Things are heating up !!!

Several Santa Ynez fans were able to beat the heat Wednesday by hanging out at the pool, as the Pirates battled Cabrillo for LPL supremacy.

Cabrillo also had its supporters.

The heat had the runners at the LPL Midseason All-Duals dropping like flies, and the Lompoc and Cabrillo girls golf teams, who were going head-to-head, dragging themselves around the VCC course. So we're going to the pool. The COLAC to be precise. Where the Cabrillo Conquistadors were looking to position themselves for another LPL Championship.

Boys Water Polo

Santa Ynez @ Cabrillo

We have seen the future and he is .... but I'm getting ahead of myself. The Pirates came to the valley looking to take advantage of a rare opportunity, Cabrillo was hoping to stop them. With the graduation of all-time leading scorer Wes Hain and a host of other veteran players, Cabrillo is both young (only 3 seniors) and inexperienced this year. Santa Ynez is attempting to exploit that window of opportunity by seizing the LPL title. To do that they had to beat the Conqs. Well, beat them in League play - they defeated them 14-8 in a tournament earlier this year. Two years ago they lost twice. Last year they split two games. This year ?

Cabrillo would not go down without a fight. The Conqs struck first on a goal by Marcus Thiele at the 3:22 mark of the initial period. Bryce Small retaliated with a goal 21 seconds later and started a run for the Pirates. From the 4:58 mark in the 2nd quarter, Santa Ynez ran off 4 consecutive goals - by Travis Frohlich, Dustin Alker, Simon Haws, and Small again. The Cabrillo drought continued until #11, Garrett Darling drilled a shot home with 42 seconds left in the half.

Darling also opened the 3rd period scoring at 4:37 to make it interesting at 5-3 in favor of the Pirates. Actually, # 11 scored three goals in a row. Unfortunately, for the locals it wasn't Darling - but SY's Elijah Ozimec. Darling's goal was the last one managed by Cabrillo, but the Pirates received additional goals from Frohlich, Alker, and Small (2), to make the final 10-3.

The future ? That would be Santa Ynez's Adam "The Wall" Taylor. The sophomore goalie was almost perfect in the second half. For the game, he had 13 blocks and 3 steals while stopping man-down situations four times, including one in which he stopped an initial shot and two rebound shots in a matter of seconds. Small came up big hitting on all four of his shots and Ozimec had 3 assists and 3 steals.

Scoring: Cabrillo - Darling 2, Thiele. Santa Ynez - Small 4, Frohlich 2, Alker 2, Haws, Ozimec.

Junior Varsity

The Cabrillo JV was coming off a trip to the AG novice tournament were they went 3-1 (including wins over Lompoc & the AG 'B' team)- the loss was to the AG 'A's, and found themselves in a dogfight.

Cabrillo opened the scoring, SY answered. Cabrillo scored again - so did the Pirates. The Pirates took the lead, Cabrillo answered. The Conqs score two more, and the Pirates cut it to 5-4 - 42 seconds before the big break.

In the second half there were 5 ties and neither team ever established more than a 1 goal lead. Cabrillo scored with just over a minute left to even it up and at the end of regulation it was still tied at 9 apiece. This resulted in a two-part over-time period - three minutes for the teams going each direction. Cabrillo dominated the first portion with a barrage of 4 goals, and held on as SY scored two unanswered in the second half for a 13-11 win.

Keenan Andrews had 5 goals for Cabrillo, including the one that tied it at the end of regulation, and the fourth one in OT. Aaron Hay, Nick Hines, and Emmett Hill each had two goals (both of Hill's in OT), and Simon Reep & Christopher Naughton each had one. Scorers for the Pirates were 2-meter Jake Catariano (4), Collin Deats (3), Lucas Lastra (2), Max Pappas, and Dorian Hanley.

Cross-Country

LPL All-Duals Midseason Meet

The meet was run. The results are still out. And the scoring is in doubt. [Story] Here is what we do know: 1.) The course & weather came out on top as numerous runners wilted in the heat. They are all apparently OK. 2.) Cabrillo's boys are about as good as Morro Bay #3 (Div IV) ranked squad. 3.) The Templeton girls (#6 Div IV) are really good, and Morro Bay isn't bad either.

Local individual leaders: Ashley Fabing LHS 3rd (20:48), Eddie Tovar CHS 4th (17:02), Joel Martin LHS 11th, Chelsea Sidhu CHS 20th.

We will, of course, have complete results as they become available.

Girls Golf

Lompoc @ Cabrillo

The Braves fell 299- 330 to the Conquistadors at the Village Country Club on Wednesday. The heat was also a factor in this contest. [Story]

Individual scores included Medalist Morgan Salm (45) of Cabrillo, her teammate Mariah Hall (58), and the Braves leader Kaleigh Goethe (also 58).

Club Swimming

Tsunami at the SMSC Columbus Invitational [under 18]

The Club based out of the COLAC is growing at a rapid pace, and the number of team competitors is similarly expanding - allowing participation in relay races for the first time in years.

The swimmers compete according to gender in age groups (8U, 10U, 11-12, 13+ for this meet). The lower age groups are also split into four divisions (Open, Blue, Red, White) by compententcy level. Since for most of the locals it was their first ever swim meet, almost all of them swam in the White division. Relays are based, in part, on the total age of the team.

PB=Personal Best

Paola Hernandez finally found some competition - the 13 year-old is now swimming against competitors as much as 4-5 years older. How'd she do?

A first (50 Free-off PB by 1/2 a second), three 2nds (100 Back-PB by almost a second, 100Fly- PB by 1/2 a second, 200 IM-PB by over 4 seconds), and four 3rds (100 Free- PB by 1/2 a second, 200 Free- PB by a second, 100 Brst-PB by over 2 seconds, 200 Fly- 1st time at distance). She anchored the 200 Free relay team, finishing 6th of 22 teams (with the fastest split on the team by 6 seconds), and led off the 4th-place 200 Medley Relay squad with a sub- 30 second split. Well, some competition. She does seem to be doing OK.

[Complete Results]

Tsunami Results Below

[ Tech probs]

Other Highlights included

(all distances in yards):

GIRLS

Ciara Cardenas - 8 [8U]- (1st Meet) 1st Op 25 Back, 2nd Op 25 Brst, 3rd Wt 25 Free, and 4th Op 25 Fly.

Meagan Stevens -10 [10U]- 3rd Wt 100 Free [PB by 9 sec], 4th Wt 50 Brst [PB by 7 sec].

Emma Johanning - 12 [11/12]- (1st Meet) 1st Wt 50 Brst, 2nd Wt 50 Fly, 3rd Wt 50 Free, 3rd Wt 100 Back, 4 x 4th (100 Free/ 50 Back/ 100 Brst/ 200 IM). Swam legs on both 200 Free & 200 Medley relays.

Rebecca Riley (left)- 12 [11/12] - 1st Blue 50 Brst [PB] , 3rd Wt 50 Fly [PB], 3rd Wt 200 IM [1st time at dist.], + 2 5ths & 3 6ths. Also swam 2nd leg for 4th place 200 Medley Relay & 6th place 200 Free Relay.

BOYS

Jacob Robinson - 10 [10U]- 1st Red 100 Free, 1st Wt 200 Free, 2nd Red 50 Free, 2nd Op 50 Brst, 2nd Op 100 IM, 3rd Op 100 Brst, 3rd Wt 100 Back, 4th Wt 50 Brst.

Ryan Dang - 9 [10U]- 1st Op 100 Brst, 1st Op 50 Fly, 1st Op 100 IM, 1st Wt 100 Free, 2nd Wt 50 Free, 2nd Wt 100 Back, 3rd Op 50 Brst, 3rd Wt 50 Back.

Eduardo Cardenas - 11 [11/12]- 1st Wt 50 Brst, 1st Wt 100 Brst, 2nd Wt 50 Free, 2nd Wt 100 Free, 2nd Wt 100 Back, 2nd Wt 200 IM, 3rd Wt 50 Back, 3rd Wt 50 Fly.

Blake Espinosa - 12 [11/12]- 2nd Wt 50 Brst, 2nd Wt 100 Brst, 3rd Wt 50 Back, 3rd Wt 50 Fly, plus a fourth and three fives.

NOTE: Due to the lenth of this post, the football material originally planned for today will be presented on Friday, along with the results of the big Lompoc / Cabrillo volleyball match, Lompoc tennis at Morro Bay, and other goodies (Yum!). --- el stato