, it was the usual suspects - Lauren Swift / Emily Ineman swept three sets, while Erica Schroeder / Alisa Silsbee, and Katie Manser / Brittany Feighner each won two sets. The Knight's #2 duo, Victoria Thomas / Kayla Zimmer, earned two doubles points.

In singles, the Knight's were led by senior Ane' McPike, who swept 6-1, 6-0, 6-1. New Pirate #1 Louise Gyllenram, an exchange student from Sweden, exacted a measure of revenge for her loss to McPike by beating her sister - freshman Ellie McPike (6-1). The younger McPike, however, won her other two sets.

One of those sets was a pretty good match-up. Gerlach's replacement, Sophie Brandstatter, was down 5-2 to McPike, and fought back to a tiebreaker but lost it 7-4 . But the 'Match of the Day' was a 7-6 (14-12) first-round Zimmer / Thomas - Schroeder / Silsbee match that the St Joe duo managed to pull out.

On Tuesday (4 Nov) - End of League Duals

The Braves [3-8, 5-9] conclude LPL Duals play next Tuesday at home against Santa Maria who had the League Bye .
Cabrillo hosts the Santa Ynez Pirates [17-2, 11-0 LPL], Morro Bay [4-10, 3-8 LPL] tangles with Templeton, and St Joseph [12-3, 10-2 LPL] plays a non-league contest versus Paso Robles.

The League Finals Tournaments are on 7 Nov 2008.

LPL Girls Volleyball

St Joseph @ Cabrillo
Cabrillo made it interesting, but St. Joseph held them off, winning 3-0 (25-13, 25-23, 25-8) at the Cabrillo Gymnasium.

The Knights showed up early in game 1 - taking 8-2, and 14-3 leads. Dayna Drewniak's run of six straight serves, including three consecutive aces, helped push the Knights lead to 24-8. Cabrillo stiffened, however, with Kelly O'Connell serving six in a row and cutting the advantage to 24-13 before Drewniak "kill'ed it.

Game 2 was a see-saw affair. The Conqs took a few three point leads early, but the St. Joseph answered with a pair of brief leads of their own. Tied at 20, the Knights earned the 41st point of the game, 21-20 and adde another on Aly Beebe's block to make it 22-20. At set point (24-21), Drewniak served long. Cabrillo responded with an Ashley Bonenfant ace to and were back within one. After a St. Joseph time-out, the Knight's Lizzy Mitchell ended game two with a kill.

The Knights ran away with game 3. Leading 8-4, they got an Beebe side-out block to set up seving runs by Alexis Dudley (5 ) and Mariah Vail (4). This resulted in an 11 point (17-6) St Joseph advantage they never relinquished.

Jessica Farley led Cabrillo with (12 kills, 4 blocks), while Dana Drewniak led the St. Joseph kill parade. She had 10, Aly Beebe had 6 (plus 7 blocks), Natasha Kolbo also had 6, followed by Lizzy Mitchell's five.

Junior Varsity/ Frosh
JV Coach Jennifer Smith writes "We won in two games (25-12, 25-16). The whole team played great together. Colby Edman had 5 aces, Summer Galvin had 7 solo blocks, Caitlin Harvey-Morgan had 8 digs and Kristina Goodchild had 9 digs and 5 kills!"

Frosh Coach Sandy Hawtrey tells LLR that the Frosh girls played "excellent all-around defense. The passing was really good." They won in straight sets.

Santa Ynez 3, Templeton 0
It was Seniors Night at Santa Ynez on Thursday, and the Pirates (16-2, 10-0 LPL) celebrated by sweeping the Eagles 25-18, 25-23, 25-8 . Offensively, the Pirates recieved 13 kills from Courtney Martin, and Caitlin Wright added nine. Defensively, Nicole Tomasini had another good defensive match - good passing, six digs, and two aces. French foreign exchange student Ailine Moche also had a good night from the service line.

Morro Bay 3, Santa Maria 0
The Pirates (6-8, 6-4 LPL) took down the Saints in three games, winning 25-7, 25-12, 25-9.
Morro Bay was led by Sara Hoversten's seven kills and six aces, while Lorna Porter had 17 assists and five aces - both team-highs .

Lompoc had the League Bye and did not play a match today, but lost a 3-0 decision at Mission Prep on Wednesday.

Next week:
Tuesday [4 Nov] - St. Joseph [9-2 LPL] takes on first-place Santa Ynez, Cabrillo [6-4 LPL] hosts Morro Bay [6-4 LPL] for third place, and Lompoc travels to Templeton.

Thursday [6 Nov] - Lompoc visits Santa Maria, Cabrillo has Santa Ynez come to town, Morro Bay meets Templeton, St Joseph has the Bye.

LPL Girls Golf
In this LPL duals match at the VCC, Cabrillo was without their ace, frosh Morgan Salm, and fell to Santa Maria 317-347. Jackie Teniente was the Medalist.

Individual Scorers
Santa Maria [317]: Jackie Teniente 56, Donna Olivera 60, Greta Corsa 66, Yesenia Lopez 66, & Luz Juarez 69.
Cabrillo [347]: Mariah Hall 63, Paige Hurlbut 65, Gabby Hott 67, Isabel Tejada 73, and Marissa Merrick 79.

Football
Atascadero @ Lompoc
Junior Varsity
The JV didn't fare so well, falling 31-14 at Huyck Stadium on Thursday. QB Evan Aguilar snuck one across from a yard out in the second quarter, and RB Patrick Hill bounded in from 19 yards out on the first play of the fourth for the Braves TD's. The other two points were scored on a pass from a scrambling Evan Aguilar to the diminutive Dalton Chambers after Hill's TD.

Frosh
The Freshmen won 8-0 in a game that was headed for a 2-0 finish until the Big Train - Aaron "Choo-Choo" Kucharski crashed into the end zone from a yard out with under a minute to play. Lompoc scored the safety when the snap went over the QB's head, he recovered the ball deep in the end zone and ran out the back.

Coast Valleys Youth Football Conference
With the playoffs about to start, the local organisations (Lompoc YFL & Vandenberg Village YFL) are dominating in the the 13 chapter CVYFL.

Bantam [20 Teams] Completed Regular Season
The top of the division is rather crowded with two undefeated teams and four 7-1 squads. Two of those outfits are the Lompoc Rebels (8-0, 4 shutouts, 202-43 points) and the Lompoc Packers (7-1, 6 SO, 221-19). The Five Cities Eagles are the other undefeated unit, and Paso Robles has two teams with one loss. The sixth team ? The 7-1 VV Conqs (3 SO, 164-46). The Conq's lone loss was a 21-13 defeat at the hands of the Paso Robles Cats. The Rebels gave the Paso Robles Bears their only loss 32-6, while Five Cities has a 26-6 win over the PR Cats and a 13-12 squeaker over the Packers. The VV Conquistadors are 0-7-1.

Junior [28 Teams] Completed Regular Season
Once again there are two undefeated and four one-loss teams, the difference being that both squads at the top are from Lompoc. The Lompoc Pistons (8-0, 2 SO, 217-72) have compiled some impressive numbers, but are overshadowed somewhat by the Lompoc Panthers (8-0, 5 SO, 172-20). The one loss teams are from Paso, Atascadero, Santa Maria, and Orcutt. The VV squads, VV Conquistadors & VV Cabrillo, are 3-5 and 1-7 respectively.

Intermediate [21 Teams] Completed Regular Season
This is the only division without at least two local teams atop the leaderboard. Only the VV Cabrillo (6-1, 3 SO, 206-58) squad is among those in Championship contention. The Lompoc Scorpions (3-5), Lompoc Titans (2-6), and VV Conqs (0-8) have all struggled this year, as all three had problems finding points until late in the season. Templeton (8-0) and 5 Cities (7-0) lead the section.

Senior Division [11 Teams]
The Lompoc Braves (7-0, 5 So, 229-18) are vie-ing with the Paso Robles Bearcats (8-0) for the top seed in the upcoming playoffs. The Braves have outscored their opposition 229-18 with 5 shutouts. They play the Orcutt Knights (4-3) in their final regular season contest on Saturday at 3 pm. . The VV Conquistadors are 2-5 and also conclude play on Saturday. --el stato