Monday, Monday [3 Feb]

Monday, 3 February 2014  

Odds, ends - and Pizza. The NSBCART met for the only time in a 4-week stretch (next time = 24 Feb), the new CIF-SS Polls are out, and there were a few teams in action on Friday & Saturday.

Lompoc Grad & AHC hurler Ryan Bower

NSBCART Luncheon

Athletes of the Week   

Male Athlete of the Week  

Ryan Bower, Allan Hancock College Baseball [Lompoc]

The 2011 Lompoc HS graduate, pitched 7 shutout innings on Saturday to help the Bulldogs defeat Bakersfield in the Renegades own tournament. Bower struck out 10, and scattered 2 hits and a walk, as AHC won its 2nd game of the year 10-2.


Female Athlete of the Week 

Simone Swain, VCA Basketball
(Picture Below)

Swain has been a major factor in the success of the Lions team this season. After a 73-27 road blowout of the Cuyama Valley Bears on Tuesday, VCA (13-2, 8-0 Coast Valley League) clinched the CVL Championship at home on Friday with an 81-14 win over Coast Union. 

Swain had 22 points versus CV, added 21 against the Broncos, and has been instrumental in the team posting a c. 40 point margin of victory average in CVL play.


Participants  

Athletes

Lompoc Basketball:  Chrisshnay Brown, Chavon Garrett

Lompoc Wrestling:  Anthonio Rangel, Vanessa Lopez

Cabrillo Wrestling: Jose Manzanarez, Andrew Smith

Cabrillo Basketball:  Chelsea Kelly, Alexis Morrow.

AHC Baseball: Ryan Bower (LHS 2011)

Santa Ynez Wrestling: Parker Burnett, Adam Tolson, Jake Chaves, Junior Gomez

OA Soccer: Miguel Chavez, Juan Mendoza, Jonah Rowen, Manuel Baro (Coach)]

OA Basketball: Zyanya 'Yaya' Magana, Ashton Castillo 

VCA Basketball: Zaina Kazak, Simone Swain, Robyn Harrington.

Pioneer Valley Soccer: Miguel Mendez, Angel Felix, Jorge Ananda

PV Basketball: Leanna Araujo, Stella Dulay

PV Wrestling: Christian Ayala (220),Pedro Sierra (106),  Lizbeth Pinon, Emily McNeil

Santa Maria Basketball: Raquel Macias, Julie Silvas

Santa Maria Wrestling: Freddie Cavazos, Pedro Asuncion

Santa Maria Soccer: Gerardo Garcia, Angel Mendez

AHC Basketball: Justine Roland (Righetti)

St Joseph Soccer: Cuauhtemoc Martinez, Brandon Nguyen

Righetti Basketball: Danita Estorga, Paula Eisnecker [Exch. Student]

Not Pictured:

AHC - Cary Nerelli, Girls Basketball Coach
Cabrillo - Dan Troup, AD
Lompoc - Don Cross, AD
Orcutt - Chad McKenzie, AD
Pioneer Valley - Greg Lanthier,AD/Boys BB; Kevin Ilac, Wrestling Coach
Righetti - Erik Albright, AD
  Keaton Wink, Jordan Pollard - Boys Soccer
St Joseph - Al Garcia, Boys Soccer Coach
Santa Maria - Joe Graack, AD
Santa Ynez - Brian Wallace, Wrestling Coach
Valley Christian - Pete Fortier,AD; Randy Stanford, Coach

Media - Brad Memberto, Kelly Swann, Kenny Cress, Doug Nelson, Jason Orr, Eric M. Byrne, Mike Loney, Daniel Dreyfuss, Mike McKean.

Staff/Board - Joni Gray, Becky Grant, Al Vierra

and several guests.  

Girls Wrestling

Pioneer Valley Invitational Tournament
Lompoc sent a small contingent to the 14 team PV tourney over the weekend. Facing competition from larger schools, the Braves finished 10th with 16 points.

Lompoc Individuals Points earners 

Vanessa Lopez (101) 4th place
114 Lost Sonia Farias (PAC) Fall 2:20
309 Won Susana Vasquez (PVHS) Maj Dec 13-2
339 Lost Sonia Farias (PAC) Fall 4:25

Gabriela Macias (118) 5th place
127 Lost Kayla Scholl (HAN) Fall 5:29
316 Lost Celina Lazaro (PAC) Fall :47
350 Won Karen Delgado (NIP) Fall 1:59

Miriam Magdaleno (133) 6th place
138 Won Brianna Berdeja (PVHS) Fall :52
237 Lost Jacquelyn Calderon (RIGH) Fall :54
322 Lost Stephanie DeJesus (PVHS) Fall 1:19
362 Lost Marlaelena Orrantia (LOMP) Fall :30

Marlaelena Orrantia (133) 5th place
50 Won Jenny Silvas (NIP) Fall 1:39
137 Lost Jacquelyn Calderon (RIGH) Fall :23
265 Won Brianna Berdeja (PVHS) Fall :32
321 Lost Brianna Murphy (STJOES) Fall 2:55
362 Won Miriam Magdaleno (LOMP) Fall :30

Samantha Croker (133)
139 Lost Brianna Murphy (STJOES) Fall 3:40

266 Lost Stephanie DeJesus (PVHS) Fall 2:42



Pioneer Valley Girls Wrestling Tourney Team Scores 
Place Team                 Score
1. Pioneer Valley 201.00
2. Pacifica       162.00
3. Nipomo       141.00
4. Santa Paula 102.00
5. St. Josephs    71.00
6. Righetti          57.00
7. Nordoff          54.00
8. Sierra Pacific  39.00
9. Hanford          35.00
10. Lompoc          16.00
11. Mira Monte          10.00
12. Kingsburg           0.00
  Redlands           0.00
  Santa Maria        0.00

Area Individual Winners
106: Jessica Bautista (PV) 
118: Makayla Bourbon (PV) 
126: Christina Jenne (St. Joseph)
162: Vanessa Herrera (St. Joseph)   
172: Courteney Tompkins (PV) 
191: Melissa Vasquez (PV) 

CIF Southern Section Northern Regional 
Pioneer Valley will host the the CIF Southern Section Championships qualifier this coming Friday (12 p.m.) and Saturday (10 a.m.).

Lompoc plans to send Vanessa Lopez, Gabriella Macias, Nena Orante, Miriam Magdaleno, Sam Crocker and Emily Roman to compete. Roman, a senior, is just getting medical clearance to wrestle again after an injury in the pre-season and could surprise some folks.

Girls Water Polo

The Cabrillo JV squad headed up the 101 to the Arroyo Grande JV Tournament on Friday/Saturday. They didn't fare too well against the tough competition like the host Eagles, however, finishing 1-4. The lone victory was over Morro Bay.

CIF-SS Polls (3 Feb 2014)

NOTE: The next (and last) Boys Wrestling Poll of the season comes out on Thursday, 6 February 2014.


Girls Water Polo 



Boys Soccer  



Girls Soccer  



Boys Basketball  

Girls Basketball 

Black & Blue Basketball Bash [31 Jan]

Friday, 31 January, 2014

Remember the name Bella Almanza, 'cause in the words of one recent teenage commentator - "She be a straight-up baller." The grammer might not be perfect, but the concept is sound, very, very, sound.  

[Preliminary. Esp. much more JV & Frosh]


It was pretty much everything Lompoc/Cabrillo match-ups should be. Large rowdy crowds, intense competition, some excellent play, and a chance for both sides to claim victory. The varsity squads split, the Lompoc girls won both their games, and the Cabrillo boys were 2-1.

Boys Varsity: Cabrillo 59, Lompoc 51

Girls Varsity: Lompoc 57, Cabrillo 47

Boys JV: Lompoc 61, Cabrillo 41 

Girls JV: Lompoc 38, Cabrillo 15

Boys Frosh:  Cabrillo 51, Lompoc 38

Girls Basketball   

Cabrillo at Lompoc
[Lower Levels at Cabrillo]

Lompoc 57, Cabrillo 47
[Lom 7,14,20,16 - 57 Cab 9,14,10,14 - 47]

Following halftime, Lompoc played much better. They had a big 2nd half, especially the 3rd quarter, to blow open a tight contest. 

In the first half, the Braves shot just 25% (5-20) from 2PT range and 33% (2-6) from the line, but were able to keep pace with Cabrillo by hitting all 3 of their trey attempts. After the main break, those numbers improved to 42% (10-24) and 80% (16-20) respectively.

In contrast, Cabrillo was cold all night - 26% (10-39) on 2-point shots, 36% (5-14) on treys, and 52% (12-23) from the line.

It wasn't just the Lompoc shooting that improved, however, they also improved in rebounding (15 to 25), assists (8 to 12), and reduced turnovers (9 to 7). 

Lompoc's wing players, Rylee Sager and Arianna Espinosa fueled the Braves effort with a combined 27 points, with Sager adding 10 rebounds and 4 assists. Chrisshnay Brown, in the post, vacuumed up 13 boards, and had 6 points and 2 blocks.

Jenna Daley (15) and Devan McCune (13) led the way for Cabrillo, with Gaby Baumgardner chipping in 9 more (7 in the 4th).


Braves : 
Team - 2PT 34% (15-44),3PT 60% (3-5), FT 69% (18-26). 32 Rebounds (8 Off), 20 Assists, 5 blks, 5 stls, 16 turnovers.
Individual - Lexie Barbosa 3 [3-5 FT], 6 assts; Precilla Castellanos 4, 2 rebds: Cyenna Garrett 0; Chavon Garrett 8 [4-4 FT], 6 rbds (3 Off); Chrisshnay Brown 6, 13 rbds, 2 blks, stl; Arianna Espinosa 14 (2x3) [4-4 FT], 2 stls; Rylee Sager 13 [7-10 FT], 10 rbds, 4 asst, stl; Cheyenne Marmalejo 9 (1x3) [0-2 FT]; Jocelyn Taylor 0, 1 asst. 

Conqs : 
Team - 2PT 26% (10-39),3PT 36% (5-14), FT 52% (12-23). 26 Rebounds (14 Off), 6 Assists, 0 blks, 6 stls, 10 turnovers.
Individual - Jenna Daley 15 (2x3) [3-5 FT]; Gaby Baumgardner 9 (1x3) [4-7 FT]; Delaney Malta 0; Alexis Morrow 5 (1x3); Sophia Stevens 3 [1-3 FT]; Anastazia Garcia 0; Tori Wilson 0; Devan McCune 13 (1x3) [4-7 FT]; Vanessa Villanueva 0; Chelsea Kelly 2 [0-1 FT].


Junior Varsity  

Lompoc 38, Cabrillo 15
[Lom 12,7,9,10 - 38  Cab 0,6,3,6 - 15]

This one could have been much worse. Lompoc scored the first 14 points of the game and could easily have had 10-15 more during that span, but missed on far too many opportunities for scores. 

Bella Almanza dominated the contest from the point, scoring (c. 14) almost at will, and frequently making superb passes that too often did not become the assists they could, and should, have been. She also led a harassing Brave defense that completely stymied Cabrillo in the first half. At times, it seemed like there were two or three of her out on the floor. Mariah Zazueta and Destiny Goggins also had good performances for Lompoc

Haleigh Batty (4 points) played well for Cabrillo, as did Leydi Urdiano (4 points). Urdiano got the Conqs off the schneid with a pair of FTs at 4:36 of the 2nd period. Cabrillo was 7-14 from the free-throw line, with 2 field goals in each half.



Other LPL Teams  

at Morro Bay 63,  Santa Ynez 24
[MB 18,15,19,11 - 63  SY 10,2,5,7 - 24]

MB Pirates [15-2, 9-1]: Sierra Schwellenbach 18 (4x3), 7 assts, 4 steals; Nikki Machado 10; Tara Schmidt 11 rbds; Julia Fonturbel 11 rbds.

at Nipomo 45, Santa Maria 27  




LPL Girls Summary  

Friday's Games 
at Lompoc  57, Cabrillo  47 
at Morro Bay  63, Santa Ynez 24  
at Nipomo 45, Santa Maria 27    
Templeton - BYE


LPL Standings  
Templeton    [8-0]  `
Morro Bay     [8-1]   
Cabrillo        [5-4]   
Lompoc        [4-4]   
Nipomo        [3-6]
Santa Ynez   [1-8]   
Santa Maria  [0-7]


Wednesday's (5 Feb) Games  
Nipomo  [6-14,3-5] at Lompoc [11-10,4-4] 
Cabrillo [10-11, 5-4] at Templeton [18-2,8-0]
Morro Bay [15-2,8-1] at Santa Maria [8-11,0-7]  
Orcutt Academy [2-11] at Santa Ynez [5-15, 1-8] {LPL BYE}






Boys Basketball 


Cabrillo at Lompoc
[At Paisola Pavillion. Lower Levels at Cabrillo]

Cabrillo 59, Lompoc 51    
[Cab 24,9,12,14 - 59  Lom 11,18,16,6 - 51]

In a combative contest (40+ fouls, 4 technicals) the Braves climbed back from a big early deficit, and even briefly held a 1 point lead in the 3rd, but ran out of steam in the 4th. An Aaron Abayari trey with a couple of minutes left on the clock, gave Cabrillo a 5-point lead and seemingly put the nail in the coffin.

The Conqs received 7 points from Josh Harris in the 1st to take a 13 point lead, but Lompoc had a burst in the 2nd in the form of 10 points from Torey Sims, who added another 11 in the 3rd. But the Braves only had two other players score field goals (Osegueda, Bailey - 2 each) in the 2nd half.

The Braves have been streaky shooters throughout the season, and on Friday they were down - hitting 0-7 from 3-point range and were 15-28 (54%) from the line. Cabrillo was only slightly better - scoring 35% (7-20) on treys, and 53% (10-19) from the charity stripe.

With just two weeks remaining in LPL action, the victory clinched at least a share of the league title for the Conqs. 

Cabrillo is slated to have three home games and a BYE to finish the regular season.  [Templeton, Santa Maria, Nipomo, BYE] 

Lompoc concludes the regular season with 3 road games versus the bottom-dwellers in the league and a home game next Friday against the Santa Ynez Pirates who moved into 2nd place with a win.
[at Nipomo, SY, at SM, at MB].

Braves : Torey Sims 25 [9-11 FT]; Joseph Osegueda 6 [0-4 FT] {Fouled Out}; Darius Dunson 6; Elijah Bailey 5;  BJ Taylor 3 [3-4 FT] {Fouled Out}; Jerard O'Byrne 2 [2-4 FT]; Drayton Howell 2; Gabe Simon 0 [0-2 FT]

Conqs : Chad Brodhead 13 (1x3) [6-8 FT]; Josh Harris 13 (2x3) [3-5 FT]; Carlos Gonzales 9 (All 1st Half) ; Aaron Abayari 7 (1x3); Reshawn Strawder 7; Ozzy Zacharias 3 [1-4 FT]; Eli Gleffe 2 {Fouled Out}; Brad Engler 3 (1x3); Manuel Medina 2; Florencio Rodrigues 0 [0-2], Floyd Stern 0.



Junior Varsity  

Lompoc 61, Cabrillo 43  
[Lom 7,13,16,25 - 61  Cab 10,14,5,14 - 43]

Frosh coach Mark Tasch, who filled in for JV head man Brian Sharpe, was a bit surprised that Cabrillo was up 4 at halftime. It took the Braves offense a while to get started, but once going it was like an avalanche. Lompoc scored just 7 in the 1st, but increased its total in each quarter, scoring 25 in the 4th.
One difference for Cabrillo was fouls. They committed 7 in the opening half, but nearly doubled that amount (13) in the second. This was especially troubling since Mason Villa was out for Cabrillo who consequently had just 7 players available. 

The number of fouls was largely due to Lompoc using their ability to penetrate off the dribble and an increased number of fastbreaks resulting from heightened defensive pressure.

In the first half Cabrillo was also able to keep Trevaughn Ross mostly bottled up with 4 in the 1st, and 3 in the 2nd period. He got loose for 10 in the 3rd, and had 4 in the 4th before being pulled. The Braves had 8 players score in the 4th quarter.

Conqs : Team - FT 57% (12-21).
Joseph Stavoli 5 [1-1 FT]; Benjamin Gonzalez 5 (1x3) [2-2 FT]; Cole Becker 15 (1x3) [4-6 FT]; Isaac Pabon-Bustamante 1 [1-3 FT]; Isaiah Bowman 10 (7 1Q) (1x3) [1-2 FT]; Jonathan Greshle 3 [3-6 FT]; Michael Morris 4 [0-1 FT].

Braves : Bradley Osborne 11 (6 2Q) [3-5 FT]; Darren Munoz 3 (1x3); Kammeron Davis 3 (1x3) [0-2 FT]; Creighton Morales 1; Rauly Yanez 4 [0-2 FT]; Filip Krajic 6 (All 2H); Marcus Nix 6 [4-8 FT]; Trevaughn Ross 21 [3-8 FT]; Ben Odam 6 (All 4Q); Christian Mactezulua (sp ?) 1 [1-4 FT - all 4Q].

Freshman  

Cabrillo 51, Lompoc 38  
[Cab 5,12,22,12 - 51  Lom 10,11,11,6 - 38]

The Cabrillo frosh may have been stopping by the wrestling room next to the gym after practice recently - they certainly pulled off a reversal. Lompoc seemed to be in control with a 21-17 lead at halftime, but the Conqs put up 22 in the 3rd and outscored the Braves 34-17 in the 2nd half for an easy win at home.

Actually, the comeback started in the 1st half, when both sides had a series of point bursts. The game was even at 3 for a while in the middle of the initial period, but Cabrillo got a bucket to go up 5-3 at the 3:31 mark. Lompoc followed by scoring 7 in a row in the final 2:37 for a 10-5 advantage a the break.

The Conqs scored the first 4 of the 2nd quarter to cut the margin to a single point, but the Braves pulled back out to a 7 point (21-14) lead, before Cabrillo closed out the half with the last 3 tallies.




Other LPL Teams  


at Santa Ynez 69, Morro Bay 33  
[SY 22,25,12,10 - 69  MB 3,6,13,11 - 33]

After just one period, the Santa Ynez had swashbuckled their way to a 22-3 advantage over their fellow Pirates from Morro Bay. It was 47-9 at halftime and they ended up with all the loot.

SY Pirates [14-5, 6-3]: Derek Smith 16 (1x3), 8 rbds; Dakota Wooden 15 (3x3); Chase Sanchez 9, 4 stls; Andreas Rasmussen 7; Christian Vences 6, 8 rbds (6 Off); Graydon White 6, 5 assts.

MB Pirates [1-21, 0-9]: Solomon Ruddell 14, 8 blocks; Marjoe De La Cruz 8 (2x3); Dustin Limon 7; Diego Rivera 3 (1x3); Harrison Meinke 1.


at Santa Maria 57, Nipomo 53    

The Titans used 10 4th quarter steals to close a 12 point gap, but got no closer than 4.

Titans [4-17,2-7]: Luke Nicholson 20. 

Saints [7-11,3-5]: No Additional Information Provided Yet.


LPL Boys Summary  

Friday's Games 
Cabrillo 59 at Lompoc 51 
at Santa Ynez 69, Morro Bay 33   
Nipomo  53 at Santa Maria  57 
Templeton  - BYE


LPL Standings  
Cabrillo       9-0  
Santa Ynez  6-3   
Lompoc       5-3    
Templeton   5-3  
Santa Maria 3-5
Nipomo       2-7  
Morro Bay    0-9  

Wednesday's (5 Feb) Games  

Lompoc [11-7,5-3] at Nipomo [4-17,2-7] 
Templeton [8-11,5-3] at Cabrillo [17-6, 9-0]
Santa Maria [7-11,3-5] at Morro Bay [1-22,0-9]  
Santa Ynez [14-5,6-3]{LPL BYE} at Orcutt Academy [7-10]