Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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FALLBROOK – National Junior Basketball held its sixth week of games Jan. 21 at Fallbrook High School. Several NJB teams played – Rookies (K to 2nd grade boys and girls), both Division 3 (3rd and 4th graders) boys teams, Division 2 (5th and 6th graders) boys and girls and Division 1 (7th and 9th graders) boys and girls. NJB is an excellent option for growing a healthy level of competitive spirit, an appreciation for the game of basketball, and the tools to take kids' ski...
Joel Calhoun, who as a sophomore emerged as the floor leader of the Fallbrook High varsity boys basketball team, was rewarded for a fine season by being named to the All Valley-league second team. Calhoun, a guard, had per-game averages of 18 points, six rebounds and three assists. "He did a little bit of everything for us," said Fallbrook head basketball coach Ryan Smith. "He carried the load in scoring – usually had to guard the best player on the other team – and pla...
The San Diego Sockers closed out their 2017-2018 regular season with a 10-3 win over the El Paso Coyotes, and 2007 Fallbrook High School graduate Chris Toth made 19 saves in the March 3 game at the Valley View Casino Center also known as the San Diego Sports Arena. The 5,218 spectators in attendance actually saw two games; a halftime celebrity game included the first soccer play by state Sen. Joel Anderson since the Sockers' 1978 initial season. Toth saved all four El Paso...
A Feb. 25 meeting of the Valley League’s girls’ soccer coaches selected the all-league teams whose nine Fallbrook High School players include three Warriors on the first team. Karina Bulli, Hannah Diverde and Monica Saltz were selected to the first team. Second-team recognition was given to Audrey Petersen and Leslie Romo. Juliana Cervera, Jade Kennedy, Judith Urbina and Nikel Villa received honorable mention designations. “All those players came from playing club soccer, so when they come to the high school program they...
The Sullivan Middle School boys’ basketball team completed its season with a 4-6 record. “The story of our season is that because of the fires we lost a lot of practices at the beginning of the year when we really needed it,” Sullivan coach Jeff White said. “We had a couple of weeks of practices before the fires, and things were going well.” The Dec. 7 Lilac Fire closed the campus, and an ember burned a hole in the gymnasium roof. Subsequent rain not only complicated the roof repair but also restricted the ability of the Wild...
Fallbrook High School’s girls’ soccer team placed second among the five Valley League teams in the final standings. The Warriors’ 5-1-2 league record was part of a 10-6-4 overall record for the 2017-2018 season. “It’s a good record,” coach Sergio Garcia said. “The losses we had were against good teams.” Fallbrook’s only league loss was a 1-0 contest Jan. 31, at San Pasqual. When the Golden Eagles came to Fallbrook for the Feb. 14 league final, Fallbrook overcame a 2-0 deficit, and the game ended as a 2-2 tie. The draw was...
The 72nd annual Salute to the Champions banquet, Feb. 1, at the Hyatt Regency in La Jolla recognized stars of the month for 2017 including Braeden Koran, Mike Leake and Bucky Lasek. The annual banquet hosted by the San Diego Hall of Champions and Breitbard Athletic Foundation honors the previous year’s professional, amateur and high school stars of the month as well as stars of the year and inductees into the Breitbard Hall of Fame. Koran was a March 2017 Amateur Star of the Month, Leake was a Professional Star of the M...
FALLBROOK – Swimming has been part of the human experience for as long as man has been expressing himself. Neolithic pictographs or cave paintings, bas-reliefs, wall drawings and mosaics depicting swimmers have been discovered from such diverse places as the Gobi Desert, Egyptian tombs, Babylonia, Mesoamerica, Assyria and ancient Pompeii. The first book about swimming was published in 1583, and by 1603, the emperor of Japan declared that school children should swim. T... Full story
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook National Junior Basketball (NJB) season came to an end Feb. 11. The local league, featuring players ranging in age from 5- to 13-years-old, held several events to wrap up the season. NJB night with the Fallbrook High School girls and boys basketball teams allowed select NJB teams (Division 2 and Division 3 boys) to show off some of their moves during halftime of the Feb. 9 high school games. Final games and closing ceremonies were held Feb. 11 at F...
Fallbrook High School’s girls’ rugby team placed third in the So Cal High School Sevens championship tournament, Feb. 17, at Mission Vista High School. The Warriors won two of their three pool play matches and finished second in the pool on tiebreaking criteria. Fallbrook defeated La Costa Canyon High School in the third-place game. “We were happy with where we ended up on the day,” Fallbrook co-coach Craig Pinnell said. The So Cal High School Sevens league consists of a San Diego Division with San Diego County teams, a Los A...
In three of the four quarters of the girls basketball playoff game Feb. 21 between Fallbrook High School and Helix High School each team scored the same number of points. Helix's 10-point advantage in the second quarter gave the Highlanders a 60-50 victory in the CIF Division II first-round playoff game at Helix. Fallbrook held a 15-12 lead in the second period before a nine-point Helix run gave the Highlanders a lead they never relinquished. The Warriors were able to close the gap to 23-21 before a Helix run of six points...
BONSALL – Sebastian Anderson of Bonsall received one of three Most Valuable Wrestler awards at the annual Freshman Southern California Wrestling Championship held at La Costa Canyon High School in January. More than 300 wrestlers, representing more than 40 high school teams from San Diego, Orange and Riverside counties, competed in 15 different weight classes during the event, Saturday, Jan. 20. Medals were given to the top eight for each weight class. Plaques were also a...
FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Girls Rugby Club (FGRC) will take to the field Sunday, Feb. 25, to kick off the transition from high school season to club season but with a few twists...taffeta tackling and satin scrums. The annual Prom Dress Rugby event is a fun-raiser to help support the athletes aiming to compete at the national level again in 2018. The public is invited to come watch the juxtaposition of young ladies (and coaches) in frilly dresses and aggressive rugby ball p...
Four members of Fallbrook High School's field hockey team were given all-league recognition by the Valley League coaches. Ashlie Lackey and Maiya Romero were among the players on the first team. The second team included Jaylyn Leeman and Erin Murray. "I think that's really cool,” said Lackey, who was also one of the Warriors' co-captains for the 2017 season. “We all worked really hard this year. Having four players on this team shows that we have put in a lot of hard work." "I was just very proud of my teammates for getting t...
The Vallecitos Elementary School boys basketball team reached the final of the Borrego Springs Basketball Tournament held at Borrego Springs Elementary School Feb. 15. The Vikings had a bye in the first round and defeated Hamilton in their first game to set up the final against Warner, which took the championship. "I'm happy about how well the boys did and the way they all played," said Vallecitos boys coach Ray Hanbeck. The game against Hamilton used a 20-minute running clock, and the teams did not switch sides midway...
For the fourth consecutive year the winner of the girls’ water polo game between Fallbrook High School and Ramona High School would also be the Valley League champion. Fallbrook won the 2015, 2016 and 2017 games and thus the league titles, but the 2018 game, Feb. 8, in Ramona ended as a 6-5 Ramona victory to give the Bulldogs the 2017-2018 Valley League championship. “Ramona just played better than us,” Fallbrook coach Sean Redmond said. “We played well, but it just wasn't well enough.” Senior Night festivities preceded...
Yerry Mendez is a 5-foot-5, 129-pound bundle of energy that powers the Fallbrook High School soccer team and annoys the you-know-what out of opponents. A free spirit with tremendous talent, Mendez likes to win only more than he likes to have fun. Mendez's fun can sometimes come at a rival's expense. "He's the type of guy that will dribble the ball past you, stop it, and dribble the ball past you again and then meg you (roll the ball right between your legs) and go on," said...
The Fallbrook High soccer team put itself in prime position to win the Valley League title when it defeated Valley Center 2-1 in a tight, well-played contest Feb. 7 at Fallbrook Stadium. The victory avenged an earlier loss to Valley Center and stopped the Jaguars' 12-game undefeated streak in which they had nine wins and three ties. Fallbrook, which lost to Valley Center 3-1 Jan. 19, handed the Jaguars their first loss since Dec. 6. The victory on Senior Night improved Fallbrook to 4-1-1 in league play while Valley Center dro...
Although the CIF San Diego Section's Board of Managers chose not to adopt its own policy on a sit-out period for international students who are not in an approved exchange program and are not living with a parent or guardian, the CIF State Federated Council adopted such a policy Feb. 2. The CIF state action revises the bylaws so that an international student who is not in an approved exchange program and who transfers to a California school without a valid change in residence cannot play varsity competition for a year after...
Vallecitos Elementary School participated in a flag football tournament at Hamilton High School in Anza Jan. 18, and the Vikings won one of their three games. "We turned out to be more competitive than I thought," said Vallecitos coach Ray Hanbeck. "Usually football is not one of our stronger sports." Six points were awarded for a touchdown, and although there was no kicking for extra points, a team could choose between a one-point conversion attempt from the 3-yard line or a two-point conversion attempt from the 12-yard...
BONSALL – Bonsall riding club "CGA Mudslingers" resumed shows at the end of January at Stenerson Ranch in Bonsall. The ranch, which had served as an equine evacuation center during the fires in December, only to turn to mud after January rains, opened its arena again and welcomed the Mudslingers for a Jan. 28 show. Twenty-four riders from North County San Diego as well as counties extending to Kern County in central California competed in gymkhana (or "games on horseback") e... Full story
Five Fallbrook High School wrestlers who spent Jan. 6 at the Mission Hills Tournament reached the round in which the winner would receive a medal. "I couldn't have asked for the tournament to go any better than it did," said Fallbrook coach Christian Vera. "As a whole we did outstanding. Across the board everyone wrestled very well." The Mission Hills Tournament allows a school to enter multiple grapplers in the same weight class although only one of those is designated to be scored. Fallbrook took a total of 14 wrestlers,...
The Fallbrook Associated Swim Team water polo club reached the championship game of the 11th annual Pacific Winter Classic tournament. The FAST 14-and-under coed team won three matches and lost only the final in the tournament held Jan. 13-14. "We played really well," said FAST coach Doug Pearce. "It was really cool to watch." FAST had 15 players. Only two of those were 14-year-olds and a majority of the team could have played in 12-and-under competition. "I was really impressed," Pearce said. "They surprised me. I was...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Women Golfers (FWG) have found a new home at Marine Memorial Golf Course and Teri Hansen made the club's first hole in one. The Fallbrook Ladies Golf Club lost their long beloved Fallbrook Golf Club about two years ago, but they have now found a new home at Camp Pendleton's Marine base golf course. To celebrate their new home, FWG is having a reunion of all old and new members on March 24, from noon until 3 p.m. at Dolly Harty's home. Anyone who would l...
Fallbrook Associated Swim Team hosted the FAST 12-and-under C Meet at the Fallbrook High School pool Jan. 20-21, and the FAST swimmers won eight events. "Our swimmers overall swam well," said FAST coaching director and meet organizer Sean Redmond. Approximately 225 swimmers from throughout the region participated in the FAST 12-and-under C Meet, including 12 from the FAST club. "The meet went very well," Redmond said. Nine-year-old Emory Vorndam won three individual events and was also on a winning relay quartet. In the...
