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| Sometimes it's worth staying for the overtime . |
The LPL Soccer season started with a bang - a girls double-header at Huyck and a boys double-header at Cabrillo Field. Also up on the hill, the Cabrillo girls hoopsters hosted the Santa Ynez Pirates to tip-off the LPL cage season.
Girls Soccer
Lompoc/Cabrillo
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| Lompoc Keeper Audrey Ogden was spectacular in goal. |
at Lompoc 2, Cabrillo 1 [5:00]
[Half 1-0 Cabrillo]
If you weren't there you missed a well-played dandy. The Conqs took a 1-0 first half lead, and the Braves answered with two quality goals in the 2nd, but the story of this one was the extremely high caliber of goal-tending by both Cabrillo's Rikki Patel and Lompoc's Audrey Ogden.
Cabrillo took an early lead 15 minutes in when Heidi Cortez was whistled for a foul in the box and Sydney Townes pounded home the resulting penalty kick.
The Braves stepped it up in the second half, with most of the action taking place in the Conqs end of the field, but Cabrillo had several counter-attacks that had Lompoc supporters in near apoplexy.
Patel, who was under duress much of the game, had some brilliant saves. She stopped a penalty kick with about 14 minutes left, and it wasn't her best of the night.
That would likely be the one following a turnover and a quick pass to the other side of the pitch. She was at a full sprint running across the box, saw the ball curving behind her, reached back at the corner of the net and dug the ball out of the air. It bounced about 2 feet from the near post, and she managed to reverse direction and dive on it just ahead of 3 Lompoc attackers.
Audrey Ogden was just as good, and perhaps just a bit luckier. She had a pair of terrific point-blank stops. And then, on a Cabrillo counter, a Lompoc defender missed on a tackle, allowing a free 30 yard run towards the goal directly in front of the box and behind the entire Braves defense.
Ogden came out to about 15 meters, and the attacker kicked a beautiful lob that an entire stadium was convinced was going to go in goal. Ogden took two jab steps back, reached up at full extension and caught the bottom half of the ball. Most folks believed there would be a rebound, but she held it.
Those stops occurred about 3 minutes apart in the last 5 minutes of the game. Yeah, it was like that.
Lompoc's goals also came about 3 minutes apart. With almost 8 minutes erased from the 40 minute 2nd half clock, 'Jandra' Martinez was finally able to corral a ball that had half a dozen touches inside the box on a centering pass by Evelyn Acosta. She blasted it in from about 3 meters out.
The second was a rebound of a Heidi Cortez free kick from about 20 meters out and slightly to the right side of the box. Patel had to leave her feet to get to the looping line drive but couldn't hang on to the ball and MF Denia Portillo came charging in stick it in the net.
Braves [1-0 LPL]: Goals (Assists) - Alejandra Martinez (53rd, None), Denia Portillo (56th, None). GK - Audrey Ogden (90 Min, c. 6 Saves).
Conqs [0-1 LPL]: Goals (Assists) - Sydney Townes. GK - Ricky Patel (90 min, 5 saves). Bella Sanchez and Sydney Townes each had late shots on goal.
Junior Varsity
at Lompoc 1, Cabrillo 1 [3:30]
The early game at Huyck was also a tight one, ending in a tie.
Braves : Goals (Assists) - Karina Cevantes (Jennifer Herrera). GK - Mercedes Signorelli (90 Min, c. 6 Saves).
Conqs : Goals (Assists) - Lily Wood. GK - Carissa Sanchez [2nd game, 1st full] (90 min, ?? saves).
Other LPL, etc Games
Morro Bay 3, Templeton 0
at Santa Maria 1, Nipomo 0
Santa Barbara 2, at Santa Ynez 0
San Luis Obispo 1, at San Marcos 1
Boys Soccer
Lompoc/Cabrillo
Lompoc 2, at Cabrillo 0 [OT]
The Braves tallied goals at the 1st & 19th minutes of the overtime session to defeat the Conqs at Cabrillo Field in the LPL season opener for both squads. Among other opportunities in the extra sessions, Cabrillo had 2 shots deflect off the crossbar. The Braves fortunes were a bit different, scoring on a nice move by Ricky Reyes and an open-goal counter by Jose 'Pollo' Cazares.
The Conqs had earned a free kick just a few meters outside the box. They pulled everyone up close to the goal, and were looking for the equalizer. The kick, however, hit a clump of players and rebounded past everyone. And Pollo, well ... (See for yourself) ..
Braves : Goal (Assist) - Ricky Reyes (83rd, Jose Cazares), Jose Cazarez (99th, None). Goalkeeping: Jose Cardenas (100 min, 10 saves).
Conqs : Goal (Assist) - None (None). Goalkeeping - Lucas Derflinger (100 min, 8 saves). Kenji Moua was big up top for the Conqs, but couldn't quite get the ball inside the net.
Junior Varsity
Lompoc 1, at Cabrillo 1
[Halftime 1-0 Cabrillo]
The Braves fought back from a halftime deficit to emerge with a tie when Chi Vang dropped one in from outside the 18 meter box.
Braves : Goal (Assist) - Chi Vang (NONE). Goalkeeping: Michael Yang. He played the whole game & had '9 good saves' plus some that 'rolled right to him', according to team Statistician Gabbie Andrade. Notable - Alfie Rubio, and Artutro Nunez.
Conqs : Goal (Assist) - Juan Velasquez (Jesus Mendoza). Goalkeeping: Riqui Cardenas - 5 Saves. Notable - Wyatt Flint, Cesar Beltran, Randy Rosales, and Andres Villa all drew favorable comment from Coach Oscar Torres.
Other LPL, etc Games
Templeton 3, Morro Bay 0
Santa Maria 1, at Nipomo 0 [2OT]
Santa Ynez 1, at Santa Barbara 1
San Marcos 2, at Arroyo Grande 2
at Dos Pueblos 3, Hueneme 1
Girls Basketball
Tournaments HERE
[County Challenge, Tournament of Champions]
Santa Ynez at Cabrillo
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| Chelsea Kelley was a force inside, snagging 12 rebounds, scoring 8 points, drawing fouls, and playing really good defense. |
Cabrillo 54, Santa Ynez 34
[Cab 13,19,9,13 - 54 SY 4,10,14,6 - 34]
Cabrillo rolled to a 20 point win at home, despite dubious shooting due in large measure to 18 offensive rebounds (9 by Chelsea Kelly). The Conqs were 31% (16-51) from 2pt range, 30% (3-10) on treys, and 62% (13-21) on free throws. They added 20 more rebounds on defense to go with 8 blocks & 11 steals.
The Conqs blew the game open in the second when Jenna Daley tallied 13 of her 19 points.
Conqs [1-0 LPL]: Jenna Daley 19 (2x3); Devan McCune 10, 4 rbds; Gaby Baumgardner 9 (1x3), 2 blks; Chelsea Kelly 8, 12 rbds; Anastazia Garcia 4; Tori Wilson 2, 3 blks; Sophia Stevens 1, 9 rbds; Brianna Wolford 1, 4 rbds; Delany Malta 10 assts, 4 stls.
Pirates [0-1 LPL]: Hannah Cantrell 10, Lindsey Suarez 8, Maddie Quiroga 6, Morgan Vannasap 4, Sophia Lugo 2, Alexis Algeo 2, Allie Spencer 1, Edith Ramirez 1.
Junior Varsity
Cabrillo 50, Santa Ynez 37
Additional Information Not Yet Provided.
Freshman
Cabrillo, Santa Ynez
No Game
Other LPL, etc Games
Valley Christian 76, at Shandon 20
Atascadero 45, Paso Robles 33
Cuyama Valley 43, Coastal Christian 32
Boys Basketball
Tournaments HERE
[Bayshore Classic, King Triton's Clash on the Coast, MissionPrep Christmas Classic, Cabrillo JV, etc]
Cabrillo at Santa Ynez
Cabrillo 71, Santa Ynez 55
[Cab 15,22,18,14 - 71 SY 18,13,10,14 - 55]
Cabrillo won handily, after a slow start in a game that was reportedly delayed by a significant medical emergency experienced by Pirate starting PG Chace Sanchez.
Conqs [6-2, 1-0 LPL]: Chad Brodhead 29 (3x3); Josh Harris 18 (1x3); Aaron Abayari 14 (2x3); Carlos Gonzales 5 (1x3); Florencio Rodriguez 2; Reshawn Strawder 2; Oswaldo Zacharias 1.
Pirates [5-1, 0-1 LPL]: Dakota Wooden 12 (2x3); Justin Lopez 11; Derek Smith 10; Andreas Rasmussen 7; Christian Vences 4; Sam Pappas 4; Chace Sanchez 3 (1x3); Graden White 2; Clinton Anderson 1.
Junior Varsity
Cabrillo 56, Santa Ynez 54
No Additional Information Provided Yet.
Freshman
Cabrillo, Santa Ynez
No Information Provided Yet.
Other LPL, etc Games
Coast Union 43, Nipomo 38
Valley Christian 80, Shandon 57
Girls Water Polo
LPL, Pac-7, etc Games
Nordhoff at Santa Ynez
at Righetti 18, Pioneer Valley 4
Arroyo Grande 14, at Paso Robles 0
Camarillo 11, at Carpenteria 10
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