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SPORTS April 21 - 27, 2016
Next week: Warrior brothers overcome obstacles
Warriors fall in seventh BY ALONZO OROZCO Following an 8-0 loss to Santa Paula to open Tri-Valley League on April 12, the Carpinteria High School softball team hosted another league foe, Nordhoff, on April 14. Scoring the go ahead run in the top of the seventh inning, the Rangers held on to beat the Warriors, 3-2. However, even with the loss, Carpinteria coach Henry Gonzales came away with some positives from the game. “I thought we played well for the most part, but there are those little things you have to do to win ball games, close ball games,” explained Gonzales. “And that’s when you have people on base in scoring position, you need that base hit or something to happen so you can get those runs in.” Nordhoff took the early lead in the first inning after loading the bases when sophomore Courtney Haapanen’s single to center knocked in two runs to make it 2-0. “We started off a little slow, we hit a batter, we walked a batter; they got a couple base hits. You do that most teams are going to take advantage,” said Gonzales. Meanwhile, Ranger freshman pitcher Sidney Wimpee had the Warrior hitters off balance, changing speeds on her pitches. “That’s something we have to get used to and get better at, change of speeds. We have to keep our hands back, that kind of thing,” said Gonzales. Carpinteria was able to get on the scoreboard in the third. Senior Ari Macias drew a leadoff walk; then with two outs, sophomore Raquel Cordero singled to right. Another sophomore, pitcher Amanda Blair, knocked a single down the left field line to drive in Macias, and the lead after three was cut in half at 2-1. The Warriors made some more noise in the fifth as Amanda’s twin sister, Mikayla Blair, singled to lead off the inning and went to second on a wild pitch. Senior Sierra Diaz then walked, and Cordero’s single to center scored Mikayla to tie the game. Carpinteria would have a
Nordhoff 3, CHS 2
Warrior second baseman Mikayla Blair makes the exchange for an attempt to turn two. chance to grab the lead when Amanda’s infield single loaded the bases with nobody out. However, a pop fly to second, a strike out and a ground ball to short ended the threat, and the score remained tied after five, 2-2. Nordhoff broke through in the seventh, benefitting from another batter reaching first, courtesy of another hit by pitch and two straight singles. Senior captain Haley McMillan’s ground ball brought the run across, and the Warriors found themselves down a run going into the final inning, 3-2. When the first two Carpinteria hitters in the bottom of the
inning struck out, the team was down to its final out. Amanda kept the game alive with her fourth single of the day, going 4-for-4 for the game. Sophomore Sam Saenz blooped a single to right, and the runners ended up at second and third after an errant throw. A grounder to first ended
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the game, and the visitors would come away with a road, league win. “We’re young. We’re going to keep plugging away, and we’ll eventually win those games,” said Gonzales. The loss puts the Warriors at 8-8 overall, 2-2 in league.
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U14 boys take second at Apricot Jam
The Carpinteria United Boys U14 team won second place at the Apricot Jam Soccer Tournament in Moorpark on April 16 and 17. Despite the over 90-degree heat, Carpinteria United won all three of its pool play games; defeating Walnut 2-1, Simi Valley 5-3 and Thousand Oaks 4-1. In the championship game, Carpinteria United met its strongest opponent Visalia and lost 4-1. “Despite losing to Visalia, the boys played an outstanding tournament and worked well together as a team,” commented the coaches.
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Members of the Carpinteria United Boys U14 AYSO soccer team are from back left, Jesus Jaramillo, Andres Gutierrez, coach Jim Robbins, Peter Robbins, Connor Trost, Gabe Medel, Jackson Wooten, Alec Marchand, Adrian Gonzalez and coach Todd Wooten; and from front left, Luke Lounsbury, Caesar Rinaldi, Rafael Lopez, Vincent Rinaldi, Emilio Perez, Zach Isaac and Miles Souza. (Not pictured is Marco Villarreal.)