January 30, 2015 • www.myvalleynews.com • The Valley News
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Forza For All announces Middle School Volleyball All Stars JP Raineri Sports / Multimedia Editor Fresh off of another successful year for the Middle School Volleyball league, Forza For All, a local non-profit organization that ran the league this year under the direction of Christina Pulver, recently announced its Middle School All Stars teams. “Each year the Middle School League introduces volleyball to over 150 kids for the very first time and this year there were 33 teams participating made up by girls and boys teams from TVUSD and MVUSD and one private school; Van Avery Prep, totaling over 350 participants. Narrowing down the list of All Stars was no easy task,” said Pulver. Congratulations to the following players and their coaches below:
The JV Plus Black team All Stars, coached by Bill Anderson.
The JV Black team All Stars, coached by Netty Campbel.
The Varsity Red team All Stars, coached by Sam Koria.
The Varsity Black team All Stars, coached by Donna Amoy.
Coach Donna Amoy – Varsity Balck Jordyn Amoy – DMMS Lizzy Simon – DMMS Sydney Smith – Van Avery Erin Scneider – Van Avery Delaynie Maple – Vail Ranch Maddie Ensley – TMS Gracie Halley – Margarita Elizabeth Johnson – Day Brooke Ramler – Gardner Victoria Acevedo – Thompson Sydney England – Thompson Coach Sam Koria – Varsity Red Marley Preston – Vail Paris Koria – BVMS Brynna Lanning – BVMS Kali Uhl – DMMS Mata Faapito – DMMS Jasmine West – Margarita Claire Poche – TMS Morgan Johnson – Day Grace McFarlane – Gardner Delaney Dowe – Warm Springs Bella Lippelgoos – Warm Springs Coach Netty Campbell – JV Black Ashlyn Weller – Margarita Delaynie Kiendra – Van Avery Emily Minich – Shivela Chloe Scheer – DMMS Brinley Vinci – Vail Ranch Abigayle Roberts – TMS Alez Baskouskas – BVMS Mayan Munoa – Gardner Camden Meehan – Day
Haile Harrison – Warm Springs Katelyn Todd – Thompson Coach Jason Adams – JV Red Kloe Traner – Margarita Madeline Lopez – Shivela Isabelle Krogh – DMMS Caylee Clay – Van Avery Alexis Farwell – Vail Ranch Gabirella Dimopoulos – TMS Keelen Hurley – Gardner Deborah Masawai – BVMS Erika Moreno – Day Katelyn Monte – Warm Springs Charlotte Vuillemin – Thompson Coach Bill Anderson – JV Black Taegan Kent – Vail Ranch Natali Aldaz – Vail Ranch Rebecca Quezeda – BVMS Elize Bartolome – Warm Springs Melanie Watson – DMMS
Ashley Leath – DMMS Meridith Clark – DMMS Kaileigh Davis – Day Reese Rickabaugh – Thompson Madeline Delmare – DMMS Coach Chrystal Jiminez - JV Red Victoria Cazares – Vail Ranch Megan Argerake – Warm Springs Andrea Pezzullo – Vail Ranch Jennifer Chaldez – BVMS Kaya Hampton – DMMS Sydney Andrade – DMMS Alana Jabaro – DMMS Isabella Nowlin – DMMS Hannah Whitener – Day Abigail Johnson – Thompson For more information on how you can get involved in volleyball check out www.forza1volleyball.com.
The JV Plus Red team All Stars, coached by Chrystal Jiminez. Courtesy photos
Great Oak Girls’ water polo floats past Hemet 8-5 in nonleague match-up
Maddie Atkinson of Great Oak goes up against Hemet High defenders in the Wolfpack’s 8-5 win on Jan. 21.
The Great Oak girls’ water polo team took on the Lady Bulldogs in a nonleague match-up on Jan. 21, defeating the visiting team from Hemet, 8-5. The Lady Wolfpack squad heads into their final week of the regular season this week looking to pull out all the stops against Murrieta Mesa and Murrieta Valley in hopes of making it to the post season.
Great Oak’s girls water polo goalkeeper, Sydney Lawyer, deflects a shot on goal attempt made by a player from Hemet High in last week’s non-league 8-5 win over the Lady Bulldogs.
Lady Wolfpack water polo player, Kinsey Worley (left), defends against a Hemet High opponent in Great Oak’s 8-5 win on Jan. 21. Shane Gibson photos
Golden Bears host 8th annual Battle for the Belt wrestling tournament JP Raineri Sports / Multimedia Editor Temecula Valley High School recently set the stage for the 8th annual Battle for the Belt wrestling tournament, which was held on Jan. 17 and18, attracting some of the state’s power programs as well as individual state title contenders and some premiere programs from Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii. “The next time there will be this much wrestling talent in one place will be under the banner of the CIF state tournament in February,” said Temecula Valley Co-Coach Arnold Alpert, whose team finished 19th. The Poway Titans, ranked third in the state by The California Wrestler, took the crown for the second year in a row, racking up 297.5 points, knocking off fifth-ranked San Marino (146) and third-place Loomis Del Oro (144.5). This year’s top 10 featured four of the state’s top-10 ranked teams, which made for some excitement as the tournament wrapped up. Temescal Canyon’s heavyweight wrestler, David Eubanks (28th, 51 points), who is also the reigning county champion, was the only area wrestler to advance to a championship final, losing to Con-
David Eubanks of Temescal Canyon placed second in the 285 lbs. division, He was the only wrestler from the county to advance to the championship round. Poway won the team title with a score of 297.
nor Mowatt of Hawaii Lahaina. Eubanks took Mowatt to a fourth period and an ultimate tiebreaker before losing, 3-2, on an escape with five seconds remaining. Hemet was the highest placing area team at 14th with 89 points. Tristin Sutton’s had a third-place showing at 195 pounds and Caleb Wilson placed sixth at 160. Alex Hernandez of Hemet West Valley notched a third-place fin-
David Canales photos
ish at 145 one week after taking second at the Riverside County Championships, but was defeated 7-0 by eventual champion Ralphy Tovar of Poway in the quarterfinals for his only loss, out of six matches overall matches Mike Colello of Temecula Great Oak placed fifth at 195 and Kennith Kirk of Elsinore placed seventh at 152.
Kennith Kirk, Elsinore 7th place.
BRONCOS from page B-8 and seven rebounds from Reed and a 25-point, 20 rebound effort from Brown. They combined for 21 points from the free throw line. The team shot 2-for26 from beyond the 3-pt arc. Sacred Heart Cathedral in San Francisco (8-8) jumped out to a 21-13 first quarter lead and never looked back. The score was 41-28 at halftime and 71-57 at the end. The Broncos’ offense had balanced scoring: Jones had 12, Reed had 16, Brown had 17 and Nasrin Ulel added 11. Reed and Jones had eleven rebounds each. Sacred Heart hit 4-of-13 three’s while Vista Murrieta went 1-for-9; Sacred Heart also hit 31-of-47 free throws while Vista Murrieta went to the line 25 fewer times, hitting on fourteen attempts. Vista Murrieta (4-0 in league) returns to league play away at Temecula Valley on January 28. Game time is 5:15 p.m. In other girls games during the Coaches vs. Cancer event, Paloma Valley defeated Temescal Canyon 55-44, Murrieta Valley beat Temecula Valley 44-36, and Murrieta Mesa took down the Wolfpack, 48-43.