News from the Old Airport 31 Jan 2008

This one was just a little bit high.

The LHS girls water polo team wrapped up the regular season on Thursday at COLAC. It was not the ending for which they were hoping; the varsity dropped a 9-6 game they could have won and the JV was looted by the visiting Santa Ynez Pirates. The news for the Braves was much better next door at Huyck Stadium where the girls soccer squad fared much better at fending off their own group of Pirates - this bunch from Morro Bay.

The water polo varsity started the action off hoping to hold on to their third place seeding going into next weeks LPL Tournament. Unfortunately, they gave up three first quarter goals, while scoring none. Santa Ynez never relinquished the lead after that, although Lompoc gave them a good scare by scoring four in a row. After playing even, three goals each, in the second the Braves cut the margin to a single point (6-5) by the end of the third period. The Pirates came out hot into the last stanza, however, scoring two goals in the first two minutes, and pushing the lead to four before Lompoc was able to respond just ahead of the final buzzer. Elizabeth Sweet & Jenna Berberness each scored four goals for the Pirates. The Lompoc goals were scored by Brooke Crouse (3), Oyuki Gonzalez, Amanda King, and Daniella Caballero. Erika Elenes again had an excellent game in goal.

The JV squad managed to stay with Santa Ynez for a quarter, countering two early Pirate goals with one by Anna Clark, but almost all of the remainder of the game was controlled by the visitors. The exception being a high arcing shot from way outside by Carolina Cazarez that surprised everbody - especially Carolina. The final was 14-2. Natalie Castillo scored seven for the Pirates and Rachel DeLeon had three.


Meanwhile over at the stadium Larry Justice's JV soccer girls began a turn-around in Brave fortunes with a 3-0 win over Morro Bay. Torrie Faulkner scored twice, Brittany Reeves once, and Amy Dominguez had six saves in goal.

Veronica Villareal

The varsity was able to continue the trend when they took the field, albeit not to the same degree. Even though they dominated play throughout the game, they were unable to put the the Pirates away and were forced to anxiously await the final whistle while trying to run out the clock. Veronica Villareal scored the lone goal of the first half on a nice assist by 'Sunny' Estrada. Morro Bay evened the score early in the second when three Lompoc players all decided to back off the ball allowing Olivia Wall to feed an easy pass to Joanna Wheeler for the goal. A stirred up Braves team soon responded by ramping up the tempo. This resulted in a Lindsey Eckersley corner kick that "V" Villareal stuck in the net for her second goal of the game. Several Lompoc players, including Villareal, had scoring chances but none of them were able to convert.
The Braves win, combined with Cabrillo's 1-0 loss to St. Joseph at CHS, provides Lompoc with a great opportunity to move past both those teams in the LPL standings, since they play St. Joseph on Friday and Cabrillo next week - both at home. Their other remaining game is on the road Tuesday against Santa Maria. ----- el stato

LHS Girls Meet the St Joe Truck 74-36

Chyane Fabing

For those of you who were unable to identify the truck that ran over the LHS girls basketball team - it was a Riezebos Duo with personalized McPike license plates. The Riezebos sisters, Annalise (10 points) and Devan (12 points), provided a constant inside force, while Ane' McPike furnished whatever was needed at the moment for Knights. She finished with 15 points, most from the charity stripe. St. Joseph raced out to a quick 6-0 lead just 2 minutes into the game and never looked back en route to a 74-36 win. Denee Lane (11 points - three 3's) and Jozza Ray (10 points - 2 treys) led the Braves, who also recieved scoring from Cassulo (6), Cromp (5), Lopes & Lizzaraga (2 each). The girls hope to rebound versus Morro Bay on Friday, in a battle for second place in the LPL.

Denee Lane and Jozza Ray

The JV girls entered their game hoping to play better against the "Joe-ggernaught" than they had in their earlier 59-18 defeat. They did. They were very much in the game through the first quarter and a half. Then a combination of bad shooting luck by Lompoc and a shower of threes by the Knights blew open a tied ballgame to win 43-20. Lompoc gave up a quick 5-0 lead but fought back to tie and then lead the game before a nervous St. Joseph squad eased out to a one point margin (10-9) at the end of the quarter. Lompoc tied it up early in the second, but was unable to take advantage of several opportunities to regain the lead before the Knights hit three 3-pointers and two foul shots to take a 21-12 halftime advantage. The Braves shooters did not recieve a great deal of help from the rim, as one commentator put it - "You wouldn't see more lip-outs in a room full of pouting debutantes." Roshonne Ray had seven to lead the Braves scoring, Maureen Silva had five, Claudia Aguirre & Shandee Berryman had three each, and Gabby Rodriguez contributed a bucket.

The girls freshman team endured their third loss of the season to St. Joseph 53-34. They generally played well but also suffered from the same shooting problems as their elders. There were no great bursts of points from the Knights, just a continual erosion of the Braves' chances. Miranda Ledesma had six points, Kaylin Barnes & Sami Martin had four each, and Taima Broadhead hit a free throw, but the leading scorer for the Lompoc girls was Chyane Fabing with 19 points and an all-around great game.

The boys squads played at St. Joe's Hofsculte Gym. The varsity (with only six eligible players) lost a close one 58-52. The Knights used a a 17 point second quarter to stake themselves to an advatage the Braves were never quite able to erase. Late, unconfirmed reports have the Lompoc JV winning 71-64, and the freshmen loosing 61-52. ---- il stata

Lompoc Soccer Splits

It was a big win for an improving Lompoc girls soccer squad. They had defeated this same Templeton team in the first league round, but it was a narrow 1-0 victory on a sloppy field - and the teams play matched the field. Not so on Tuesday at Huyck where they posted a relatively easy 4-1 win.
Elicity Fabing
Elicity Fabing kicked things off with a goal assisted by Veronica Villareal, but the Eagles were able to even the score. Villareal then put the Braves up for good with the help of a Stephanie Miranda assist. Fabing and Lilliana Zuniga closed out the Eagles - both scoring goals assisted by Roseangela Perez.
Alfredo Garcia
Head Coach Addie Francis was effusive in her praise of the work done by assistant Alfredo Garcia; citing his work in getting the team to gel in the last few weeks, his work with the goalkeepers, and his general coaching excellence. Perhaps, the best example of his work has been the maturation undergone by starting goalkeeper Brandy Machado. The talented sophomore had her best game of the season - playing with much more confidence and aggressiveness.

Since the team has two players on the "disabled list", Coach Francis called up Jennifer Justice from the JV squad.

The JV team was shut out by Templeton 5-0. They were playing them even until an 'own goal' opened the floodgates. Offense was also a problem as they only managed one shot on goal by Denise Hernadez.


The Guys
The boys varsity, on the road at Templeton, squandered a 1-0 halftime lead, losing 2-1. The Braves dominated the game in everything but scoring. They had more shots (13-3), more corner kicks (5-1), and in general controlled the game. They just couldn't get the ball in the net. Part of the problem was a wet, sloppy, bumpy field which created caroms reminiscent of the old parquet floor at the Boston Garden.
The Lompoc goal was scored by Ricardo Serranno on a nice cross by Lupe Caldera. The Eagles scores bookended the second half, the first about four minutes in, and the other with about 12 minutes left. One was rebound after a shot hit the post, and the other on what the Lompoc coaches regarded as a questionable offsides non-call.


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First Look at Baseball-- Church, Ornelas, JC's

NY PRESS ALREADY DISSING CHURCHIE

It looks like RYAN CHURCH will have to do yet another sales job. The sturdy outfielder who stood up under repeated fire by his own General Manager in Washington, (enough to finish fifth in doubles in the National League) now has a supportive GM in the Mets’ Omar Minaya. The New York press however is another story.

Already Marty Noble of The Sporting News is pitting Damion Easley against Churchie—

“Damion Easley, who was a valuable all-purpose player before hurting his ankle in August, could emerge as the Mets’ righthanded-hitting right fielder. Ryan Church isn’t productive against lefthanders –- hit .229, with one home run in 118 at-bats against them last season when he was with the Nationals.”

Hey, Marty—yeah, he hits righties better but get your numbers straight--his BA vs. lefties for his career is not .229 it’s .259. He’s at .282 vs. righthanders. And with the wimpy lineup the Nats put on the field Ryan was doing great. You've got a big surprise coming!

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BENNY AT LEWIS-CLARK

BEN ORNELAS is not listed yet on the Lewis-Clark State roster but he will be, Assistant Coach GUS KNICKREHM assures us. Knickrehm, for you newcomers, is a Lompoc High alum.

“Right know as of today Ben is working on a couple classes,” Gus writes. “ONCE HE COMPLETES THESE TWO COURSES HE WILL BE ADDED TO THE ROSTER.” Gus wanted to emphasize that second point so he wrote in CAPITAL LETTERS.

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COMMUNITY COLLEGE OPENERS TOMORROW

Hancock and Santa Barbara City College have plenty of Lompoc talent for their delayed openers tomorrow.

Hancock lists returning pitchers JOEY GREEN (#28) and EVAN FIELDS (#37) and newcomers COREY DOTZLER (#11) and KIRK FRIDRICH (#24). Fridrich will be pitching but Dotzler will NOT be catching as he did in high school. He’ll be playing third base! Fans will remember Dotzler as a pint-sized shortstop in Babe Ruth.

At SBCC three locals will make their first appearances. JAMES ROOT (#6) will be pitching after red-shirting last season. BRIAN GREGORY (#20) will be catching after a red-shirt year. JOHNATHAN TERRONES (#40) is battling for the starting right field job after a year away from baseball. Though he did play for the Lompoc Titans on Sundays last summer.

Hancock travels to Taft for a 2 p.m. game while SBCC visits West Hills in Coalinga for a doubleheader at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Sullivan to Super Bowl; Joel, Geoff Crunched

Thanks to Al Hunt for calling our attention to MIKE SULLIVAN, Cabrillo class of 1985. Sullivan is going to the Super Bowl with the New York Giants as wide receivers coach. He is in his fourth year in that spot where he interfaces directly with Amani Toomer, Plaxico Burress and Greg Gadson. More about Gadson in a minute. That's the best story.

Sullivan came to the Giants with head coach Tom Coughlin from Jacksonville. Sullivan joined the NFL after nine years coaching in college football. He played defensive back at Army (that's where he met Gadson) then began his coaching career at Humboldt State in 1993. He coached at Army (1995-96 and 1999-2000), Youngstown State (1997-98) and Ohio University (2001). In 1997, Youngstown State won the Division 1-AA national championship under Jim Tressel, now the coach at Ohio State.

Sullivan was a defensive back at Army, where he received a B.S. degree in 1989. He also has a master’s degree from Humboldt State. Sullivan is a graduate of the U.S. Army Airborne, Ranger and Air Assault schools. He and his wife, Julie, have a daughter, Carmen Enriqueta. Sullivan was born in Santa Maria.

Maybe most important about Sullivan with the Giants is that he was the guy who brought Greg Gadson to them.

Gadson was an honorary captain at Green Bay a week ago. Here’s the story by Mike Lupica of the New York Daily News.

His name is Lt. Col. Greg Gadson and he used to wear No. 98 for the Army football team and was with the Second Battalion and 32nd Field Artillery, on his way back from a memorial service for two soldiers from his brigade when he lost both his legs to a roadside bomb in Bahgdad.

It was the night of May 7, 2007, and Lt. Col. Gadson didn't know it at the time because he couldn't possibly have known, but it was the beginning of a journey that brought him to Lambeau Field Sunday night.

He was there as an honorary co-captain of the Giants, there on the sideline at Lambeau because this Giants' season has become his season now and he wasn't going to watch from some box. This is a Giant at the Super Bowl worth knowing about, as much as any of them.
"Me being a part of this team," Gadson was saying Monday night from his home in Virginia, having made it back there from Green Bay, "really starts with the team I played on at West Point."

He played at West Point between 1985 and 1988, and one of his teammates was Mike Sullivan, who played cornerback and some safety and is now one of Tom Coughlin's assistants with the Giants.

When Sullivan and so many other of Gadson's teammates found out what had happened on the night of May 7, found that Gadson had first lost his left leg to arterial infections and then his right, it brought that old Army team back together.

"My injury turned out to be a catalyst event," Gadson said. "These were guys who hadn't talked in years, but now were rallying around me, and my family. Some of us had stayed in contact, but not to any great degree. But now an incident in a war reminded us that we were still brothers."

Sullivan visited Gadson at Walter Reed, came back in June, this time with a No. 98 Giants jersey, Gadson's own name on the back, signed by several Giants players. When Sullivan left that day in June, he said to Gadson, "What else can we do?" Greg Gadson said he'd love to take his family to a Giants game.

It was the Giants-Redskins game, in Washington, third Sunday of the season, Giants 0-2 by then. The tickets were arranged and then the Friday before the game Mike Sullivan called and asked if Gadson would be interested in addressing the team on Saturday night.

Gadson's wife Kim drove him to the Giants' hotel. Lt. Col. Greg Gadson, Second Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery, old outside linebacker from Army, spoke to the Giants.

And just as no one knew that the Giants would begin a 10-game road winning streak the next day, just as no one knew this could ever become a Super Bowl season, no one in that room including Gadson himself knew that the soldier in the wheelchair was joining the season that night.

"I just spoke from the heart, as a soldier and as a former football player," he said, "for about 10 or 15 minutes. I talked to them about appreciating the opportunities in their lives, how special and privileged they were, how everybody needs to understand what they truly have.

And I talked to them about the power of sports in people's lives, especially soldiers' lives, how many times I'd watched soldiers get up in the middle of the night after a 12-hour shift if there is a chance to watch a game, or how soldiers would do anything to watch a game before they went on that kind of shift.

"I told them that of course after all the exteriors had been stripped away, they played the game for themselves. But that they had to play the game for each other. Then I talked about myself, how my old teammates came to my need, and how I was reminded again the power of a team, the emotional commitment teammates have for each other, that when a team finds a way to do things greater than they thought they could do, that they couldn't have done individually, that a bond is formed that can live forever.

"I told them that truly great teams usually form that bond by going through something together, and how whatever they were going through at that point in the season that no success ever came easy. And finally I reminded them that nothing is promised to anybody in this life, starting with tomorrow."

The Giants won the next day against the Redskins, and began a six-game winning streak, and began that road winning streak that now takes them on the road to Super Bowl XLII.

It began Greg Gadson's road to Lambeau, and being wheeled out by his 13-year old son Jaelen as an honorary co-captain of the Giants along with the great Harry Carson.
"I can't even remember the last time I was actually out on the field," he said. "Maybe when I played."

Gadson had been on the sidelines when the Giants won their first playoff game against the Bucs. The team wanted him in Dallas, but he was having more surgery, on what is left of his right leg, and his right arm, which had also been damaged by the IED. But he was well enough to travel to Green Bay, and strong enough to spend the whole game on the sideline with his son, the players calling him what they have all along:
Sir.

"I wouldn't say I was warm," he said. "But I was comfortable enough not to be hugging one of those heaters all day."

He watched from the sidelines at Lambeau as the team he met at 0-2 played the way it played against the Packers and played itself to the Super Bowl, watched as the Giants came back from that missed field goal at the end of regulation, finally saw Lawrence Tynes kick it through from 47 yards out.

"When the ball went through, you could feel the elation on our sidelines, and hear the stadium go quiet at the same time," Gadson said.

"It was like the air being let out of a whole state's soul. And then the next thing I saw was my son jumping in the air and running on that field."

The boy ran for both of them.

SULLIVAN AT A GLANCE

1993-94……………………..Humboldt State…graduate assistant/wide receivers coach

1995….……………………..Army...assistant linebackers coach

1996….……………………..Army...outside linebackers coach

1997-98…………………….Youngstown State…defensive backs coach

1999-2000………………….Army…defensive backs coach

2001………………………..Ohio University…defensive backs coach 2002………………………..Jacksonville Jaguars...defensive quality control 2003………………………..Jacksonville Jaguars…offensive assistant

2004-07..…………………..New York Giants…wide receivers coach

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JOEL

At Tucson, Arizona the Washington Huskies were crushed Saturday 84-69 by Arizona. JOEL SMITH played 12 minutes but did not score. The Huskies are now 3-4 in the PAC-10. They host Stanford Thursday.

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GEOFF & JASON

Winona, MN – For the second straight Saturday night, the University of Mary faced a nationally ranked team on the road. After staying close to now-7th ranked Northern State last weekend, the Marauders couldn’t say the same this week after third-ranked Winona State University won in a rout 95-45. The victory was the 41st straight Northern Sun win for WSU.

GEOFF WEST was held to just four points

The Marauders fall to 6-14 overall and 3-8 in the NSIC. Winona State extended its winning streak to 16 games and improves to 22-1 overall and a NSIC-leading 11-0 in conference play.
More than ready for some home cooking, U-M hosts Southwest Minnesota State on Friday and Wayne State on Saturday.

Joel Key in Husky Victory; Marauders Fall

JOEL KEYS HUSKY WIN

In Tempe, Arizona Thursday night the Washington Huskies inched their PAC-10 record up to 3-3 with a 72-61 victory over #24-ranked Arizona State.

In the contest JOEL SMITH posted his best game of the conference season with nine points on 3-for-4 shooting from beyond the three-point line. He also registered three rebounds and an assist-- all in just 12 minutes as he played his customary first-man-off-the-bench role.

Two of his treys, and then a nice pass to Jon Brockman for a layin, sparked a 12-point Washington run late in the first half after the Huskies dug themselves an early nine-point hole.

Seattle Times reporter Bob Condotta called Joel’s performance his best game since the Oklahoma State game on December 1 when he scored 10 in 31 minutes.

Joel’s accuracy also increased his PAC-10 lead in 3-point marksmanship. He now is at 52% (32 of 52).

Saturday the Huskies visit Arizona in Tucson. The Wildcats are also 3-3 and enter the contest with a victory over favored Washington State on Thursday.

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GEOFF & JASON LOSE

Fayette, IA – The University of Mary had its heart broken Friday night in a 65-64 overtime loss at Upper Iowa University. The Peacocks sent the game into overtime on a layup with five seconds remaining and converted five straight free throws in the final 47 seconds to grab the victory.

A taut game throughout that featured 13 led changes and 11 ties, the largest lead of the game was six by UIU in the first half.

Starting point guard GEOFF WEST had an off night offensively for the Marauders going 0-for-6 from the field. He totaled three points, all from the free-throw line. He added four rebounds and three assists in 32 minutes. JASON WEST chipped in with a rebound, an assist and a steal in his customary 10 minutes.

The Marauders fall to 6-13 overall and 3-7 in the Northern Sun. Upper Iowa goes to 6-13 and 5-5. U-Mary concludes a six-game, three-week road trip at Winona State University on Saturday.

Cabrillo Girls Soccer Returns to Regular Activities

If Cabrillo Head Girls Soccer Coach Derrick Wong ever decides to give up coaching he has a possible future in weather prognostication. On an afternoon in which many sporting events were postponed or moved, he chose to play at the regularly scheduled time and place. His perseverance was rewarded by skies that cleared to bright (but brief) sunshine, subsiding winds, a playable field, and a 13-1 victory over the Santa Maria Saints.

Although conditions were not ideal, they improved significantly when the rains stopped shortly after play began, and as coach Wong put it -"the girls kicked all the water out of the puddles".

His reluctance to reschedule was based on several factors - the available make-up date would have given him three games in the final week of the season, his team had very little practice time this week, and they face a three game gauntlet next week (road games at Templeton & Santa Ynez, then home versus St. Joseph).

His charges definitely unleashed all their pent up energy against the Saints - scoring early and often. Ten Conquistadores scored. Sammi Marquez had four, and the others each had one. They were: Diamone Mitchell, Shauna Melatti, Kady DeTemple, Amanda DeTemple, Sara Taylor,Fabi Ruiz, Brittany Gregory, Rebekah Rogers, and Kanani Davis.

The team is now 9-7-5, 6-1 in the Los Padres League.

Sheryl Murray's JV squad also won (2-0), with fine play in goal by Nakaihla Oliver-Ashby & Kaitlin Kilcoyne. Alicia ("Scoring Machine") Milati scored both goals. They are now 5-0-2 in LPL play. They have defeated St. Joseph (1-0), Morro Bay (3-0), Santa Maria (4-0 & 2-0), and Lompoc (2-0). The ties, both 1-1, were against Templeton and Santa Ynez - their next two opponents.

The JV in Action




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Black & Blue Basketball Two

The Lompoc Braves won four out the six contests on the day (including a sweep of both varsity contests), but the Cabrillo girls soccer team were the clear winners of the LLR "Fan Spirit Award".

VARSITY BOYS

Lompoc prevailed 44-38 in a tough physical match-up. The game was effectively decided in the third period when a stifling Braves defensive effort held Cabrillo to three points in the quarter until David Terrones' 3-pointer with 21 seconds left brought the Conquistador faithful to their feet. The Braves still pushed a three point halftime lead (17-14) to eleven which Cabrillo could never erase despite a valiant effort in the fourth. That effort was led by Wes Hain who had 10 of his game-high 13 in the period.

Besides the 13 from Hain, Cabrillo scorers were David Terrones (7), Terance Phillips & Jerrod Keith (6 each), Calvin Hoffeld (4), and Paul Carter (2). Lompoc had relatively balanced scoring - Trae Vernon (11), Joe Alerta (10), Jake Morehart (9), Josh Villa (6), Steven Morehart (5), & Tony Turnier (3). Jake Morehart's nine included consecutive baskets in the first quarter which eliminated the Conq's only lead of the game.

The Lompoc effort was made more impressive by fact that the Braves only had seven players available for the game. The already shorthanded squad was further depleted when Nick Brundy was lost with a right-hand injury and Yucca Valley transfer Carl Bruce is still waiting for CIF clearance. The required letter from LPL coordinator & CHS AD Bob Boyer was apparently sent out last Friday, but approval has not yet been received from the CIF office.

Lompoc moves to 6-1 in the LPL and travels to Sant Ynez on Friday , while Cabrillo drops to 3-4 and hosts Santa Maria.

Varsity Girls

This was a tale of two quarters. Cabrillo taking a dominating 16-6 lead in the first, only to be outscored 20-5 in the second stanza. Lompoc eased the lead out to seven on occasion, but the Conquistadores always cut it back down. However, the only real scare was mid-way through the fourth period when six points by Shabraya Hayes brought the Conq's to within a point (39-38) at 3:40, but two buckets by Chelsea Cassulo helped the Braves to a six point lead with two minutes left in the game. Lompoc then pushed the lead back out to seven before Roxanne Rentschler's 3-point buzzer-beater closed the contest. The Braves 2nd-half margin was significantly aided by 7-13 FT shooting, while Cabrillo

Lompoc was led by Jozza Ray (12), Cassulo & Courtney Stumpo (11 each), Denee Lane (8), Cameron Lizzaraga (2pts & several key rebounds), and Lauren Lopes (2). Cabrillo scorers included Hays (12 - 6 4th qtr., and 11 rebounds), Rentschler (12 - 5 4th qtr., 13 boards), Tiara Phillips (11 plus 10 rebounds), and Ashley Bonenfant (6).

Junior Varsity and Freshman

The boys JV game was a back and forth affair. Lompoc was down 10-3 early in the first before Jamel Whitaker helped spark a Braves resurgence. The Braves took a 14-11 lead early in the 2nd, but with four minutes left the score was tied at seventeen. Lompoc had again forged a lead at halftime (26-22), then saw it vanish in the 3rd as Cabrillo held a 39-38 advantage at the end of the period. Tied at 41 all with 6:51 remaining, the Conq's blew the game open during the next two minutes. They used intense defense to create empty trips down the floor for the Braves - forcing several turnovers, and converted their own opportunities, going up 49-41. The Braves never recovered, ending up on the wrong end of a 61-51 final.

The Lompoc girls JV, on the other hand, jumped on the Conquistadores early - taking a 10-1 lead after one period, and a 18-6 lead at the half. Keeping the hammer down they outscored Cabrillo 11-4 in the third, before cruising to a 38-17 final. The only real challenge by the Conq's was at 4:37 in the 2nd quarter when Cabrillo closed the score to 10-5 before the Braves pulled away. Lompoc scorers were Rayshonne Ray (11), Maureen Silva (6), Cluadia Aguirre (5), Gabby Rodriguez (4), Stephany Baca (3), Casey Stumpo & Shandee Berryman (2 each), and Kayla Fajardo (1). Cabrillo point leaders were Vanessa Cervantes (7), and Stacy Damschroder (5).

Maureen Silva returns to cheer on the other Braves
Rayshonne Ray
Maureen & Rayshonne wait to check into the game

The Lompoc freshman girls got revenge for their loss in the teams first meeting this year defeating Cabrillo 33-29 at the CHS gymnasium. Kayla Barnes had 17 points & Chyane Fabing had 11. Briana Vickery (5) and Miranda Ledesma (2) rounded out the Braves scoring.

In the second game at CHS, Cabrillo simply out-played the Braves winning 50-40. Lompoc played well, couldn't keep up. Lompoc was led by Zach Powell (10 points, 12 rebounds) and Jason LaShore (9 points, 6 assists).

OTHER NEWS

The Cabrillo girls water polo team traveled to Santa Maria to take on the St. Joseph Knights in an LPL first-place showdown at Hancock College. The Conquistadores scored three goals in the opening minutes of the contest en route to a 16-6 victory. Cabrillo soph Ashlea Coski had six goals on the afternoon to lead all scorers. Rachel Nelson had four, and Daniela Alvarado had three goals for the Conq's. Senior Kelsey Ellis had three goals for St. Joe's. Cabrillo is now 4-0 in league, St. Joseph is 3-1. --- el stato

Black Blue B-Ball Redux Massive Photo Post

Postgame Celebration

The Crowd

Boys Varsity

Girls Varsity

The Fans Return

Boys JV

JV Girls

Note: Please excuse the poor picture quality as these were all taken with a cheap cell phone camera. Also, pictures of the LHS cheerleaders have been excluded at the request of Lompoc High staff.