Tuesday, 29 November 2016  

It's preseason, so there are a bunch of LPL-P8 match-ups. So far the PAC-8 is winning.

Lompoc and SLO each started their 2016-17 Campaigns at Huyck on Tuesday.

GIRLS SOCCER  

CCT Tourney

Lompoc vs San Luis Obispo
at Huyck Stadium, Lompoc HS 

Varsity 

Lompoc Head Coach
Jason Cochrane still
has the best beard in
the business.

SLO 5, Lompoc 1
[Half 3-0 SLO]

The D4 Braves played fairly well against the D3 Tigers, but turnovers in the back and midfield led to several fast break opportunities for San Luis - and they converted enough of them. Lompoc only has 1 senior on the squad, to compare with 1 frosh & 7 sophs - most of whom were making their varsity/Huyck Stadium/night game debut. Several of the 8 juniors are also new to the varsity.

One of the sophomores, Michelle Hill, had a generally solid time in the cage, but faced far too many uncontested attackers inside the box, including one occasion where a defender slipped and fell. She stopped 7 of the Tigers 12 shots on goal.

Lompoc had difficulty generating offense taking only 6 shot with a mere two of those actually on-goal.

The sole Brave tally came about 15 minutes into the 2nd half. A nice set-up resulted in a corner kick which was deflected, but Lompoc maintained possession inside the box. A pair of short passes found junior midfielder Hannah Montalban with some space on the right side about 10m out and she buried the ball in the south goal.

Tigers []: Goals - Bailey Frost (31st, 76th) 2; Grace Park (4th), Angela Crozier (32nd), Olivia Ortiz (68th). Assists - Olivia Ortiz 2, Madison Johnson. Goaltending - Eislee Sohner 1 GA, 6 saves.

Braves []: Goals - Hannah Montalban (60th). Goaltending - Michelle Hill 
  Junior Varsity  SLO 7, Lompoc 1

No Additional Information Provided Yet. 

Cabrillo vs St. Joseph 
at Cabrillo High School

Varsity 
St. Joseph 4, Cabrillo 1  
[Half ]

The Knights have outscored Cabrillo 9-3 in winning 3 straight season openers.

Conqs [0-1]: Goals - Natalia Tulloch 1. Goalkeeping - Morgan Christen 70 min, 3 GA, 6 saves; Kailey McNamee 20 min, 1 GA, 1 save.

Knights [1-0]: Blanca Davis (3rd min, Corby Buress/2H) 2; Clare Gonzalez (2 2H) 2.

Junior Varsity 3:15 PM 
Cabrillo 5, St Joseph 1

Conqs [1-0]: Goals - Elena Angulo, Alba Diaz, Karly Kovach, Makayla Pablo. Goalkeeping - Rhea Stone-Valdez 45 min, 1 GA, ? saves; Eva Rivera 45 min, 0 GA, ? saves.


Other CCT games

Arroyo Grande 2, Santa Ynez 1

Arroyo Grande changed up their formation after halftime and scored twice in a four minutes span, for a come-from-behind win.

Eagles [1-0]: Goals - Ali Palangi 2 (72nd, 78th). Assists - Cate Boller, Theanna Longfellow.

Pirates [0-1]: Goals - Ashley von Tillow (20th, Julia Prichard)

Paso Robles 7, Orcutt Academy 3
Atascadero 8, Morro Bay 1
Pioneer Valley 1, Nipomo 1


Next 
Lompoc at St. Joseph (Thursday)
Arroyo Grande vs Cabrillo (Thursday)
Santa Ynez at Righetti (Thursday)

BOYS SOCCER  

CCT Tourney


Lompoc vs San Luis Obispo


Varsity 
San Luis Obispo 3, Lompoc 0 
 at San Luis Obispo HS 

It was a rough opening night for the Braves against the defending PAC-8 league champions, who have outscored their opposition 9-0 in two games.

Tigers [2-0]: Goals - Branden Dolzal (So) 2 (1H). Brenden Rattigan (Fr) 1 (Dolzal asst).

Junior Varsity 

No Information Provided Yet.

Cabrillo vs St. Joseph
at Jay Will Stadium, St. Joseph HS

Varsity  5:30 PM

Cabrillo 4, St Joseph 0

The Conqs took a 3-0 lead in the first half and cruised in the opener for both squads.

Junior Varsity  3:30 PM

Cabrillo 5, St Joseph 0

(Some reports have it 6-1)


Other CCT Games

Atascadero 2, Morro Bay 1
[1-1 Half]

Greyhounds [1-0]: Goals - Scott Mello (1st H/Jose Pena), Manny Perez (77th min). Saves - Israel Reyna 4. 

Righetti 0, Santa Maria 0
Pioneer Valley 3, Nipomo 0

Thursday
Atascadero at Orcutt Academy

GIRLS WATER POLO 

Non-League 

San Luis Obispo 17, Morro Bay 5

Tigers [1-0]: Goals - Lili Steel 5, Caroline Petithomme 3, Rachel Lovato 3, Anna Petersen 3. Saves - Kayley Rolph recorded three saves in goal for San Luis Obispo.


Paso Robles 22, Nipomo 6

Bearcats [1-0]: Goals - Marina Smeltzer (Sr) 7, Tatiana Smeltzer 5, Halle Nash 3, MacKenzie Raymond 3. 

Next 
San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles at Mistletoe Classic (Newbury Park)  (Friday)



BOYS BASKETBALL

Non-League 

Dos Pueblos 64, San Luis Obispo 50

Tigers: Points - Seth Moore 17, Will Compton 11. 

San Marcos 62, Arroyo Grande 49

Eagles: Points - Jacob Soriano 14 points (2-3 3pt), Patrick Angle 12, Sam Soeksen 7.


Orcutt Academy 71, Laguna Blanca 26
at Lakeview Junior High School

OA led 14-0 at the end of the first and never looked back.

Spartans [1-0]: Points - Marc Pyle 22, Dane Weeks 14, Mitch Carpenter 11, Cole Carpenter 10.

Owls : No Information Provided Yet.


Providence [SB] 63, at Valley Christian Academy 27

Patriots : Points - Gianni Madrigal 22, Bryan Sheets 11, Chase Avery 11. 

Lions [0-1]: Points - Isak Deming 10, Kiernan Quinonez 9.


Next  
SLO vs Morro Bay Harding Invitational (Thursday)
Arroyo Grande at St. Bonaventure (Saturday)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Non-League 

San Luis Obispo 59, Morro Bay 30

SLO was down 4 players, didn't matter.

Tigers [1-0]: Points - Lily Svetich 14, Megan Stoudenmire 12, Whitney Burns 12, Anika Meyer 9.

Pirates [0-1]: Points - Willow Bailey 8.

Providence 49, VCA 13

The Lions were down 6 players - did matter.


Lions [0-1]: Points - Ana Rohde 3 (1x3). 

Patriots [1-0]: Points - Charlotte Carlson 14.

Next 

Lompoc & Cabrillo start play Thursday at the Bryan Ayer Classic at LHS 
SLO vs Montebello (next week) 
Midland at VCA (Saturday)
Morro Bay vs Dos Pueblos (Friday)

Winter Sports, News & Notes (27 Nov 2016)

Sunday, 27 November 2016   

The CIF-SS Winter Sports season officially started back on the 21st, but there has been only scattered action in the area for the last week. They make up for it this week. 

Welcome to Tournament Time!! 

For the most part things change after the new year starts and  folks generally begin playing league matches, but winter preseason is absolutely loaded with tournaments in every sport at every HS level. Along with several head-to-head contests, here's the tournament action headed our way this week in each of the seven recognized team sports - 

Girls Baketball:
Bryan Ayer Tournament [1-3 Dec] Lompoc HS, Var Lompoc, Cabrillo
VCA JV Tournament [1-3 Dec] Valley Christian Academy, JV Cabrillo  
Cabrillo Frosh Tournament [2-3 Dec] Cabrillo HS, Frosh Cabrillo

Boys Basketball:
Nordhoff Tournament [30 Nov- 3 Dec] Hordhoff HS, Var Cabrillo 
St Joseph Tournament [30 Nov - 3 Dec] St Joseph HS, JV Cabrillo 
Righetti Tournament [1-3 Dec] Righetti HS, Frosh Cabrillo 
CCC Tourney [22 Nov - 6 Dec] Multiple Sites, V/JV Lompoc

Girls Soccer:
CCT Tourney [29 Nov - 8 Dec] Multiple Sites, V/JV Lompoc, Cabrillo 

Boys Soccer:
CCT Tourney [29 Nov - 8 Dec] Multiple Sites, V/JV Lompoc, Cabrillo 
Cat/Hound Tourney [2-3 Dec] P. Robles/Atascadero, Var Lompoc, Cabrillo 
Nipomo JV Tourney [10,17 Dec] Nipomo HS, JV  Lompoc, Cabrillo

Girls Water Polo: 
Santa Maria Tournament [2-3 Dec] Santa Maria HS, Var Lompoc 
Mistletoe Classic [2-3 Dec] Newbury Park HS, etc Var Cabrillo 

Wrestling: 
Channel Islands Girls Tnmt. [3 Dec] Channel Isds HS, Girls Lompoc, Cabrillo
Pete Duca Tournament [3 Dec] Pioneer Vlly HS, Var Lompoc, Cabrillo
Santa Maria Novice Tnmt. [3 Dec] Santa Maria HS, Novice Lompoc, Cabrillo


Fundraising

 The Lompoc HS Girls Basketball team is raising money to help offset the costs of participating in the MaxPreps Tournament at Concordia University in Irvine.       More Info Here

Park and Rec
 
 Various sources in the community have been buzzing about a potentially very big announcement concerning the Lompoc Park & Recreation Dept and involving a major development of City parklands. A formal proposal is expected this week.

Hoops and Harriers (26 Nov 2016)

Saturday, 26 November 2016  

BOYS BASKETBALL

Central Coast Classic Tournament

Righetti 74, Lompoc 55 
at Bryan Ayer Court, Paisola Pavillion, Lompoc HS
[L: 13,8,16,18-55  R: 17,23,18,16-74]

The Warriors scored the last 14 points of the 2nd period and the first 7 points of the 3rd, using their superior height and depth to pull away from the out-manned Braves. Four members of the 12 player Lompoc squad are still with the football team, including point guard Kameron Davis and much of the front line.

The Braves late team videographer, James Eberling, was honored by the team with a brief ceremony before the game. Eberling, who passed away a week ago from heart failure at 36 years old, had performed video duties for Lompoc the last two years. His funeral was held earlier in the afternoon.

Both teams were looking for their initial win in the nascent season, each having dropped their openers last Tuesday. The Braves fell to AG 63-41, while Righetti narrowly lost 62-59 at Santa Barbara. Both will continue CCC play on next week - Lompoc at Pioneer Valley on Tuesday, Righetti hosts Dos Pueblos on Wednesday. 

Braves [0-2]: Ben Odom 24, Ryan Morgan 15, Jeffrey Ray 6, Andrew Villa 6

Warriors [1-1]: Jordan Allen 23 (21 1H), Dakota Saunders 14 points, Justin Tonascia 6.


CROSS COUNTRY  

State Championship Finals 

Complete Results 

Isaac Acosta after winning the LPL Duals race.

Isaac Acosta (Lompoc) was the only local competitor. Competing as an Individual Entrant, his 16:10.5 time was good for a 24th place finish out of the 192 state-wide qualifiers in the Boys Division 4 race. A computer merge of times for all divisions, had him with the 199th fastest time among the 990 competitors who qualified for the State Meet.

Some Other Area Results 
*Orcutt Academy Girls lost a tiebreaker and finished 9th in the D5 competition (90th of 117 Overall). The Spartans had 4 runners between 35th and 55th in the race.
*SLO senior Callum Bolger won the D4 Boys race in 14:57.4, the 3rd fastest overall time on the day. The SLO Boys were 4th in the D4 Team results (52nd of 117 teams overall).
*The Arroyo Grande Boys finished 11th in the D1 race, led by Christian Ricketts (15:29.7) 8th place finish (29th overall).
*Paso Robles: Annie Meeder (18:21.5) was14th in D3 (74th Overall) and the Luis Armendariz 12th (30th Overall)/Trad Berti 13th (37th Overall) combo led the Boys to a 8th place in D3 (29th Overall).
*The San Marcos Girls were 6th in D2 (13th Overall) led by Erica Schroeder 9th D2 (25th overall)
*Foothill Technology [Ventura] won both the Boys & Girls (15th Overall) D4 Team titles.
*Malibu soph Claudia Lane (16:45.0) won the Girls D4 race by almost a minute and had the fastest overall girls time by 40.6 seconds.



ALUMNI 

Lavon Coleman (LHS) had 82 rushing yards and a pair of touchdowns in Washington's 45-17 Apple Cup victory over Washington State. The win put the Huskies into the Pac-12 championship game against Colorado and on the cusp of a spot in the College Football Playoff. 

Just a Skosh Short ...

Friday, 25 November 2016 

FOOTBALL 

CIF-SS/FORD Playoffs

Corona del Mar 35, Lompoc 34
[L: 7 ,14,7,6-34  Cdm; 0,10,7,18-35]

Well, as Lompoc PA Announcer Tom Garrard might say, the Braves came up a shosh short against a very good Corona del Mar squad Friday night. The Sea Kings staged a furious 4th Quarter rally, culminating in a TD pass with just 45 seconds remaining, to win by a point for the second week in a row. They dominated most of the 2nd half with the exception of the first Lompoc possession and this gem -

which put Lompoc back up briefly late in the 4th period. They lost in similar fashion last fall at Thousand Oaks 34-31.

The Braves conclude a great season with a 12-1 record. It was Coach Andrew Jones' 10th loss in 7 seasons, he is now 81-10 overall, 16-5 in CIF competition.

	Possesion Chart
	LOMPOC		TOTAL		RUSHING		#35		#3		#18		#21		#22		#14		PASSING		#22		#35		#18
	Disposition	1 D	Play	Yds	Play	Yds	Taua		Davis		Manzo		Cortez		Savage		Nix				Savage		Taua		Manzo
1	TD/EP		3	80	2	1	2	1											1-1-0 TD	79	1	79
2	Punt	1	6	24	5	24	2	4	1	5	1	13	1	2					0-1-0	--
3	Punt		3	9	2	3	1	1	1	2									1-1-0	6			1	6
4	TD/EP	1	6	62	2	1	1	4	1	-3									4-4-0 TD	61	2	44	2	17
5	TD/EP	2	8	59	6	16	4	16	1	-5	1	5							1-2-0	43					1	43
1H	21 Points	4	26	234	17	45	10	26	4	-1	2	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	7-9-0 2TD	189	3	123	3	23	1	43
6	TD/EP	1	5	65	5	65	2	9	1	49	1	5							--
7	Punt		3	1	3	1			2	9					1	-8			--
8	Punt		3	2	1	2	1	2											0-2-0	0
9	MFG	1	5	-7	3	-12	2	2	1	-14									2-2-0	5			1	3	1	2
10	Punt		3	-19	3	-19			2	-13	1	-6							--
11	TD,2Pt Fail		1	85	--	--													1-1-0 TD	85	1	85
12	Downs		4	-3	1	-3											1	-3	0-3-0
2H	13 Points	2	24	124	16	34	5	13	6	31	2	-1	0	0	1	-8	1	-3	3-8-0 TD	90	1	85	1	3	1	2
Ttl	34 Points	6	50	358	33	79	15	39	10	30	4	17	1	2	1	-8	1	-3	10-17-0	279	4	208	4	26	2	45
			5 TD		2 TD						2TD								3 TD		2TD		1TD

[Much More to Follow]