Winter is Coming, er Here

The Winter sports season has now really swung into action. True, there had been some scrimmages, and a few area squads even snuck  in a few real contests over the past week. Those, however, were simply a few  flurries and a light dusting of snow, the sports blizzard hit on Tuesday.

Most of the action consisted of LPL/PAC-7 match-ups, with the LPL on the road in Boys Soccer, at home in Girls Soccer, and evenly split in Girls Water Polo.

Cabrillo

Soccer: The Cabrillo Conquistadores lost a 2-1 decision in SLO to the Tigers. San Luis scored in the 1st half on a ball the the GK deflected, but not quite enough. Cabrillo answered for a 1-1 halftime tie, but gave up a 2nd half goal on a penalty kick. The JV won 2-1. At home, the #3 ranked girls parlayed a JamieLee Miller 1st half goal into a 1-0 win. The JV had to settle for a  3-3 tie

Girls Water Polo: The Grayhounds are usually pretty good, but Cabrillo is better. Consider conditions to be normal - the Varsity won 14-8, and the JV won 15-7.

Lompoc

The only Braves teams in action were the soccer squads - both against Pioneer Valley.  The boys won on the road 2-0, and the girls won 2-1 at Huyck. [Story] The JV results were not reported.

Tuesday, 27 Nov 2012

Girls Water Polo

They level of ability in the area appears to differ somewhat ... LPL 3, PAC-7 2)

Atascadero 8, at Cabrillo 14

Santa Ynez 11, at St. Joseph 9

Paso Robles 22, at Santa Maria 1

Nipomo 19, at Pioneer Valley 0

San Luis Obispo 19, Morro Bay 1

Boys Soccer

Cabrillo 1, at San Luis Obispo 2

Lompoc 2, at Pioneer Valley 0

Santa Ynez 2, at Righetti 3

Nipomo 2, at Paso Robles 1

Templeton 0, at Arroyo Grande 4

Santa Maria 7, at St. Joseph 0

Atascadero 3, Coast Union 1

Morro Bay 5, Mission Prep 0

Girls Soccer

San Luis Obispo 0, at Cabrillo 1

Pioneer Valley 1, at Lompoc 2

Righetti 0, at Santa Ynez 1

Paso Robles 3, at Nipomo 2

Arroyo Grande 6, at Templeton 0

Orcutt Academy at St. Joseph

Atascadero 3, Coast Union 2

Mission Prep 4, Morro Bay 0

Santa Barbara 1, Oxnard 1 [TIE]

Boys Basketball

Trinity Classical Academy 64, at Valley Christian Academy 63

Santa Maria 97, at Orcutt Academy 55

Pioneer Valley 38, at Santa Ynez 34

Paso Robles 30, Templeton 28
Santa Barbara 67, Fillmore 21
Carpinteria 49, Hueneme 42
Buckley 62, Bishop Diego 44

Girls Basketball

The Morro Bay girls were very impressive last year, and return EVERYONE. Templeton was quite good and returns almost everyone. Expect them to battle not only for the LPL crown but the "Best on the Central Coast" label. Meanwhile, Santa Maria not only won, but rolled.

Orcutt Academy 18, at Santa Maria 37

Valley Christian Academy 52, at Bakersfield Christian 47

Santa Ynez 27, at Pioneer Valley 90

Templeton 56, Paso Robles 45

Morro Bay 51, SLO 18
Oak Park 84, Bishop Diego 33

Other News and Notes

Cycling

The Amgen Tour of California 2013 route has been announced. Two stages next May will be held on the Central Coast as the Tour moves northward next year. Stage 4 is slated to run from Santa Clarita to Santa Barbara, and Stage 5 from Santa Barbara to Avila Beach. More Info can be found HERE.

CIF-SS Girls Tennis Individual Championships
The Santa Barbara High duo Olivia Tadijin/Lexi Gulden advanced to the round of 16 in the doubles portion of the tournament. The Channel League runners-up knocked off Pacific League Champs Elizabeth Lieu/Annie Tung from Arcadia 7-6 (7-3), 6-0 and will play at the Seal Beach Tennis Center on Wednesday for a quarter-final berth.