Invasion of the Royals [10 Sep 2014]

Wednesday, September 10, 2014 

It was a beautiful day in the valley, and a couple hundred harriers decided to go for a run. I did not join their enterprise, but I did watch some of them at River Park where the Braves hosted the Lompoc Invitational. Cabrillo, meanwhile, hit the road to Oak Canyon Community Park near Oak Park HS north of the Agoura Hills for the Oak Park Invitational.

The aquatic Braves were also in action - Lompoc hosting St Joseph in Water Polo at the COLAC.

Lacei Sanders and Claudia Carrillo - Usually running, but on Wednesday handing out the finishing cards.

Cross-Country 

Lompoc Invitational at River Park [B/G, V/JV] 3pm
[Lompoc, Orcutt Academy (Girls), Santa Maria, San Marcos]

The visiting San Marcos squad ruled the roost at the river. Coach Lawrence Stehmeier's Runnin' Royals raced to 3 1st place finishes, with clean sweeps in two of them. The only other runner to break into the top 5 in any race was the Braves Diego Ramirez who took 2nd in the Boys Varsity race.

The girls race lost some luster when two of Braves top scoring threats, Lacei Sanders & Claudia Carrillo, did not run. Both were pulled from the start list due to concerns about exacerbating pre-existing injuries.

Royal Walker Odell posted the best time of the day (16:19), well off course record (14:27) Michael Coe [Cal] set back in 2005.  Adilene Adalpa led the girls with a nice 18:31 trip past the pond, but did not challenge Addi Zerrenner's [Arizona] pace from last year (17:36).


Team Results

Individual Results by Contest 

Individual Results by Team 

Oak Park Invitational at Oak Canyon Park  [B/G, V/JV] 2pm
Cabrillo/ etc. 

The complete results can be found here.

Cabrillo Team Results
Boys Varsity: Cabrillo 6th (of 10)
Girls Varsity: Cabrillo 6th (of 9)
Boys JV: Cabrillo 5th (of 7)
Girls JV: Cabrillo 5th (of6)
Boys Frosh: Cabrillo 2nd (of 8)
Girls Frosh: Cabrillo No Team

Boys Water Polo 


St. Joseph vs Lompoc at COLAC [V 2:40, JV 3:40] [STORY]

Varsity
St Joseph 11, Lompoc 8
(Lom 2,2,2,2 - 8    SJ 2,2,5,3 - 11)

Coach Charlie Bell and the Knights have had a good couple of days versus the valley - defeating Cabrillo on Tuesday & Lompoc on Wednesday. Misael Evans impressed Lompoc Head Coach Taylor Emery with his 2-meter defense.

Knights: Goals: Walker Armstrong 6 (5 2H), Gian Spallino, Matthew Morales, Josh Smith, Dante Hodge, Ronnie Rose.
Goalkeeping: Ryan Watkins 3 svs, 6 stls.

Braves: Goals: Steven Rodriguez 2, Nick Robles 2, Andrew Waite, Bryce Midoro, Alex Rodriguez, Javier Hernandez. Goalkeeping: Phoenix Herrigel 10 svs. Team - 11 Turnovers (Resulting in 4 Goals).

1st Quarter
1-0 Lompoc (2:27)- Steven Rodriguez
2-0 Lompoc - Andrew Waite  [Tap-in] 
2-1 St. Joseph (1:33) - Gian Spallino [Asst -Matthew Morales]
2-2 St. Joseph (0:59) - Matthew Morales [Rebound]

2nd Quarter
2-3 St. Joseph (5:39) - Walker Armstrong 
3-3 Lompoc - Nick Robles [rebound, man-up] 
3-4 St Joseph - Josh Smith [Man-up]
4-4 Lompoc (1:12) - Steven Rodriguez

3rd Quarter
4-5 St. Joseph:Dante Hodge
4-6 St. Joseph:Walker Armstrong 
5-6 Lompoc (3:34): Bryce Mindoro
5-7 St. Joseph: Walker Armstrong 
5-8 St. Joseph: Walker Armstrong 
6-8 Lompoc: Nick Robles
6-9 St. Joseph: Walker Armstrong

4th Quarter
St. Joseph: Ronnie Rose
Lompoc: Javier Hernandez 
St. Joseph: Walker Armstrong
Lompoc: Alex Rodriguez


Around the LPL

Girls Tennis

Nipomo 14, Coast Union 4

The Titans shuffled the deck, personnel-wise, and still came up big. Nipomo split up #1 doubles team Ashley Jimenez/Monica Guerrero and they each were undefeated in singles.

Titans [2-2]:

Singles [9-0]: #1 Ashley Jimenez 3-0 (6-4, 6-4, 6-1); #2 Monica Guerrero 2-0, Dani Cardenas 1-0; #3 Mikayla Costello 3-0.

Doubles [5-4]: #1 Julia Johnson/Nicole Johnson 1-0, Aimie Olson/Nicole Johnson 2-0; #2 Elle Lopez/Brooke Marangl 1-2; #3 Nyessa Perez/Lexie Neumann 1-2. 

Broncos [0-3]: 

Doubles [4-5]: Courtney Castle/Renee Johnson 2-1.

2014 Lady Pirate Invitational & Cabrillo Tennis [8 Sep 2014]

Monday, September 8, 2014

Some of the best high school girls golfers gathered at the Alisal River Course on a gorgeous Monday afternoon to battle for the Lady Pirate Invitational crown. Meanwhile, the Cabrillo tennis collective were holding court at Pioneer Valley. 

Local Results

Girls Golf: 

Varsity Only
The 2014 Lady Pirate Invitational [2 Player Teams - Best Ball]  
at the Alisal River Course [All 18, Par 72]

The tourney started late since a number of teams from down south were delayed by the 9 hour closure of the north-bound 101 freeway. Apparently, a man was killed when his vehicle ran into a construction vehicle near the Carpinteria work zone. Slow Down in the Cone Zone Folks! The two teams from Oaks Christian did not make it, and the last to make it, Camarillo, arrived after 1:30 pm.

The 19 teams, from 12 schools, that did compete, "enjoyed" a course that was in beautiful condition, but had been set up for an earlier PGA event. Also due to the late start, the afternoon wind & impending darkness began to come into play. These difficulties were ameliorated in large measure, however, by the excellent food and gracious service provided by the River Grill staff.

The golfers themselves, ranged from experienced veterans receiving a nod for faithful service and high-hope rookies getting 'broken in', to the 'title contenders'. For many of the players it was their 1st experience at 'best-ball' competition.

Four teams provided the award winners (plaques were given to the top 2 individuals & the top 4 teams) - Nipomo was 2nd in the Team competition with the Titans Cynthia Navis winning Medalist Honors.with a 73 to tie the Tournament record. 

Medalist Cynthia Navis en route to award #1

Newbury Park 'A' took the team title, led by Medalist runner-up Madison Wood (74), while Bella Vigna's 3rd place individual finish (76) lifted Dos Pueblos 'A' into 3rd Place in the team competition. Righetti 'A' took 4th due to Sarah Fouratt's 79 - good for fourth individually.

(More Pictures at Bottom of Post)

Girls Tennis: 
Cabrillo vs Pioneer Valley [V at Pioneer Valley, JV at Cabrillo - 3p]

Varsity
Cabrillo 18, San Marcos 0 

Singles
Ricky Patel 3-0 (6-0,6-1,6-0)
Sierra Hohimer 3-0 (6-0,6-0,6-0)
Kaeli Jones 3-0 (lost 4 games)

Doubles
Sydney Townes/Krista Triguero 3-0 (6-0,6-0,6-0)
Olivia Gore/Issy Sherman 3-0 (lost 3 games)
Chrissy Hedges/Ashley Stewart 3-0 (lost 2 games)

Junior Varsity
Cabrillo 18, San Marcos 0 
No Additional Information Provided Yet.


Lady Pirate Invite Pix

The St Joseph crew (Georgie Littlefair, Hana Goble) count cards with Camarillo's Natalie Tanaka.

First group in - San Marcos 'B' and Righetti 'A'

Navis checks the board. Yup, still on top!

Some San Marcos ...

more San Marcos (Kelsey Gellert) ...

and even more San Marcos.

Jamu Carricaburu (R) from Santa Ynez won the coolest name contest.

The Westlake Crew included Kristen Chen, Claire Thompson, Morgan Foster, and Autumn Wagner

Gaby B & Devan from Cabrillo

Newbury Park: The Wood twins (Madison& Skyler) with Sabrina English and Jayne Avendano

 Pairs of AG and St. Joseph girls. 

Dos Pueblos represented by Miraya Ramirez, Macy Broesamle, Megan Card, and Beth Vigna.

NSBC Athletic Roundtable Monday, 8 September 2014

Monday, 8 September 2014  

Pizza Time is finally here. The NSBCART met for the first time in the nascent season and the a few new CIF-SS Polls are out. Polls will be placed in the tabs, eventually.

AHC Women's Volleyball: Brittany Bolusan [Lompoc], Brianna Farley [Cabrillo]

NSBCART Luncheon

Athletes of the Week   

Male Athlete of the Week  

Torey Sims, Lompoc Football

Torey Sims

In Lompoc's 35-34 OT win at Nipomo, the Braves QB threw for 168 yards, and rushed for 116 more. He scored all 8 Lompoc points in the overtime period (TD and 2-point conversion). He also had a stellar game the week before, leading the team to a 20-14 victory over Arroyo Grande.



Female Athlete of the Week 

Bonnie Zuniga, Pioneer Valley Volleyball

Bonnie WAS happy about the award - she wasn't so sure about the speech part of the deal.

An Outside Hitter, Zuniga recorded 16 kills in a 4 set win versus Nipomo on Tuesday, and followed that up on Saturday with 8 more in 4 sets against Orcutt Academy. PV is now 2-0 under new coach, and former Panther standout player, Nikki Doyle.


Attendees  

Athletes

Lom GVB Chyanne Thomas, Yoshary Montelongo

VCA FB Shawn Weldon, Bryce Taft

SM FB Juan Jimenez, Miguel Carlos

SY FB Austin Vreeland, Bear Redell

SY GTns Shane Sorenson, Tyler Bunderson

SJ GTns Claire Bouquet, Julianne Ortega, Carissa Gillespie

SJ FB Zach Ginter, Joe Guzman

Rig FB Andrew Cooper

PV Golf Guiselle Aguilar, Samantha Andrade

PV GVB Natalia Zaragoza, Bonnie Zuniga

PV FB Andrew Prado, Mondo Mansera, Sal Castro, Mario Ruiz

OA FB Jordon Sutton, Javier Sanchez, Louie Pinon

OA Golf Madalynn Cross, ReAnn Ramos

OA GVB Allyce Carson, Maddie Alm

Lom FB Torey Sims, Ryan Hale

Cab GVB Amanda Stanton, Angela Burke

Cab Golf - Aubrey Campfield, Gabi Delgado

Cabrillo FB Brett Gregory (Blue shirt), DeAndre Sauceda (front), Zach Morson (hands raised)

Not Pictured - 
Righetti Volleyball
Michaela Olney, Sierra Sanchez


Administrators/Coaches

Kim Ensing - AD, Allan Hancock College
Dan Troup - AD, Cabrillo HS
Don Willis - Cabrillo Football [New]

Don Willis

Don Cross - AD, Lompoc HS
Aaron Batula - Lompoc Girls Volleyball
Chad McKenzie - AD, Orcutt Academy
Steve Tummolo - OA Girls Golf [New]
Tony Payne - OA Football
Greg Lanthier - AD, Pioneer Valley
Chris Etheridge - PV Football (Asst)
Joe Graack - AD, Righetti [New, was at SM]
Diana Strasbaugh - Righetti Girls Volleyball
Ed Herrmann - Righetti Football
Tom Mott - AD, St. Joseph
Ali Azziz - St Joseph Football (Asst)
Brian Wallace - AD, Santa Maria [New, was Coach at SY]
Jenn Rasmussen - Santa Ynez Girls Tennis
Josh Beeson - AD, Valley Christian Academy [New]
Randy Stanford - VCA Football (Asst)

Media & Staff

Doug Nelson (KUHL Radio) - Master of Ceremonies

Brad Memberto (Lee Central Coast Newspaper Group)
Jason Orr (KSBY TV)
Mike McKean (Santa Barbara News-Press)
Mike Loney (Lompoc Locker Room)

The ones who do the work!
Becky Grant (NSBCART Staff) 
Al Viera (NSBCART Staff)

LLR/TAP Info Update 2 Sep 2014

The individual tabs for each sport, etc.  at the top of the blog will start appearing next week as information is received. Also posting will be a bit delayed for a while. Thanks for your support!!

I should additionally note that the TAP-TV/KSME Radio coverage of Lompoc Valley football games begins this Friday, 5 Sept. 2014, after being pre-empted last week by Fox Sports West. The game on Friday, Dos Pueblos vs Cabrillo from Huyck Stadium, will be broadcast live on radio and tape-delayed on TAP-TV [Channel 23] (Fri-11pm; Sat & Sun-3pm).

Week "0" Football Results [31 Aug 2014]

Sunday, 31 August 2014

Proud papa Buddy and Torey Sims - Lompoc QB and Sunset Auto Player of the Game

Northern Area Teams 
Week '0' - Friday [29 Aug] 

Fox Sports West had ex-USC cornerback Chris Hale & NBA great Paul Westphal covering the game.

The Braves took out Pac-[5/7/8] contending Eagles for the 3rd consecutive year, and Cabrillo won the Willis Cup on the road versus the Saints.

The "15" - The Los Padres/Northern/Pac-5 Leagues  

Arroyo Grande at Lompoc
Arroyo Grande 13 at Lompoc 20 [STORY] [VIDEO - Game 4]
Lompoc seemed fully in control, leading 20-3, but consecutive successful onside kicks in the 4th gave the Eagles a shot. Lompoc scored on two short Torey Sims runs (5y, 7y) and a FSW Top Play Darius Dunson reception of a 35y Sims pass.

The JV Cheer Squad was also out in force.

JV: Arroyo Grande 21 at Lompoc 14 
The Eagles struck first, scoring on a 1yd plunge to cap a long drive on the the initial possession of the contest. The Braves answered with what looked like it was going to be a grind-it-out drive, but was finished when Jacob Wong broke free down the right (west) side for 46yds and a TD.

The teams exchanged pairs of punts (Lompoc) and fumbles (AG), before the Eagles broke through with a 34yd screen pass TD on 4th down. The EP attempt was wide, and Lompoc promptly responded. 

The Braves marched down the field and scored on a 29yd TD throw from OB Kameron Davis to Ben Odom. Peter Esparza booted through his second successful PAT to put the locals up 14-13. The teams traded fumbles to end the half.

Punt, fumble, fumble, pick, punt, punt, pick - the defenses controlled the 3rd and most of the 4th periods. Unfortunately for the Huyck Stadium faithful, the last pick was by the Eagles. It set up a short drive and a 3yd plunge by Cameron Johnston followed by a 2PT run by Johnston with 5:19 remaining. 

Lompoc subsequently punted on 4th & 9 with 2:16 left and AG was able to burn the clock.


Frosh (Thur): Lompoc 21 at Arroyo Grande 35
The Braves fumbled 4 times, including twice after entering the 4th quarter tied at 21 all. According to the staff, QB Xavier Nix had about 200yds. Cesar Garcia led the defense from his DL spot.


Cabrillo at Santa Maria
Cabrillo 21 at Santa Maria 19 
The Conquistadores scored first, but Santa Maria answered quickly. The Saints missed the extra point however, and it would cost them. Cabrillo was up 21-13 with less than 1/2 a minute remaining, when SM scored. Since a PAT would still leave them short, they went for the 2-pointer but could not convert it.

JV: Cabrillo 14 at Santa Maria 21 

Frosh (Thur): Cabrillo has decided they will not field a Freshman Team this season. 

Other "15"
Nipomo 38 at Pioneer Valley (Santa Maria) 31 
San Luis Obispo 12 at Santa Ynez 30 

Santa Fe (Santa Fe Springs) 20 at St. Joseph (Santa Maria) 42 
Woodbridge (Irvine) 13 at Atascadero 33 
Righetti (Santa Maria) 17 at Ventura 42  
Christian (El Cajon) 56 at Mission Prep (San Luis Obispo) 21   
Paso Robles 48 at Clovis 30  
Morro Bay 7 at San Pedro 35
Bakersfield Christian (Bakersfield) 66 at Templeton 27    

Other SLO/Santa Barbara County
Pacifica (Oxnard) 20 at Dos Pueblos (Goleta) 14
West Ranch (Valencia) 42 at San Marcos (Santa Barbara) 14   
Oxnard 28 at Santa Barbara 6 
Bishop Diego (Santa Barbara) 56 at Oak Park 0



Other 'Ventura County'

Buena (Ventura) 27 at Royal (Simi Valley) 16 
Rio Mesa (Oxnard) 13 at Camarillo (Camarillo) 38
Nordhoff (Ojai) 17 at Channel Islands (Oxnard) 12 
Westlake (Westlake Village) 44 at Canyon (Canyon Country) 17
Fillmore 0 at Grace Brethren (Simi Valley) 27
Hueneme (Oxnard) 0 at Agoura 55
San Juan Hills (San Juan Capistrano) 29 at Thousand Oaks 37 
Simi Valley 48 vs. Saugus 44 
   at College of Canyons (Santa Clarita) 
Oaks Christian (Westlake Village) 21 at Bakersfield 34

  Somewhere Al Hunt is smiling - Miss you old friend.
Birmingham (Van Nuys) 14 at Newbury Park 42   
Rancho (Las Vegas, NV) 19 at Calabasas 53 
Viewpoint (Calabasas) 48 Meadows (Las Vegas, NV) 28   

Other Northern Area
Hart (Newhall) 48 at Chino Hills 63    
Adelanto 7 at Eastside (Lancaster) 48  
Oak Hills (Hesperia) 45 at Highland (Palmdale) 14
Burroughs (Ridgecrest) 13 at Palmdale 53   
Knight (Palmdale) 0 at Upland 71    
Golden Valley (Santa Clarita) 45 at Granada Hills 17 
  

8 Man

Fresno Christian (Fresno) 8 vs. Orcutt Academy (Orcutt) 36
   at Righetti (Santa Maria)
Fulton (Van Nuys) 30 at Thacher (Ojai) 40
Laguna Blanca (Santa Barbara) 48 at Animo Robinson (Los Angeles) 46


Week '0' - Saturday [30 Aug]

Northern Area Teams 

Helix (La Mesa) 24 vs. St. Bonaventure (Ventura) 20
   at Cathedral (San Diego)
Malibu 3 vs. St. Monica (Santa Monica) 21
   at Santa Monica College 
Lutheran (Chula Vista) 20 vs. Santa Clarita Christian (Canyon Country) 68
   at Hilltop (Chula Vista)   

8-Man
Hillcrest Christian (Thousand Oaks) 66 vs. Calvary Baptist (La Verne) 38 
    at Damien (La Verne)
East Valley (North Hollywood, CA) 26 at Villanova Prep (Ojai) 41