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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Heather Holdo and Sara Barclay Writer Interns Bonsall High School held its annual BHS Olympics May 23, an event in which the school's teacher-led advisory classes compete against one another in various activities to determine which team can rise above the rest. This year, such activities included tug-o-war, dodgeball, an obstacle course, a game of Kahoot, a food-eating contest, a game of Mario Kart, Google Feud and inflatable island jousting. To wrap up the day, the entire...
Bonsall High School’s Sara La Russa and Daniel Bertschy have been named Senior Athlete of the Year at the school. “You couldn't ask for better leaders with both a go-getter competitive attitude balanced with even-keeled, supportive temperaments with caring hearts,” Eric Hendy, athletic director at Bonsall High School, said. La Russa began competing as a cross country runner in her freshman year earning Most Valuable Player awards that year and each year since. “I was also in...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook High School Warriors Volleyball will host Fallbrook Fury Volleyball Camp, from 9 a.m. to noon, June 24-28, in the Fallbrook High School Gym. The camp is open to incoming fifth through ninth-graders. Players will train with Warriors volleyball coach Jason Dale and receive a free T-shirt if registration form and payment are received by June 16. The camp registration fee is $100 and will go up $25 after June 16. A $14 Amateur Athletic Union membership is required to attend camp. Details about the AAU m...
Fallbrook High School’s boys volleyball team completed the 2019 regular season with a 17-15 overall record, but losses in key matches deprived the Warriors of a berth in the CIF Division II playoffs. “It was disheartening,” Fallbrook coach Chip Patterson said. Last year the Warriors reached the CIF Division III final. The playoff divisions are based on competitive balance, and Fallbrook was moved up to Division II for this year. “We still played well, but at times we didn’t finish,” Patterson said. “That just hurts you whe...
Madalyn Johnson followed her Fallbrook High School swim career with two seasons on the Palomar College team. This year she shared Pacific Coast Conference women’s swimmer of the year honors. Johnson, who graduated from Fallbrook High School in 2017, shared the conference swimmer of the year award with second-year Mesa College swimmer Julie Parsons, who is a 2017 Otay Ranch High School graduate. “It was a lot of work, a lot of practices, a lot of early mornings,” Johnson said. Those hours were summarized in 25 minutes and 1...
Kate Calhoun Writer/Intern Six student athletes from Fallbrook High School were recognized May 21 for signing letters of intent to participate in sports at the collegiate level. Keller Hagen will be joining the golf team at Westmont college in Santa Barbara, California. Harrison Brown will also be attending Westmont to play baseball. Darriale Yarbough will be participating in track and field for Cal State San Marcos in San Marcos. Miguel Diego Rojas will be playing football... Full story
Fallbrook High School junior Erin Murray was named the Valley League's girls track and field athlete of the year. During the league meet, May 3, at Valley Center High School, Murray won the 200-meter dash and the 400-meter run and was part of Fallbrook's winning 4x100-meter relay team. "It's been a great season. I'm really appreciative of all the coaches who put in hard work and dedication to the program, and I'm looking forward to next year," Murray said. "She just embraces...
As a soccer player at Fallbrook High School this season, Audrey Petersen was the best player in the league. The rest of the coaches in the league agreed, and that's why she was named First Team All-League and Player of the Year in the Valley League this season. It is clear that Petersen made a big impact on all those that competed against and alongside the senior, who was named one of Fallbrook High's Athletes of the Year at the school's Senior ASB Assembly. "Audrey is a...
The 12 highest seeded Division III baseball teams participated in the CIF playoffs, and Fallbrook High School finished the regular season as the division’s 13th seed. “I’m disappointed,” Fallbrook coach Pat Walker said of missing the playoffs. “It was one of those seasons where we couldn’t quite click.” Fallbrook held the 11th seed entering the Warriors’ final three games of the year, but the Warriors lost twice to Escondido High School and once to Mission Vista High School. “It was a tough finish,” Walker said. A May...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Pop Warner is the local youth football and cheer program for Fallbrook youth and registration for the 2019 season is underway. This season the conference that Fallbrook Pop Warner belongs to, Palomar Conference, has approved removing the weight restrictions for each level of the league. According to league president Rolando Uresti, "This is a great opportunity for kids who couldn't play in prior years due to weight limits. Now, they all get to play." T...
The Fallbrook High girls varsity soccer team poses with their league championship banner which will be added to the wall of the gym, from left, front row, Audrey Petersen, Nikel Villa, Alida Corona, Hannah Diverde, Karina Bulli, Vanessa Hernandez; middle row, Cassidy Boulanger, Delia Tapia, Adrianna Madrigal, Galilea Medina, Judith Urbina; top row, Coach Sergio Garcia, Ariana Cabrera, Gabby Bulli and Jade Kennedy....
Fallbrook High School’s boys swim team placed 10th among Division I schools at the CIF swim meet. “To go 10th place was really an accomplishment,” Fallbrook coach Bill Richardson said. “It was one of the fastest CIFs I have ever seen, so that was really great.” Richardson has been Fallbrook’s boys swim coach since 1996. “I was hoping to go top 10,” he said. Last year the Warriors finished fourth among Division I boys, but six of the Fallbrook participants were 2018 seniors and the Warriors’ position points were also obtaine...
Fallbrook High School seniors Caiden Metts and Darius Watson won league championships at the Valley League track and field meet May 3 at Valley Center High School. Metts won the long jump at the league meet to take home the league championship, and he was second in the triple jump. Watson was the Valley League's shot put champion and placed second in the discus throw. "We did really well," Fallbrook head coach Marco Arias said of the league meet. Individual championships are determined at the league meet, which also determine...
This year’s CIF swim meet included a 16th-place finish among Division I schools by the Fallbrook High School girls. “I was really pleased with how they did, with mostly ninth and 10th-graders,” Fallbrook coach Sean Redmond said. The meet consisted of swim preliminaries May 2 at Del Norte High School, diving May 3 at Mesa College and swim finals May 4 at Del Norte. Those with the top eight times in each swim preliminaries event advanced to the championship final, while the next eight times earned lanes in the conso...
Fallbrook High School’s boys golf team finished fourth among the six Valley League teams both in the dual meet standings and in the league tournament. “We had a lot of young kids,” Fallbrook coach Steve Jorde said. The Warriors had a 4-6 record in league dual meets which was part of the team’s 4-12 overall record. This year’s varsity consisted of senior Keller Hagen and six sophomores. “I think they’ll be better as the years go on,” Jorde said. Five of those players participated in the league tournament April 30 at the St. M...
The Fallbrook Girls Rugby Club lost only once during their trip to the High School Club National Invitational Tournament in Murray, Utah, last weekend but finished fourth in the tournament. Leading up to the season-ending tournament, which the Warriors have won five times previously, critics questioned the use of a pool play format in such a prestigious event. The results of the rain-soaked play in the tournament would only further critics’ arguments. The No. 2 seeded Warriors opened the tournament Friday, May 17, against d...
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Vallecitos Elementary School competed in a track and field meet May 2, at Julian Elementary School, and the Vikings finished second among the six participating teams despite not fielding athletes in all of the events. “I’m very happy that we were able to get that,” Vallecitos coach Ray Hanbeck said of second place. The meet had eighth grade boys, eighth grade girls, seventh grade boys and seventh grade girls divisions. Fifth grade and sixth-grade students are eligible to compete in the seventh grade competitions. The Valle...
BONSALL – Looking for something to do with the family? Riverview Church children's program is starting a soap box derby program to form a Riverview Kids Soap Box Derby race team in 2020 and would like to invite any family with children ages 7-19 who would like to learn more to come to the San Diego Soap Box Derby local race at 310 Twenty-second Street in San Diego, May 25. The plan is to meet at Riverview Church, 4980 Sweetgrass Lane, in Bonsall at 8 a.m. and leave promptly a...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Rugby is offering a conditioning session of summer 7’s. Registration is open for the Under 10’s up to the Under 18’s age groups. Visit www.Fallbrookrugby.org to sign up. The session includes five tournaments around the county and possibly a sixth tournament, including Aztecs 7s, hosted by the San Diego Aztecs, June 1; Torrey Pines 7’s, hosted by the San Diego Mustangs YRFC, June 8; Belmont 7’s, hosted by Belmont Shore RFC, June 15; Encinitas 7’s, hosted by the Coastal Dragons, June 22; Southern Cali...
San Luis Rey Training Center trainer Dan Dunham had both the winner and the second-place horse in the ninth race, April 27, at Santa Anita Park. Master Juba won the 5 1/2-furlong race on Santa Anita’s dirt track and crossed the finish line 5 1/4 lengths ahead of Golden Image, who finished 3 3/4 lengths in front of third place Carribean Colours. “That was a good day at the races,” Dunham said. Master Juba’s victory was Dunham’s 65th career win as a trainer, and Golden Image gave Dunham his 90th career second-place finish. D...
The last day of class for Fallbrook High School students is Wednesday, June 5, and the summer swim lessons at the school’s swimming pool will begin Monday, June 10. The lessons will be overseen by head instructor Sean Redmond, who is the Fallbrook High School girls swim coach, the diving coach for both Fallbrook’s girls and the Warriors’ boys, and the director of coaching for the Fallbrook Associated Swim Team. Six, Five-day sessions will be held each week until the week of July 29 to Aug. 3. The week of July 1-5 will inclu...
The 2019 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, will make its anticipated return to San Diego County and the motocross epicenter of Southern California on Saturday, May 25, celebrating the Memorial Day holiday American motocross style from Fox Raceway in Pala. The Lucas Oil Fox Raceway National, presented by Fox, will signify the championship's first visit to the greater San Diego area since Pala hosted the series finale during the 2010 and 2011 se... Full story
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The Fallbrook Girls Rugby Club Under 18 team traveled to Torrey Pines High School Saturday, May 11, to take on a familiar foe in the championship match for Southern California Youth Rugby. On a cold and rainy morning, the Warriors took on the rival South Bay Spartans – a team they lost to in the NorCal Invitational finals in Livermore just a month earlier and had beaten two months earlier in their first matchup of the season. But this time, it was the Warriors who brought home the hardware, pulling away late to beat the S... Full story
