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Coastal View News • Carpinteria, California
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Girls water polo
February 13 - The Carpinteria High School girls water polo team hosted Rowland of Rowland Heights for their second-round CIF match, swimming away with a 9-7 win. “The Warriors pulled ahead early with a 3-1 lead at the end of the first quarter, and Kate Gay blocking a five-meter penalty had the team in high spirits,” said Warriors coach Sergio Castaneda. “Athletes of the game include Alex Zapata, with four goals and speed that had Rowland shaking.” Freshman Ainslee Alexander also had two goals. Gay in the cage this game, had 13 regular blocks and two five-meter penalty blocks.
Asher Smith, with the ball, will play in the USA Water Polo National Championships for a slot on the national team.
Local player joins the best of the best
Carpinteria Middle School eighth-grade student Asher Smith has been selected for a Coastal Zone Olympic Development Team competing at the USA Water Polo ODP National Championships. The competition will be held in Riverside from Feb. 28 to March 1, featuring the top age group players in the ODP system from across the country. Athletes will compete across three different age groups including Development, Cadet and Youth. Each zone chooses its top youth athletes to compete against teams from the 13 national zones, competing in a tournament-style event for the opportunity to be selected in their respective age group for the USA Water Polo National Team. The Coastal Zone represents Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Asher competes and trains with Santa Barbara Premier Water Polo Club, but his love for water polo began at the Carpinteria Aquatics Club.
Little League season gears up
Carpinteria Valley Little League (CVLL) has begun gearing up for their 24th season. As a youth sport, baseball teaches numerous fundamentals that children can take with them throughout their life, according to CVLL, including teamwork, sportsmanship, hard work, playing fair, mental fitness and discipline. CVLL has an average of 285 players per season with children ranging in age from 4 to 15. Sign-ups are still open for all divisions. The youngest players start in T-Ball and can work their way up to eventually play in the Junior Division. CVLL also has a Challenger Division which is for special needs players. Anyone interested in participating can find register at CarpLL.com. Players must live within the CVLL district or attend school in Carpinteria to participate in the League. The registration fee is $150 and each player receives a team uniform, team and individual photos, secondary insurance and “an abundance of fun.” For more information, contact CarpValleyLittleLeague@hotmail.com. This years opening day will take place on Saturay, March 7, at Crooks Field/El Carro Park, Carpinteria.
February 15 - The Carpinteria High School girls water polo team traveled to play Mark Keppel of Alhambra in a CIF-SS Quarter Final match, dropping a close decision, 9-8. Top scorers for the game include Briana Rodriguez with three goals from the center position and Alex Rodriguez and Sadie Mead with two goals each from the perimeter. The Warriors for the second season in a row made a deep run in the playoffs. “The 2019-2020 lady Warriors run had unfortunately ended, but the girls return next year down only two members, seniors Sadie Mead and Lexi Persoon, who were crucial to the team’s success, but hopefully inspired other members to fill their roles,” said coach Castaneda. Carpinteria finishes 16-6 overall and tied for the Citrus Coast League crown with Santa Paula with a 7-1 record.
Boys basketball
February 14 - The Carpinteria High School boys basketball team came up short in a CIF-SS Five-AA Round Two playoff game with a 59-48 loss to Vistamar. The Vikings avenged last year’s loss to the Warriors which propelled Carpinteria into the quarterfinals and later the semifinals and CIF State Tournament. Dylan O’Neill led the way with 11 points and 10 rebounds for Carpinteria. Ian Reed had nine points and dished out four assists and Jose Suarez had eight points for the Warriors. Royce Samaiego had 15 and Fanuel Alemayehu also had 15 to lead Vistamar. Also, amongst the scoring leaders was Jaylen Brewer of the Vikings who finished with 14. Carpinteria ended the season 17-9 overall and 9-1 in the Citrus Coast League, earning a share of the title with Nordhoff first-year coach Scott Sorich.
Softball
February 15 - The Carpinteria High School girls softball team hosted their first softball invitational tournament. The Warriors had five teams attend: Grace Brethren, Oak Park, Bishop Diego, Orcutt Academy and Viewpoint. Carpinteria’s first game was against Grace Brethren, which they lost, 11-0. Grace Brethren scored on a stolen base by Regan Lee and a single by Destiny Gutierrez in the first inning. Grace Brethren totaled nine hits in the game. Warrior freshman utility player Gracie Verdugo toed the rubber, surrendering 11 runs on nine hits over three innings, striking out three and walking one. The Warriors played their second game against Viewpoint,
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The Carpinteria girls U14 AYSO championship team is comprised of, from left, back row: Adrián González (assistant coach), Munirah Balogun, Lauren Doyle, Lauren Hubbs, Emma Miller, Esme Landeck, Miriam Rodriguez, Haley Hubbs, Makenna Tobin, Averi Alexander, Alina Herrera, Jacqueline Santana, Karolina Casas, Coach Pedro Casas; front row: team captains Abigail Garcia, Isela Zamora and Natalie González. (Players not pictured: Mia Alvarado and Luna Galvan.)
Carpinteria girls win U14 AYSO championship title
The Carpinteria girls’ U14 regular season AYSO team not only qualified to compete in the Section 10 League Championship Tournament in Bakersfield, held Feb. 15-16, but also walked away with the top honors. Section 10 is comprised of well over 60,000 youth soccer players from 60 different regions and the local girls earned the right to be called the best U14 team in all of Section 10 after a hard-fought weekend. “Leading up to the tournament I challenged the girls to play for each other and they stepped up and beat five really good teams to win the title,” said head coach Pedro Casas. The Carpinteria squad did not allow a goal all weekend, which was the key to victory according to Casas. “Our defense was terrific, and every single girl played a role in our success. Any time you can play five games in a tournament of this size and caliber and not give up a single goal, you know it was a total team effort,” he added. With the win, the team earned a trip to the 2020 AYSO Western States Tournament in Bullhead City, Arizona, next month. Many of the same girls will return to Bakersfield this weekend to take part in the Section 10 All-Star Championship Tournament in hopes of having that team also advance to the Western States Tournament.
Warrior alum takes the next step
Michael Garibay is at play on the Pirates’ field. Originally from Carpinteria, playing for the Warriors, Garibay was awarded academic and athletic scholarships to Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas. As a child, Garibay dreamt about playing football in Texas. “I encourage all young boys and girls in Carpinteria to never give up on your dreams and never take no for an answer,” said Garibay, “Hard work, dedication and faith will help make your dreams a reality.”
