Awards and Golf

Lompoc Senior Jordan O'Byrne (right), seen here on LLR-TV with teammate Trae Vernon and Head Coach Sherman Vernon, was named to the All-CIF Division IV-AA Team

CIF BASKETBALL AWARDS

BOYS
Three Santa Barbara County players were named to CIF Divisional hoops squads:

Div II-A: Santa Barbara senior Roberto Nelson was selected to an All-CIF squad for the fourth time. The Oregon St- bound Nelson was selected for the Div II-A 2nd team after leading the Dons to a 2nd place finish behind I-A semi-finalist Ventura.

Div IV-AA: Lompoc senior Jordan O'Byrne was named to the 2nd team after scoring 19.6 points and grabbing 7.1 rebounds per game to lead the Braves to a share of the League Title and the second round of the playoffs.

Div VI-AA: When Dunn declined its playoff spot, Laguna Blanca filled in by winning wild card and first round games, due in large part to junior Luther Tarver-Burks. He was named to the Div VI-AA 1st team.

GIRLS

The Girls side locally was dominated, not surprisingly, by St. Joseph who placed three girls and their coach on teams, including the Player of the Year.

Div V-AA:

Ane' McPike, F/G - Named Player of the Year, her 4th All-CIF Divisional level award in basketball.

Aly Beebe, Fr., 6-3 Center (13.8 ppg, team high 9.1 rpg) - 1st Team

Kelsi English, So., G/F (10 ppg, team high 3.4 apg) - 2nd Team

Ron Barba - Coach of the Year

Led team to Division Championship with 45-39 win over Serra.

Div V-A: Bishop Diego senior Jennifer Jimenez (10.7 ppg, 6.7 rpg) was named to the 2nd team, after she led the Cardinals to 2nd in the Frontier League and the 2nd round of the playoffs.

BOYS GOLF
Monday At The Alisal Ranch Course

Tyler Shean was the Medalist, and apparently Johnny Henno took the day off, as the Pirates defeated a young Cabrillo squad 214-245. They played 9 holes (par 36). Santa Ynez is 7-5 (3-0 LPL duals), Cabrillo falls to 3-5 (1-2 LPL).

Santa Ynez [214]
Tyler Shean - 35
Parker Colvin - 39
A.J. Woronvich - 42
Matthew Kuskey - 43
Brandon Bakos - 55

Cabrillo [245]
Drew Langston - 46
Dave French - 46
Aaron Hay - 48
Jake Moreno - 50
Ethan Pike - 55

at Hunter Ranch Golf Course

Morro Bay 214, Templeton 232 [9 hole]

Morro Bay

Matt Hansen (two-under) - 34

Eric Olson’s - 40

Templeton

Tanner Westbrook - 38

Greyson Morain - 41

Dive, Dive, Dive

SWIM / DIVE

SLO Dive Preview
[Shinshimer Pool 28 March 2009]

Seventy-three divers from throughout the area met Saturday in SLO to compete in four divisions - 11-dive and 6-dive events for both genders. Cabrillo Coach Jim Thompson took 12 of his 13 eligible divers to the meet, and thought they performed "quite well" against PAC-7, LPL, etc. competition. He was especially pleased that the Conquistadors were first among the LPL divers that participated.

It was the first 11-dive event for the three Cabrillo divers that competed at that level, but all three achieved CIF consideration totals, and it was the FIRST EVER dive meet for sophomore Jessica Roukhuyzon who WON the girls 6-dive event. Even more remarkable is the fact that she didn't learn the last dive she needed to become eligible until the night before the meet.

Thompson plans to have 6-8 divers ready for the 11-dive event, and about 18 total, for the next meet a few weeks hence.

Cabrillo Participants

Girls 11-Dive Event [24 Divers]
Ashley Pennewell - 6th (279.70)
Sara Studer - 16th (216.60)


Girls 6-Dive Event [24 Divers]
Jessica Roukhuyzon - 1st (128.20)
Qwan Hayes - 7th (113.15)
Baylee Meehan - 8th (110.25)
Cymphanie Sherman - 14th (95.60)
Alley Miles - 15th (93.75)
Sarah Heath - 18th (85.95)
Victoria Yeats - 19th (84.35)
Erin Coffin - 21st (76.85)


Boys 11-Dive Event [11 Divers]
Kyle Brock - 5th (255.20)


Boys 6-Dive Event [14 Divers]
Dan French - 4th (113.45)

Easter Relays and More

2009 Easter Relays
{3/28/2009 @ Santa Barbara City College}

Squads from Cabrillo, Santa Ynez & St Joe's of the LPL took on the big boys while participating in the Easter Relays at SBCC on Saturday. The results in general were not spectacular - but there were some bright spots. Boys/Girls Competions were held at the Varsity and Frosh/Soph levels.

Cabrillo: The best performer for the Conqs was senior Kendall Reynolds who won the Girls Varsity Long Jump (17-11.00) and was second in the 100 m Hurdles (16.1). The boys 4 x 800 relay units were third at both levels, and so were the Distance Medley teams. Senior Rebeccah Rogers was 3rd in the 100m Dash, as was sophomore Jordan Watson.

St Joseph / Santa Ynez: Both schools had several top 3 finishes, with the Knights especially strong in the field events, where Teresa Loya won both the Varsity Shot Put (42-1.50) & Discus (124-05) contests and Tim Puerling won the F/S Pole Vault (10-00.00).

See more results at the bottom of post.

Swiming & Diving
LPL Action
Girls: Morro Bay 113, Santa Ynez 69
Boys: Santa Ynez 110, Morro Bay 73

Santa Ynez Winners included:
Girls 400 Free Relay (4:06.75)
[Laura Clark, Sophie Mouret, Jenelle Swanson, Kendall Swanson]
200 Medley Relay (2:06.13)
[Clark, the Swansons and Catalina Hubbard]
Kendall Swanson - 100 Backstroke (1:06.31), 50 Freestyle (26.5)
Laura Clark - 500 freestyle (5:25.16), 200 Individual Medley (2:18.10)

Morro Bay Winners included:
Trent Popovich - 50 Freestyle (23.87), 500 Freestyle (5:01.06), leg of 200 Freestyle Relay.
Zach Moss - 1m Diving (150.55) {also finished sixth at the San Luis Obispo dive preview on Saturday}.

Garces Invitational
St. Joseph traveled over to the Central Valley for the GI with these results:

Junior Girls division co-MVP's -
Maddie Mastrup and Erica Brannon

Mastrup - 1st, 500y Free; 2nd 200y
Brannon - 1st 100 Back; 2nd 100 Fly
Danielle McCullough, Mallory Ensor, Mastrup, Brannon - 2nd 200 Medley Relay; 3rd 200 Freestyle Relay.
[All in CIF-SS Div IV Preliminary Meet qualifying times}

Josh Lewis - 4th, 500 freestyle; 6th, 200 Free
[both CIF Div IV Prelim consideration times]

SOFTBALL
Cabrillo JV Tournament
First / Second Rounds - Saturday, 28 March 2009
Cabrillo opened its own tourney by facing a beleaguered Santa Maria squad that had not enjoyed its trip to the Lompoc Valley the day before. They didn't enjoy this one much either - the Conquistadors racked up only two fewer runs than the Braves had on Friday, outcoring the Saints 23-0. Kaylie Chard went the distance for Cabrillo.

Next up for the host team was Righetti, coming off a 1st round defeat of Lompoc. Nathalia Powell battled the Warriors' Melissa Balam to a tie in regulation, resulting in an International Tie-breaker. Stacy Harmon dropped a bunt that moved the runner to third. Powell then stepped to the plate and her game winning hit delivered the 2-1 victory. The Braves got to face Santa Maria again in round 2, and won.

In the lower bracket, Templeton tossed Santa Barbara 12-1, and Paso Robles shut out Carpinteria 7-0. Round 2 saw Carp thump the Dons 12-3, while Paso squeased past the Eagles 5-3.

Next Saturdays' games are -
9 am: Lompoc / Santa Barbara, Carpinteria / Santa Maria

1 pm: Cabrillo / Templeton, Paso Robles / Righetti

Alumni [Quick Notes]
Chris Mallory had four hits, including a double and Corey Dotzler went 3-5, with a double and 3 RBI's to help #13 Allan Hancock College [17-11, 10-4 WSC North] win its third straight game - a 19-11 non-pitchers duel over #20 Ventura [13-9, 7-7 WSC]. Tuesday, they take on first-place Cuesta at 2:30 p.m.


Easter Relays
LPL Team's Results

[Complete Results - all Teams]

Event 1 Girls 3000 Meter Run Varsity [13 competitors]
8 Mayer, Kelly 12 SYHS 11:18.41

Event 2 Boys 3000 Meter Run Varsity [22]
21 Eubank, Winchester 10 SYHS 10:25.29
22 Krystkowiak, Ty 9 SYHS 10:48.71

Event 3 Girls 4x200 Meter Relay Frosh/Soph [16]
10 St. Joseph High School 'A' 1:57.36
1) McKinsey, Danielle SO 2) Mahoney, Kate SO
3) Puhek, Delaney FR 4) Johnson, Candace SO

11 Cabrillo 'A' 1:57.85
1) Crispin, Alexa SO 2) Merana, Lora SO
3) Villalobos, Tara FR 4) Pack, Leeila FR

Event 4 Boys 4x200 Meter Relay Frosh/Soph [19]
10 St. Joseph High School 'A' 1:41.26
1) Leo, Ken SO 2) Vargas, Bebe FR
3) Perales, Jordan SO 4) McCormack, Sean SO

11 Cabrillo 'A' 1:41.75
1) Davenport, Jalen SO 2) Ryan, Matthew SO
3) Babauta, Terence FR 4) Ferrulo, Michael SO

Event 5 Girls 4x200 Meter Relay Varsity [20]
12 St. Joseph High School 'A' 1:53.07
1) Kolbo, Natasha JR 2) Kinson, Tiffany JR
3) Adam, Nicole SR 4) Edwards, Ashley JR

13 Cabrillo 'A' 1:53.86
1) Martinez, Nicole JR 2) Brown, Desiree JR
3) Miranda, Stephanie SO 4)

Event 6 Boys 4x200 Meter Relay Varsity [21]
13 Cabrillo 'A' 1:36.49
1) McConnell, Matthew JR 2) Watson, Jordan SO
3) Garcia, Alberto JR 4) Brown, Balfour JR

21 St. Joseph High School 'A' 1:39.55
1) Ashor, Adam SR 2) Sanders, Drew SR
3) Humann, John JR 4) Ibarra, Anthony JR

Event 7 Girls 4x800 Meter Relay Frosh/Soph [15]
4 St. Joseph High School 'A' 10:36.91
1) Peinado, Enriquetta SO 2) Rigali, Paulette SO
3) Will, Taylor SO 4) Brandt, Caitlin SO

11 Cabrillo 'A' 11:20.50
1) Roell, Dean SO 2) Bedell, Devon SO
3) Castellanos, Alexis FR 4) Buch, Vaidehi SO

16 Cabrillo 'B' 12:10.62
1) Maikrzek, Paige FR 2) Dalton, Ashley SO
3) Li, Isabel SO 4) Janatsch, Libby FR

Event 8 Boys 4x800 Meter Relay Frosh/Soph [17]
3 Cabrillo 'A' 8:59.06
1) Villanueva, Steven SO 2) Peña, Daniel SO
3) Velazquez, Joel SO 4) Pogue, Joe SO

9 St. Joseph High School 'A' 9:22.87
1) Castro, Derek SO 2) Dunn, Hayes FR
3) Hawkes, Patrick FR 4) Henning, Bryce SO

11 Cabrillo 'B' 9:29.60
1) Reyes, Martin SO 2) Padilla, Omar SO
3) Bedoya, Estevan 10 4) Avila, Nicholas SO

Event 9 Girls 4x800 Meter Relay Varsity [14]
5 Santa Ynez High School 'A' 10:23.42
1) Mayer, Kelly 12 2) Mexico, Kaci 10
3) Mexico, Mackenzie 11 4) Truax, Cat 10

12 Cabrillo 'A' 11:15.22
1) Sidhu, Chelsey JR 2) Rodriguez, Bianca JR
3) Anderson, Kathleen JR 4) Heter, Britni JR

14 Cabrillo 'B' 12:33.60
1) McAninch, Michelle JR 2) Kazianka, Alexis SR
3) Petersen, Jamie SR 4) Roberts, Bonnie SR

Event 10 Boys 4x800 Meter Relay Varsity [15]
3 Cabrillo 'A' 8:28.23
1) Block, Levi JR 2) Hernandez, John JR
3) Hopson, Jeshua JR 4) Tovar, Eduardo SR

10 Santa Ynez High School 'A' 8:56.25
1) Buenrostro, Javier 9 2) Johnson, Parker 10
3) Mitchell, Spencer 10 4) Reck, Connor 10

14 Cabrillo 'B' 9:33.72
1) Leedham, Vincent SR 2) Nuñez, Lazaro JR
3) Odam, Eric JR 4) Hou, Shaobo SR

Event 11 Girls 4x100 Meter Relay Frosh/Soph [16]
10 Cabrillo 'A' 55.60
1) Merana, Lora SO 2) Crispin, Alexa SO
3) Kovach, Jessica SO 4) Villalobos, Tara FR

11 St. Joseph High School 'A' 55.72
1) McKinsey, Danielle SO 2) Mahoney, Kate SO
3) Puhek, Delaney FR 4) Johnson, Candace SO

Event 12 Boys 4x100 Meter Relay Frosh/Soph [21]
-- Cabrillo 'A' DQ
1) Babauta, Terence FR 2) Ferrulo, Michael SO
3) Davenport, Jalen SO 4) Ryan, Matthew SO

Event 13 Girls 4x100 Meter Relay Varsity [18]
8 Cabrillo 'A' 51.66
1) Martinez, Nicole JR 2) Rogers, Rebekah SR
3) Miranda, Stephanie SO 4) Brown, Desiree JR

12 Santa Ynez High School 'A' 53.52

Event 14 Boys 4x100 Meter Relay Varsity [21]
8 Santa Ynez High School 'A' 44.83
1) Herrera, Eric 12 2) Espinosa, Freddy 10
3) Puccinelli, Justin 12 4) Uhrig, Cody 10

11 Cabrillo 'A' 45.51
1) Watson, Jordan SO 2) McConnell, Matthew JR
3) Garcia, Alberto JR 4) Brown, Balfour JR

20 St. Joseph High School 'A' 47.61
1) Ashor, Adam SR 2) Sanders, Drew SR
3) Humann, John JR 4) Ibarra, Anthony JR

Event 15 Girls 800 Sprint Medley Frosh/Soph [17]
5 St. Joseph High School 'A' 2:02.09
1) Mosby, Brianna SO 2) McKinsey, Danielle SO
3) Johnson, Candace SO 4) Mahoney, Kate SO

13 Cabrillo 'A' 2:11.64
1) Merana, Lora SO 2) Kovach, Jessica SO
3) Crispin, Alexa SO 4) Maynes, Symphanie FR

Event 16 Boys 1600 Sprint Medley Frosh/Soph [21]
14 Cabrillo 'A' 4:09.95
1) Babauta, Terence FR 2) Ferrulo, Michael SO
3) Ryan, Matthew SO 4) Wise, Craig SO

15 St. Joseph High School 'A' 4:10.10
1) Leo, Ken SO 2) Fields, Jonathan SO
3) Perales, Jordan SO 4) Castro, Derek SO

Event 17 Girls 800 Sprint Medley Varsity [17]
6 Cabrillo 'A' 1:56.40
1) Rogers, Rebekah SR 2)
3) Tank, Tionna SR 4) Avila, Katie SR

11 Santa Ynez High School 'A' 1:59.99
1) Cash, Lexy 11 2) Mexico, Kaci 10
3) Rasmussen, Lauren 12 4) Truax, Cat 10

Event 18 Boys 1600 Sprint Medley Varsity [19]
4 Santa Ynez High School 'A' 3:46.65
1) Herrera, Eric 12 2) Puccinelli, Justin 12
3) Reck, Connor 10 4) Uhrig, Cody 10

11 Cabrillo 'A' 3:51.40
1) Watson, Jordan SO 2) Garcia, Alberto JR
3) Wilson, Travis SR 4) Hernandez, John JR

Event 21 Girls 100 Meter Hurdles Varsity [14]
2 Reynolds, Kendall SR Cabrillo 16.1h
4 Kinson, Tiffany JR St. Joes 16.5h
11 Rogers, Rebekah SR Cabrillo 17.6h
12 Newton, Emilie SYHS 18.1h
13 Rigali, Mary JR St. Joes 18.8h
14 Adam, Nicole SR St. Joes 19.0h

Event 22 Boys 110 Meter Hurdles Varsity [10]
10 Mayorga, Joe SR Cabrillo 18.4h

Event 23 Girls 100 Meter Dash Varsity [9]
3 Rogers, Rebekah SR Cabrillo 16.2h

Event 24 Boys 100 Meter Dash Varsity [9]
3 Watson, Jordan SO Cabrillo 11.5h

Event 25 Girls Distance Medley Frosh/Soph [19]
6 St. Joseph High School 'A' 13:54.34
1) Brandt, Caitlin SO 2) Toogood, Penelope SO
3) Peinado, Enriquetta SO 4) Epps, Sara SO

11 St. Joseph High School 'B' 14:56.55
1) Brandt, Brittney SO 2) Gutierrez, Marissa FR
3) Teixeira, Marrin FR 4) Brandt, Alexis SO

13 Cabrillo 'A' 15:00.10
1) Bedell, Devon SO 2) Castellanos, Alexis FR
3) Roell, Dean SO 4) Buch, Vaidehi SO

18 Cabrillo 'B' 16:15.44
1) Dalton, Ashley SO 2) Li, Isabel SO
3) Maikrzek, Paige FR 4) Janatsch, Libby FR

Event 26 Boys Distance Medley Frosh/Soph [17]
3 Cabrillo 'A' 11:31.96
1) Peña, Daniel SO 2) Pogue, Joe SO
3) Velazquez, Joel SO 4) Villanueva, Steven SO

10 Cabrillo 'B' 12:20.10
1) Billings, Nicholas SO 2) Wise, Craig SO
3) Avila, Nicholas SO 4) Trevino, Zachary FR

Event 27 Girls Distance Medley Varsity [14]
9 Cabrillo 'B' 14:26.05
1) McAninch, Michelle JR 2) Roberts, Bonnie SR
3) Petersen, Jamie SR 4) Kazianka, Alexis SR

14 Cabrillo 'A' 16:25.28
1) Sidhu, Chelsey JR 2) Rodriguez, Bianca JR
3) Anderson, Kathleen JR 4) Heter, Britni JR

Event 28 Boys Distance Medley Varsity [16]
3 Cabrillo 'A' 11:02.46
1) Block, Levi JR 2) Leedham, Vincent SR
3) Hernandez, John JR 4) Tovar, Eduardo SR

12 Cabrillo 'B' 12:15.24
1) Nuñez, Lazaro JR 2) Webb, TC JR
3) Odam, Eric JR 4) Hopson, Jeshua JR

Event 29 Girls 4x400 Meter Relay Frosh/Soph [13]
4 St. Joseph High School 'A' 4:27.52
1) Johnson, Candace SO 2) Mosby, Brianna SO
3) Toogood, Penelope SO 4) Gutierrez, Marissa FR

11 Cabrillo 'A' 4:54.51
1) Maynes, Symphanie FR 2) Perez, Marisol FR
3) Enos, Alyssa FR 4) Pack, Leeila FR

Event 30 Boys 4x400 Meter Relay Frosh/Soph [14]
3 St. Joseph High School 'A' 3:45.54
1) Leo, Ken SO 2) Perales, Jordan SO
3) Lahr, Nick SO 4) Fields, Jonathan SO

Event 31 Girls 4x400 Meter Relay Varsity [13]
8 Santa Ynez High School 'A' 4:26.25
1) Cash, Lexy 11 2) Mexico, Kaci 10
3) Rasmussen, Lauren 12 4) Truax, Cat 10

9 Cabrillo 'A' 4:27.35
1) Martinez, Nicole JR 2) Tank, Tionna SR
3) Millis, Caitlin JR 4) Avila, Katie SR

Event 32 Boys 4x400 Meter Relay Varsity [13]
2 Santa Ynez High School 'A' 3:26.72
1) Uhrig, Cody 10 2) Reck, Connor 10
3) Puccinelli, Justin 12 4) Herrera, Eric 12

5 Cabrillo 'A' 3:35.42
1) Brown, Balfour JR 2) Mayorga, Joe SR
3) McConnell, Matthew JR 4) Wilson, Travis SR

Event 33 Girls Long Jump Varsity [20]
1 Reynolds, Kendall SR Cabrillo 17-11.00
2 Kolbo, Natasha JR St. Joes 17-08.50

Event 34 Girls Long Jump Frosh/Soph [25]
11 Pack, Leeila FR Cabrillo 13-09.75
17 Dascanio, Angelene SO St. Joes 13-05.00
23 Gutierrez, Marissa FR St. Joes 12-04.75

Event 35 Boys Long Jump Varsity [24]
20 Rivera, Jacob JR St. Joes 17-05.00

Event 36 Boys Long Jump Frosh/Soph [20]
4 Lahr, Nick SO St. Joes 19-02.50
9 Lewis, Cameron SO St. Joes 17-10.00

Event 37 Girls Triple Jump Varsity [22]
10 Taylor, Sara SR Cabrillo 32-07.75
11 Herrera, Michelle 11 SYHS 32-03.75
14 Dobbins, Shyrissa SR Cabrillo 31-11.00
-- Kinson, Tiffany JR St. Joes ND

Event 38 Girls Triple Jump Frosh/Soph [17]
2 Mosby, Brianna SO St. Joes 30-07.00
3 Toogood, Penelope SO St. Joes 30-02.25

Event 39 Boys Triple Jump Varsity [26]
17 Gallegos, Anthony SR St. Joes 37-11.25
19 Rivera, Jacob JR St. Joes 37-03.00

Event 40 Boys Triple Jump Frosh/Soph [18]
3 Sheldon, Erik 10 SYHS 38-06.00
4 Vargas, Bebe FR St. Joes 37-09.50
5 Davenport, Jalen SO Cabrillo 37-03.50
-- Puerling, Tim SO St. Joes ND

Event 41 Boys High Jump Frosh/Soph [15]
7 Vargas, Bebe FR St. Joes 5-06.00

Event 42 Boys High Jump Varsity [16]
11 Wilson, Travis SR Cabrillo 5-08.00

Event 43 Girls High Jump Frosh/Soph [21]
3 King, Hailey 10 SYHS J4-10.00
5 Strahan, Brittany SO St. Joes 4-08.00
5 Carlson, Carrie 10 SYHS 4-08.00
13 Kawatachi, Moana SO St. Joes 4-02.00

Event 44 Girls High Jump Varsity [8]
2 Kolbo, Natasha JR St. Joes 5-00.00
4 Dobbins, Shyrissa SR Cabrillo 4-10.00
5 Simeone, Jenny SR St. Joes J4-10.00
7 Herrera, Michelle 11 SYHS 4-06.00

Event 45 Girls Pole Vault Frosh/Soph [17]
3 Hatchell, Jessica 10 SYHS 8-06.00
6 Peters, Kelly 9 SYHS 8-00.00
10 Ginter, Emily FR St. Joes 6-06.00
-- McPike, Ellie FR St. Joes NH

Event 46 Boys Pole Vault Frosh/Soph [8]
1 Puerling, Tim SO St. Joes 10-00.00
5 Davenport, Jalen SO Cabrillo 8-00.00

Event 47 Girls Pole Vault Varsity [13]
2 Grossi, Lauren SR St. Joes 9-06.00
3 English, Brenee JR St. Joes 9-00.00

Event 48 Boys Pole Vault Varsity [12]
6 Johnson, Parker 10 SYHS 11-00.00
8 Puerling, Bobby SR St. Joes 10-00.00
9 Gallegos, Anthony SR St. Joes J10-00.00
10 Powell, Nikolous SO Cabrillo 9-06.00

Event 49 Boys Shot Put Frosh/Soph [24]
2 Spencer, Mathew SO St. Joes 46-07.50
3 Finnegan, Richard SO St. Joes 45-09.50
7 Solis, Sisto SO Cabrillo 42-03.00
14 Warning, Cody 10 SYHS 37-03.50
15 Chaves, Blake 9 SYHS 36-02.50

Event 50 Girls Shot Put Frosh/Soph [22]
2 Baldwin, Hayley SO St. Joes 32-09.00
3 Szeyller, Rachel 10 SYHS 32-03.50
4 Carlson, Carrie 10 SYHS 29-06.00
5 Ritchie, Kimberley SO St. Joes 29-02.00
11 Arcilla, Stephanie SO Cabrillo 27-07.00
20 Hott, Gabrielle SO Cabrillo 23-06.00

Event 51 Boys Shot Put Varsity [24]
4 Sua, Jon SR St. Joes 48-05.00
12 Perron, Zach JR St. Joes 44-09.00
13 Wooden, Jaymz 12 SYHS 42-11.00
16 Morgan, John 11 SYHS 41-05.00
23 Palazzo, Nolan SR Cabrillo 37-00.00

Event 52 Girls Shot Put Varsity [17]
1 Loya, Teresa JR St. Joes 42-01.50
2 Vail, Mariah SR St. Joes 35-07.00
3 Jarrett, Kelly SO St. Joes 35-06.50
6 Main, Ciara JR St. Joes 32-10.00
7 Thomas, Victoria SR St. Joes 32-07.00
-- Schaller, Amanda JR Cabrillo ND
-- Laugen, Tiawna SR Cabrillo ND

Event 53 Girls Discus Throw Frosh/Soph [22]
2 Baldwin, Hayley SO St. Joes 90-03
5 Arcilla, Stephanie SO Cabrillo 86-10
7 Szeyller, Rachel 10 SYHS 82-10
8 Ritchie, Kimberley SO St. Joes 79-02
9 Carlson, Carrie 10 SYHS 78-04
19 Hott, Gabrielle SO Cabrillo 66-11

Event 54 Boys Discus Throw Frosh/Soph [25]
2 Spencer, Mathew SO St. Joes 120-06
5 Finnegan, Richard SO St. Joes 105-02
10 Solis, Sisto SO Cabrillo 94-07
18 Chaves, Blake 9 SYHS 82-08
20 Warning, Cody 10 SYHS 80-08
23 Smith, Tyler SO Cabrillo 77-09

Event 55 Girls Discus Throw Varsity [11]
1 Loya, Teresa JR St. Joes 124-05
3 Main, Ciara JR St. Joes 109-04
4 Vail, Mariah SR St. Joes 102-02
8 Herrera, Michelle 11 SYHS 89-06

Event 56 Boys Discus Throw Varsity [32]
3 Sua, Jon SR St. Joes 143-10
7 Morgan, John 11 SYHS 135-00
18 Wooden, Jaymz 12 SYHS 118-04
21 Perron, Zach JR St. Joes 116-05
28 Palazzo, Nolan SR Cabrillo 98-05

Ben Ornelas Swings Big Bat

Remember Lompoc High third baseman Ben Ornelas? Corban College sure does.

SALEM, Ore. – Warrior outfielder Ben Ornelas drove in seven runs as the Lewis-Clark State College baseball team smashed three home runs and 14 hits to earn a 10-run-rule 16-0 win in seven innings against Corban College on Friday. The win completes a three-game sweep of Corban, and caps off a very successful week for the Warriors during which they went 5-0 and outscored their opponents 54-7.

Ornelas, who entered Friday’s game with four RBI to his name, was 4-for-5 on the day with three runs, a home run, and a double. After Friday’s result, Lewis-Clark State now holds a record of 16-6 while Corban is 9-18.

In the first inning, Ornelas scored two with a single to center field as LCSC sent nine batters to the plate. Then in the sixth LCSC plated four more runs, three of which came home via Ornelas’ homer to right field.

Ornelas, who played two seasons at Cypress College and was named all-league both seasons was just 4-for-13 entering today's contest. He had played in just four contests. Now he is 8-for-18 for a .444 average.

Lompoc-Santa Maria, Cabrillo - Santa Ynez

Lompoc's Kyle Pickles quickly checks the adjacent lane 4 to see if he had won the varsity boys 100 yard Breaststroke on Friday. He had won, touching out the Saints Nestor Nunez by about 8 tenths of a second.

Softball

[Story]

Lompoc 17, @ Santa Maria 0 [6 Innings]

The Braves used a 9 run sixth to push this one to the 'mercy rule'. Jeana Carrillo scattered seven hits and one walk, and had 9 strike-outs - two coming with two runners on base and two out in the inning. It was her second shutout of the week, following a 7-0 blanking of Santa Ynez on Tuesday.

Offensively, the Braves pounded out 16 hits, including 5 for extra bases.

Junior Varsity:

The temperature on the new sign at LHS read 60 degrees, but the Lompoc JV squad's bats had the place much hotter. The Brave blasted the visiting Saints off the field 25-0 in a game called after 4 innings.

Sarah Mitchell and Katie Berryman each threw two innings, combining for 5 strike-outs, and allowing 3 hits and two walks.

Five players doubled - Pauley, Berryman (who also tripled), Luna, Lujano, and Tuomi. Luna went 4-4, Taylor was 3-3 (all singles), and three players were 3-4 - Pauley (plus a walk), Berryman, and Oatis.

Cabrillo 12 @ Santa Ynez 1 [5 Innings]

The Black Terror continued its rampage through the local softball scene as Kiley Shae Aldridge allowed three hits in 5 innings, and Lindsie Holloway belted a fifth stanza homer with a runner on for two of her 4 RBI's.

Adrianna Segura and Alex Pino both included a triple in their 2 hit, 2 RBI performances. The lone Pirate run came in the 3rd on a bases-loaded walk to Gillian Michaud.

The Cabrillo JV Tournament begins at 9 am on Saturday (28 March).

Other LPL:

St Joseph 5 , Templeton 0

Kailey Snyder's two-hitter held up. Alexa Sanders doubled and both Caitlyn Voss and Melissa Armero had RBI's while batting 2-3.

Morro Bay had the BYE.

Baseball

[Story]

Cabrillo 7, @ Santa Ynez 2

The Conquistadors did what they needed to do to win, aided immeasurably by a David Mertz three-run shot in the third.

Junior Varsity

Santa Ynez 9, @ Cabrillo 6

Cabrillo Coach Buck Sharp was caught in a squeeze. He has four pitchers he relies on - Daniel Salcido had thrown 5 innings on Tuesday, and two were out sick. He started Jesus Barraza, who pitched well, allowing 3 runs (1 earned) through five. The problems came as he began to tire in the sixth inning.

Tied at 3 runs apiece, the Pirates collected a pair of runs on 3 of their 10 hits to take the lead. But Cabrillo came back in the bottom half to tie the game back up. So he faced a decision, does he bring in Salcido from the bench, bring in somebody new, or try and wring one more inning out of Barraza ? He went with #3.

The 1st batter flied out to the second baseman, about 20 feet out on the grass, and batter #2 quickly was down in the count 0-2. After a ball, however Mr. Jensen lined a ball over the head of Jeffrey Aldridge in center-field for a double.

The third batter then took a strike, before drilling a tricky grounder to the shortstop, who 'snow-coned' it. The runner held, but the throw to first base was in the dirt and wide. One run scored, and the runner remained at first.

So Santa Ynez starter Fillipe Gonzales, who went 4 innings, strode to the plate, looked at two balls, then fouled one straight back to the screen. He timed the next Barraza offering better, lifting it over the 355' sign in right-center for an 8-5 lead.

Barrazza walked to next two and was replaced by Salcido. One more run scored, before out number three was recorded. Cabrillo sent 6 batters to the plate in their half, but only scored 1 run, falling 9-6.

Lompoc 10, @ Santa Maria 0

Ryan Bower went seven, allowing 7 hits, and had 2 RBI - both on walks with the bases full. Dalton Rouleau scored three runs with two hits, while Daniel Mallory and Cody Berryman had 2 RBI each.

Lompoc 15, Santa Maria 3 Junior Varsity

The Braves scored 9 in the first inning and never looked back. They used 4 pitchers in the 6 innings, and only surrendered runs in the last two. David Barber and Dalton Chambers had triples.

@ St Joseph 8, Templeton 0

Jordan Sechler had a 14 strikeout, 1-hitter. Luke Reccord had 3 hits, including a double, to keep the Eagles winless (0-7) on the season. With the offense stifled, the Eagles defense didn't help starter Ricky Horn much either, committing 4 errors.

Swimming

Santa Maria @ Lompoc [CoLAC]
Note: Despite several attempts, we have been unable to obtain much roster information from Santa Maria officials. Due to this, only the information listed on the lane time sheets has been used. Unfortunately, this means that the information below, while accurately depicting lanes, times, etc., is missing portions of names, and may include mis-spellings, and other errors.

[Click on pictures to enlarge.]
Girls:
Varsity - Santa Maria 92, Lompoc 77
Varsity








JV- Lompoc 107, Santa Maria 33
JV








Boys:
Varsity - Lompoc 106, Santa Maria 64
Varsity








JV- Santa Maria 102, Lompoc 20
[Braves only had 2 swimmers]
JV


--el stato

And on a personal note: Happy 85th dad !!!!

Chris White in the Spring Show

This note from Chris White's dad-------

Chris had a nice little surprise. At Lakeland at Spring Training and after a good day on the field highlighted by a ground rule double, Chris received a call last night with an invite to join the big league boys today when they traveled to Port Saint Lucie to play the Mets. The day started with breakfast in “the clubhouse”, a two hour ride on the “nice bus”, and the big league treatment at Port Saint Lucie called “Thomas J. White Stadium”. Chris did get into the game in the bottom of the 9th to make the first put out, catching a fly ball to center right. We were able to watch it on MLB.TV. Disappointing, Ryan Church was not in the Mets lineup today.

When I asked Chris what it was like, I received an endless stream of expressions like awesome, incredible, and sweet. We’ll have to wait till the buzz wears off to hear more. He was honored to be asked.

Jim White

Lompoc - Cabrillo Match-ups

SWIMMING
Cabrillo @ St Joseph {Paul Nelson Pool}
[Story]
Girls:
Cabrillo [2-0 LPL] 118
St Joseph [1-1 LPL] 52

Boys:
Cabrillo [2-0 LPL] 117
St Joseph [2-0 LPL] 53


Nipomo @ Lompoc [CoLAC](On Tuesday)

Girls:
Varsity: Nipomo 95, Lompoc 72









The prodigal sheet has been located, (it tried to hitch a ride on the back of another piece of paper), and the information for Lompoc's Lane 5 in the 400 Relay is - Despres, Tanguma, Zuares, & Macias [6:20.38, 6:20.37, NTR].

JV: Nipomo 120, Lompoc 41











Boys:
Varsity:Lompoc 116, Nipomo 19











JV:Nipomo 100, Lompoc 13











LOMPOC/CABRILLO
The two schools faced off in a pair of contests on Wednesday - Boys Golf & Frosh Baseball.

BOYS GOLF
The Lompoc Braves made the trip up the hill to Katowski Castle (AKA the Village Country Club) to take on Cabrillo amid the blustery winds of their home course. As expected, the Conquistadors came out on top 239- 273. [Story]

Varsity [*Scorers] (9 Holes)
Cabrillo:
Drew Langston 47 *
Aaron Hay 41 *
Ethan Pike 49 *
Jake Moreno 52 *
Jason Warren 50 *
Dan French 53

Lompoc
Alex Stone 50 *
Brian Magann WD (1)
Abie Luna 50 *
Carter Bovee 52 *
Nick Foster 62 *
Evan Leach 59 *

(1) Withdrew

Junior Varsity
No formal JV competition was held, but several JV members finished the 9 holes. Lompoc - Zach (64), Christian (61), Mr. Byrd (67). Cabrillo - Clarke Reiner (55), Garrison Haskins (50), Ben Kramer (55), Nick Bell (50), Jay Heath (51).


FROSH BASEBALL

Lompoc 7, Cabrillo 1
Lompoc jumped on the Conqs early, scoring 4 runs in the first. They would add 2 more in the fourth and 1 in the fifth. Workhorse Lucas Martin went five for the Braves. He struck out 6, and allowed only 2 hits, but did hand out 4 walks. After he finally gave up a run, Slikker relieved him with 2 innings of shutout ball (3 strike-out, 0 walks, 1 hit, and 1 hit batsman).

Aaron Kucharski was 1-3 (2 RBI, HBP), but his one hit was a round-tripper. Stevie Pico went 1-3, with a walk and a run scored, while Martin had 3 RBI at the plate to bolster his effort on the mound.

Starter Jeffrey Watson went 4 innings and took the loss for Cabrillo.

Other News & Notes
Alumni At Hancock College

Chelsea Cassulo
On Wednesday, at Cerritos College (Norwalk), Hancock College freshman Chelsea Cassulo scored 3,444 points to place 11th in a field of 29 at the SoCal Women’s Pentathlon Championships. [100m H 17.59; high jump 4-2; shot put 34-7 3/4; 200m 28.6; long jump 15-9; javelin 86-8; 800m 2:50]

Elysha McLain
Tuesday, Elysha McLain [CHS] hit a double and had two RBIs, and Jessica Garcia pitched a four-hit complete game shutout as AHC (12-18, 6-9 WSC) tallied a 3-0 win over LA Pierce .

Ariana Fabing
Saturday, at the Santa Barbara Easter Relays, Ariana finished in 11th of 23 runners in the Woman's JC 1500m race with a time of 5:32.85.
Fabing, Ariana
Allan Hancock



From The Forum

The California State Athletics Commision has suspended USA Boxing's ability to regulate the sport within the state. More.

There will be a FREE football camp held in Santa Barbara on 2009. More.

April Best Ball Tournament at VCC. Info.

Beach Cities Conference at Gymnastics North. More

LPL Boys Golf

At Morro Bay Golf Course [9 holes]
St. Joseph 192, Morro Bay 202
St Joseph scores
Chris Blystone 35
Travis Bachman 38
Travis Domingues 39
Collin Crist 39
Chaz Barba 41

Swimming, Baseball, Softball, Tennis

Swimming
The Braves hosted Nipomo at the COLAC on Tuesday. It was a somewhat unusual situation as most of the Titan boys swam JV and the Lompoc guys swam varsity. Both levels were full on the girls side. The Complete Results will be posted tomorrow.

GIRLS:
Varsity - Nipomo 95, Lompoc 72
JV- Nipomo 109, Lompoc 43

BOYS:
Varsity - Lompoc 116, Nipomo 19
JV- Nipomo 96, Lompoc 17

Lompoc Varsity Winners:
Michael Ostrander - 200 Free, 100 Fly
Robert Macias - 100 Free, 100 Back
Taylor Emery - 200 IM
Carl Thacker - 500 Free
Suzanne Silva - 2oo Free
Andrea Caballero - 100 Free
Ruby Mora - 500 Free
Erika Elenes - 1oo Brst
Boys Relay - 200 MR, 200 Free
Girls Relay - 200 MR, 400 Free

Nipomo Varsity Winners:
Erik Wikholm - 50 Free, 100 Brst
Rebecca Corbin - 200 IM, 100 Fly
Jenna Corbin - 50 Free, 100 Back
Girls 200 Free Relay

Baseball
Carpenteria [4-3] 8, Cabrillo [5-4] 7
The Warriors won the home run derby. They pushed 1 run across in the lower half of the 3rd, then exploded for 7 more in the 4th. Nathan Saito drilled a grand slam over the fence, and the Kyle Geary followed with a solo shot. 8-0, Game Over right ? Not so fast, my friend ! In the top of the 5th, the Conqs scored seven themselves as Zach Pecyna hit a 3-run homer.

For the game, Carp had 13 runners reach safely, including a Sanchez double. Cabrillo received doubles from Greathead and Mertz. Aaron Naputi (2-1) took the loss, and Geary (2-1) collected the win.

LPL Week #1

Santa Ynez [8-1, 1-0] 5, Lompoc [7-2, 0-1] 1
[Story ] [ Stats (SY)]
The offense only mustered three hits off of Pirate ace Sean Rowan (4-0).
Cody Berryman (3-1) absorbed the loss.

St Joseph [5-1, 1-0] 9, Santa Maria [2-6, 0-1] 2
Jeff Smith (2-0) struck out 9 en route to a complete game 1-hitter. After the Saints took a 2-0 lead in the top of the fourth, the Knights broke the game open by scoring 5 runs in the bottom half of the inning. The rally was fueled by J.P. Perez's 2 RBI single, and a Kevin Brown double that added another pair of runs. Brown was 1-2, 3 RBI, 1 Run Scored. Travis Biegel was 2-4 (both doubles), 2 RBI, and Jacob Cano went 2-4.

Morro Bay [4-3, 1-0] 7, Templeton [0-6, 0-1] 2
Jacob Peterson went the distance for the Pirates. He struck out 7, and gave up 4 hits, while he and Jordan Kuhn each hit two themselves. Tyler Lee was 3-4, with a homer in the 6th and 4 RBI.


Softball

LPL Week #1
Lompoc 7, Santa Ynez 0
Jeana Carrillo was her usual self (2 hit complete game), and the Brave bats were in attendance - triples from Betty Sullivan and Jheri Ann Lopez, and two doubles from Lauren Lopes. [SY does not have a JV team]

St Joseph [5-5, 1-0] 12, Santa Maria [] 0 (5 Innings)
Kailey Snyder lost her perfect game in the 4th, but struck out 7, as she and reliever Madi will combined for a 1-hitter. Four Knights had two hits - Snyder, Shayl Swaim (both doubles), Melissa Armero (1 doubles), and Mariah Cochiola. Alexa Sanders, Taylor Panaflor, and Ashley Ramirez each added a double to the Knight's total of six.

Morro Bay 10, Templeton 5
Kim Dauer was Kim Dauer-like - striking out 18 in a 4 hit complete game, although one of the hits was a Jane Hunt double. The Pirate's Clara Ramos went 3-4 (2 doubles, triple, 4 RBI), and four more Pirates had two hits.

Cabrillo [9-0] had the LPL Bye. The other teams were thankful.

Boys Tennis

Lompoc 13, Santa Maria 5
The Braves strenth in singles helped propel them to victory over a young (2 seniors) Saints squad. In singles, Kyle Thumm (Lompoc # 3) swept 6-3, 6-0, 6-1, with Robert Rodriguez (6-7 [2-7], 6-1, 6-0) and Juan Morales (1-6, 6-0, 7-6 [7-5]) each winning two. Elias Murillo picked up two points for Santa Maria, but freshman Jeff Laredo and Luciano Luu were shutout. Luu did push Morales hard in the tie-breaker after the match had already been decided.

Alex Jensen/ Joel Martin won two doubles sets (6-0, 6-1) before Josue Cardoza / Jose Montano forfeited in the third round. Cooper Barrick / Jesus Abrego won two (7-5, 6-0) but were challenged by soph duo Johnny Lazaro / Steve Rodriguez who went 1-2. Lompoc youngsters Oscar Rodriguez / Gabriel Henandez (1-6, 7-6 [7-4], 2-6) won a tie-breaker at #3, and Saints #3, Alfredo Rodriguez / Pablo Rojas, won two sets (6-2, 6-1).

Junior Varsity
SM 10, Lompoc 8
Lompoc was 6-3 in singles action.
Chris Aldama (6-2, 6-4, 6-0), on his birthday, and Alex Garcia (6-4, 7-6 [7-4], 7-5) both swept giving the Braves 6 points. Gustavo Landeros (1-6, 0-6, 6-7 [4-7]) almost swiped another one.

In doubles, however, they could only muster two points. Duos Joshua Zebley / Deion Campbell (4-6, 4-6, 6-0) and Esteban Pacheco / Sean Xiong (6-3, 3-6, 2-6) each took a set, but along with Aaron Francisco / Edgar Solis (1-6, 0-6, 2-6), they just couldn't get untracked.

Santa Ynez [5-3, 4-0 LPL] 16 , Cabrillo 2
Jeff Rodriguez / David Terrones went 2-1 to collect both Conq points. The Pirates swept the singles, picking up points from Juan Ferrar (3), Myles Seemann (3), Mason Van Valen (2) and Alex Sanders (1). Cabrillo's James Jeon, Ben Brady, and Alex Hibbs were all stymied by the orange juggernaut.

Curtis Cole / Austin White swept , Brent Collison / Logan Deats were 1-1, Cody DeLunas / Brandon Mann 2-1, and Grant Collison / Brent Beehler 1-0, for Santa Ynez. Pairs Jordan Daniels / Arjun Ayyar & Eric Wang / Ryan Anderson competed for Cabrillo.

Templeton 10, St Joseph 8
The Knights took singles 5-4 as Jake Eszes swept, but the Eagles received two sweeps in doubles to take the match. Jordan Hattar / Owen Sebo won 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 and the Rubin brothers (Ben & Sam) pulled out a tie-breaker to complete their sweep - 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, 6-2.


Morro Bay had the BYE

Boys Golf
At Rancho Maria Golf Course [9 holes]
Tyler Shean was the Medalist for the Pirates this time, with Johnny Henno out.

Santa Ynez [6-5, 2-0] 211
Tyler Shean 37
A.J. Woronovich 39
Parker Colvin 43
Matthew Kuskey 44
Brandon Bakos 48
Bobby Moir 48

Santa Maria [1-4, 0-3] 265
Brennan Macar 47
Steven Jeffers 48
Victor Toste 54
Elmer Almezquita 54
Isidro Gomez 62

Boys Volleyball

St Joseph [1-5] 3, Mission Prep 0 [25-17, 25-22, 25-14]

For the Knights-
Taylor Valentine 6 digs, 3 aces, and great back row defense; Nolan Adlesh 10 kills, and Shane Conway 15 assists.

For the Royals-
Sean Robinson had 15 assists, 5 digs, & 3 aces; Jerry Casey and Brian McAllen combined for 11 kills and had 3 digs each.

LPL Baseball / Softball Start Up

Good Morning class,

Today we begin the process of determining the baseball and softball champions of the Los Padres League. Last year the baseball title was almost a four-way tie - but the Braves pulled it out by the skin of their teeth in a down year for the LPL. The race this year is close again - but I think we might just be able to pick out a winner.

The girls were chasing Templeton last season, and although the Eagles stumbled a couple of times, they were the best in the league (if records don't lie), and pulled in the title. But they graduated the heart of their team, and almost the entire rest of the league returns intact. Who's going to take it this year ? One team has clearly staked out front-runner status.

BASEBALL
[Team Schedules/Results & Rosters at Bottom]

Today's Games:
Santa Ynez [7-1] @ Lompoc [7-1] 4 pm
Santa Maria [2-5] @ St Joseph [4-1] 4 pm
Morro Bay [3-3] @ Templeton [0-5] 4 pm
Carpenteria @ Cabrillo [5-3] 3:30 pm



The Outlook
The LPL this year is definitely a two division set-up this year, with Lompoc, Santa Ynez, Cabrillo, and St Joe on top, and Santa Maria, Morro Bay, and Templeton, well, not.
Here's how I see the LPL race shaking out -

1) Lompoc
2008: 13-13, 9-3 (1st)
2009: 7-1 [67 runs scored -18 runs allowed]

The Braves have come out of the gate swinging - literally. They have scored 67 runs in just 8 games while allowing only 18. They have also done it against quality competition. The lone blot on the young season, a 3-2 loss to the SLO Tigers (3-1), was to an admittedly less than overpowering opponent - coached by local boy Casey Candaele, but it was their first home game of the year. They have since won 4 straight, and none were closer than 4 runs. They have pitching, hitting, and depth.

The pitching among the top teams in the LPL, is fairly deep and mostly solid. Somebody is going to have to score some runs and it looks like the Braves can do it. Besides, people have been writing off the Braves on an annual basis for several years now, and they keep finding a way to win. Bottom Line - They're the Champs until someone takes the title away from them and they don't sem to be in a big hurry to have that happen.

2) Santa Ynez
2008: 15-10, 8-4 (T-2nd) [Only LPL team over .500)
2009: 7-1 [58-20]

This one (2nd / 3rd) is a real tough call. The Pirates have padded their stats with some lower divisions teams (Bishop Diego, Carpenteria, Mission Prep), but also have wins over some good teams - including a 4-3 win over the SLO squad that have handed Lompoc & St Joe their only losses thus far. But then they lost 3-2 to a Nipomo outfit that Lompoc pounded 14-3.

3) Cabrillo
2008: 13-13, 7-5 (4th)
2009: 5-3 [43-37]

This team is driving me nuts !!! This group could win the league, they could finish fourth. They are a real question mark going into league play. Pitching ? Check. Hitting ? Check. Defense, coaching, and a load of intangibles ? Check. Check. Check. Consistancy ? Uhhhh- I'll get back to you.

They lost the season opener (7-1 Righetti) and have played well during the week, but have lost the afternoon game of both weekend double-headers.


4) St Joseph
2008: 12-12, 8-4 (T-2nd)
2009: 4-1 [47-17]

The Knights have a solid squad and have outscored the oppostion 58-20 in 5 games, but those numbers are skewed by a massive (24-2) thumping they administered to a woeful Coast Union (1-4) team. They have also some good wins, solid young pitching, and a senior laden roster. Can they hit good pitching ? Maybe. Would I be shocked if they finished higher than this, or even took the title ? No.

5) Morro Bay
2008: 10-16, 4-8 (6th)
2009: 3-3 [37-30]
[Error on Schedule Below, MB beat Atas 7-6]

These Pirates have wins over Southlands Christian (9-1), Coast Union (17-4), and Atascadero (7-6). SLC is 5-1 against small schools in Orange County, the Broncos lose to almost everybody by 10, and the Greyhounds are 0-4. Hey, at least they've outscored the opposition.

6) Santa Maria
2008: 2-22, 0-12 (7th)
2009: 2- 5 [39-61]

Can score a little against weak teams (12-8 over Dunn, 13-1 over Coast Union), but can't stop anybody. Mission Prep outscored them 21-4 in the double-header. Already equaled last years win total - so improving.

7) Templeton
2008: 10-12, 6-6 (5th)
2009: 0-5 [14-57]

Just not very good so far - closest game was 9-10 loss to Pioneer Valley [2-2], next best was being shut out 5-0 by King City [6-6]. Out-scored in the other three 42-5.

Schedule Part 1

Part 2


Rosters

SOFTBALL

Today's Games:
Santa Ynez [2-3-1] @ Lompoc [4-3-1] 4 pm
Santa Maria [0-4] @ St. Joseph [4-5] 4 pm
Morro Bay [5-0] @ Templeton [2-3] 4 pm
Cabrillo has the BYE

The Outlook
Four Head Coaches are gone, but most of the players are back. The 08 Champs, Templeton lost 6 players, including all-everything pitcher Kat Hicks and most of their offensive production, to graduation. St Joseph (1), Morro Bay (1), Lompoc (2), and Santa Ynez (2) lost 6 combined. Cabrillo only lost 4. So with so many folks back - who wins this thing ?

Lets start, as softball always does with pitching. Who's got it & who doesn't ? Can anyone hit the ball ? Can anyone hit good pitching ?

One team has clearly answered those questions and more this pre-season, and that team is -

1) Cabrillo
2008: 13-11, 6-6 (5th) [117-98]
2009: 9-0 [70-3]

Doug Meeder's Conqs have mowed down the opposition, and have now won 10 straight (they were the only LPL team to finish last season with a win). They have hammered out 70 runs, twice the number of runs scored by all but one other team. Defensively most of the league has given up 24-34 runs, Cabrillo has allowed 3.

Kiley Shae Aldridge heads a deep crew of pichers, and everbody on the roster can hurt you at the plate.

2) Lompoc
2008: 14-12, 7-5 (T-3rd) [85-85]
2009: 4-3-1 [64-24]

Last year the Braves had trouble scoring runs, and won down the stretch due to a tremendous pitching performance by Jeana Carrillo. Under new Coach Margie Ledgerwood the offense is way up - some of the time. Carrillo returns with a good veteran corps, but has also been uneven.

3) Morro Bay
2008: 16-11, 7-5 (T-3rd) [112-68]
2009: 5-0 [21-1]

Somebody will likely beat the Pirates this year, but they will actually have to score a run to do it. That has happened exactly once so far, as returner Kim Dauer has been nails in the circle for new head man Arnie Silacci. Cori Gacad is one of the leaders for a group that put up points last year, but has struggled early.

4) St Joseph
2008: 16-13, 9-3 (2nd) [119-54]
2009: 4-5 [29-26]


The Knights played a fairly tough pre-season slate and had some problems. This continued Saturday at the Northwood Tournament, were they fell to Los Altos 6-0, and the hosts 1-0. Defense and pitching have been good, but the offense has been slow. Should compete for a playoff berth.

5) Templeton
2008: 19-5, 12-2 (1st) [120- 35]
2009: 2-3 [17-34]

Senior players, like the six they lost, make a difference. Not just in terms of skills and abilities, but experience, leadership, and maturity. The Eagles reurn a nice core but have already surrendered as many runs as the team did last year, and the offensive production is way down. New Coach Stony Humphries has some work to do.

6) Santa Ynez
2008: 8-16-1, 1-11 (7th) [103-162]
2009: 2-3-1 [35-34]

For the Pirates, a plus one run margin represents a lot of improvement, but probably not enough. New Coach Chris Robinson is relying on pitchers Adriana Garza & Sam Kelly to move the program forward.

7) Santa Maria
2008: 7-21, 2-10 (6th) [74- 175]
2009: 0-4 [2-34]

Lets see - give up 8.5 runs per game and score one every other game. Coach Mia Ituralde hopes to get some production from P Sam Serna & CF Rae Marrufo.

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Schedule/Results:


Roster:

Tidbits

Just a couple quickies today -

TRACK / FIELD

Atascadero Memorial (Sat, 21 March 2009)

The Paso boys and the SLO girls both run off with the crowns in this one, which also provided a glimpse into the future of LPL competition with 4 of the 7 league schools participating.

The Lompoc squad recieved their best performance from sophomore Dillon Morgan who was 2nd in the Long Jump. Other top 10 individual finishes on the boys side were: Milton Royster 12 (8th, 100), Marcell Blow 10 (7th, 200), Jake Morehart 11 (6th, 110H), and freshman Eduardo Morales (7th, 3200).

A trio of girls led the Braves in that contest - Megan Wales 11 (4th, 400; 6th 110H; 5th, 300H), Ashley Fabing 11 (5th, 1600; 4th, 3200), and Kayla Fajardo 11 (4th, Disc; 12th ShP).

[Scroll down for complete Lompoc Results]

BOYS TEAM SCORES
1 PASO ROBLES HS 103.250
2 TULARE WESTERN HS 62.250
3 NIPOMO HS 53.250
4 MORRO BAY HS 46.000
5 TEMPLETON HS 45.000
6 PIONEER VALLEY HS 43.000
7 ATASCADERO HS 40.000
8 RIGHETTI HS 39.000
9 SANTA MARIA HS 30.000
10 SHANDON HS 20.000
11 SAN LUIS OBISPO HS 18.000
12 LOMPOC HIGH SCHOOL 13.250
13 MISSION COLLEGE PREP 10.000
14 SHAFTER HS 4.000

GIRLS TEAM SCORES
1 SAN LUIS OBISPO HS 138.333
2 TULARE WESTERN HS 57.000
3 PASO ROBLES HS 54.333
4 TEMPLETON HS 48.000
T5 SHAFTER HS 43.000
T5 RIGHETTI HS 43.000
7 ATASCADERO HS 39.000
8 NIPOMO HS 26.000
9 PIONEER VALLEY HS 22.000
10 MORRO BAY 20.333
11 LOMPOC HIGH SCHOOL 17.000
12 MISSION COLLEGE PREP 16.000
13 SANTA MARIA HS 3.000



For Complete Lompoc Results -
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Baseball

Danny Duffy

The KC Royals are bringing Duffy along a bit faster this spring, thus far he has had outings of 1, 2, 3, and 3, innings and pitched well. Saturday he was scheduled to go four.

Cabrillo Diamonds & Diamone

Cabrillo JV softball pitcher Nathalia Powell poses with battery mate Beth Radabaugh after striking out 22 in double header action on Saturday.

It was a good day, and a good day to play two, for the Conqs on campus. The varsity & JV softball squads both swept Nipomo, both baseball teams split with San Marcos, and across the parking lot the both the Dodgers and the Angels were winners in VHLL Major League games.

SOFTBALL

Cabrillo 5, Nipomo 0 Stats
Cabrillo 11, Nipomo 0 Stats
The Cabrillo Varsity maintained their undefeated status on Saturday by sweeping a double-header against the Nipomo Titans. Kiley Shae Aldridge collected the win with a complete game, 7 strike-out, 1 walk, no-hit, seven inning shutout.

Amanda Leake went the distance in the second, a five inning 'mercy-rule' game. She had 6 K's and no walks in the one-hitter. After as scoreless first two innings, the Conqs busted loose for 6 in the third, 1 in the 4th, and 3 more in the fifth. The offense was helped immeasurably by Adriana Segura's 3-4, 4 RBI effort, which included a two-run triple.

Junior Varsity
Cabrillo 7, Nipomo 0
Cabrillo 11, Nipomo 1
Nathalia Powell threw both games in the Nipomo double-header. In the opener she had 14 strike-outs, and only 1 walk in the complete game shutout. Cami Files had a homer in the second, and the team drew "lots of walks" according to Coach Abiyari.

In Game 2, Powell gave up 1 hit (a triple), walked 1, and recorded 8 strike-outs. Ashala Martin scored three runs, and the Titans again helped out with several walks as Cabrillo pushed across 2 runs in the bottom of the 5th inning to win via 'mercy rule' 11-1.

Up 9-1, with Crystal Lopez on 1st and nobody out, Ashala Martin slapped a single through the infield -1st & 2nd, still nobody out. Powell drilled a corkscrew grounder that the second-baseman couldn't handle - bases loaded, no outs. Beth Radabaugh's single to right brought 1 run home, and left runners on the corners, with, you guessed it, Nooo-body out. Kayla Silver entered to pinch run for Radabaugh, and watched as Brittany Kelly lifted one deep. After the catch, Silver lit out for second, drawing an off-the-mark throw and allowing Powell to score from third. Up 10, bottom of the fifth - GAME.

BASEBALL

Cabrillo [5-2] 14, San Marcos 7 Stats
San Marcos 6, Cabrillo [5-3] 5 Stats

The Conquistadors came out strong in game 1, but had their late comeback fall just short in the afternoon effort.

In the opener, the Royals started quickly, with 2 runs in the first, then added 1 in the 3rd and 2 more each in the 4th & 6th, but Cabrillo came on even stronger - posting 13 runs in the initial 3 periods (6, 1, 6) and cruising to the win.

Thomas White got the win for his 5 run, 6 inning outing, with Patrick Somers allowing the last 2 in the seventh. Six players had at least 2 hits, and Somers, Kevin Harmon, and Chuck Mertz all doubled. David Fraats launched a two-run homer in the third.
San Marcos- 201 202 0 -7,10,2
Cabrillo- 616 001 x -14,16,2

Game 2 saw Cabrillo nursing a 2-1 lead through five; the locals had scored one in the 1st and each team scored a run in the fifth. Starter Niko Schafnitz turned the mound over to Sean Greathead in the top of the sixth, and the Royals found his offerings more to their liking - the Conq defense also took a (temporary) powder, they would commit 3 errors in the game, and the visitors were suddenly up 6-2.

They were not done, however, putting together a 7th inning comeback that fell just short. In what Coach Jon Osborne called a "testament to their fight" the team put 3 hits and some San Marcos miscues together for three runs in bottom of the seventh, with the final out barely recorded at first as the tying run came home.

Down a run, two out, and the speedy Greathead on second base, the Conqs big guy, Brian Engler, strolled to the plate. Despite some early strikes, he worked the count to even at 2-2, then watched ball 3 collect enough dirt low and away to allow Greathead to steal third. So two out, tying run at third, full count. Engler laced one that was barely knocked down. Greathead sprinting for the plate was not going to be caught, so the throw went to first base for the force. It was in the dirt, and behind the bag with Engler pounding down the line. Did the first baseman dig it out ? In Time ? That's what the Ump said he did, but there was a whole lot of dust in the air.

Greathead took the loss, and Zach Pecyna led the offense, going 1-3(double), 2 RBI, and 2 runs scored. Cabrillo fell to 5-3 on the season after their second 1-run loss.

San Marcos - 000 015 0 - 6,5,2
Cabrillo - 100 010 3 - 5,8,3

Junior Varsity

San Marcos 9, Cabrillo [6-1] 5
Cabrillo 8 [7-1], San Marcos 2
Buck Sharp's charges endured two losses in the first game of the two-fer on Saturday. One was their initial game loss on the season, and the other was the services of starting pitcher Kyle Shroll. Shroll, a P/ 3B who was part of the regular three man rotation on the mound, sustained an injury and had to be lifted in the fourth inning.

Luke Dellazanna finished game 1, then started game 2- throwing 3 innings, before giving way to regular closer Henry Fienga who went three more.

Leading 3-1, the Conqs put the game away with 3 runs in the fourth (Nathan Reed hit a two-run triple, then scored on Jesus Barraza's single), and Fienga getting out of trouble in the fifth. A single, a steal, and two more singles resulted in 1 run scored (making it 7-2) and runners at 1st and 2nd.

A fly ball to right field moved the runners up a base, and a hit batsman loaded 'em up with one out. Fienga then struck out the next batter looking and, after the count went 2-2, blowing strike three past another to end the inning.

Cabrillo worked 2 walks, a passed ball, and a grounder to second base into a run in the bottom of the fifth, and Fienga used two more lookie-loo strike-outs and a weak pop-fly to short to end the game.

The game was called at the conclusion of the top of the 6th due to the time limitations and impending darkness.

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Track / Field

The Cabrillo T/F squad sent a contingent down to the Camarillo Classic on Friday & Saturday. Most of the results were firmly middle-of-the-pack, but there were a few bright spots. Competition was held in 4 divisions - Varsity and Frosh / Soph for both Boys and Girls.

The boys varsity Distance Medley Relay [DMR] (200, 400, 800, 1600) took first, and the Fr/So DMR was second. The biggest news for the girls varsity was the return to action of seniors Shyrissa "Pinky" Dobbins and Diamone Mitchell. Neither was at mid-season form, but both are expected to make significant contributions ere long.

The girls frosh/ soph unit made some noise by winning the 4 x 1600 Relay, finishing 3rd in the DMR, while sophomore Stephanie Arcilla was second in the Discus & tenth in the Shot Put.

Complete Results (for Cabrillo) below -
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No Results yet for Lompoc at the Atascadero Invitational. -- el stato

Friday - Lots of Stuff, Swimming, Track, etc.

OOOPS !!!!
The 19th Annual Kiwanis Central Coast All-Star Spectacular games scheduled for Friday were postponed. According to 16 year event coordinator Gary Prober, game officials were not informed until late, that under CIF rules, all-star games can't be held before the state championships, which were also to occur on Friday. The All-Star game had been moved foward from the summer to increase participation, running afoul of this previously moot requirement.

The games are now scheduled for Santa Maria High School’s Wilson Gym on Sunday night, March 22. The boys game tips at 5:30 p.m., followed by the girls at 7:30.

BOYS GOLF

At Santa Ynez (Alisal River Course - Solvang)
Atascadero High won the three-team matchup Friday, carding a 412 to beat San Marcos (413), and Santa Ynez (424). Marcus Bexell (77) took medalist honors for the Greyhounds.

Individual Scores included:

Atascadero - Marcus Bexell 77, Jason Peters 80, Randy Armas 82, Casey West 85, and Austin Jensen 88.
San Marcos - Ward 79, Etsell 81, Rieb 81, White 86, Bradford 86
Santa Ynez - Henno 79, Shean 80, Coleman 81, Woronovich 88, Kuskey 96

BASEBALL

At St Joseph (Dave Brunell Field)
St Joseph [4-1] 24, Coast Union 2
St. Joseph scored 14 runs in the fifth inning while batting around the lineup in a mercy rule game.

SOFTBALL

The Tigers (4-2) swept the double-header, in part by hitting a bunch of doubles.

San Luis Obispo 9, Santa Maria 2
Alyssa Keehn went the distance with a 8-1 strike out to walk ratio. The Tiger's Karina Smyth had a 2 for 5 performance at the plate.

San Luis Obispo 10, Santa Maria 0
15 hits, four runs innnings in the fourth and fifth, and Kelsey Gibbs' complete-game (3 K, 0 Walks). Keehn hit 4 for 5, including two of the Tigers six doubles, and Chelsea Norton went 3-for-4.

SWIMMING AND DIVING

At Lompoc [COLAC]
[Complete Meet Results will be posted soon]

Boys: Lompoc [1-1 LPL] 89, St. Joseph [0-1 LPL] 77
--- JV: St Joseph 63, Lompoc 10
Girls: St. Joseph [1-0 LPL] 88, Lompoc [0-2 LPL] 76
--- JV: St Joseph 71, Lompoc 52

Lompoc Winners-
Boys
Michael Ostrander - 200 IM (2:25.28)
Josh Menenzes - 50 Free (25.67)
Taylor Emery - 100 Fly (1:07.70)
Carl Thacker - 100 Free (57.00)
200 Free Relay (1:42.96)
[Robert Macias, Menenzes, Thacker, Ostrander]
400 Free Relay (4:02.11)
[Thacker, Menenzes, Rondash, Ostrander]
Jose Vargas {JV} - 100 Free (1:08.66)

Girls
Andrea Caballero - 50 Free (28.16), 100 Free (1:02.10)
Erika Elenes - 100 Breast (1:22.77)
200 Medley Relay (2:15.83)
[Suzanne Silva, Elenes, Caballero, Kimly Hoang]
400 Free Relay (4:23.68)
[Brundy, Caballero, Hoang, Silva]
Tori Mercer {JV}- 100 IM (1:31.01), 50 Breast (44.58)
200 Free Relay {JV} (2:32.51)
[Bridgette Sadowski, Heather Hayes, Mercer, Courtney Carter]

St Joseph winners-
Girls
Danielle McCulloch - 200 Freestyle (2:01.96 AQ), 500 Free (5:31.40 AQ)
Hillary Adam - 200 Individual Medley (2:46.72)
Karla Ovalle - 100 Butterfly (1:17.87)
Chelsey Gillespie - 100 Backstroke (1:14.99)
200 Freestyle Relay - (1:56.22 CT)
[McCulloch, Gillespie, Malory Ensor, Molly Connolly]

Boys
Josh Lewis - 200 Freestyle (1:58.89 CT), 500 Free (5:29.29 CT)
Ryan Janzen - 100 Backstroke (1:08.95)
Collin Cusack - 100 Breaststroke (1:19.91)
200 Freestyle Relay (1:44.6 CT ) [Janzen, Lewis, KC Combs, Cusack]
200 Medley Relay (2:03.80) [Janzen, Lewis, Combs, Cusack]

AQ = CIF Divisional Preliminary Meet Automatic Qualifying Time
CT = CIF Divisional Preliminary Meet Consideration Time
PB = Personal Best Time

At Santa Maria (Paul Nelson Pool)
Boys: Santa Maria [2-0, 1-0] 100, Morro Bay 78
Girls: Morro Bay 93, Santa Maria [0-2, 0-1] 73
Saints coach Caren Ray credited the win to the performances of swimmers like Jason Buentiempo. Buentiempo earned lots of third and fourth place points and posted three personal bests for Santa Maria.

While falling to the Saints, the Morro Bay boys had CIF competition qualification times for the first time in a decade.

Winners for Morro Bay
Laura Clark - 200 IM (2:22.8), 500 Free (5:29), and swam legs for the winning 200 Free Relay (2:09.8) and 400 Free Relay (4:23) teams.

Trent Popovich - 100 Free (51.5), 100 backstroke (1:00.2), plus legs for the 200 Free Relay (1:42.8) and 400 Free Relay (3:54.1) winning units.


Winners for Santa Maria
Boys
Nestor Nunez [3 PB] - 50 Freestyle (25.93), 100 Butterfly (1:03.94)
Tommy Reyes [3 PB] - 200 Freestyle (2:06.81), 500 Free (5:53.91)
200 Medley Relay (2:04.06)
[Aaron Juarez, Justin Wiles, Nunez, Tim Borlongon]
Girls
Karen Hollinshead - 100 Fly (1:32.34), 100 Back (1:07.27), 100 Brst (1:17.31)
200 Medley Relay (2:14.79)
[Hollinshead, Tori Lewis, Courtney Hodge, Camille Dionisio]


TRACK AND FIELD

Camarillo Distance Relays
Four events (4 x 800, 4 x 1600, Distance Medley, and 5000M run) were held in four categories - Boys Varsity & Frosh/Soph, and Girls Varsity and Frosh/Soph.

Cabrillo
The Conquistadors did not have a runner in any of the 5000 meter races, but did have multiple entries in three of the JV relays. Four of the 15 squads (3 JV) placed, including two firsts.

Boys Varsity - 3 teams
4 x 800 Meter Relay:
11th of 13 (9:14.89)
1) Leedham, Vincent 12, 2) Nunez, Lazaro 11
3) Hopson, Jeshua 11, 4) Odam, Eric 11

4 x 1600 Yard Relay:
5th of 14 (19:16.82)
1) Tovar, Eduardo 12, 2) Block, Levi 11
3) Hernandez, John 11, 4) Hopson, Jeshua 11

Distance Medley:
1st of 12 (10:55.35)
1) Block, Levi 11, 2) Leedham, Vincent 12
3) Hernandez, John 11, 4) Tovar, Eduardo 12

Girls Varsity - 3 teams
4 x 800 Meter Relay:
9th of 9 (11:53.88)
1) Anderson, Kathleen 11, 2) Rodriguez, Bianca 11
3) Kazianka, Alexis 12, 4) McAninch, Michelle 11

4 x 1600 Yard Relay:
7th of 8 (25:51.62)
1) Heter, Britni 11, 2) Sidhu, Chelsey 11
3) Kazianka, Alexis 12, 4) McAninch, Michelle 11

Distance Medley:
10th of 15 (14:40.53)
1) Sidhu, Chelsey 11, 2) Rodriguez, Bianca 11
3) Anderson, Kathleen 11, 4) Heter, Britni 11

Boys Junior Varsity - 5 teams
4 x 800 Meter Relay:
8th of 16 (9:32.07)
1) Pogue, Joe 10 2) Wise, Craig 10
3) Avila, Nicholas 10 4) Padilla, Omar 10
14th of 16 (10:24.50)
1) Bedoya, Estevan 10 2) Reyes, Martin 10
3) Trevino, Zachary 9 4) Hou, Bo 10

4 x 1600 Yard Relay:
7th of 18 (20:04.91)
1) Villanueva, Steven 10 2) Velazquez, Joel 10
3) Pena, Daniel 10 4) Wise, Craig 10

Distance Medley:
2nd of 14 11:49.91
1) Velazquez, Joel 10 2) Pogue, Joe 10
3) Pena, Daniel 10 4) Villanueva, Steven 10
9th of 14 (12:24.92)
1) Avila, Nicholas 10 2) Bedoya, Estevan 10
3) Padilla, Omar 10 4) Trevino, Zachary 9

Girls Junior Varsity - 4 teams
4 x 800 Meter Relay:
6th of 11 (11:43.18)
1) Roell, Dean 10 2) Dalton, Ashley 10
3) Janatsch, Libby 9 4) Buch, Vaidehi 10

4 x 1600 Yard Relay:
1st of 6 (25:40.16)
1) Castellanos, Alexis 9 2) Rich, Karina 9
3) Buch, Vaidehi 10 4) Bedell, Devon 10

Distance Medley:
3rd of 10 (14:48.15)
1) Bedell, Devon 10 2) Castellanos, Alexis 9
3) Roell, Dean 10 4) Rich, Karina 9
9th of 10 (16:14.41)
1) Dalton, Ashley 10 2) Petersen, Jamie 10
3) Li, Isabel 10 4) Janatsch, Libby 9

Arroyo Grande
Boys: 2nd, 4 x 800 Relay (8:22)
[Dan Smith, Hugo Gutierrez, Morgan Wack, Garrett Owens]
Girls: 2nd, 4 x 800 Relay (10:08)
[Karlee Owens, Emily Johnston, Hannah Stevens and Hannah Goldman]

BOYS TENNIS
At Santa Ynez
Santa Ynez [4-3, 3-0 LPL] 14, Lompoc 4
Pirate singles players Juan Ferrer and Miles Seemann swept three sets apiece without losing a game. The Braves' #1 doubles team, Alex Jensen and Joel Martin, also swept three sets. Juan Morales picked up the other Lompoc point in singles play.


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