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luncheon he introduced Cunningham and three other players who came back from injuries and played a huge part in the Big Game victory. Cunningham missed most of last season with a sprained knee and had been quiet on offense this season until his Big Game performance. Caines noted that Andrew Solis came back after an early season concussion and made seven tackles (three solo) and intercepted a pass. Ivan Lazaro recovered from a bone chip and played “an amazing game on the offensive line,” said Caines. The fourth player was Adam Ebeling, who healed up from a nagging calf muscle injury and made 11 tackles (two solo) in the game. SBCC football coach Craig Moropoulos gave props to linebacker Morgan Nevin, who had a whopping 28 tackles in a loss against Santa Monica last Saturday. He also praised second-year running back Mike Petersen, who hails from Denmark. “He’s a fantastic student, person and football player; I’m proud to be his coach.” Moropoulos encouraged fans to come out to Saturday’s final home game against Glendale. “Every game at home the attendance is double or more than our games away. I’m proud of that,” Laguna Blanca Athletic Director Mike Biermann announced that the Owls football team got a home game for the CIF 8-man playoffs on Saturday. The Owls will play Pacific Lutheran of Gardena at 1pm. “It’s a tribute to Shane Lopes and the work he’s done at the school,” Biermann said. “He’s a high character guy, a motivator and a leader. The kids took up to him.” Biermann introduced two key members of the football team: Andrew Vignolo and Quentin Tedesco. Both are four-year starters who had big games in the 66-64 win over Dunn. Cate assistant football coach Dave Soto said the Rams won back-to-back Condor League titles for the first time in nine years. The Rams open the 8-man playoffs at home against Upland Christian on Saturday at 1:30pm. Carpinteria football coach Ben Hallock thanked the community for its support of running back Jonathan Esqueda, who was seriously injured last Saturday when his car was broadsided by a SUV. Esqueda attended the Warriors’ homecoming win over Santa Paula. “At the Santa Paula game, our guys were very excited about that,” said Hallock. The coach introduced Terence Ayala and Efrain Quintero and said both players are important in getting the team ready for every game. The Warriors play top-ranked Oak Park at home on Friday. “It will be quite a challenge for us to play them. We have to be prepared to play our best football game,” said Hallock. Bishop Diego football coach Tom
Crawford said his team has learned more from its recent two straight losses than it has in a long time. “Our kids are very, very focused in correcting the mistakes,” said Crawford. The Cardinals face another tough opponent on Friday when they host Mission Prep, the No. 1 team in the Northeast Division. The game is at SBCC’s La Playa Stadium. Crawford lauded the hard work of linemen Mitch Oleson and Andrew Burgess.
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CSB men’s coach Marty Davis reported that junior Ziad Sultan reached the semifinals at the 57th SoCal Intercollegiate Championships at UCLA. Davis introduced his new assistant Marc Vartabedian, who won Division 3 singles and doubles titles at UC Santa Cruz and has an ATP Tour ranking in doubles. Santa Barbara High girls tennis coach Greg Tebbe said he had to talk about players Mattea Kilstofte and Madison Hale together. “Both are juniors, both have similar records, they’re great friends, and they’re not just great tennis players but great teammates,” he said. “They have a positive attitude, they work hard and they’re fun to be around. They have played a key role in team chemistry. They’re a great reason for our success. Hale is 29-6 and went 14-0 in singles in the Channel League. Kilstofte, who beat Hale for the league’s individual singles title, is 29-5 and 14-0. Both are outstanding students. Hale has a 4.6 GPA while Kilstofte is at 4.7, said Tebbe. The Dons open the CIF Division 1 playoffs Wednesday at home against Edison. Hallock spoke about Carpinteria girls tennis for coach Charles Bryant. He said the Warriors won their third straight Frontier League title. “Thirty-two more in a row and we can catch Santa Barbara,” was Bryant’s comment, referring to Santa Barbara’s 35 straight Channel League girls tennis titles. Jacklyn Wilson represented the tennis team. She is the lone senior on the squad and has records of 4-1 in singles and 18-4 in doubles.
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estmont women’s assistant coach Chantel Cappuccilli reported that when this year’s senior class were freshmen, the team scored only 16 goals that year. This season 16 different players have scored goals. She said goalkeeper Lindsey Smith ranks second nationally in goals-against average, and senior defender Amanda Diesen has been shutting down the best forwards in the GSAC. Westmont has first-round bye in the GSAC Tournament and opens play on Friday.
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season has taught her about patience, getting healthy and running better at the end of the season. She posted he first PR at the county meet last week. “She shows me she is on the right track. We’re lucky to have her. She’s led our girls to their best performance in history,” said Roth. Micks Purnell, the DP boys coach, said the Chargers are ranked No. 1 in Division 2 in the CIF-SS and in the state. “That’s a testimonial that we have a good team,” Cherokee Cunningham accepting the Gary Blades Memorial Big Game MVP trophy from award sponsor Chris Rabe. he said. He brought two key members of the squad, Tyler Bradford and John Cross Country an Marcos assistant Tracy Jenkins Greening.” Laguna Blanca coach David noted that the boys team is running so well together that the splits between Silverander introduced his lone girls cross the one through five runners is less than country runner, Nadia Belton. She has 30 seconds. She brought team members been accepted to Wake Forest. Lizzy Verduzco, Clarissa Davis, Matt Walker Odell and Nicholas Swider. From the Royals girls team, Juliana Hammond and Luca Jordano represented Logan and freshman Emily Pearlman the Bishop Diego cross country team. Providence coach Willy Rossow said he were in attendance. The girls finished second behind Dos Pueblos at the county has four runners on his team. “I can take my team anywhere. I can pack them in the meet. “We’re excited to see how they do the car and go anywhere for a run,” he said. He brought three team members, Eric rest of the season,” said Jenkins. Dos Pueblos girls coach Leslie Wiggins Sheets, Kyle Beveridge and Anthony Roth said after lead runner Addi Zapata. Westmont coach Russell Smelley Zerrenner crosses the finish line, the second through six runners are coming talked about the importance of athletes in 45 seconds park. She introduced getting enough sleep to help them Zerrenner and Tabbie Magner. Cross perform at their best. He said his country taught Magner a life lesson on the Warriors are vying to qualify for the NAIA nationals this weekend at the value of hard work, Roth said. On Zerrenner, the coach said this GSAC Championships.
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