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Avery Schwartz scored three times on Tuesday as the top-seeded Cate boys soccer team advanced through the second round of the CIF Division 7 playoff with a 5-2 victory over visiting Coast Union.Schwartz's first two gave Cate a 2-0 lead at halftime and his third gave the Rams a commanding 5-1 lead on the Broncos in the 65th minute."I got a lot of good feeds from my midfielders and other guys. I was able to take my chances," Schwartz said after the game.The Yale-bound senior now … [Read more...]
The long road trip to Perris apparently took its toll on the Carpinteria boys soccer team.The Warriors got off to a slow start and suffered a 3-1 loss Tuesday in the second round of the CIF Division 5 playoffs.“We just weren’t ready,” Carpinteria coach Daniel Torres lamented. “We weren’t ready to play, we weren’t ready to finish. We beat ourselves today.”Perris, the champion of the Sunbelt League, scored two goals in the first 17 minutes to put Carpinteria in a big hole … [Read more...]
VIDEO OF FINAL PLAY OF REGULATIONA split-second separated Dos Pueblos' girls water polo team from an upset of top-ranked Corona del Mar on Saturday. But Kodi Hill's game-winning goal at the end of regulation came just after the buzzer sounded and Corona del Mar went on to win in overtime 9-6.The Dos Pueblos players and fans started celebrating like crazy after Hill's shot because one of of the referees signaled for a goal. It was then quickly ruled that the goal would not be allowed for … [Read more...]
Dos Pueblos' Chad Lampe and Yaskin Solano advanced to the CIF Masters Meet after placing in Saturday's Southern Section Division 2 tournament.Solano outperformed his eighth seed and finished in third at 170 pounds. Solano gave the top seed his closest match of the tournament before falling 4-2 in the quarterfinals."For a second-year wrestler, it's pretty amazing," said Chargers head coach Anthony Califano.Califano noted how competitive Lampe's weight class was. Lampe, a junior, was … [Read more...]
Dos Pueblos' senior-laden girls basketball team entered the CIF Division 2-A playoff looking for a deep playoff run as the fourth-seeded team.Instead, the Chargers were abruptly stopped 48-46 in Saturday's first round by visiting Righetti."I think it's so tough because everyone kind of feels like we shouldn't have lost. Not this early, not with this group," said Chargers head coach Jelani Hicks. "But at the same time, playoffs, you gotta be ready to go."Ready at the start the … [Read more...]
A 17-2 hole was too deep for Bishop Diego to climb out of on Saturday as the Cardinals were dealt a 53-33 loss to visiting St. Margaret's in the second round of the Divisino 5-AA CIF playoff.Bishop Diego were led on the offensive end by the trio of Greer Shull, Josie McCoy and Madison Ballard. Shull recorded a team-high 12 points and McCoy added 11."It was just tough coming back," said Cardinals head coach Jeff Burich. "We had probably one of our poorest shooting nights of the … [Read more...]
Providence Hall's girls basketball team knocked around Immanuel Christian 51-21 on Saturday in a CIF Division 6 playoff game played at Carpinteria High School.Sydney Hedges recorded a game-high 19 points for the Lions, who also benefited from Faith Emerson's 16 points.Elicia Hazlewood led the Crusaders with 11 points. … [Read more...]
There’s nothing like a comeback victory in a playoff opener to boost a team’s confidence for the rest of the postseason.Carpinteria’s boys soccer team is experiencing that uplifting feeling after its 2-1 win over Arroyo Grande in a CIF Division 5 playoff opener on Thursday at Memorial Stadium.Omar Vazquez and Muhammed Mehai scored three minutes apart in the last 10 minutes of the second half to erase a 1-0 deficit and move the Warriors (16-6-1) into a second-round matchup Tuesday … [Read more...]
The Carpinteria girls water polo team faced a tough matchup with No. 3 Pasadena Poly, and were unable to stop a six-goal run in the fourth quarter and lost 13-3 on Thursday.The Warriors won the Tri-Valley League for the first time in head coach Bryan Swarm's tenure and received a first round bye. Pasadena Poly won the Prep League and hosted the CIF Division 6 second round game.The match was tightly contested through the first three quarters, with Poly leading 5-2 at the half and 7-3 … [Read more...]
San Marcos tucked away a 68-54 first-round CIF victory on Wednesday, besting visiting Hawthorne behind a combined 34 points from seniors Thayer White and Cade Ridenour.The result moves the Royals into Friday's Division 3-AA second round and a game at Charter Oak.White was 8-for-10 from the field for 16 points and nine rebounds. Ridenour scored a team-high 18 points with four rebounds and a pair of three-pointers.The Royals made a point of getting the ball into the paint on … [Read more...]
