"But I don't want to be a target."

 Thursday we had the start of LPL Girls Golf and Girls Volleyball, including a BIG surprise. Girls Tennis continued LPL play, Boys Water Polo saw several LPL/Pac7 contests, and there 3 local Frosh/JV football games.

LPL GIRLS GOLF

Jenny Andreas is a petite and personable Santa Ynez High School senior. On Thursday she also demonstrated calm efficiency, some steely nerves, and a pretty good golf game. She battled the course, the elements- it was a tad windy, and tough opposition to take Medalist Honors (47) in the first LPL event of the season. Jennifer Baltimore (Morro Bay) was in the same foursome and fought her down the stretch, but came up a stroke short. Cabrillo's Karen Santamaria was two groups back on the course, but was also just one stroke back in the scoring column.

Andreas, a 3 year player for the Pirates, acknowledged the conditions were difficult, but just barely - rating the course difficulty on the day as "maybe a seven". While conceding that she had established herself as the player to beat in the LPL, that wasn't her priority - "I don't want to be a target, I just want to have fun out there." And though she said it with a hint of a pout and a bit of a feigned whine, I believe her. I also believe that Miss Andreas regards winning as a lot of fun.

Cabrillo and Nipomo tied for the team title, but the Conquistadores had the better 6th score. Santa Ynez took the 3rd spot.

LPL Tournament #1 [13 Sept 2012]
At La Purisima Golf Course (Lompoc)
[Front nine, Par- 36]

CABRILLO [268:] 
Jacqueline McDonough 52, Karen Santamaria 48, Roselei Redrick 51, Gaby Baumgardner 53, Kelsie Merrick 65, Christina Sawyer 64.

LOMPOC [347]:
Selena Krisher 70, Esmeralda Martinez 72, Mackenzee Chambers 65, Celeste Kamery 72, Moriah Decker 70, Nicole Flores 70.

MORRO BAY [282]: 
Jennifer Baltimore 48, Michelle Cordova 53, Lily Keogh 56, Holly Requa 67, Jamie James 59, Danielle Ramos 66.

NIPOMO [268]:  
Courtney Cuzick 53, Ashley Gonzales 53, Ashley Ruiz 54, Christine Delabey 52, Paige Johnson 68, Katie Marke 68.

SANTA MARIA [327]:  
Selina Ybarra 67, Amee Cuenca 61, Angela Ouintero 62, April Gomez 71, Sabrina Arcos 71, Diana Ordaz 66.

SANTA YNEZ [297]:
Jenny Andreas 47, JinAi Jones 63, Alana Jones 60, Laura Fullmer 61, Molly Callaghan 66, Bryana Schuyler  70.  

LPL GIRLS TENNIS

At Dave Bickmore Courts

Lompoc's #3 singles player, Erica Gracyk, won a narrow tiebreak victory in the last set of the day to post one of only two sweeps. The Braves #1 Doubles duo, Janett Ruiz & Mariana Soto, had the other.

Lompoc 14, Morro Bay 4
Lompoc: Singles (7-2) - Emily Gracyk 2-1 [3-6,6-1,6-1], Marielle Tabin 2-1 [2-6,7-5,6-0], Erica Gracyk 3-0 [7-6 (7-5),6-2,6-1]. Doubles (7-2) - Janett Ruiz/Mariana Soto 3-0 [6-4,6-1,6-0], Collette Campitelli/Noemi Diaz 2-1 [6-2,5-7,6-0], Melanie Esparza/Genesis Garza [2-6,6-4,7-5].

Morro Bay: Singles - Sierra Wilson 2-1, Tess Badrigian 0-3, Amanda Newport 0-3. Doubles - Clare Vogel/Skye Schwellenback 1-2, Sarah Kens/June Jansen 1-2, Lia Korisnel/Allison Lamb 0-2, Rachel Mackie/Allison Lamb 0-1.


Junior Varsity
Lompoc 18, Morro Bay 7
No other information available


At Cabrillo High School

The normally strong Conq doubles crew was overpowered in this one, and a pair of singles subs earned points

Orcutt Academy 14, Cabrillo 4
Spartans: Singles (6-3) - Sarah Hull 2-1, Zoe Hull 3-0, Joselain Vais 1-2. Doubles (8-1) - Madi Ortiz/Madie Seeds 3-0, Allyssa Leventis/Alex Lopez 2-1, Katey Ortiz/Josaline Bashline 3-0.

Conqs: Singles (3-6) - Kelsey Atkin 1-2, Ricky Patel 0-2, Haylee Thomas 1-0, Kaeli Jones 0-2, Maelin Nakasawa 1-0. Doubles (1-8) - Audrianna LaPorte/Kayla Sandoval 0-3, Alex Siefe/Morgan Coffin 1-1, Emily Wasson/Morgan Williams 0-1, Maddie McDonough/Krystal DelosReyes 0-3.

Junior Varsity (at Hancock JC)
Cabrillo 11, Orcutt Academy 7
No other information available


Other LPL Scores
Templeton 10, Nipomo 8
Another singles/doubles struggle, with the Eagles winning 8 of 9 in singles and the winless Titans taking 7 of 9 in doubles. Nipomo received sweeps from doubles duos Kelly Springfield/Gianna Abatti and Bekah Archambeault/Nicole Johnson.

Santa Ynez 15, Santa Maria 3
Kat Rocha took 2 sets without losing a game for the Pirates, while Daisy Lomeli/Sussana Reyes won 2 of the Saints 3 points.

Boys Water Polo

We can, report that Lompoc HS has hired a new BWP coach, and he has cleared all the administrative hurdles. Jeff Storie, manager of the COLAC, has recently begun working with the team.

Thursday in the pool, however, was not the best day the LPL has ever had ....

San Luis Obispo 9, Cabrillo 8
(JV - Score not reported)
Righetti 18, Santa Ynez 4
Paso Robles 15, Nipomo 1
Morro Bay 13, Atascadero 6

LPL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Cabrillo cruised Morro Bay, Lompoc, according to their coaches under-performed against Templeton, and *** Big News*** Santa Ynez lost a league contest for the 1st time in Chip Fenenga's 7 year reign as Head Coach.


At Bryan Ayer Court
Neither Varsity Head Coach Aaron Batula nor JV helm Monie Thomas were happy with their teams performances, apart from the 1st game of each match. Both units need to clean up mistakes an improve their consistency, according to the coaches. Conversely, the Frosh actually played better in game 2.

Templeton 3, Lompoc 0
[25-22, 25-11, 25-13]   STORY
Eagles (4-1, 1-0): Lindsay Wyatt-24 digs/16 passes; Sydney Roth-16 assists/ 4 aces; Mari Stewart- 9 kills/13 digs; Heather Fields- 10 kills/3 aces.
Braves: Becca Davis 15 digs, Heidi Chavez 12 assists, Chyanne Thomas 6 kills.

Junior Varsity
Templeton 2, Lompoc 0 [25-20, 25-10]

Freshmen
Templeton 2, Lompoc 0 [25-4, 25-21]

At Morro Bay
Only very limited Info provided
Cabrillo 3, Morro Bay 1


Junior Varsity
Cabrillo 2, Morro Bay 0

Freshmen
Cabrillo 2, Morro Bay 0

Other LPL Scores

Nipomo  3, Santa Ynez 1
[25-22, 25-17, 24-26, 25-22]
Titans (6-0, 1-0): Cristina Ozzimo 49 assists/6 kills/3 aces; Paige Waymire 32 assists/13 digs/3 aces; Sarah Stahl 34 digs; Kiana Worth 10 kills; Sammi Baker 2 blocks; Taylor Nevitt 2 blocks.
Pirates (3-3, 0-1): Taylor Nation 9 kills/2 blocks; Ariel Johnston 7 kills.

JV/Frosh Football

At Huyck Stadium
They were not as close as the scores would indicate.

Junior Varsity 
Lompoc 41, Dos Pueblos 8

Freshmen
Lompoc 57, Dos Pueblos 7

At Doug Hitchen Stadium

Freshmen
Arroyo Grande 34, Cabrillo 8