Dynamic Duos

Girls Golf
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The Alisal River course was the scene of the most unusal local event of the girls golf season, the annual Santa Ynez Two-Player Best Ball Tournament. Best ball is an infrequently used scoring system at the prep level, but is often used in international competitions like the Ryder & Solheim Cups. Each golfer plays a ball on each hole but only the team's best score is counted on each hole. The team with the cumulative low score at the end of the round wins.

On Tuesday, 22 teams from 16 High Schools throughout the tri-counties took on the challenge, with St. Joseph's #1 team, Danielle Gilaspy & Marrissa Gutierrez, coming out on top. Gilaspy also shared Medalist honors (best individual score) with Remy Lee Molyneux of Oaks Christian. Both carded rounds of 73 for the 18 holes.

Cabrillo's Morgan Salm & Mariah Hall finished just off the podium in 4th, but Morgan Salm of was third individually at 78. Maddison Shean (Santa Ynez) and Emily Fox (Dos Pueblos) each shot 81 to tie for fourth.

Team Scores

St. Joseph [A Team] - Danielle Gillaspy & Marissa Gutierrez 70-----1st place
Oaks Christian - Remy Lee Molyneux & Tiffany Meinert 73---- 2nd place
Dos Pueblos [A team] - Nicole Bullemer &Emily Fox 75--------3rd place
Cabrillo - Morgan Salm & Mariah Hall-76
Righetti [A Team] - Dani O'Keefe & Kelsey Nolan 77
Santa Ynez [A team] - Maddison Shean & Sarah Sanger 78
Righetti [B team] - Mareon Smit & Alexis Rodenberger 79

Dos Pueblos [B team] - Vanesa Villa & Grace Jeores 82
San Marcos - Alexandria Peretiako & Lise Anderson 83
Arroyo Grande [A team] - Sydney Johnson & Kristina Hansson 84
Santa Ynez [B team] - Meredith Stewart & Blake Colvin 84
Santa Barbara [A team] - Olivia Fanaro & Haley True 85

Oxnard - Katie Rice & Drew Thomas 86
Paso Robles - Kim Bergin & Tori Sepulveda 88
Rio Mesa - Stephanie Hall & Michelle Blemker 88
Santa Barbara [B team] - Lexi & Saralisa Ortega 88


Arroyo Grande [B team] - Brooke Bennett & Karissa Mattimoe 91
St. Joseph [B team] - Danika Cochiolo & Kelsey Wong 93
Nipomo - Sara Clarke & Amy Isola 95
San Luis Obispo - Caitlan Guy & Gillian Johnson 95
Camarilllo - Chloe Colon & Jennifer Swanson 107
Atascadero - Cynthia Shannon & Danyele Rampone 118

Lompoc did not participate, partially due to budget considerations.


Girls Tennis

The tennis squads became the 3rd fall sport to play games that counted on Tuesday -

@ St. Joseph 12, Atascadero 6
Singles
Frankie Eszes, won her only set at #1, and Ellie McPike won twice at # 2 singles.
The Knight's #3, Moana Kawatachi, swept all three sets, winning 7-5, 6-0, 6-0 over the Greyhounds’s Kristen MacBride, Marissa Jordan and Rhiannon Dudley.
Doubles
St Joseph's top pair, Whitney Bouquet and Sammy White swept (6-4, 6-1, 6-1) at #1 doubles, while the #3 duo of Paige Jaeckels and Chelsea Pudwill won twice. Tori Contreras and Bre Nothstein won two of their three doubles matches for Atascadero.

Mission Prep 15, Templeton 3
Singles
Rachel Ronca won three singles matches (6-4, 6-2, 6-2) Tuesday to lead Mission Prep as they won eight of nine singles matches. Danelle Grassi picked up the sole singles win for Templeton.
Doubles
Mission Prep’s # 1 team of Jenna Dunbar and Sophie Seid won 6-1, 6-3, 6-3.
Templeton’s top doubles team, Gabby Franklin and Katie Anselmi, defeated Mission Prep’s Grace Casola and Ricquel Santos 6-3. Templeton’s No. 2 doubles team, Summer Seismi and Elena Torres had Templeton’s other doubles win with a 7-6 victory.