An excited Beth Rigali marvels at her Female Athlete of the Week Certificate, while sitting across from her dad, James Rigali, & St. Joseph's Assistant AD Debbie Wegemer.
Northern Santa Barbara County Athletic Round Table
at Giovanni's Pizza, Orcutt, CA
Nikko Hays [Lompoc] (Sr, Football)
Nikko had TD runs of 30 & 22 yards as part of his 115 yard (19 carry) effort for the Braves in the CIF-SS semi-final on Friday. He completed the season as Lompoc's leader in rushing yardage (1081 yards) & touchdowns (15), compiling a stellar 10.9 yards per carry along the way. He was also a team leader on defense.
Student-Athletes of the Week:
Nikko Hays [Lompoc] (Sr, Football)
Nikko had TD runs of 30 & 22 yards as part of his 115 yard (19 carry) effort for the Braves in the CIF-SS semi-final on Friday. He completed the season as Lompoc's leader in rushing yardage (1081 yards) & touchdowns (15), compiling a stellar 10.9 yards per carry along the way. He was also a team leader on defense.
Beth Rigali [St. Joseph] (Jr, Cross-Country)
Beth, after excelling at the PAC-7 Meet, the CIF Southern Section Prelims and Finals, reached the CIF State Championship Finals at Woodward Park for the second time. On Saturday, she finished 16th (19:32) out of 184 runners in the Division 5 race to pace the Knights to a 15th place finish.
Beth, after excelling at the PAC-7 Meet, the CIF Southern Section Prelims and Finals, reached the CIF State Championship Finals at Woodward Park for the second time. On Saturday, she finished 16th (19:32) out of 184 runners in the Division 5 race to pace the Knights to a 15th place finish.
Northern Santa Barbara County Roundtable Participants:
Cabrillo
Athletic Director - Daniel Troup
Girls Water Polo (Corey McIntyre) - Jayden Pickles, Rebecca Riley, Tancy Aldridge.
All three are team captains and returning All-LPL players. Riley was on the 2nd team, Pickles (GK) on the 1st team. Aldridge was the MVP and recently signed with Cal State Bakersfield . The Conqs have 7 games this week, including a weekend tournament.
Girls Soccer (Derrick Wong) - Marissa Reyna, Athena Nava, Jamie Miller - all are 3-4 year starters.
The team kicks off the season on Tuesday with a home match against SLO. Ranked #3 in the CIF Preseason Poll, they are scheduled to play both schools (St Margaret's & La Serna) ranked ahead of them this season.
Boys Basketball (AD Troup for G. West) - None. The team was Co-Champions of the LPL last year. The only major loss to graduation is Daniel Terronnes.
Lompoc
Football (Andrew Jones) - Ainuu Taua (Jr, DL/TE), Nikko Hays (Offensive Back of the Year), Rafael Arellano (MVP), Joshua Powers (Offensive Lineman of the Year)
Allan Hancock College
Athletic Director - Kim Ensing
District Trustee - Henry Grennan
Mens Basketball (A/D Ensing for Ralph Gorton) - Demetrius Thomas (Fr.) Bakersfield Tournament MVP. Josh Varney (Fr.)
The team won the Bakersfield tourney, were runners-up at the Cuesta and Fresno City tournaments, with the loss at Fresno a narrow one to the 2011-12 State Champions.
Orcutt Academy Spartans
Athletic Director - Chad McKenzie
Boys Basketball (Darrell Black) - Roland Lomboy (Returning Sr. Capt), Robert Reed (Returning Sr. Capt), Manny Mangayao (So, 2011 2nd Leading Scorer).
The 3 above are returning starters starters, the other two are a sophomore and a freshman. Will play "lots of Los Padres teams this year."
Girls Soccer (Rick Velasco) - Lauren Carson, K. C. van Solinge (both are Varsity Captains).
OA has started a JV squad this year. The varsity is young with a handful of upperclassmen plus several sophomores and 8 freshmen.
Pioneer Valley Panthers
Athletic Director - Greg Lanthier
Girls Water Polo (AD Lanthier) - Judit Limon (Sr and Captain), Vanessa Candelario (Jr, 4 Goals vs SM).
The gals started their season last week with a 12-10 win over Santa Maria.
Girls Soccer (Gabriel Velasco) - Edith Camacho, Isabel Ramirez
First year coach Velasco got his first win (2-1) last week versus Santa Maria, and faces Lompoc and Santa Ynez this week. He has 4 freshmen and 9 sophomores on varsity.
Boys Basketball (Marcus Guzman) - Jaskamal Gill
The squad replaces 10 seniors from last year, returning 6 players, but has 11 seniors on the team this season. They play Santa Ynez tomorrow, then have 4 games at the Morro Bay HIT tournament later in the week.
Righetti Warriors
Athletic Director - Eric Albright
Girls Soccer (John Pranjic) - Ivy Diego (Sr. and "Roundtable Regular"), Taylor Deguran (Jr), Hannah Hurd (So)
More than half the team are underclassmen (8 Soph, 2 Frosh). Coach Pranjic, in his 2nd-year with the girls program, noted that 4 or 5 of the PAC-7 League teams had new coaches this year.
Boys Basketball (AD Albright) - None. The team travels to the Archbishop Riordan tournament in the Bay Area this weekend. According to Albright, they "graduated a lot of seniors off of the team that went to the CIF Finals last year, but they've got a lot of good players coming back." That includes 2 starters (one being soph Cameron Walker), and "6 or 7 guys" who are 6-5 or taller - most of whom are underclassmen.
Girls Water Polo (AD Albright) - The late arriving Sarah Kaeden (Sr) & Amanda Sechler (Sr).
The Warriors graduated two 1st team All-PAC-7 players, but return 5 of 7 starters.
St. Joseph Knights
Asst A/D - Debbie Wegemer
Girls Cross Country - Beth Rigali [See Above]
A/D and Boys Basketball (Tom Mott) - Case Bruton (Sr) and Keith Datu (Jr)
These are two of the four returning starters. St. Joe's do not play until the first game of their tournament (Dec 12th) against Westchester.
Girls Soccer (Sarah & Clay McGillivray) - Kathleen Dominguez, Tawny Newberry
Both are midfielders and 4 year players who have been working extensively with the new staff since June. First year coach McGillivray has a relatively veteran group to work with - 7 seniors, 7 juniors, 3 sophomores, and a freshman. The team plays OA on Tuesday, and plans to go to two tourneys in December (Bakersfield & Glendale), before starting league play in January.
Girls Water Polo (Charlie Bell) - Meryl Adam, Cassidy Baldwin - both are team captains.
Coach Bell has a young group this season, with only 2 seniors. They open on Tuesday with Santa Ynez, after a tough scrimmage with Cabrillo.
Santa Maria Saints
Athletic Director - Joe Graack
Girls Water Polo (AD Graack) - Caija McNeil, Taylor Shaaf
McNeil (Sr) is a 4 year starter and had 5 goals in the opener. Taylor Shaaf (So) had 3 goals last week versus PV. The Saints will field a full JV squad this season for the 1st time in "probably 6 or 7 years".
Other Sports (AD Graack) - Boys & Girls Basketball start Tuesday against Orcutt Academy, and Wrestling opened last week versus PV. Boys & Girls Soccer also start this week, with the fellas taking on St. Joseph on Tuesday, and the gals facing OA on Wednesday.
Santa Ynez Pirates
Boys Basketball - Karl Fredrickson, Spokesperson and the only returning senior on the squad. Chase Sanchez is one of the many younger members of the team. They hope to make a CIF run - which "we have't done in a long time."
Girls Soccer (Rob Cantrell) - Kat Rocha, Natalee Yamasaki (both are captains & 4 year letter-winners).
Another veteran squad. SY only had 3 seniors (all non-starters) graduate from last years team. They return 14 varsity players. The varsity consists of 5 freshmen, 5 sophomores, 6 juniors, and 4 seniors according to Coach Cantrell. There were 16 frosh out for the team, and 27 girls that he feels could play varsity. They play Righetti and PV this week.
Valley Christian Lions
Boys Basketball (Kyle Courtney) - Malac Taylor, Jed Hedlund - both senior captains and two of the top scorers from 2011-12.
Seven seniors return from last year. They get things rolling on Tuesday against Trinity Classical Academy from Santa Clarita.
Other News and Notes
Girls Basketball:There has been a change in the line-up for the Bryan Ayer Classic at Lompoc HS this weekend. Oxnard has dropped out and been replaced.
Cross Country:
Bryan Fernandez (Dos Pueblos) won the State Championship in Division 2.
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