Thursday, November 18, 2010

And Then There Was....

The 11-man football playoffs are just getting started, and 8-man just kicked off last week, but most fall sports teams will wrap up CIF-SS action this weekend.

Cross Country will have a considerable number of squads in action at the Southern Section finals at MtSAC, with only a few advancing to state. Boys Water Polo has three Ventura County teams vying for Championships on Saturday, but only the Santa Ynez Pirates are representing SB/SLO. The Girls Golf season has concluded, and no area teams remain in the Girls Volleyball playoffs.

In Girls Tennis, the Santa Barbara Dons and the Cate Rams both fell on Thursday, once again leaving Santa Ynez as the sole area representative. The Individual Championships (Singles & Doubles) start on Friday with several area players participating..


Boys Water Polo
Championships
[Sat, 20 Nov. 2010]
(Finals Matches will be held at the William J. Wollett, Jr. Aquatic Center in Irvine, CA)

Division 4 - Agoura vs. Royal (1:30 pm)

Division 6 - Malibu vs. Rio Mesa (10:30 am)

Division 7 - Nogales vs. Santa Ynez (9:20 am)

Girls Tennis
Semifinals
[Thurs, 18 Nov. 2010 - 2 pm, unless noted]

Division 2 - San Marino 9 (73) @ #2 Santa Barbara 9 (66)
The Dons got off to a fast 4-2 1st round start, but that was reversed in round 2. Santa Barbara's struggles in singles, they were 2-7 in the match, carried over into the 3rd round and San Marino (16-1) won on games.

Division 4 - #4 Cate 7 @ #1 Buckley (Sherman Oaks) 11
[At the Balboa Sports Complex]
The Griffins dominated doubles (8-1) & got a singles sweep from Hadleigh Glist.

Division 4 - #3 Cerritos 7 @ Santa Ynez 11 {Story}
The Pirates went 8-1 in doubles - again. Emily Ineman swept (6-4, 6-2, 6-1) - again. Both Cerritos (22-2) this season were to the Pirates.

#2 Santa Ynez (20-5) will travel to the Claremont Country Club to face the #1 Buckley (Sherman Oaks) Griffins at 1:30 pm on Monday .

CIF Southern Section Football Playoffs
With the 8-man competition already underway, the 11-man playoffs get started this weekend, the primary match of local interest is the Lompoc Braves hosting the El Segundo Eagles at Huyck Stadium on the Lompoc High School campus. And, of course, Lompoc Locker Room will be there with a live audio only webcast available at www.cityoflompoc.com/taptv or on Comcast Cable channel 23.

At 6-1, El Segundo was cruising along through the season with only a 29-21 loss to a good Oak Park team to blemish their record. Then disaster struck - team focal point (QB, FS, P, K, PR, KR, etc) Grant Palmer (6-0, 180, Sr.) dislocated his shoulder while making a tackle on their initial defensive series of the North [Torrance] game.

Palmer had just taken the Eagles on a 10-play, 63 yard TD drive and kicked the extra point fo a 7-0 lead. Kickoff man Adam Hobbs hit a 42 yard FG in the 2nd quarter, but from that time El Segundo has been outscored 69-13. North came back for a 14-10 win, and the Eagles also lost their next two - 17-10 at Centennial [Compton] and a 38-3 blowout at South [Torrance].

Palmers' best friend, TE Nigel Nootbar, has filled in some at QB, but since he is far-and-away the leading receiver on the team (52-874yds, 11 TD vs. 16-203, 3 TD), most of the QB duties have fallen to frosh Daniel Zeman (5-9, 140). Palmer was also the leading rusher (68-567 yds, 8.3 ave., 9 TD), now RB Trevor Thompkins (106-455, 4.29 ave., 5 TD) is the active leader.

Lompoc is led by QB Abie Luna, who resumed the position after Evan Aguilar went down with a knee injury. {Update: Alan Hunt reports in his SBNP column that Evan Aguilar is back & will start at Free Safety tonight.} Luna's primary duty is, of course, to give the ball to the two-headed rushing monster that is the Marcel Blow (128-994, 7.77, 8 TD)/ Jordan Collins (100-779, 7.79, 12 TD) tag-team parnership. When they get tired in come Lavon Coleman (48-508, 10.58, 5 TD) and Taylor Cornejo (47-351, 7.47, 5 TD).

The Braves do throw the ball occasionally, usually to Drew Sapp (19-340, 17-9, 5 TD), but you can't sleep on Lavon Haynes (8-178, 22.25), Colton Concellos (5-93, 18.60, 1 TD), or TE Zach Powell (2-76, 38.0, 2 TD) either.

11-Man Playoffs (LPL/Pac-7)
Division X (Northwest) [Los Padres League]
This division consists of 25 teams in 4 leagues - 16 teams made the playoffs.
The breakdown is as follows: Los Padres - 4, Tri-Valley -3, Del Rey- 4, Pioneer- 3, At-large - 2 (Pioneer, Tri-Valley).

#1 Nordhoff [Ojai] 10-0 (4-0) (Tri-Valley #1) hosts #16 Verbum Dei 5-5 (3-3) (Del Rey #4)
#8 North Torrance 7-3 (4-1) (Pioneer #2) hosts #9 Santa Ynez 5-5 (4-2) (Los Padres #3)
#5 Lompoc 7-3 (5-1) (Los Padres #1) hosts #12 El Segundo 6-4 (2-3) (Pioneer #4/AL)
#4 Cantwell-Sacred Heart 9-1 (5-1) (Del Rey #2) hosts #13 Carpinteria 7-3 (2-2) (Tri-Valley #2)

#3 Bishop Montgomery 8-2 (6-0) (DelRey #1) hosts #14 Templeton 6-4 (4-2) (Los Padres #4)
#6 Oak Park 6-4 (2-2) (Tri-Valley #2) hosts #11 Centennial [Compton] 5-5 (3-2) (Pioneer #3)
#7 Morro Bay 5-5 (4-2) (Los Padres #2) hosts #10 Mary Star of the Sea 4-6 (4-2) (Del Rey #3)
#2 South Torrance 9-1 (5-0) (Pioneer #1) hosts #15 Santa Paula 5-5 (1-3) (Tri-Valley #4/AL)

Division IV (Western) [Pac-7, Channel, Pacific View Leagues]
This division consists of 36 teams in 6 leagues. Each league has 2 Automatic Qualifiers & there are 4 at-large places.

#1 Serra 10-0 (5-0), (Mission #1) hosts #16 Beverly Hills 6-4 (3-2), (Ocean #3/AL)
#8 Dos Pueblos 7-3 (4-0), (Channel #1) hosts #9 Camarillo 7-3 (4-1), (Pac View #2)
#5 Inglewood 8-2 (5-0), (Ocean #1) hosts #12 Downey 6-4 (3-2), (SGV #2)
#4 Paso Robles 8-2 (6-0), (Pac-7 #1) hosts #13 Oxnard 8-2 (4-1), (Pac View #3/AL)

#3 Chaminade 9-1 (4-1), (Mission #2) hosts #14 Culver City 6-4 (3-2), (Ocean #2)
#6 Atascadero 8-2 (4-2),(Pac-7 #2) hosts #11 Ventura 6-4 (3-1)(Channel #2)
[#7] Rio Mesa 6-4 (4-1),(Pac View #1) hosts [#10] Arroyo Grande 8-2 (4-2),(Pac-7 #3/AL)
#2 Dominguez 9-1 (5-0),(SGV #1) hosts #15 St. Francis 6-4 (3-2), (Mission #3/AL)


Other Teams (11-man):
Div. XII
Bishop Diego
[Santa Barbara] 5-5 (3-1) (Frontier League #2) at #3 Sierra Canyon [Chatsworth] 9-1 (6-1) (Alpha #2).


8-Man Playoffs
There are two area 8-man leagues - one in each division. Three squads from each league made the playoffs this year - and went 5-1 in the first round.

8-Man Division 1 [Condor League]
1st Round
Saturday - #15 Pacific Lutheran 4-4 (2-2) [Coastal #2/AL] at #2 Cate
Friday - #9 Thatcher at #8 West Shores 7-2 (4-0) [Warrior #1]
Friday - #11 Laguna Blanca at #6 Capistrano Valley Chrn. 7-1 (5-0) [Express #1]

Cate 54, Pacific Lutheran 6
Thatcher 66, West Shores 20
Laguna Blanca 28, Capistrano Valley Christian 12

2nd Round
#2 Cate (9-0) [Ranked #7 in State 8-man by Maxpreps] vs.
#10 Excelsior Education Center (5-4, 3-1) [Agape #2/AL]{def Public Safety Acad (6-2) 56-20}

#9 Thatcher (5-3) vs.
#1 Faith Babtist (10-0, 3-0) [Heritage #1] {def Victor Vlly Chrn. (5-4) 54-6 }

#11 Laguna Blanca (6-3) vs.
#3 Santa Clarita Chrn. (9-1, 2-1) [Heritage #2/AL] {def Riverside Prep (5-5) 46-0 }


8-Man Division 2 [Coast Valley League]
1st Round
Friday - #12 Westmark 4-3-1 (3-1) [Omega #2/AL] at #5 Cuyama Valley
Saturday - # 11 Lighthouse Christian 4-3 (2-2) [Coastal #2/AL] at #6 NCC
Friday - #15 Shandon at Desert Chrn. Acad. 7-2 (3-1) [Victory #2/AL]

Cuyama Valley 56, Westmark 20
North County Chrn. 44, Lighthouse Chrn. 36
Desert Chrn. Acad. 58, Shandon 0

2nd Round
#5 Cuyama Valley (8-2) vs.
#4 Big Pine (9-1, 4-1) [Hi-Lo #1] { def Calvary Babtist (4-4) 34-20}

#6 North County Chrn. vs.
#3 California Lutheran (10-0, 4-0) [Agape #1]{def Lee Vining (2-7) 60-15}

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