Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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The Fallbrook High School varsity girls' rugby team scored fast and early in running away from host Rancho Bernardo High School Saturday, Jan. 18, to come away with a 77-0 win. Senior Abbey Savin scored four tries and made three conversions, and sophomores Jordan Duncan, Julia Tippin and Tiahna Padilla each scored twice in the Warriors win that opened the league season. Tippin also made two conversions. Duncan was named Rugby Girl for the match. "(She) ran good running lines...
Fallbrook High's varsity girls basketball team is seeded No. 7 in the CIF San Diego Section Division III CIF Playoffs and are slated to host a first-round playoff game on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at Fallbrook High. The Warriors are matched up with No. 10 seeded Madison and if they win, would go on to play the winner of No. 2 Helix and No. 10 Mar Vista. Depending on how things shake out, the Warriors would go on the road to face Helix or stay home to take on Mar Vista on Saturday,... Full story
On Saturday, Feb. 15 the Fallbrook Union High School Varsity Girls Water Polo team started fast and never looked back in a 12-9 win over Canyon Crest Academy in the quarterfinals of the CIF Division I playoffs. "It went well," head coach Sean Redmond said. "We came out a lot stronger than we have in our last five or six games, which we knew we were going to have to do. We had made some minor adjustments and changes, starting with our warmup which I think set the girls up.... Full story
For the first time in school history Fallbrook High School won a wrestling league championship. The Warriors' 60-24 home victory Feb. 6 against Valley Center gave Fallbrook a 5-0 league record for the season, and the Warriors had an overall dual meet record of 6-0. "I'm on Cloud 9 as a coach," Fallbrook head coach Cristian Vera said. "We've never had this kind of success." The Warriors won all five of their league meets despite forfeiting at least two weight classes in the fir...
The Vallecitos Elementary School girls reached the championship game of the Cottonwood Flag Football Tournament. The Vikings won their two round-robin games to set up a championship match against Pauma Elementary School. The Bobcats won that game for the championship of the Jan. 23 tournament while Vallecitos settled for second place. "I'm proud of the girls," Vallecitos coach Ray Hanbeck said. Seven small elementary schools in northern San Diego County and southern Riverside...
Injuries will keep Fallbrook High School’s girls’ soccer team from repeating the Warriors’ 2018-2019 Valley League championship. A Feb. 4 loss in Ramona gave Fallbrook a 1-4-2 league record for the season along with a 4-9-2 overall mark. “The story of the season is mainly missing players due to injury,” Fallbrook coach Sergio Garcia said. Fallbrook and Ramona High School tied in 1-1 match, Jan. 16, in Fallbrook. The Warriors followed that match with a 2-1 defeat Jan. 21, at San Pasqual High School. “It was a close game,...
The Fallbrook High School girls' varsity water polo team secured the Valley League championship with a win over Ramona High School in the Warriors' home pool Friday, Feb. 6. The win means the Warriors finished the league season with an undefeated 5-0 record which earned them a birth in the CIF San Diego Section 2020 girls' water polo Championships Division I tournament. The Warriors finished the regular season with a 19-9 record, earning them the No. 3 seed in the tournament...
The Fallbrook High School varsity girls' rugby team continued its winning ways Saturday, Feb. 8, easily dispatching Rancho Bernardo High School for a second time this season. The Warriors, led by Jordan Duncan's 3 tries, led 50-0 at the half and ran away with an 82-0 win at home. Analiese "Ace" Dalton and A.J. Haughey scored 2 tries for the Warriors and Elaine Jiminez, Julia Tippin, Tiahna Padilla, Neveah Rivera, Abbey Savin and Liberty Benitez each scored one try apiece in...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Seniors Golf Group is looking for men who are over 50 years of age and like to play golf on a weekly basis. The group plays every Tuesday morning on 15 to 20 different courses in the area. The group also has a spring get-away, a fall get-away and a Christmas party. It is as much a social club as a golf club. For more information, call Ed Erzen at (760) 728-3960. Submitted by Fallbrook Seniors Golf Group.... Full story
WASHINGTON (AP) - As Congress considers whether to allow college athletes to receive endorsement money, the NCAA and its allies spent nearly $1 million last year lobbying lawmakers to shape any reforms to the organization's liking. The NCAA last fall said it would allow athletes to "benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness" and is crafting rules to put in place for its 1,100 member schools in coming months. But the organization has turned to Congress to step in... Full story
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres acquired reliever Emilio Pagán from the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday in exchange for outfielder Manuel Margot and a minor leaguer. The 28-year-old Pagán went 4-2 with a 2.31 ERA in 66 games last year. The right-hander spent the first two weeks of the season with Triple-A Durham and still managed to lead the Rays bullpen with 20 saves and 96 strikeouts. Margot batted .234 with 12 homers and 37 RBIs in 151 games in 2019. He also had a career-high 20 steals. The 25-year-old Margot, who was...
Bonsall High School's varsity boys' basketball team (7-10, 3-5) split its two home games last week in league play. The team beat Bayfront Charter High School 71-45, Tuesday, Jan. 28, to avenge an early-season loss. Then, Thursday, Jan. 30, the Legionnaires fell short against Ocean View Christian High School 61-45, after fighting back from 20 points down at the half. Now in his second year of coach of the Legionnaires, Head Coach Chuck Colletti said he is happy about the way...
Fallbrook High School's wrestling team competed in two tournaments, Jan. 10-11, with two Warrior matmen reaching the second day of the Jan. 10-11 Battle for the Belt tournament at Temecula Valley High School and the remaining Warriors combining for five medals and an eighth-place team finish at the one-day Jim Londos Memorial tournament Jan. 11, at Orange Glen High School in Escondido. Because Kevin Sanchez and Johnny Bermudez reached the Jan. 11 portion of the 12th annual...
The Fallbrook Associated Swim Team hosted the FAST 12 and Under ABC Meet at the Fallbrook High School pool Jan. 17-19, and approximately 350 swimmers participated. “It’s been a particularly good meet for us,” Sean Redmond, meet organizer and FAST director of coaching, said. The meet allowed many swimmers to qualify for the Junior Olympics competition. “It was the last chance to qualify for JOs for 12 and under,” Redmond said. Although none of the 16 FAST swimmers qualified for the Junior Olympics, 10 FAST members had times...
Valley League boys soccer play began Jan. 14, and that included a 3-0 Escondido High School victory over Fallbrook High School in Escondido, but Fallbrook was victorious in the Jan. 30 rematch on Fallbrook's field. "We had a different approach," said Fallbrook coach Jorge Rojas. "The mindset that they had to respond and perform against one of the best teams in the county is what made it more successful the next time around." The victory against Escondido gave the Warriors a...
The fact that Fallbrook High School's varsity boys' basketball team is 13-6 as of Monday, Jan. 27, is an accomplishment in itself for head coach Ryan Smith. With only one win in all of the 2018-2019 season, the Warriors are not only far exceeding expectations but doing well to hang tough in the Valley League with a 1-3 record, which includes a three-point loss last week. If a few more shots had gone down for the Warriors on the road Friday at Mission Vista High School, the War...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Youth Rugby kicked off their opening season games at their home field at Potter Jr. High, Jan. 11 and Jan. 18. The young athletes, from ages 5-13, have been practicing since early December to take the fields. Fallbrook Youth Rugby has one U8 team, which plays flag rugby; one U10 team, which starting learning tackling; one U12 team and one U14 team. All teams are coed at this level. Fallbrook Youth Rugby games run until the last weekend in March, and the l...
Fallbrook Union High School’s Varsity Girls Basketball head coach Jessica Ramirez has the Warriors in third place in the Valley League with a 2-2 record and 13-8 record on the season. Last week was a tough one for the Warriors, however, as they suffered two league losses after starting the Valley League season 2-0. The Warriors took an early 15-14 lead at the end of the first quarter on the road against Mission Vista on Friday, Jan. 24, but the Warriors’ offense sputtered the rest of the way, falling 65-42. That loss cam...
Fallbrook High School’s varsity girls’ water polo team will face it’s biggest challenge of the season starting Thursday, Jan. 30, with eight games over the next seven days, many of which will determine how the Warriors are ranked in the upcoming playoffs. The Warriors, currently in first place (4-0) in the Valley League and ranked No. 7 in the Division I power rankings with a 17-3 overall record, will play in the San Diego Open Thursday, Friday and Saturday. “That’d be five games in three days,” Head Coach Sean Redmond sai...
The CIF San Diego Section approved an affiliate membership classification. A unanimous CIF Board of Managers vote Jan. 22, created the affiliate member classification for schools with fewer than 100 students. “I think it’s a positive step,” CIF assistant commissioner John Labeta said. “The whole issue is to get them to grow.” The CIF San Diego Section currently includes 125 public, charter and private high schools. New CIF members are expected to abide by the CIF rules and regulations and promote values, character and leaders...
Last year Fallbrook High School's girls' soccer team won the Valley League championship; Ramona High School finished fourth in the league standings but won the CIF Division IV championship, and Escondido High School was last in the six-team standings despite winning two games. This year Fallbrook began play by losing a 1-0 match against Escondido and playing Ramona to a 1-1 tie. "It seems to be a fairly close league," Fallbrook coach Sergio Garcia said. Five of the six Valley...
Twenty-eight high school wrestling teams competed at the Mission Hills Varsity Tournament, and Fallbrook High School placed ninth as a team while five Warriors were among the top six in their weight class and one other Fallbrook grappler won a consolation championship. This year the Mission Hills Varsity tournament was held Jan. 4. “We’ve kind of avoided it in the past because of where it fell,” Fallbrook head coach Cristian Vera said. The tournament took place three days after New Year’s Day, so the Fallbrook student...
FALLBROOK – Registration for Fallbrook Girls Softball spring 2020 season is open until Feb. 1. Games are Wednesday nights for 8U and older, and all age groups play Saturdays. Opening day is Saturday, Feb. 29. Register online or in person during walk-up registration. The registration link is www.bit.ly/FGSregistration. The league does not accept payment online so payment needs to be made in person during walk-up registration. New Fallbrook Girls Softball players also need to p...
Though the Fallbrook High School varsity boys' rugby remains winless on the young season, head coach Steve Hernandez is pleased with the way his young team played against Mira Costa High School (from Manhattan Beach) at Fallbrook High Saturday, Jan. 18. "The varsity game was the best they have played all year," he said. "Even when they were down by 17 points early in the game, once we scored our first try, our spirits lifted and (the team) put in a great effort to get to...
