More Alumni at Hancock;Cassulo Rocks

Ariana Fabing "back in the day" at LHS.

Track and Field

Hancock
Three valley runners represented Allan Hancock College at the Ed Adams Invitational at Hartnell College over the weekend. Ariana Fabing (LHS), Duania Evans (LHS), and Terri Ladja (CHS) all competed in the 800 & 1500 Meter races, earning 12 of AHC's 32 points. The Hancock women finished 9th out 12 teams despite having only a few competitors.
Fabing was able to get into the points in both races and all three scored in the 1500 where Fabing was 3rd.
Ariana Fabing 1500 [5:37.61], 800 [2:44.23]
Duania Evans 1500 [6:24.71], 800 [3:03.75]
Terri Ladja 1500 [6:34.65], 800 [3:07.84]

Lompoc
In late news from the Arcadia Invitational, Chelsea Cassulo has done it again!! In the women's shot put she posted a school record mark (42-8.5), which was good enough for third in this high level event. How high a level ? How about competitors from all over , and I do mean ALL over -- including Utah, Nevada, Washington, Hawaii, Virginia, Wyoming, Florida, Arizona, New Jersey, Illinois, and New Zealand. 18 new national leaders were established as were 33 new state leaders. Running community publisher DyeStatCal reported 1,187 "Elite Marks" set. Even the phenomenon that is Jordan Hasay was pushed to the wire in a tight race.

The national rankings haven't been updated to reflect the weekends results, but Cassulo's mark should be rated about the 25th best in the country this year. The state rankings have been adjusted and the top 3 marks in the state this year were those set by the top three at Arcadia. Third in the state isn't too shabby, but throws coach Robin Luken believes that Chelsea is capable of throwing over 44 feet - so stay tuned.

Cabrillo / Lompoc meet Info
It has been a very frustrating weekend here in the LockerRoom. The Lompoc / Templeton meet results are still AWOL, and the Cabrillo / St Joe info has now been zapped into the ether twice - once by operator error & once due to technical problems. That is in addition to other computer gremlins, but in the words of LHS AD Jesse Davis "I'm working on it."

Swimming

St Joseph @ Lompoc 11 April 2008 Complete Results

I'm expermenting with a new way of presenting these type of bulk results, please let me know how they work out for you.

Click on the stats sheets to enlarge.
Girls Varsity
Boys Varsity
Junior Varsity (both)
-- el stato

Track, Field & Tournament Thursday (10 April)

Track and Field
Cabrillo
It was slightly surreal, a St. Joseph home meet held at Cabrillo HS. But that is what happened on Thursday as the Knights home track was under repair. St. Joseph certainly had no problems making themselves at home, as their domination of the field events led to a sweep of all four contests. The boys lost 55-81 (JV 61-70) and the girls lost 57-79 (JV 55-72).

Boys Varsity Winners:
4 x 100 relay unit (45.07)
Miguel Ortiz (mile 4:35.63 & 880 2:04.53)
Masimo Beeson (440 54.00)
Greg Watson (100 10.15 & 220 23.53)
Ben Li (2 mile 10:16.03)
4 x 400 relay #1 (3;38.88)

Girls Varsity Winners:
4 x 100 relay (52.91)
Genae Harrington (100 12.00)
Diamonne Mitchell (220 27.62 & Long Jump 16-7)
Kendall Reynolds (Triple Jump 35-2 & High Jump 5-2)

Boys JV Winners:
4 x 100 relay (49.94)
Armando Torres (mile 5:02.9 & 880 2:16.8)
Zane North (110 H 18.78 & 330 H 48.15)
Johnny Hernandez (2 mile 11:08)
4 x 400 relay #1 (4:03.50)
Joe Hernandez (High Jump 4-6)
Marko Marrero (Triple Jump 33-9.5)

Girls JV Winners:
4 x 100 relay (58.31)
Taylor Wagonseller (100 12.80)
Jennifer Hudson (330 H 58.47)
D. Brown (220 29.84)

Lompoc
It was a very tired group of coaches clustered in Tom Blanco's domain at LHS, after a long day and a longer bus ride back from Templeton. Coach Warrick summed up the meet - "the kids ran well, they just ran faster". Both boys & girls teams lost, but there were some bright spots for both squads. Masson Blow won the Long Jump (c. 20-1), Triple Jump (c. 43-7), and 200 Meters (c. 22.8). Chelsea Cassulo won the Shot Put (c. 38-2), Discus (c. 111 ft.), 100 M Hurdles (c. 17.12), and was 2nd in the 100M (c. 12.76). The coaches also mentioned Megan Wales approaching a PR in the 400 M (c. 1:01.8, 3rd), and a good all-around meet by Milton Royster.

Boys Golf

Cabrillo On Monday, the Conquistadors easily defeated Santa Maria on the Saints own turf. Results are incomplete, but the final score was estimated as being 228-257. Individual scorers for Cabrillo included Jeff Martin (41), Drew Langston (c.45), Joseph Pensabene (46), Perry Naughton (48), & Aaron Hay (50). Mike Morgan's score was unavailible.

Lompoc On Wednesday, Lompoc was clubed by the St. Joseph Knights 224-263. Chris Blystone led the Knights with a 39, and all five St. Joe scorers were under 50. Individual scores for the Braves were: Brent Van Dyke - 50, Alex Stone - 56, Brian Magann - 49, Abie Luna - 55, Tyler Grossi - 53, and Tyler Grossini - 69.

LPL Tournament #4 @ Templeton
Thursday at the Hunter Ranch Course, the Eagles hosted the LPL after missing the previous tournament at the VCC. Santa Ynez [Shean 72, Colvin 74] put on a show and ran away with the title, posting a 393. The other team scores (in order) were : St. Joseph 409 [Blystone 73], Templeton 427, Morro Bay 434, Cabrillo 473, Lompoc 484, and Santa Maria 517.

Individual scores for Cabrillo: Naughton 84, Hay 97, Pike 118, Langston 93, Morgan 100, Pensabene 99. And for Lompoc: Van Dyke 86, Stone 93, Magann 102, Luna 93, Grossini 110, and Grossi (unavailible).

Auto Sports

The Ford/AAA AutoSkills Competition

Two Lompoc High School students, Alberto Vasquez & Josh Taninowitz, have qualified for the State level finals of this prestigious competition.
Each instructor in the state is allowed to nominate 10 students for testing, with their top two scores constituting the team score. The top 10 team scores in the state advance to the state finals. Each state has a single competition except California which is split into two regions. The locals are training for the SoCal Championships (9 May @ Irwindale Speedway), by traveling on an almost daily basis to Vreeland Ford in Buellton which has provided new vehicles for them to practice on. The top teams in each State/Region advance to the National Finals this Summer in Dearborn, Michigan. The written & "hands-on" tests are generally considered to be at ASE qualification level.

Womens Golf

The Matador Spring Invitational

Earlier this week, LHS grad Julia Heath and her cohorts with the Cal-Poly Womens Golf Team won the 10th tournament championship in school history, the second one this year. Granted, the program only started eight years ago, but this group of players is clearly moving the program to an entirely different level than previous ones.
In the first round Heath, for the second straight tournament, "struggled", shooting a 79 on the 6,018 yard, par 72 Tierra Rejada Golf Course at Moorpark, CA. . But her teammates, with Hannah Brabb (75) leading the way, posted one of their better overall efforts to date and were tied for 2nd, two strokes (312) back of the leaders from Portland.
Round number 2 was a bit different, Julia dropped her score to 73, Brabb carded the only sub-par round (70) of the tourney and the Mustangs scored the lowest round total in school history (295) for a seven stroke victory over the host Cal St Northridge Matadors.

Brabb, the Medalist by three strokes, posted a 145 (75,70) total. Heath was 7th at 152 (79,73), Stephanie Yocum tied for 14th with a 157 (76 ,81), Maddy Fletcher tied for 19th at 159 (82,77), and Miquela Pendleton was 23rd at 162 (87,75). Competing as an individual, Kelly McEachern tied for 46th place 170 (82,88). There were nine teams and 60 golfers in the field.

Tuesday's 295 total broke the school record by one stroke and the 36-hole 607 total tied for 4th on Cal Poly's chart.In addition, Brabb's 70 tied the school record (Rebecca Norris 2003 & Maddy Fletcher earlier this season). While Brabb's 145 total is also one stroke better than the previous 36-hole record.

Sixty golfers (nine teams and 15 extras) competed in the event.

Next up for the Mustangs is the Big West Conference Championships on April 21-22 at the Tijeras Creek Golf Course in Rancho Santa Margarita.

Boys Tennis

Cabrillo
Varsity [3-5 LPL] Won @ Morro Bay 12-6
Ben Brady swept three sets at No. 2 singles and Andrew Shewell and Ryan Anderson swept 6-2, 7-5, 6-1 at No. 1 doubles for the Conquistadores.
JV: No Information availible. -- el stato

Track & Field, and Boys Golf & Tennis

Cabrillo's Jeff Martin tees off on the 11th hole at the VCC. Martin's 86 helped Cabrillo to their best 18-hole team score of the season.

It was Track & Field Thursday in the Lompoc Valley, with both local high schools at home; Cabrillo testing Templeton and Lompoc battling Morro Bay. Meanwhile the LPL golf gang gathered at the Village Country Club where Cabrillo hosted the 3rd league tournament, and the Lompoc tennis team traveled to Santa Ynez.

Boys Golf

Cabrillo / Lompoc

The varsity units for both schools took on the rest of the Los Padres League on the VCC course. As expected, St. Joseph, led by Medalist Chris Blystone's 69, won the event with a 412 score. Santa Ynez and Morro Bay tied at 428 but the Santa Ynez version of the Pirates were five strokes better in the (tiebreaking) sixth spot. Cabrillo (441), Lompoc (490), and Santa Maria (530) followed. Templeton notified organizers that due to team problems they would not be attending the meet. The usual sixth men for the locals have both demonstrated remarkable progress in the last few weeks. Cabrillo's Joe Pensabene shaved 14 strokes off his Tournament # 1 score, while Tyler Grossini of Lompoc dropped from 146 to 114 !! {Story}

Cabrillo Scores:
Perry Naughton - 83
Jeff Martin - 86
Aaron Hay - 86
Mike Morgan - 91
Drew Langston - 95
Joe Pensabene - 101

Lompoc Scores:
Brent Van Dyke - 82
Alex Stone - 96
Brian Magann - 98
Abie Luna - 100
Tyler Grossini - 114
Tyler Grossi - 116

Boys Tennis

Lompoc

Varsity [6-4, 4-2]: Lost 13-5 @ Santa Ynez
The Braves struggled on the road against the Pirates and, according to Head Coach Loretta Jensen, did not play as well as they could. On the whole, though, Coach Jensen was pleased with the team's performance (a 4-2 record and third place) in the first round of league play - but believes they can do better.
In Singles, Alex Jensen dropped his first set (6-3) to SY ace Juan Ferrer, before defeating Evan Ineman (6-1) and substitute Tyler Dalo (6-2).
Marco Psallo and Robert Rodriguez each lost to Ferrer (6-0) & Ineman (6-1), but then topped Masson Van Valin (Psallo 7-5, Rodriguez 6-2).
The duo of Andrew Yang / Kyle Thumm claimed the lone point for the Braves in doubles, beating Brandon Mann / Austin White. All three pairs lost to Miles Seemann / Curtis Cole by 6-0 scores. Joel Martin & Jesus Abrego went 0-6, 1-6 against Jackson Jewett / Cody Delanes and Mann / White. The Oscar Rodriguez / Cooper Barrick combo lost to those same teams by 6-1 scores. Yang & Thumm also dropped a set to Jewett / Delanes 6-3.


Track and Field



Cabrillo

It was a mixed bag on the hill against Templeton, but mostly it went the Conquistadors way - as the scoring shows:
Boys Varsity (2-2 LPL): 56-80
Girls Varsity (2-2 LPL): 73-62
Boys JV: 106-20
Girls JV: 108-17


Posting wins were:



Boys Varsity -
Miguel Ortiz (mile 4:34)
Schuyler Forrester (110 Hurdles 17.78)
Greg Watson (100 10.02 & 220 23.83)
Ben Li (2 mile 10:12)
David Phillips (HJ 5-8)
there were six seconds, and six thirds.


Girls Varsity -
Cabrillo #1 (4 x 100 46.24)
Genae Herrington (100 12.09)
Katie Avila (330 H 53.81)
Diamonne Mitchell (220 28.43)
Kendall Reynolds (HJ 5-1)
Taylor Wagonseller (LJ 13-5.5)
Tiara Phillips (Shot 31-2)
Brittany Skinner (Dsc 96-7.75)
2nds - 11, 3rds- 6


Boys JV-
Cabrillo #1 (4 x 100 56.84 & 4 x 400 4:14.02)
Armando Torres (mile 5:03 & 880 2:25.10)
Zane North (110 H 20.87 & 330 H 48.96)
Alberto Garcia (100 11.21, 220 26.18 & LJ 16-10)
Daniel Pena (2 mile 11:24)
T.C. Webb (TrpJ 32-7)
Jalen Davenport (PVlt 8-0)
2nds - 9, 3rds- 8


Girls JV -
Cabrillo #1 (4 x 100 49.30 & 4 x 400 5:20.02)
Bianca Rodriguez (mile 6:59)
Jennifer Hudson (100 H 21.63 & 330 H 1:04.43)
Farrah Shuaib (440 1:11.46 & 880 2:58.63)
Desiree Brown (100 12.50 & 220 29.62)
Devon Bedell (2 mile 15:16.00)
Kate O'Malley (HJ 4-2 & Shot 23-9)
Taylor Wagonseller (TrpJ 29-3)
2nds - 8, 3rds- 5

Lompoc (only results availible) @ Huyck Stadium
Morro Bay 79, Lompoc 57 (boys):
The Pirates stay undefeated in the LPL. Jerome Long (Morro Bay) won the shot put (47-7.5) and the discus (117-2).
Morro Bay 82, Lompoc 54 (girls):
The Pirates posted eight first-place finishes to defeat Lompoc for a Los Padres League road win.
Among the winners for Morro Bay were Sammy Thomas (mile 5:54.42) and Kendall Novick (two-mile 12:53).

I hope to have complete results from both meets up soon. -- el stato

Tidbits

Boys Tennis

Lompoc Head Coach Lorreta Jensen was playing her new favorite 'lucky numbers' in the Santa Ynez valley on Friday. The Braves took what she called "a little road trip" to take on the Dunn School Earwigs and won their fifth consecutive 14-4 score match. It was slated to be a varsity only match-up, but due to several players being unavailable on the first day of spring break, she called up a few from the otherwise inactive JV squad. Lompoc was still short a player, however, and forfeited three sets at #3 singles.

The other singles positions were admirably filled by Alex Jensen and Robert Rodriguez, who swept three sets apiece. Anthony Yang & Kyle Thumm at #1 doubles won all three of their sets 6-0. The usual #3 singles, Marco Psallo, teamed with Carlos Diaz (up from from the JV) for two wins. And Wyatt Peterson, also off the JV, joined with Oscar Rodriguez to win three sets (6-2,6-0,6-0). [Story]

Lompoc (6-2) will try to get in some practice sessions against Allan Hancock College and alumni players during the break. They face the 'big guns' of the LPL, St. Joseph & Santa Ynez, in the firsts two matches after their return.

Track & Field

Cabrillo was at the Santa Barbara Easter Relays at SBCC on Saturday. Although their results were not spectacular, the team had a very solid effort at this enormous convocation. Their top results were a 2nd in the 100 by Greg Watson (11.52) and a third place by the Distance Medley Relay unit.

other Boys results include:
4 x 200 - 8th
4 x 400 - 10th
4 x 800 - 4th

Girls results include:
4 x 100 - 6th
4 x 400 - 7th
800 relay - 10th
Triple Jump - Sara Taylor, 10th

More information to follow.

Lompoc: Preliminary investigations indicate that the 41' 2.5" Shot Put throw that Chelsea Cassulo had at the Atascadero Invitational is one of the top 10 marks posted in the state this year.

LHS/CHS Schedule (rest of March)

Varsity Baseball
Lompoc 24-27 @ Anaheim Lions Trny
Cabrillo 25-28 @ Righetti Spring Trny

JV Baseball
Both 22nd & 29th @ Righetti JV Trny

Varsity Softball
Lompoc 24-26 @ Best in the West
Cabrillo 28-29 @ Arroyo Grande Trny

JV Softball
Both 29th @ Cabrillo JV Trny

Boys Golf
Both 24th @ Lompoc Invitational
Lompoc 31st @ Morro Bay [LPL Dual]

No Swimming, Boys Tennis, or Track & Field is planned.

Total Action Thursday (20 March 08)

Oscar Rodriguez and Cooper Barrick of the Braves tennis team used a 3-0 effort against Cabrillo to move up to #2 doubles versus Morro Bay. They won 2 of 3 vs. the Pirates.



Phew !!! Where to begin ? By 6 pm, it seemed like almost everybody had been in action in the past 5 hours - because they had ! Both schools were trying to squeeze games in before the Easter recess.

Baseball ? Yup, both schools -all three levels.
Softball ? Both schools - Varsity & JV.
Boys Tennis? Same as softball.
Boys Golf ? LPL Tourney #2.
Track/Field ? LHS at home & CHS away.
Swimming ? LHS away vs SMHS/PVHS.

Baseball/Softball

Cabrillo 'Batters' the Saints

It was a huge day for the Conquistador offenses - the varsity softball team won 14-3 [Story], the JV won 23-0, the baseball varsity defeated Santa Maria 12-4, but the JV posted the biggest numbers of the day by winning 29-0. The softball varsity, for the second consecutive game, exploded in the late innings. They were clinging to a 2-1 lead after scoring on an unearned in the fifth, then scored 12 runs (7 & 5) in the final two innings. Eleven of the fourteen runs were unearned. The JV, however, used pitching and the long ball. Amanda Leake had 9 strikeouts in the 5 inning complete game, while Taylor Fuller had a triple to go along with home runs by Shy'Ann Morrow, Celena Castillo, & Ashala Martin. Derek Buttler drilled two shots off the wall for the JV baseball squad to help starter Sean Greathead collect the win.

Braves not up (to) all Knight(s)

The baseball varsity lost a longball duel 6-4 at St. Joseph [Story], while the softball squad was stymied 7-2 by Knight pitcher Kelly Snyder who struck out nine and scattered four hits. St. Joseph baseball jumped out to an early lead on a three-run homer by Matt Hartin in the first inning. The Braves were able to whittle down, erase, and even supplant the lead with a score by Chris Mallory and a home run by his brother Daniel in the sixth for a brief 4-3 advantage. That edge was wiped out when Luke Record also took Cody Berryman yard in the bottom half of the period.

Boys Tennis

Lompoc

Varsity
Loretta Jensen's crew cruised to their fourth straight 14-4 win to move to 4-0 in the LPL and 5-2 overall.
In singles, Alex Jensen went 3-0 without losing a game, and Marco Psallo & Robert Rodriguez each won two of their three sets against Morro Bay. The only losses were to Pirate #1 Mike Ion. The doubles combo of Anthony Yang / Kyle Thumm swept (6-1,6-3,6-1), and #3's Jesus Abrego / Joel Martin won 2 of 3 (4-6, 6-4, 6-2), but the real fun was at #2 doubles with Oscar Rodriguez and Cooper Barrick. They lost a tie-break 7-6 (7-5) in round one, and won one 7-6 (7-2) in round two before finishing with an average 6-4 win in the third.
JV
A very happy coach Jim Steffey was able to field most of a team on Thursday. The return of #1 singles player Wyatt Peterson from illness combined with the fact that the Pirates were shorthanded as well gave the Braves a fighting chance. They capitalized on the opportunity despite forfeiting three points in singles. Both Peterson (3-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-1) and Carlos Diaz (6-3,6-0,4-6) won two sets. Devin Day / Chris Aldama (0-6, 6-3) & Gabriel Hernandez / Edgar Solis (6-4, 6-2) were 3 for 4 in doubles. Neither squad had a #3 doubles unit. Peterson's tie-break win was the final contest of the day, and his win pushed the match into the Lompoc win column 7-6.

Cabrillo

Head coach Dan Troup has been looking for someone on his young squad to step up in singles. Alas! He is still looking. Templeton swept (9-0) the Conq's in singles for a 13-5 win. Cabrillo essentially played the Eagles even in doubles, going 4-5 with a tiebreaker loss. Andrew Shewell / Ryan Anderson won two sets (6-1,3-6,6-1), Casey Owen / Jose Flores (7-5,1-6,5-7) & Jordan Daniels / Arjun Ayyer (6-7 (5-7),0-6,6-1) each took a set. In round two, the Eagles inserted their top player (Tabre Haas) into the match at #1 doubles and he won two sets with partner Chuck Yates.

Boys Golf

Before the LPL tourney on Thursday, both local teams had dual matches with LPL opponents.
Cabrillo (2-6-1, 0-1-1) began on Tuesday, hosting Santa Ynez (5-6,1-1) for nine holes at the VCC. The Pirates prevailed 216-231. Scoring for the Conq's were Perry Naughton (46), Erin Hague (45), Jeff Martin (48), Drew Langston (46), Joe Pensabene (46). Three SY players tied at 40 for Medalist.
Lompoc hosted Santa Maria at La Purisima on Wednesday, in a match delayed from Monday. The Braves came out on top 250-265, despite the technical disqualification of Abie Luna's round (50) for signing a scorecard with an (inadvertant) error. Lompoc scorers were medalist Brent Van Dyke (43), Brian Magann (46), Alex Stone (47), Tyler Grossi (57), and Tyler Grossini (57). The Saints were unable to field any JV players, so Lompoc JV played as a foursome. Nick Martinez led with a 61, followed by Carter Bovee (62), Zach Sleigh (65), and Nick Foster (65). Matt Zebley was at an important meeting.

LPL Tournament #2 @ St. Joseph [18 holes]
Chris Blystone (75) of St. Joseph was the Medalist, followed by A.J. Woronovich (77, Santa Ynez) and Matt Hansen (78, Morro Bay).

St. Joseph-413
Santa Ynez-422
Morro Bay-433
Templeton-452
Cabrillo -458
[ Naughton 86, Aaron Hay 95, Martin 96, Langston 86, Morgan 95, Pensabene 98]
Lompoc-483
[ Van Dyke 88, Stone 99, Magann 98, Luna 93, Grossi 105, Grossini 117]
Santa Maria-504

Track / Field & Swimming

Lompoc track hosted Santa Maria at Huyck Stadium, while Cabrillo was at Morro Bay.
The Braves won 3 of the 4 matches - boys varsity 79-48, girls varsity 86-35, and girls JV 81-23. Only the boys JV fell (42-61). Detailed info to follow later.
No info was readily available for Cabrillo at Morro Bay or Lompoc Swimming at Paul Nelson Pool in Santa Maria versus the Saints and the Pioneer Valley Panthers. --- el stato

Quick Notes

Cal Poly - SLO



The Mustang women's golf team took on a squad from CSU Bakersfield last weekend and, once again, were led by LHS grad Julia Heath. She and fellow Mustang Elsie Walker were co-medalists (78) as Cal-Poly won 317-386.



Allan Hancock College

The WSC Scholar-Athlete Award winners for the Fall Sports were finally announced and included several Lompoc Valley residents: Joseph Scott (football), Katelyn Lynch (volleyball), Duania Evans (x-c), Arianna Fabing (x-c), and Amanda Murray (soccer). The womens cross country squad also qualified for state recognition as a team by maintaining a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Jeff Monteleone (CHS) has been the lynchpin of the Bulldog men's track team so far this year. They have participated in two meets this season with team scoring and Jeff has accounted for 19 of the 27 points the unit has managed to accumulate.[Stats] This included two 1sts and a 3rd in three races at last weeks meet - a feat which won him the NCART Athlete of the week award. Yup, the same award won recently by LHS grad Corey Dotzler for his play with the Hancock baseball team. Arianna Fabing (LHS)and Terri Ladja (CHS) have also run well for the Bulldogs.
On Saturday, AHC was at the Bakersfield Invitational. The men finished 16th of 17 with 9.5 points - with Monteleone posting a 10th (800M 2:00.90) and a tie for 7th (1500M 4:14.06) for 1.5 of those points. The ladies were 10th of 17 with 15 points. In the 800, Duania Evans (LHS) ran a 2:55.42 good for 29th in her first action of the year. In the 1500, Arianna Fabing was 5th (5:32.35), Evans 19th (6:20.08), Terri Ladja 21st (6:36.58). Fabing was also 10th (21:05.10)in the 5000 .[See Complete Results]

Also this week came news that Amanda Murray, currently of the AHC soccer team, had a very good tryout with the Cal-State Dominguez Hills squad on Friday.

High School

All-Area

Chelsea Casullo (LHS) and Roxanne Rentchsler (CHS) were named to the All-Area Girls Basketball Team by the Santa Maria Times[Story]. The All-Area Boys Basketball Team includes Joe Alerta & Trae Vernon from Lompoc and Kenny Taylor of Cabrillo [Story].

Cabrillo High School

The swim teams had a very sucessful Friday in the pool, with the boys winning 124-45 (JV 92-19) and the girls winning 113-72 (JV 107-62). More Info to come.

On the 14th, the softball team (6-2) won a game by against San Marcos by a 5-0 score [stats]. The win was keyed by Kelcie Jo Pecyna's bases loaded triple in the third inning. They followed it up on the Saturday, the 15th, with two against Nipomo, by impressive 7-1 [Stats] and 16-3 [Stats] scores.

The baseball team played two against San Marcos on Saturday, winning the first 15-5 [Stats], but losing the second 7-2 [Stats].

Meanwhile the Track teams were on the road at the Camarillo Invitational.

Lompoc High School

The baseball team lost Friday 9-5 [stats] to San Marcos - only 5 of the runs they gave up were earned.

Swimming traved to Santa Ynez, but no information has been reported yet.

The Track teams followed their performance versus St. Joseph with a trip to the Atascadero Memorial Invitational. The Braves sent 13 girls and 10 boys to the event and, apart from Masson Blow, the girls had a better day. Masson was 1st in the Triple-jump (43-8), 5th in the Long Jump (20-1.5), and 6th in the 400m sprint (54.06). Along with Jake Morhart's 6th in the 110m hurdles (17.60) those were the only top 10 finishes the Lompoc boys posted. The girls, on the other hand had 12 top 10 finishes, including 2 seconds and 4 thirds. Jozza Ray was 2nd in the Long Jump (17-0.5), a 3rd in the High Jump (5-2), and 3rd in the Triple (34-10). Chelsea Casullo took a second in the Shot Put (41-2), and thirds in the Discus (109-4), and 100m Hurdles (17.54). Other top 10 performances were contributed by Kayla Fajardo (5th Discus, 101-10), Megan Wales (5th 400m, 1:02.41), Courtney Stumpo (5th 300mH, 52.36 & 6th 100mH, 18.05), and Darian Duell-Ray (7th 300mH, 53.35 & 9th 100mH, 18.94). The girls team of Onyemauche Agbodike, Duell-Ray, Ray, and Stumpo also took third in the 4 x 100m Relay [See (in)Complete results-missing some info in the girls field events].

-- el stato

Action, Action, Everywhere

The Hoop Magic Team was in town at Paisola Pavillion[Here posing for pictures after the game]. Both high school boys tennis squads (and the JV's), both track and field units (boys/girls varsity and JV), and Cabrillo baseball (all three levels) were active on Thursday. In addition, the initial LPL boys golf tournament was held at the Alisal. But perhaps the most important developments occurred away from the field, where a number of players were suspended by the schools for various reasons.

Hoop Magic

Fun and games at Halftime

Chaz WB and the rest of the Hoop Magic crew put on a highly entertaining show Thursday night at LHS. The team from Charlotte, N.C. had the crowd rockin' and laughing the whole night. And who could forget the "contributions" of locals like Claudia 'ankle-length shorts' Terrones, Paul 'the Statue' Boomersbach, and Nic 'superwedgie' Jensen. Then there was the performance of "celebrity" coach Brad Memberto who, it was rumored, actually stood up twice - once at halftime and once to ask where the press buffet was. If you weren't there - you missed out !![Story] [Hoop Magic Site]

This works better if your team has the ball Art

...but the snack bar is that way.








Boys Golf


The day started off with golf and it contained perhaps the greatest surprise. CHS super soph Chaz Whitmore has apparently played his last round for the Conq's this season.
Whitmore


On the Ranch Course at the Alisal Ranch, the events were a little more predictable. Santa Ynez (410) won, and St. Joseph (436) just nipped Morro Bay (438) for second place. Cabrillo (455) was 4th, Lompoc (495) 5th, followed by Templeton (522), and Santa Maria (no score - not enough golfers). St. Joseph's Chris Blystone (75) was the medalist, followed closely by Tyler Shean (76) from Santa Ynez.

Individual scores by Cabrillo for the 18 holes were (in golfing order): Perry Naughton -80, Aaron Hay-97, Drew Langston - 96, Jeffrey Martin - 84, Joe Pensabene - 118, Michael Morgan - 98.
Brian Magann

Playing for Lompoc were Brent van Dyke - 84, Alex Stone - 100, Brian Magann - 100, Tyler Grossi - 107, Abie Luna - 104, and Tyler Grossini - 146.


Track and Field


Part of the Cabrillo Team
At Cabrillo the visiting and under-manned Santa Maria Saints were swarmed under by the Conquistadors who actually held out some of their crew to compete in the Cerritos Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Lompoc meanwhile hosted St. Joseph at Huyck Stadium. The Braves were handed defeats by both the boys (106-30) and girls (97-39). Masson Blow, the ROP co-Brave of the Quarter, posted a triple-jump win at 43' 9", while Jozza Ray was a triple-winner. She won the high jump (4'10"), long jump (18' 1"), and triple-jump (34'2"). The JV teams also fell - the boys 93-26, and the girls 111-17. Detailed track & field, and Fridays swimming, results will be posted on Saturday or Sunday.

Baseball

It was not a stellar day for the LPL against the PAC-7 - SLO (4-0) beat Santa Ynez 26-5, Atascadero (3-1) beat Templeton 15-5, and Nipomo (4-0) beat Cabrillo 8-1.

The Titans Joe Delfin almost did Cabrillo in by himself. [Story] He pitched 6 srong innings, giving up 1 run on 2 hits, a walk, and 1 hit batsman, while striking out five. He also helped himself at the plate - going 3-3 with a double and scoring a run. Unfortunately for Cabrillo, Delfin brought his buddies with him. They scored an average of two runs an inning through the fourth (2,2,1,3), helped immeasurably by Mason Sperakos who was 3-4 (with a double), scored 2 runs and drove in 2 more. The Conqs managed to post a run in the second, but were out hit 9-2 on the day. Aaron Naputi started on the mound, and scored the Conq's lone run in the 2nd, before being relieved by Deuce Galvan (5th) and Justin Boggs (6th). Brian Engler had a double that set up Naputi's score. Cabrillo (2-4) faces San Marcos on Saturday.
Both the JV and the frosh hosted Nipomo.

Boys Tennis

Lompoc

Varsity won 14-4 @ Santa Maria
The Lompoc Braves varsity traveled to Santa Maria's Minami Center to take on the Saints. Lompoc got its usual sweep from Alex Jensen and picked up two more singles points from Daniel Borcharding. The Braves dominated doubles 8-1, propelled by sweeps from Antony Yang (called up from JV) / Kyle Thumm and Joel Martin / Jesus Abrego.
JV
The varsity left behind very meager defenses to face the Saints JV. Due to varsity call-ups (another one), illness (2), and school discipline (2), only three players remained of Jim Steffey's already depleted corps. Each of the three competed in singles and all went 1-2. Chris Aldama (6-2, 1-6, 1-6), Edgar Solis (6-4, 3-6, 3-6), and Gabriel Hernandez (1-6, 6-3, 2-6) all began playing tennis about five weeks ago. All of the doubles matches were forfeited.

Cabrillo
Cabrillo's varsity ventured to Santa Ynez to tangle with the Pirates, while the JV was home against the junior version of the swashbucklers. The varsity fell 15-3 with the Andrew Shewell / Ryan Anderson combo picking up two of the three points. --- el stato

Spring Preview - Swimming, Track, & Golf

Cabrillo looks to continue its winning tradition set by swimmers like these CIF Champs from last year.

Today we preview swimming, track & field, and boys golf. Remember all rosters and schedules are subject to change. And away we go... [if Blogger starts behaving again]...

Swimming & Diving
Schedules: Lompoc Cabrillo

Cabrillo girls have won seven consecutive league championships, and the boys have won 4 of the last 5. Nuff said.

Lompoc
Rosters: Boys Girls
[Kevin Hicks (boys)]
[John McNutt/Jackie Jaenicke (girls)]
Lompoc's swim squads have three things in common - some talent, lots of inexperience, and lack of depth. On the boys team 14 of the 16 members are in either their 1st or 2nd season of high school competition. They are bolstered somewhat, however, by the addition of foreign exchange students Jacobo Setti (Italy) & Georges Hoebrechts (Belgium) and by Kyle Pickles and Ed Pelkey off the wrestling team. The girls (13 varsity, 18 JV) have several of the youngsters off of the very young Water Polo squad, that they hope will do well. These include Brooke Crouse, Kimly Hoang, Andrea King, Shelby Carpenter, & Erika Elenes.

The Braves stuck their collective toes in the water on Tuesday at Atascadero, and experienced Piranha like conditions. The girls lost 133 - 38, scoring 3rds in the relays and five individual events. Shelby Carpenter (200 Free/500 Free), and Kimly Hoang (200 IM/100 Back) each had two, and Andrea Caballero had one (100 Free).

At the LPL Pentathalon on Friday, Brooke Crouse was 5th in the girls junior / senior event (won by Paty Vogel of Germany, an exchange student at Santa Maria HS). On the boys side, Kyle Pickles was 5th) in the upperclassmen races, Michael Ostrander 5th and Tyler Emory 9th for the frosh / soph squad.

Lompoc hosted Paso Robles in place of the scheduled Righetti Warriors @ COLAC on Tuesday (4 March). The exact score was not readily available after the meet, but Paso won both the boys & girls contests by large margins.

Cabrillo
Rosters: Boys Girls (JV)
[Joel Jory (boys)]
[Scott Alvarez/Dave Riley (girls)]

The Cabrillo swim teams are once again large, deep, and fast. Coach Jory has 25 boys (8 seniors) out this year, while the girls have 27 (10 seniors) on varsity and another 31 on the JV. Many are veterans of the highly sucessful Cabrillo Water Polo units, especially on the girls team. Rachel Nelson, Ashlea Coski, the Huggins sisters, Michelle Buss, Daniela Alvarado, Maggie Carroll, Jessica Denton, Meghan Bradley, and the rest of the usual suspects are back to swamp the competition.

The Conq's hit the pool on Thursday against Righetti [story], the boys lost 94-76 while the girls won 103-67. On Friday at the LPL Pentathlon, Cabrillo dominated the field, but was unable to capture the top spots. The girls took 8 of the top 10 spots in both the "varsity" (sr/jr) and "JV" (so/fr) races. The boys were not far behind - taking 6 of 10 in the varsity competition and 4 of 10 in the JV.

Track & Field
Schedules: Lompoc Cabrillo

St. Joseph is the defending LPL champions - both boys and girls. Santa Ynez is usually good, Templeton is improving, and Cabrillo looks to be in the mix. Lompoc, Morro Bay, and Santa Maria round out the league.

Lompoc

Boys Roster
Girls Roster

Lompoc opened their season at the Paso Robles Invitational on Saturday. There was little to show for their trip to the 14-team tournament, except for two nice performances on the girls team. Jozza Ray cleared 5"4' in the High Jump, and Chelsea Cassulo had a 38' 6.5" effort in the Shot Put. They start LPL action by hosting St. Joseph on Thursday the 6th of March.

Cabrillo

Boys Roster
Girls Roster

Cabrillo likewise opened their season at the Paso Robles Invitational on Saturday, where the boys finished in 3rd with 55 points, eleven points back of the host Bearcats and 5 behind LPL foe Templeton. They were also just three points ahead of another LPL team - the St. Joseph Knights. In the girls meet, St. Joseph was 2nd (64 points) & Templeton was 5th (50 points) with both local squads down the list. Cabrillo travels to Santa Ynez on Thursday (6 March) to open LPL competition.


Boys Golf
Schedules: Lompoc Cabrillo

2007 LPL titlists Santa Ynez return everybody. Morro Bay & St. Joseph were in the race throughout the season, with Templeton not far behind.
Cabrillo and Lompoc had their momments, while Santa Maria struggled.
There is one major change in LPL procedure this year, the league dual meets will only be nine holes. The tournaments will remain at eightteen holes.

Lompoc [Chris Adams]

Roster

Last year, 1st year coach Chris Adams fielded a very young Braves squad. The top six consisted of three freshmen, two sophomores, and junior Brent Van Dyke. Some familiarity with both the game and the courses should help. Lompoc had planned to open last Monday @ Chalk Mountain against Atascadero, but the Greyhounds pulled out of the match. So they opened the season on Tuesday vs. Paso Robles (under new head coach Steve Hahn) @ Hunter Ranch. In the opener Lompoc shot a 502, a little higher than they were scoring at the end of last season, and quite a bit higher than the Bearcats 407. They next host Nipomo @ La Purisima on Wednesday. Hopefully, having the opening game jitters gone and the home cookin' will help.

Cabrillo [Craig Knowles, Don Cross]

Roster

In boys golf each team has six players and scores the top five. Cabrillo boys golf coach Craig Knowles has 17 players on the squad this season, so he has some decisions to make. Five players have already separated themselves from the pack and figure to constitute the core of the scoring group. They are seniors Terry Naughton & Jeff Martin, sophomore Chaz Whitmore, and freshmen Aaron Hay & Drew Langston. Naughton and Martin are the only two seniors on the team, while Whitmore was 7th in league last year.

On Thursday, the Conquistadores traveled Hunter Ranch to take on the Paso Robles Bearcats. Unfortunately, the teams were unable to complete the match - only finishing 15 of the 18 holes. The match was decided based on the front nine scores. Cabrillo scores included: Naughton-43, Martin- 51, Whitmore- 46, Hay & Langston - both 48. It was the first time many of the team had seen the Hunter Ranch course.

Cabrillo traveled to play Nipomo @ Monarch Dunes on Monday, and to Alisal to play Santa Ynez, SLO & Righetti on Tuesday.
The SLO Tigers won the event with a 409 score on the Ranch course, followed by Santa Ynez (412), Righetti (414), and Cabrillo (466). The Conq's scorers were Chaz Witmore (80), Drew Langston (89), Perry Naughton & Aaron Hay (both 97), and Mike Morgan (103).

Other Scores-
Coming soon: "The Grid"

Boys Tennis

Lompoc lost to a tough San Marcos squad on the road 14-4. Scoring points for the Braves were singles players Alex Jansen, who won all three of his sets (7-6, 6-1, 6-0), and Robert Rodriguez who won (6-2) versus a substitute for the Royals #1 player.

Cabrillo was also beaten 14-4 at home by Nipomo. While the Titans swept the doubles, Eric Wang managed to win two singles sets.

Softball/Baseball

Lompoc

Lompoc hosted Paso Robles in both sports on Tuesday, and it was a tale of missed opportunities in both games. The baseball team [story] lost 9-5, after giving up nine runs in the first four innings, and stranding eleven runners on base in the last four. The girls were in a scoreless tie going into the sixth inning when the starter, frosh Brianna Vickery, finally surrenderred two runs to a quite good Bearcat line-up. In the seventh, the Braves had a shot at pulling it out. Pitcher Michelle Moses gave up a walk with one out. A fielders choice then resulted in a runner on first and two out. The next batter doubled to left center, driving in a run and moving to third base on an overthrown ball. Unfortunately, the Braves rally died on the vine when the following batter struck out to end the game. The JV softball team also lost 5-1 to the Bearcats, although Coach Eva Luna cited the high quality of play by Mariah LaShore in the loss.

Cabrillo

Cabrillo also had problems converting scoring chances. Trailing Santa Barbara 5-2 in the bottom of the seventh, they got two runners on but Don's reliever Mason Radke (who got the win vs. Lompoc on Friday) closed out the Conq's. Santa Barbara had taken the lead when two Cabrillo errors helped give them two runs in the first inning. They then added a run each in the 3rd, 5th, & 7th innings. Cabrillo scored in the second on Deuce Galvan's solo homer. It was his first varity at-bat, he also doubled later in the game. They then manufactured one in the fourth. Zach Pecyna scored after singling, stealing second, advancing to third on a wild pitch, and coming home on a ground out fielders choice by Galvan. Aaron Naputi started on the mound for the Conquistadors, and was relieved by Brian Engler and Justin Boggs. ---- el stato

The first full weekend of spring

Unfortunately, a combination of factors (the forces of technology are allied against me) prevented the posting of part 2 of the spring preview. It will appear (hopefully) on Tuesday, because there was so much activity over the weekend that I wanted to catch you up on. As part of that preview I will include the results from Saturday's LPL swimming pentathalon and the Bearcat Rotary Track & Field Invitational- both local high schools participated in these events. So we start with ...

Baseball

Cabrillo coming off of a pair of scrimmages played an alumni team on Saturday, and will open at home against CIF Div II #7 ranked Santa Barbara on Tuesday. The real action though belongs to the Lompoc Braves. They played those same SB Dons on Friday, on route to a Saturday double-header at Coach Jim Allen's old school Rialto.

The Braves opened the season at Eddie Matthews Field with a bang, as Brandon Alonzo (shown above) parked the second pitch of the season over the outfield fence for a quick 1-0 lead. But Don's pitcher Mason Radke settled down after that, shutting out the Lompoc squad for the next five innings, while Santa Barbara built a 8-1 lead. They scored two runs each in four of the first five innings, and a solo run in the other (the 2nd). The Braves made it interesting , however, with a four run seventh powered by an Alonzo three-run homer after Kevin Erickson had doubled off reliever Zach Chavez, but the Dons held on to win 8-5. Radke, an All-Channel League hurler last season surrendered only three hits and one walk on 89 pitches in six innings. He recorded twelve strikeouts. Freshman Ryan Bower took the loss for the Braves, with relief work by Ritchie Hirzel and Dan Mallory.

The Braves split against Rialto losing 10-3 in the first game, but took the second (7-4) with a four run burst in the 7th inning. In the top half Chris Mallory took the loss, pitching three innings. Rudy Yruegas (4th & 5th inn.), and Daniel Dunaetz (the 6th) got their first varsity experience on the mound. Dan Mallory went 2-2 and Scotty Aguailar was 2-3 at the plate. Dalton Rouleau went the distance on the mound for the locals in game two.
The diminutive Brandon Alonzo got his third homer in as many games. Chris Mallory had a double, a triple, and scored two runs. And freshman Jamel Whitaker got his first varsity hit - a 2-run game-winning double in the 7th.

Softball

The Lompoc softball team also jumped straight into the fray, traveling to SLO on Friday to take on the Tigers, then did an about face and headed south to the Simi Valley Tournament for two games. Cabrillo meanwhile was hosting their own tournament on Saturday.

The Braves took advantage of SLO's inability to put hits together winning 7-2, even though they were outhit 11-7. Courtney Doza went 5 innings for the Braves and Brianna Vickery finished up. Dana Campitelli had two hits for Lompoc. At Simi, the Braves lost to a very good Buena team 9-2 with Paty Martinez throwing a complete game. The Bulldogs outhit the Braves 6-3, and both sides commited several errors. Next up was the Arroyo Grande Eagles and it was not lookin good for the locals until a five run rally in the fifth (and final) inning gave the Braves a 5-3 win. Jeana Carrillo led the way spending four innings on the mound and belting a double, to go along with a single and an RBI, at the plate. In JV action against SLO Catarina "Catachill" Chill was tagged with the complete game 6-3 loss, although she was not helped much by the five or so errors committed by the defense.

Cabrillo easily rolled past Carpenteria (12-0) and Bishop Diego (11-0) at the Conquistador Classic. Both KylieShea Aldridge and Alyssa Abayari posted complete mercy-rule shortened games on the hill. Coach Meeder was pleased that the girls maintained their intensity throughout both contests. In the first day of competition Cabrillo, Santa Maria, and Nipomo won both of their games, Santa Barbara was 1-1, and Santa Ynez, Carpenteria, and Bishop Diego were each winless at 0-2.


The Last of Winter

The Los Padres League released its All-LPL lists for the winter sports (except for wrestling). And, speaking of wrestling, Masson Blow finished up his high school grappler career in fine fashion going 3-2 at the state meet [bracket]. His two losses were to the wrestlers who finished 6th and 7th. The three sport standout now turn his attention to the track where he hopes to improve on his already impressive long jump & triple jump efforts from last year. He has also been fielding recruiting inquiries from various colleges seeking his services on the football field.

Upcoming Events

Monday 3 March:
Cabrillo boys golf @ Nipomo 1pm
Tuesday 4 March:
Cabrillo Baseball vs. Santa Barbara 3:15
Cabrillo Softball vs. Dos Pueblos 3pm
Cabrillo boys Tennis vs. Nipomo 3pm
Cabrillo boys Golf @ SY/Righetti 12pm
Lompoc Baseball vs. Paso Robles 3:30
Lompoc Softball vs. Paso Robles 4pm
Lompoc Swimming vs Righetti 3pm
Lompoc boys Tennis @ San Marcos 3pm
Lompoc boys Golf @ Paso Robles 1pm

--- el stato

Spring Preview-Black/Blue Battles

The CHS 200 meter freestyle relay team beat Lompoc and everyone else by winning a CIF Championship in 2007 - can they repeat? Spring Previews coming soon !!!



Fun & Fundraisers
Lompoc
The Third Annual Braves Classic Golf Tournament will be held at Villiage Country Club on Friday, 28 March 2008 to benefit all athletic programs at Lompoc High School. The $125 cost of the four-player shotgun scramble includes golf round (with cart), lunch, dinner,tee prizes, and a door prize ticket.

Registration forms are availible at the LHS athletic office, Aceco Equipment Company, Lompoc Community Bank, Rabobank (Lompoc branch), RE/MAX Mission Realty, Tom's Hamburgers, & Sunset Auto Center.

Call the athletic office at 742-3073 for more information.

Cabrillo
Cabrillo HS has announced that the Patrick Otsini Memorial Alumni Baseball Game is scheduled for Saturday, 1 March 2008 at McIntyre Field.
Batting Practice will start at 10 a.m. for the varsity and 10:45 for the alumni squad, with gametime at noon.

An alumni softball game has also been scheduled for Saturday, 19 April 2008 at 11 a.m. . Contact the CHS athletic office (742-2905) for more information about either event.

LOMPOC vs. CABRILLO Contests

As we move from the Winter to Spring sports seasons I thought we should note the dates of the most important contests on the schedule, so here are the Lompoc/Cabrillo match-ups for the spring sports - as always subject to adjustment.

Key:
Lompoc Home Game
Cabrillo Home Game
Neutral Site

Softball (4:00pm):
Varsity & JV- 11 April @ LHS, 6 May @ CHS
JV also in Cabrillo Trny 29 Mar & 5 Apl

Baseball (4:00 pm unless noted):
Varsity - 11April @ LHS, 6 May @ CHS
JV - 11 April @ CHS, 6 May @ LHS
Both in ERHS Trny 15/22/29 March
FR- 8 March (2-11:00 am & ff) @ LHS,
5 Apl (11:00) @ CHS, 11 Apl @ CHS,
19 Apl (11:00) @ CHS, 30 Apl @LHS,
6 May @ LHS, 8 May @ CHS.

Boys Tennis (3:30 PM):
Varsity - 18 March @ CHS, 17 Apl @ LHS
JV - 18 March @ LHS, 17 Apl @ CHS

Boys/Girls Track & Field:
Varsity & JV - 1 March Paso Robles Invit.
19 April SB County Meet (Carpenteria)
22 April LPL Dual meet (CHS host 3:30)
26/29 April LPL Prelims & Finals

Boys/Girls Swimming:
Varsity & JV - 29 Feb. LPL Pentathalon @ COLAC
7 March LPL Dual @ COLAC (3:00)
26 & 29 Apl. LPL Prelims & Finals (Nelson Pool)

Boys Golf :
Varsity & JV- 10 March @ La Purisima GC,
the Lompoc Invit. Trny on 24 March,
plus 7 LPAL Trnys (SY 13 Mar/StJ 20 Mar/Tpltn 10 Apl/SM 17 Apl/MB 1 May)
including -3 Apl @ VCC, 24 Apl @ LPGC.