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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Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The CIF state swim meet May 12-14 at Clovis West High School in Clovis included senior Brock Bushnell competing in two individual events and also being part of two Fallbrook High School freestyle relay teams which had qualified for the state meet. Bushnell, who graduated from Oasis High School in June and swam for Fallbrook High School under the CIF San Diego Section's Multi-School Teams Status policy which allows athletes from certain schools to compete for a specified other team, was in the...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The CIF state office announced the 2021-22 State Academic Team Champions for each CIF sport, and the Bonsall High School boys cross country team was among the teams recognized. Bonsall’s boys had a cumulative 4.0 unweighted grade point average during the cross country season. The State Academic Team Champions are the teams with the highest varsity team grade point average during their season of sport, and more than one award for each sport can be given if there is a tie for the highest g...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Last year Bonsall High School had two track and field participants. Twelve Bonsall students were on the 2022 team, which was also the first for Manuel Ramirez as a coach. “It was amazing,” Ramirez said. “I’m just thrilled and happy with what they accomplished.” Ramirez ran track for Vista High School, both as a sprinter and in the 1,600-meter event (he also played soccer for the Panthers). He hoped to transmit the enjoyment of his own track and field participation to the Bonsall athletes....
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Last year Fallbrook High School’s girls lacrosse team reached the CIF playoffs for the first time in the program’s history, although the Warriors lost in the first round. This year Fallbrook reached the second round of the CIF playoffs. “We had a good run at it,” said Fallbrook coach Debbie Berg. The two playoff games gave Fallbrook an overall season record of 17-4. “Very happy,” Berg said. “It went well.” Fallbrook’s Valley League record was 4-2, which placed the Warriors second in the sta...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The Valley League softball coaches who select the all-league teams chose Fallbrook High School senior Baylee Howley as the league’s player of the year for 2022. “It’s an extraordinary opportunity and a really big thing for me,” Howley said. “She deserved it,” said Fallbrook coach Lisa Stehle. “There was no doubt this year that she was on her game. She was mentally in the game,” Stehle said. “She was motivated and she came in ready to do her work, and that’s just on the field.” Stehle note...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Bonsall High School added baseball and softball this year, and the two sports combined their post-season banquet which was held May 26 at the Pala Sports Complex where both teams play their home games. "It was a huge success," said Bonsall softball coach Emily Casillas. "It was pretty much a great night," said Bonsall baseball coach Danny Mencias. A softball game between the baseball and softball teams preceded the dinner and awards...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Each year the San Diego High School Sports Association honors a male athlete and a female athlete from each CIF San Diego Section member as a Senior Student-Athlete. The award is given to seniors based on athletic, leadership, and academic criteria. Ethan McFarland was selected as Bonsall High School's male Senior Student-Athlete for the 2021-22 school year. "It's a privilege and honor to be named," McFarland said. McFarland ran cross country...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter For the first time since 2006, Fallbrook High School reached the CIF baseball finals. The Warriors advanced to the Division IV final with five wins in the double-elimination playoffs. Mission Bay defeated Fallbrook in the championship game May 27 at the University of California, San Diego. "It was a great season," said Fallbrook coach Pat Walker. The Warriors' regular-season record was 15-13. This year's Valley League consisted of five teams....
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Vallecitos Elementary School eighth-grader Yamilee Rico and Pauma Elementary School seventh-grader Matthias Kai Subish won events at the Julian Junior High Invitational Track Meet held May 19 at the Julian High School stadium. Rico won two events, taking first in both the girls 200-meter dash and the high jump. Subish had the superlative shot put throw in his division. The monthly tournaments involving small middle schools and K-8 elementary...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Fallbrook High School’s girls swim team placed 19th among the 28 Division I schools at the CIF swim meet May 4-7 at Granite Hills High School. The Division I swim preliminaries were held May 4; the diving championship took place May 6, and the swim finals were contested May 7. The swimmers or relay teams with the top eight preliminaries times in each event advanced to the championship finals while the next eight fastest times were worth a lane in the consolation finals, and position points w...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The CIF San Diego Section individual tennis tournament was held May 9-14 at the Balboa Tennis Club in San Diego, and Fallbrook High School junior Porter Niccum reached the second round of singles play. Niccum advanced to the next round with a first-round victory over his Bonita Vista opponent. The doubles portion of the tournament included Fallbrook senior Daniel Winton and junior Joe Tygart losing a first-round match to a seeded opponent. The first two singles rounds were played May 9. The...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Fallbrook High School graduate and current Palomar College diver Donovan Taylor won the California Community College Athletic Association state three-meter diving championship. Taylor also won the one-meter diving title at the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference championship meet. He was second on the three-meter board at the PCAC meet and second on the one-meter board at the state meet. Palomar College does not have diving boards. “We have to practice at a club,” Taylor said. The Alga Norte Aqu...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Fallbrook High School senior Brock Bushnell shared first place in the CIF Division I swim finals May 7 at Granite Hills High School, both Fallbrook freestyle relay teams set school records, and the Warriors had the seventh-place Division I boys team score. The swimmers or relay teams with the top 16 times in each event during the May 4 preliminaries at Granite Hills advanced to the May 7 finals with the eight fastest times earning lanes in the championship final and the next eight best marks...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Brent Duke has been selected as Bonsall High School's new basketball coach. "I'm just really excited. Hopefully we can build upon the success we've had," Duke said. Chuck Colletti was Bonsall's coach from 2018-19 to 2021-22. "Colletti did a great job building character," Duke said. Duke hopes to maintain Colletti's standards for the team. "I want to do it the right way with the right kids," Duke said. The emphasis on the overall person...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The CIF playoff selection and seeding meeting May 14 gave Bonsall High School’s softball team the eighth seed in the Division V playoffs and gave Borrego Springs the ninth seed, setting up a first-round game between the two teams May 17 at the Pala Sports Complex where Bonsall’s home games are played. Borrego Springs ended Bonsall’s season with an 18-13 victory over the Legionnaires. “We fought a good fight. We made a lot of errors, but we tried our hardest to come back. We did fight back,...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Fallbrook High School's softball team won the CIF Division V championship. The Warriors faced Foothills Christian in the Division V final May 27 at the University of California, San Diego softball field. The 16-3 game was called after five innings due to the 10-run mercy rule. "This team came together," said Fallbrook coach Lisa Stehle. "I'm just super proud of our girls. They didn't give in or give up." Last year, Fallbrook's overall record...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Bonsall High School's baseball team completed the Legionnaires' first-ever season with a 13-6 victory May 12. The win at the Pala Sports Complex, where Bonsall home games are played, gave the Legionnaires a final season record of 4-12-1 including a 2-6 Patriot League mark which placed Bonsall fourth in the final five-team standings. "I believe it met expectations," said Bonsall coach Danny Mencias. The May 12 game also had Senior Night...
1 yd Dash Name Time School 4th Girls 1st Faith Smith 14.3 BES 2nd Channing Smith 15.2 BW 3rd Danilynn Thomas 15.3 BES 4th Boys 1st Adrian Salgado 13.7 BES 2nd Hudson Dent 14.4 BES 3rd Blake Duclos/Giovanni Duenas 14.9 BW 5th Girls 1st Cassandra Mencias 13.6 BES 2nd Jedi Co 13.7 BW 3rd Isabelle Wolf 14.7 BES 5th Boys 1st Esteban Estrada 13.2 BW 2nd Saul Villagomez 13.5 BES 2nd Parker Connolly 13.5 BES 6th Girls 1st Ella French 14 Sull 2nd Leah Williams 14.2 BW 3rd Hayley Rocha 14.4 Sull 6th Boys 1st George Hodgkinson 13.3...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Fallbrook High School senior Rose Wagner will be concluding her high school track and field career at the CIF state meet May 27-28. Wagner cleared 12'3" in the girls pole vault at the CIF San Diego Section finals May 21 at Mount Carmel High School to qualify for the state meet at Buchanan High School in Clovis. The athletes from all three San Diego Section divisions combined who had the three best times or distances in each event qualified for...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The CIF San Diego Section boys tennis team playoffs took place April 26-30 but, for Fallbrook High School, the post-season consisted of one match April 26 at Steele Canyon. A 13-5 Steele Canyon victory eliminated the Warriors in the first round of the post-season tournament. “We just didn’t go out and play,” said Fallbrook coach Bill Lenaway. In 2013, the CIF San Diego Section transitioned from playoff divisions based on enrollment to playoff divisions based on competitive balance. The divis...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Although 2022 was the first season ever for Bonsall High School softball, the Legionnaires won the Patriot League championship. Bonsall finished league play with a 6-0 record. The Legionnaires' regular-season record was 11-5. “I am absolutely just amazed,” said Bonsall coach Emily Casillas. “They put in a lot of hard work, a lot of dedication, and they brought it home for us. This is Bonsall’s first year in softball, and they’re league champions.” The Legionnaires began the season with 18 play...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter For the second year in a row, the Valley League girls basketball coaches selected Fallbrook High School’s Naiya Kurnik as the league's player of the year. Kurnik was joined on the all-league first team by Claire Nordeen. Elley Ahrend and Juliana Blas were named to the second team. Brooke Quintana and Liz Villigran were recognized at the honorable mention level. “It was well deserving,” Fallbrook coach Trae Harrison said of having six all-league players. The Warriors won all 10 Valley Leagu...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Fallbrook senior Daniel Winton and junior Joe Tygart reached the doubles championship match of the Valley League tournament April 19-21 at San Pasqual High School. The league tournament also included Fallbrook junior Porter Niccum taking third place in the singles competition. During the league tournament, each school is allowed four singles players and four doubles tandems. Coaches are allowed to use players who were on the junior varsity during the regular season, although Fallbrook had no...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Fallbrook High School’s girls swim team won the Valley League championship with freshman Maile McMahon and sophomore Ava Dowden capturing individual league championships. Regular-season standings comprised half of the league championship formula with the league championship meet results April 27-29 at the Fallbrook High School pool accounting for the other half. Fallbrook had a 5-0 record in Valley League dual meets and also had the top score at the league meet. Individual league championships...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Fallbrook High School's boys volleyball season ended May 4 when the Warriors lost a first-round CIF Division III playoff match at home against El Capitan. The Vaqueros prevailed in 25-20, 25-10, and 28-26 sets to advance to the CIF Division III quarterfinals, where they lost to Grossmont. Fallbrook ended the season with a 17-15 overall record, including the playoff loss and a 7-3 performance in Valley League competition which gave the Warriors a share of second place in the final standings....
