16 Thursday, February 20, 2014
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Coastal View News • Carpinteria, California
Boys basketball
Cate School
Feb. 12 – Cate boys basketball took down Thacher School at home to end the season on a high note. Mo Batal scored seven on his eight points in the first quarter. Seniors John Basar and Ryan Baird had 15 points apiece to lead the Rams. Baird also had five blocks. The Rams trailed 39-33 entering the fourth quarter, and sophomore Clinton Hall hit two 3-pointers in the quarter to spark the comeback.
Girls soccer
Feb. 12 – Cate girls soccer downed Thacher School 3-1 at home in the final outing of the season. “The team saved the best game for last as we played our most complete and composed game of the season,” commented coach lisa Holmes. Ellen Lempres got the scoring started 12 minutes into the game with a goal off a corner kick from Lucia Johnson. At the 26-minute mark, Anna Graves took a pass from Brenna Geiger that she placed right in the back of the net. The Rams remained aggressive and scored 18 minutes into the second half when Cydney Pierce took a shot that ricocheted off the post and Jasmine Paz was there to finish it off.
Boys soccer
Feb. 12 – Cate boys soccer capped its Condor League season with a 4-0 victory at Thacher School that resulted in a fifth consecutive Condor League title for the Rams. Leighton Brillo-Sonnino headed in a long throw from Matthew Firestone to get on the board 28 minutes into the match. Firestone then scored one minute into the second half after ripping a shot from outside the box that deflected off the goalie. Seven minutes later, Joel Serugo got dragged down in the box and Brillo-Sonnino converted the penalty kick to make it 3-0. In the 65th minute, Brillo-Sonnino recorded his first career hat trick by nodding home a cross from Iman Fardghassemi. Coach Peter Mack called Brillo-Sonnino a workhorse in completing his first hat trick. The Rams enter Division 6 playoffs with a 9-2-4 overall record and 5-0-1 league mark.
Bill Swing
Warrior senior Hannah Galsterer releases a midrange jumper in her final home game as a Warrior basketball player.
Carpinteria High School
Girls basketball
Feb. 11 – Hosting Malibu High School, warrior girls basketball collected a 38-34 win in “thrilling” fashion, according to coach Dan Mercer. Macey Frazer made free throws at a 7-for-8 clip, including all six attempts in the final minute, to seal the game. Maddie Cleek had 10 points including a 3-pointer to break a 31-31 tie. Harmony Reed had six points and a game high 11 rebounds, while Sierra Diaz had six points and five rebounds. The Warriors record improved to 8-14 overall and 3-8 in Frontier League. The Warriors honored their lone senior, Hannah Galsterer, before the game for senior night.
Girls water polo
Feb. 13 – warrior girls water polo closed the season with an 11-10 loss at home to Nordhoff High School. Nordhoff stole the game with under five seconds remaining. The Warriors, led by Brenda Rodriguez’s seven goals, held a 9-7 lead heading into the fourth period. Joanna Hipple had 10 saves. Coach Bryan Swarm stated, “It was a great growth year for us, and with some dedication to train in the off season, we should be much better next year.” The team finished 8-18 overall and 2-6 in Tri-Valley League.
Boys soccer
Feb. 12 – Warrior boys soccer finished its season on a high note by winning 1-0 at Santa Paula High School, the first place team in Tri-Valley League. It was the first TVL loss for the Cardinals. The Warriors scored the game’s lone goal 19 minutes into the second half when senior Luis Garcia fed a through-ball to sophomore Benjie Garcia. garcia drew a defender and slipped the ball to Francisco Arroyo, who was able to sink the winning goal. warrior goalie Jose Angeles recorded the shutout with five saves. “Today’s victory was a full effort from every single player who left it all on the field,” commented coach Leonardo Quintero. “Despite our record, we know we did the best we could each and every single game this season.” The Warriors finished at 7-9-3 overall and 2-5-3 in TVL for fourth place.
Girls soccer
Feb. 12 – Warrior girls soccer lost its final game of the season 7-1 at Oaks Christian. The Warriors scored midway through the second half when Kelsie Bryant took advantage of the Lion goalie coming off line and sent a 35-yarder into the back of the net to bring the score to 4-1. The Warriors, however, had difficulty keeping up with Division III fourth ranked Oaks Christian. The Warriors finished the season at 6-13-2 overall and 0-11-1 in TVL. The team graduates Denise Arreola, Alleea Griffin, Kelly Lam, Lucero Reyes, Emily Wanek and captain Erin Durflinger. Coach Charles Bryant commended all seniors, and singled out Durlinger, whom he said “has been an outstanding defender these past four years on varsity and did an amazing job leading our team for the past two seasons.”
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Tabitha Ellwood
Phoebe Wolf Lyons
Kiwanis host Winter Warm Up 5K
Around 70 runners sped along the Carpinteria bluffs on Feb. 16 as part of the Carpinteria Kiwanis Winter Warm Up 5k. James Ballantine of Santa Barbara took first-place overall in 20:10, and overall runner up Tabitha Ellwood (20:15), also of Santa Barbara, was the top woman finisher. In the Junior grand Prix category, a new group for Santa Barbara Athletic Association events, 11-year-old Joseph Pearlman (22:34), of goleta, won for boys, and 9-year-old Phoebe Wolfe Lyons (26:18), of Santa Barbara, won for girls.
James Ballantine