Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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Lady Warriors tie up Longhorns 12-2...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The second round of Patriot League play for Bonsall High School’s softball team began April 29, and the 33-0 win over King-Chavez Academy gave Bonsall a 4-0 league record along with a 7-3 overall season mark. “We’re doing really well right now,” said Bonsall coach Emily Casillas. Bonsall’s four league victories were by a combined score of 94-5. The Legionnaires won all six of their April games including two non-league matchups with Mountain Empire. “We’re excited about this win streak we’re on...
FALLBROOK – The Don Dornon Games is a long standing Fallbrook tradition. The track meet began over 49 years ago, when Mr. Dornon, a teacher at Fallbrook Street School, organized the meet as a year-end celebration of the P.E. program and a way to showcase outstanding athletes. This year’s event was held Saturday, April 23, and featured 515 4th-6th grade student athletes from all of FUESD’s elementary schools. The event was primarily supported by over 70 volunteers, some of whom have volunteered for over 30 years. Volun...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Fallbrook High School's boys volleyball team shared second place in the final Valley League standings. The Warriors posted a 7-3 record during their 10 league matches. Escondido defeated Fallbrook twice while Fallbrook and Mission Vista split their two matches. “It was kind of bittersweet,” said Fallbrook coach Chip Patterson. The Warriors began league play March 21 at Valley Center and defeated the Jaguars in 25-22, 25-18, and 25-19 sets. Escondido traveled to Fallbrook for a March 23 mat...
Warriors score big in lacrosse...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Two Fallbrook High School freshmen placed second at the Dive Invitational meet April 9 at the Fallbrook High School pool. Olivia Searle was second in the girls six-dive competition. Felix Alcorn took second in the boys six-dive event. The four divisions had a total of 30 divers. “To have that many divers, it was good,” said meet organizer Sean Redmond, who is also Fallbrook High School’s diving coach. Redmond noted that April 9 was during Spring Break for many schools. “That was actually the b...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The Patriot League boys basketball coaches named Bonsall High School senior Emil Watkins to the all-league first team and Bonsall sophomore Nathan Winebrenner to the Patriot League second team. The Legionnaires were 3-5 in Patriot League play and had an overall record of 8-12. Bonsall was not given a CIF playoff berth. Last year, Bonsall was in the Sierra League, and Watkins was on the all-league first team. “This is what happens when you put in the work,” said Bonsall coach Chuck Col...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Nine Fallbrook High School seniors participated in a letter of intent signing ceremony at the school April 19. Eight of them were present at the morning ceremony: Mitchell Baker will play baseball for San Diego Christian College; Brianna Beath will be part of the Lindenwood University women's rugby program; Jordan Duncan will be on the Dartmouth College women's rugby team; Baylee Howley will play softball for the University of North Dakota;...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Fallbrook High School’s girls lacrosse team took a 13-1 season record and a 10-game winning streak into Spring Break, but in the Warriors’ first game following the break they lost a 9-6 contest April 19 at home against Sage Creek. “Very disappointed,” said Fallbrook coach Debbie Berg. “With a lot of our girls out of town, we had a very unproductive Spring Break, and it shows.” This is Berg’s third season as Fallbrook’s head coach. Girls lacrosse has 12 players from each team on the field at...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Fallbrook High School’s boys swim team posted a 4-1 record in Valley League dual meet competition with a 108-78 loss April 5 at Ramona placing Fallbrook second behind the Bulldogs in the regular-season standings which account for half of the league championship formula. The other half is based on positions at the league championship meet, which will be at Fallbrook High School and includes the diving competition April 28 and the league swim finals April 29, so if the Warriors outscore R...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The formula for the Valley League swim league championship bases half of the weighted standings on dual meet results and the other half on the positions at the league championship meet, which will be held this week at Fallbrook High School. Fallbrook’s girls will enter that league meet with the standings lead, as the Warriors won all five of their Valley League dual meets. “This is the first half of it, and then how we do at the league championship meet will determine who the league cha...
OCEANSIDE – The Knights of Columbus Chapter 3162 announce their 10th Annual Scramble Charity Golf Tournament and Silent Auction. It will be held Monday, June 13, with a 1 p.m. shotgun start at The Golf Club of California, 3742 Flowerwood Lane, Fallbrook. Tournament proceeds will benefit the needs of the historic Mission San Luis Rey Parish, Oceanside, and the Semper Fi Fund/America’s Fund Camp Pendleton Unit which provides financial support to combat wounded, ill and injured members of armed services and their families. It...
Robert T Sanders Special to the Village News What does a five-year-old boy have in common with a college senior? When your name is Jordan Ewig, it's one in the same. Ewig knew what he wanted to do when he grew up. And today, as a college senior soon to graduate, he's never wavered from that goal. He wants to play professional baseball. His baseball resume started in Fallbrook at age 5 with Fallbrook Pony T-Ball, then progressed to Pony Pinto All-Stars, Mustang All-Stars, and...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The Potter Junior High School rugby team finished the 2021-22 season with a 3-3-1 record. “Potter did great,” said Potter coach Steve Hernandez. The season consisted of 15-a-side matches. Potter had 20 boys on the team. “We barely had a bench sometimes. Sometimes we had just enough,” Hernandez said. The team had only 15 players, not allowing for any substitutes, in the Braves’ game at Pasadena. “We had 15 show up,” Hernandez said. The trip to Pasadena was approximately a two-hour driv...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The recent rugby activity for 2016 Fallbrook High School graduate Kayla Cannett has included the 2020 Olympic Games and the World Rugby Sevens Series. Canett is a member of the United States women's national team and is currently based at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista. "I'm still with the team right now," Canett said. Canett has options for the near term. "I'm looking to go back to school in August but possibly going to the World...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Last year, Fallbrook High School’s boys lacrosse team had a 5-9 season record including a 1-4 Valley League mark. This year, the Warriors began the season with a 9-2 record. “The team last year was pretty young,” said Fallbrook co-coach Ryan Farish. “They’ve been able to mature for another year and develop, and it’s made a big difference.” Due to the lack of a junior varsity team last year, the 2021 Warriors had 10 freshmen and eight sophomores on the varsity along with eight seniors. “We...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter Fallbrook High School’s track and field season began March 3 with a non-league dual meet at Rancho Buena Vista, and Fallbrook senior Rose Wagner broke her own girls pole vault school record with a distance of 13’0”. “It was a really great feeling,” Wagner said. “It was amazing, and I was super happy about it.” Wagner, who did not participate in track and field as a freshman in 2019, began her high school career by clearing 11’8” in her first meet of 2020 to break the 2003 school record of 11’7...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Youth Rugby held a fundraiser with one of their league sponsors, Jersey Mike's, on Wednesday, Feb. 29 at their local store located at 833 S. Main Ave. "This fundraiser is always a popular one," said Laura Cherevchenko, FYR PR representative. "We had a steady flow of customers in and out of the store, so it was great to see the league supported so much by the local community!" During the fundraiser, Jersey Mike's requested that customers donate a m...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The Lions Tournament is the nation’s largest high school baseball tournament and, for the first time this century, Fallbrook High School’s team won its division. The Warriors were in the AA Division of this year’s Lions Tournament, which took place April 11-14, and overcame a 3-1 deficit in the April 14 final to defeat Morse. “To come back and score three to win it shows the resiliency of our team,” said Fallbrook coach Pat Walker. “The kids don’t stop fighting. They never gave up.” Fallbroo...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter A try with approximately two minutes left in the final game of the Fallbrook High School boys rugby season gave the Warriors a winning record for the season. Raymond Chevarria scored the try which gave Fallbrook a 17-16 lead over Mira Costa High School of Manhattan Beach. The Warriors sealed the win with a turnover recovery in injury time and ended the season with a 5-3 record. “We ended on a positive note,” said Fallbrook coach Sierra Arteaga. In the first round of league play, Fallbrook def...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The Valley League girls soccer coaches selected three Fallbrook High School players to the 2021-22 all-league teams. Adrianna Madrigal and Rori Gartner were chosen for the Valley League first team. Panther Espinoza was given second-team distinction. “I’m very happy for them because they worked so hard,” said Fallbrook coach Nico Guerra. The Warriors placed fourth in the Valley League standings with a 4-4-2 record. Fallbrook’s 7-8-3 overall record includes a loss in the first round of the CIF...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The seven small K-8 elementary schools and middle schools in northern San Diego County and southern Riverside County which participate in athletic tournaments with a different school hosting a different sport each month met in Anza for a March 17 cross country meet hosted by Hamilton Elementary School and based at Hamilton High School, and both the Vallecitos Elementary School boys and the Vikings' girls took third place. Cross country team...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The March Invitational Diving Meet March 19 at the Fallbrook High School pool attracted 39 high school divers. "More than I expected," said meet organizer Sean Redmond, who is also Fallbrook High School's diving coach. Six of the divers at the meet are on the Fallbrook High School team, including boys six-dive winner Felix Alcorn. Three of the Warriors were in the girls six-dive event; Alcorn was one of two Fallbrook divers who competed in the...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter After five games, four of which were contested, Bonsall High School’s inaugural softball team had a 2-3 record. The Legionnaires defeated Borrego Springs on the field March 17 at home, which is the Pala Sports Complex, and were also the beneficiaries of a forfeit win against Warner when the Wildcats were the victims of field problems. Borrego Springs had previously defeated Bonsall, and Classical Academy had two victories over the Legionnaires. “We’ve been doing well, considering we have...
Joe Naiman Village News Reporter The Escondido Charter boys swim team spent part of March 18 at Fallbrook High School for a meet, but the White Tigers didn’t have enough swimmers for junior varsity competition which gave Fallbrook coach Bill Richardson the luxury of allowing his JV swimmers to compete in varsity races. “They had a very energetic day,” Richardson said. With victory assured due to Escondido Charter’s lack of depth, Richardson also had a “meet within a meet” in which the Fallbrook swimmers had their own teams a...
