Cathedral Catholic lost to its nemesis St. Augustine 55-45 in a Southern California Division III Regional Semifinal on March 12.
Xavier Williams scored 23 points to lead the Dons and Niksha Federico added 10 points.
The Dons rallied from a halftime deficit to defeat to defeat Chaminade of West Hills (San Fernando Valley) 3-1 in a Southern California Division II Regional Championship game on March 8.
It might sound like a bit of a stretch, but 17 year-old Katie Fletcher first fell into what would become a lifelong love affair with soccer as a total fluke. “I played intramural soccer with friends at school for fun, but one day a friend of mine went to try out for the Rancho Santa Fe Attack club,” she remembers from her Solana Beach home. “I went with her and tried out on a whim and got placed on the best team; my friend didn’t.”
Can 16 plus 25 equal 1? The Carmel Valley-based San Diego Youth Rugby Mustangs U18 boys team sure hopes so.
The defending Southern California Club Champions have been invited to participate in the Boys High School National Invitational Championship in Elkhart, Indiana from May 16-18. The Mustangs Club team is currently ranked No. 25 by Rugby Magazine, the bible for the sport in the U.S.
Congratulations to the Master Your Sports Carmel Valley 3-4 Grade Open League Champions! Thank you to the team’s amazing coaches who helped the Falcons go undefeated this season. The players continued to improve their ball-handling skills and displayed great sportsmanship throughout the season, and the tournament. Top row, left to right: Aiden Patterson, Matthew Lim, Carson Williams, Dylan Johnson, Cooper Glenn, Assistant Coach RJ McCarthy; bottom row: Ryan Bridges, Chase Waldal, Robby McCarthy, and David Finley. Not pictured: Coach Greg Williams.
The Pacific Athletic Club swim team, which practices at the Pacific Sports Resort in Carmel Valley, recently participated in the local Junior Olympic Championship swim meet held at Poway Community Pool. This meet brings together all the areas teams and top swimmers to compete at the 14 and Under age groups. As a team the PAC placed 6th out of 27 scoring teams. Nearly every swimmer entered into the meet made finals (top 16) in at least one event per day — contributing points to the team score of 762 points (up 500 points from last years 12th place finish).
The undefeated 7th grade Bobcats basketball team of Carmel Valley Middle School won the 2013 Boys and Girls of San Dieguito Big Eight Sports Conference Championship on Feb. 28. Pictured from left to right, bottom: Caleb Longley, Justin Shimizu, Aaron Acosta, Kevin Kampfer, Chad Bailey, Peter Nelson, Chris Koo. Top: Alex Cho, Jude Atiya, M.J. Metz, Ryan Langborg, Colin Springer, Coach David Alvarado.
The Carmel Valley Dons middle school lacrosse team won the Poway Face Off Classic on March 3.
The Dons came back from a 3-0 deficit in the Championship game to beat Pacific Ridge 6-5. Coaches Neil Scott and Chad Hadlock are not pictured.
Jon Wallace was named as the new Head Football Coach at Santa Fe Christian Schools today. Wallace has been an Assistant Coach since 2004 and Head JV Coach at SFC since 2007.
In another great basketball season hosted by the Boys and Girls Club of San Dieguito, the Carmel Valley Bobcats won the 2012-2013 8th Grade Big 8 Championship.
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