As the third boys event in this PAC-5 League swim meet was taking place, Righetti boys and girls coach Kyle Shaffer smiled ruefully.

"Not a good day," he said.

San Luis Obispo/s squads were in the process of routing his. The Tigers/ boys team won 138-45, and the San Luis Obispo/s girls squad prevailed 134-45 at the YMCA pool Friday.

"San Luis Obispo has the best team in the league this year," Shaffer said, referring to both Tigers squads. "No one in our league can touch them because of their depth."

That depth showed Friday as the Tigers squads ran their records to 1-0 in the PAC-5 League and 3-0 overall. Righetti/s boys are 0-1, 2-2. The Righetti girls are 0-1, 0-4.

Junior Katlin Phillips racked up Righetti/s lone win Friday. She took the girls 100 yard butterfly in 1:07.10.

"I would have liked to have gone a little faster, but I felt strong in the pool," she said. "My best time/s a 1:03, but for this early in the season, (my time today/s) all right."

"We/ve had some good swims," Shaffer said. "Early in the season, that/s what it/s all about."

Besides Phillips/ win, Shaffer said the best swims of the day for his team came from the boys side. Greg McGilvray swam CIF consideration times in the 200 individual medley (2:11) and the 100 free (52.1).

Righetti/s 200 medley and 200 free relay teams also swam CIF consideration times. Josh Jones, Cory Yamashiro, McGilvray and Noah Smith swam for the 200 medley relay team. Mayer Olivares led off for the 200 free relay team. Yamashiro, McGilvray and Smith swam the other legs.

Speaking of CIF consideration times, San Luis Obispo/s boys had a raft of them. Seven to be exact.

Ian James won the 200 individual medley and the 100 backstroke in 2:08.54 and 59.13 respectively, swimming CIF consideration times in both. Stefan Thom had a sprint double for the Tigers. He won the 50 free in 23.69 and the 100 free in 51.97.

Besides swimming on two winning relay teams, San Luis Obispo/s Claire Jacobson was a double individual event winner in the girls meet. She won the 50 free in 26.26 and the 100 free in 58.81. Her 50 free mark was good for CIF consideration.

Jacobson/s 50 free time was the only CIF consideration mark of the girls meet.

Shaffer said Righetti/s boys were missing two of their better swimmers. "Scott Turton made our zone national water polo team, and he/s in the national tryouts. Mike Tucker/s ill.

"Scott usually swims in the 50 and the 100, and Mike swims the 50 and the 200 free. (Their absences) affected the relays too."

Softball

Righetti 3, Atascadero 1

ATASCADERO 7 Righetti pitcher Jenna Maiden gave up a home run to Atascadero/s first batter of the game, then shackled the Greyhounds thereafter.

Tabatha Taylor went 2-for-3 and drove in a run to help the Warriors improve to 2-1 in the PAC-5 League and 8-2 overall. Jessica Rogers was 2-for-3 and scored a run for the Warriors.

Righetti hosts Clovis West in a non-league doubleheader that begins at 11 a.m. today.

Paso Robles 2, Arroyo Grande 0

ARROYO GRANDE 7 The Bearcats scored two runs in the third inning to cruise past the Eagles, who dropped to 0-2 in the PAC-5.

CeCe Dominguez hit a hard shot to center field to score Jennifer Caraveo, who got on base on a walk, for the first run. Then Dominguez scored when Eagles first baseman Maggie Brummett/s throw went over catcher Erika Blecha/s head after Rylie Tedeschi had been thrown out at first on an infield ground ball

Arroyo Grande left the bases loaded in the first and fifth innings. Paso Robles stranded 10 runners.

Cabrillo 6, Nipomo 0

NIPOMO 7 Brooke Brockett hurled a one-hitter as the Conquistadores went to 2-0 in the Los Padres League and 6-2-1 overall.

Candice Chotmal had one hit, but she drove in four runs. Erin Cabral and Jessica Kennedy had two hits each.

Santa Maria 11, Santa Ynez 1

SANTA YNEZ 7 Veronica Gonzalez hit a two-run double, and Angela Martinez, Christa MacDonald and Stacy Davis all had three hits for the Saints (2-0, 5-7).

The run Santa Maria pitcher Serinna Uvalle allowed was unearned. Uvalle pitched a complete game.

SLO 3-5, SJ 0-6

SAN LUIS OBISPO 7 The Knights (4-4-1) split this road doubleheader, losing the opener 3-0 and winning the second 6-5.

Michaela Adam went 2-for-2 for St. Joseph in the second game. Sharee Vail was 2-for-4. Jessica Perez and Katie Dering both tripled.

St. Joseph overcame six second-game errors.

Tigers ace Katie Burkhardt allowed the Knights three hits, all singles, in the opener.

Mission Prep 1, VCA 0

SAN LUIS OBISPO 7 Royals pitcher Megan Ochylski drove in the only run of the game as the Lions (5-1) took their first defeat of the year with the non-league loss.

The run was unearned. Ochylski/s triple was the only hit off VCA pitcher Christine Regalado. Ochylski threw a two-hitter herself. Cynthia Regalado and Regina Garza singled for VCA/s hits.

Baseball

Lompoc 4, Morro Bay 1

MORRO BAY 7 Joey Green threw a one-hitter, and Ben Ornelas and Joey Green each went 2-for-4 as the Braves (3-6 overall) took their Los Padres League opener.

The Pirates dropped to 1-1 in league games.

Nipomo 3, Cabrillo 2

NIPOMO 7 Cabrillo starting pitcher Evan Fields/ one-hit, seven-strikeout performance over 4 1/3 innings went for naught because the Titans scored three unearned runs in the fifth.

Nipomo is 2-0 in the LPL in its first varsity season. The Titans are 4-4 overall. Cabrillo is 0-2, 4-6.

John Jennings singled in both of Cabrillo/s runs. Samm Spears singled in a run for Nipomo in the fifth.

Santa Maria 16, Santa Ynez 2

SANTA YNEZ 7 Bobby Ferrel had quite a day as the Saints improved to 1-1, 2-7.

He went 4-for-5, drove in seven runs, hit a solo home run and doubled twice.

He also pitched the first five innings to earn the win, struck out seven and gave up just three hits. The run the Pirates scored against him was unearned.

Ryan Brocamonte was 2-for-4 for Santa Maria and drove in four runs. John Robles and Juan Figueroa doubled for the Saints. Colton Poor doubled for Santa Ynez.

Righetti 10, SLO 2

SAN LUIS OBISPO 7 The Warriors (3-0, 9-2) put this PAC-5 League game on ice with six runs in the fourth inning at Sinsheimer Park.

Blaine Wilson hit his fifth home run of the year, a two-run homer, in the sixth. "The wind was blowing straight out, but he hit it over the 370 sign in left and it went 380," Righetti coach Eric Albright said. "So it was legit."

Chris Mathews hit a solo home run for Righetti in the fourth.

Josh Thomas picked up his third win of the year by pitching a complete-game three-hitter. He helped himself with a double. Jimmy Dodos tripled.

Sports writer Steve Fairchild contributed to this report.

March 27, 2004