Kenny Cress / Sports Writer | Posted: Friday, April 2, 2004 12:00 am
Both coaches figured this track meet would be close. It wasn/t.
Sophomore Philip Adam led a 1-2-3 sweep in the boys 110 high hurdles, winning in 15.7 to help St. Joseph/s boys break open a meet that was tight early. The Knights defeated Los Padres League arch rival Lompoc 89-47 on a windy, cold Thursday afternoon at Righetti High/s Warrior Stadium.
Lompoc/s 1,600 meter relay team of Laura Covarrubias, Ariana and Carrie Fabing and DeLoren Tullis clinched the meet for the Braves/ girls by winning in 4:24.9. Lompoc/s girls won 75-61.
St. Joseph/s boys are 2-0. St. Joseph/s girls are 1-1. Lompoc/s girls are 3-0 and the Braves/ boys are 2-1.
"Our guys did very well today," St. Joseph coach Greg Sarkisian, who said the week before that he expected the meet to be a nail-biter. "They came through the way they should have."
"Going over it in my mind, every day this week, I thought it was going to be really close," said Lompoc coach Ed Herrmann.
Lompoc/s boys won the first event, the 400 relay, but Billy Ader got the Knights boys rolling in the next even by getting the best of the Braves/ tough distance crew. Ader edged Lompoc/s Eduardo Ramos, winning in 4:46.2 to Ramos/ 4:46.8. St. Joseph/s Bryant Loung, who later won a windy 800 going away in 2:03.9, was third in 4:46.9.
Ader gave the Knights a distance double by sprinting away from a Lompoc runner in the last straightaway of the 3,200 to win in 10:33.8. St. Joseph/s Greg Reynolds won the long jump (21-0) and triple jump (41-1 1/2).
The Braves/ boys were Boo Jackson-less Thursday. Jackson is one of the best jumpers in the area. Herrmann said Thursday that Jackson was on vacation with his family in Hawaii.
"Having Boo sure would have helped," Herrmann said, though he added, "St. Joseph/s guys did a great job."
"Them not having Boo obviously made a big difference," Sarkisian said. "Although I/m not sure Boo would have prevented us from winning."
He would not have. Even if Jackson had won all three jumps, the Knights would have won with points to spare.
Both coaches were pleased with their girls teams.
"I thought our girls were going to get slaughtered," Sarkisian said. "We came within 15 points. I/m very proud of them."
St. Joseph won the girls LPL title last year.
Adam was a big reason the Knights/ boys won going away. The 2003 CIF hurdles finalist won the 300 hurdles in 41.7 and the shot put at 49-7 3/4 to go with his 110 hurdles win.
Adam blasted through the first part of the 300 race and appeared headed for a grand time. He slowed greatly the last 20 meters or so and settled for a good one.
"I was tired," he said. Approaching the last hurdle, "I tried to shorten my stride, but it didn/t work. So I had to stutter-step."
Freshman Julio Ortega impressed Sarkisian and his St. Joseph teammates alike. He passed Lompoc/s Nick Martin in the last few yards to finish second in the varsity 800.
Lompoc/s Donald White/s 22.5 200 was an impressive time on such a windy day. Loung/s 800 was also impressive. He opened a huge lead early and maintained his pace well.
The Knights/ girls couldn/t overcome the Fabings. Ariana won the 800 in 2:37.9 and the 1,600 in 5:44.8. Carrie took the 3,200 in 12:35.6. Then came their legs for the winning 1,600 relay team.
Alyssa Agin did pull off a sprint double for the Knights. She won two close races, the 100 in 13.0 and the 200 in 27.3.
Cabrillo boys 91, SM 36
Cabrillo girls 92, SM 29
Raphael and Annette McKinney had big days as the Conquistadores/ teams rolled to big victories in LPL action.
Raphael McKinney took the boys 400 (54.4), long jump (19-4), 200 (24.34) and triple jump (40-6 1/2). Annette McKinney won the girls 100 hurdles (18.03), long jump (15-2), high jump (5-2) and triple jump 35-1 1/2.
Santa Maria/s boys winners included Solomon Salinas (discus, 130-0), Rodrigo Villa (shot put, 41-6), Jason Balewa (high jump, 5-4) and the Saints/ 400 meter relay team. Jaime Ponce, Rigo Guzman, Robert Butler and Ivan Tena combined to run 48.3
AG boys 99, RHS 37
AG girls 100, RHS 32
ARROYO GRANDE 7 The Eagles boys and girls rolled to PAC-5 League victories at Doug Hitchen Stadium.
Jason Safarik pulled off an unusual triple for the Arroyo Grande boys. He won the 1,600 in 4:44.95, the 3,200 in 11:05.44 and the high jump at 6-0.
Chris Brooms won the 100 (11.24) and the triple jump (39-5) for the Warriors.
Lauren Alarcio was a quadruple winner for Arroyo Grande/s girls. She finished first in the 100 high hurdles in 15.52, the 300 hurdles in 49.85, the long jump at 16-0 and the triple jump at 32-1.
Kenna Wolter was the lone double winner for Righetti. Wolter took the 1,600 in 5:38.13 and the 3,200 in 13:02.87. Wolter ran unopposed in the 3,200.
Baseball
Righetti 9, Paso Robles 7
PASO ROBLES 7 The Bearcats scored thrice in the bottom of the seventh but came up short.
Righetti improved to 4-0 in the PAC-5 League and 10-2 overall.
Blaine Wilson hit a two-run home run in the sixth for Righetti, his sixth homer of the year. Josh Thomas had three hits and drove in two runs. Jimmy Mittelberger had two hits and drove in two runs as well.
Jimmy Dodos and Kyle Davis were both 2-for-4 for Righetti. All of the Warriors/ starters had at least one hit.
Arroyo Grande 6, SLO 1
ARROYO GRANDE 7 Eagles pitcher Josh Gutierrez pulled himself out of a tough spot twice Thursday to help his team preserve a 6-1 win over the Tigers in a PAC-5 game at P.O.V.E. Field.
The Eagles (8-3, 3-1 PAC-5) scored five runs in the first inning and one in the fourth.
Arroyo Grande/s Brandon King started the scoring frenzy in the first with a nice blooper to center field that scored Erik Morrison. King tagged up on Jason Wysong/s pop fly for a 2-0 lead.
Then, Chris McCall hit a hard shot to third base that was too hot for the Tigers to handle bringing home Gilbert Buenrostro and Gutierrez. Josh Mallory scored the final run of the inning when he stole third base and came home on an overthrow at third.
Golf
PAC-5 Tournament
ARROYO GRANDE 7 Medalist Justin McCutcheon helped San Luis Obispo tie host Arroyo Grande for first place at Cypress Ridge.
McCutcheon shot a 67. Both teams shot a 388.
Paso Robles finished third at 390. Arroyo Grande was fourth at 402, and Righetti was last in the five-team field at 416.
Cory Powell led Atascadero with a 70. Chad Jackson shot a 73 for Paso Robles. Daniel Miller led Righetti with a 74. Bryce Pierce had the top Arroyo Grande score, 79.
Teammates following Miller included Jordan Jacobs (78); Eric Barnard (82); Kyle Waterbury (88); and Morgan Fippinger (94).
Tennis
SM 12, Nipomo 6
NIPOMO 7 Ricky Chan led the Saints (2-3, 3-6) to victory in this LPL match by sweeping his sets 6-0, 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1 singles.
Alex Martinez and Rey Sagisi swept at No. 1 doubles for the Saints. Adam Peterman and Jay Serio both won two of their three singles sets for Nipomo.
Santa Ynez 13, SJ 5
SANTA YNEZ 7 The Pirates ran their LPL record to 4-1 and improved to 6-4 overall.
Chase Carhartt swept at No. 3 singles for Santa Ynez. Erik Reif and Nick Keller did the same at No. 2 doubles for the Pirate. Graham Ortiz won two of his three sets at No. 1 singles for St. Joseph.
Atascadero 12, RHS 6
The Warriors mustered just three singles and three doubles wins on their home courts and dropped to 2-5, 3-9.
Volleyball
Santa Ynez 3, SJ 0
SANTA YNEZ 7 The Knights came up short against the LPL perennial powerhouse, though Matt Segura and Charlie Sheaff both had eight kills and seven digs.
St. Joseph is 0-1 in the LPL.
Swimming
AG boys 95, Righetti 75
AG girls 131, Righetti 38
There were not very many highlights for the Warriors at the YMCA Pool in these PAC-5 dual meets.
Scott Turton won for the Righetti boys in the 50 yard freestyle in 24.0. The Righetti 200 free relay team of Noah Smith, Greg McGilvray, Mayer Olvares and Turton won in 1:36.6.
Katlin Phillips of Righetti racked up the Warrior girls/ lone win. She won the 500 free in 5:36.3. That is a CIF consideration time, though she has swam faster.
April 2, 2004