Hillmen Perhaps ?

It was impossible to get them to stand still - a very happy Cabrillo JV volleyball squad that had knocked off a very good Paso Robles team for the first time in Head Coach Jennifer Smith's (back) tenure.


Thursdays Results
=> Well, folks, I'm back in the 805, after a quick trip to see my now 60 year-old sister. On Thursday, after my return, the youngster's, all frosh/sophs, from Orcutt Academy, got me thinking. In only its 2nd year & still sharing a junior high campus, the Spartans are still trying to establish an identity. Unfortunately, the girls tennis team also had trouble with the I.D. of its opponent up on the hill during the post match cheer.


But to be fair, when my sister, a 1967 LHS grad, first started school at Lompoc High they were sharing their campus with the nascent Cabrillo High Hillmen - so it isn't the first time the name has been changed. And the Spartans ? They were Lompoc Junior High.


In any event, the Conquistador jiu-jiu was not working very well yesterday.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Cabrillo

Paso Robles 3, @ Cabrillo 0 [12-25, 19-25, 16-25]
"Coach Jim Hilliard said 'the the girls were awesome' " pronounced Coach Hilliard. "I think that I already said that" said Head Coach Sue Slavins. It's nice when the coaches help you out with an article lead. But to be fair, Slavins had used a number of superlatives to describe her squad's effort versus the Bearcats, and awesome was not one of them. She did, however, quickly add it to the list.


And the words were justified, even if the results were somewhat scarce on the scoreboard. Cabrillo played hard, was in all three games, contested almost every point, and were frequently in long rallies. So what happened ? The Conqs were usually able to get several returns on a point, but had trouble putting the ball away. The Bearcats did not.


Senior hitters Maritza Juarez & Karlee Anderson, along with junior Tess Roundtree in later action, were able to pound down shot, after unreturnable shot. Cabrillo defenders did make several digs in the remarkable to miraculous range, but couldn't make them on a consistent basis.


In game one, the locals only trailed 6-5 when they allowed the 'Cats to go on a pair of long serving runs - punctuated by service aces, and multiple kills by the afore-mentioned hitters. They did figure out in the 2nd half that they could play with the visitors and Paso didn't have any real peace the rest of the evening. They kept the same starters for all three games, and maintained a limited regular substitution rotation, while Slavins played everybody.


Cabrillo was in the game late in both stanzas 2 & 3, closing to 16-20 in game 2, and 12-15 , 16-19 in game 3, but were outscored a combined 11-3 down the stretch in the two games.

Kaylee Long had 10 attacks, and 10 digs. Jessica Rucinski and Tiffany Lee each added 3 more attacks. Chloe Huggins and Kelly O'Connell contributed 10 and 9 digs respectively. Kiley Shae Aldridge had two service aces.


Junior Varsity
@ Cabrillo 2, Paso Robles 1 [19-25, 25-23, 15-12]
It was the Conquistadors who made the plays at the end in this contest, but initially it looked like it might go the other way. After dropping the first game 25-19, despite having been close through most of it, the Conqs were looking at a similar result in game 2.

They were down 20-19 when the Bearcats stepped on the gas, and surged to a 23-19 advantage. Match over ? Not quite. Cabrillo scored 6 in a row, including a 5 serve run from Nikki Friend, and punctuated by 2 massive Caitlin Harvey-Morgan kills.

The final game highlighted superb serving from Kayla Lown, Felicia Bowen, Stephanie Miyamoto and Friend. Katie Schmarje & Miyamoto were all over the court making plays, and no one played scared. It was great volleyball from start to the combo stuff block by Miyamoto and MB Lauren Pluim to end it.

The Bearcats were led by the very tall and soon to be well known in local volleyball circles Emily Cone.

Freshmen
The youngest group on the court had the hardest time of it on Thursday, falling in straight sets 23-25, 10-25. They did put a scare into the visitors early on.


Lompoc

Atascadero 3, @ Lompoc 0 [25-8, 25-10, 25-10][Story]

Atascadero scored the first 10 points of game one, the first six in game two, then in game three, scored six straight points to accelerate away from a 5-5 tie .

Other LPL
@ Santa Ynez 3, Pioneer Valley 0 [25-21, 25-14, 25-12]

Down 11-5 in the first game, the Pirates rallied on six straight serves by Emilie Newton to even the first game at 11. Kills: Rachel Szeyller 7, Danielle Carlson 4, Newton 4 (and 3 aces).

Mission Prep 3, St. Joseph 2 [22-25, 26-28, 28-26, 25-17, 15-8]
The Royals came back to win after dropping the first two sets.
For St. Joseph --
Natasha Kolbo :15 kills
Analise Riezebos: 7 kills, 8 blocks (match-high)
Shannon Swaim: 25 digs

BOYS WATER POLO

Varsity at the Lompoc Aquatic Center

San Luis Obispo 14, Cabrillo 8
"This sure wasn't the same team we had last Tuesday against Nipomo" Headman Joel Jory noted after the Conquistadores fell behind 7-0 before posting a goal 0:57 before halftime. The team never really was sharp against the Tigers.

The Conqs just never could quite put things together - missing open shots on breakaways and 5 meter penalties, dropping passes, not swimming to open water or loose balls, and bouncing at least 5 shots off the cage structure. They also never really solved Tiger goalie Tommy Caffrey before he was lifted in the second half.

SLO: Dragan Dincic, from outside, and 2-meter man Kyle McAlaheny, combined for 11 goals.
Cabrillo: Goals - Tyler Chard 4, Marcus Theile 2, Emmett Hill 1, Tyler Thompson 1. Saves -Felix Talkin 12.

Junior Varsity @ the City of Lompoc Aquatic Center
SLO 11, Cabrillo 4
The JV was also down 7-1 at the half, having been outscored 5-0 in period #1. They scored once in the 2nd & 4th periods and twice in the third. Four Conqs and 6 Tigers posted goals.

GIRLS TENNIS

Cabrillo Junior Varsity
Orcutt Academy 9 (80), Cabrillo 9 (65)

The Conq's prowess in doubles wasn't enough to overcome the Spartans dominance in singles.
OA #'s 1 & 2, Kiki Rivas (6-2,6-0,6-0) and Kasey Ortiz (6-1,6-0,6-0), both swept while compiling a 36-3 (+33) advantage that Coach Doug Meeders ladies never could erase. Their #1 doubles duo, Ari Mariscal & Alyssa Zepeda, also swept (6-3, 6-2, 6-1).

For Cabrillo, Julie 'Noah' de Vonage (6-2), Morgan Coffin (6-4), and Kaylin Rentschler (6-3) each won one set in singles. Freshman Alexandria Siefe was defeated (6-0) by Rivas in her sole singles set. Pairs Lauren Dalton/Eloisa Castilla (7-5, 6-2), Sam Warner/Kelsey Atkin (6-3, 6-2), and Ashley Trolio/Kim Smith (6-1, 7-5) each captured two doubles sets.

FOOTBALL

Cabrillo Frosh

The local gridders fell for the second week in a row, scoring a late TD to close the final margin to 35-13. Head Coach Steve Haskins claims his squad is not big, not fast, and not mean - yet !! He did note good efforts by MLB Jacob Barmer, QB Patrick Benke, and TB Kieth Joseph.