This week's Payalonian Sports Ticker focuses on the performance of local prep athletes for the week of February 24th to March 2nd.
Preparation for this week
boy: Pajaro Valley Junior Isaac Ocampo Three records were broken in one day during the track and field winter time trial held at Pajaro Valley High School on February 24th. Ocampo won the boys long jump with a meet and school record of 20 feet, 11 inches, and took second in the 200-meter dash. He set a new school record for the meter dash with a time of 23.24 seconds. He also placed third in the 100-meter dash in 11.97 seconds.
girl:Monte Vista Christian Senior Keira Driscoll She had 12 goals and five assists in three games for the Mustangs women's lacrosse team, opening the regular season with a 2-1 record. Driscoll had a five-goal performance in MVC's 17-9 nonleague win over the Pioneers on March 1.
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- Aptos High School sophomore Deshawn Gomez He won the 100 meters in 11.65 seconds during the winter time trials held at Pajaro Valley High School on February 24th.
- Freshmen at Monte Vista Christian maya moore On March 1, in a nonleague game, the Mustangs women's lacrosse team defeated the Pioneers 17-9, scoring six goals and having two assists. sophia sheridan He had three goals and two assists in the MVC.
- Pajaro Valley Senior Distance Runner david hernandez He placed fifth in the winter time trial at Pajaro Valley High on February 24 with a time of 2 minutes, 13.35 seconds, moving him to eighth place on the Grizzlies' 800-meter track and field record board.
- saint francis Mika Cervantes, nash horton, Junior Ibarra and Nicholas Fantle In a nonleague game against San Lorenzo Valley on February 28, the Sharks had multiple hits in each game and won 13-3.Ibarra and his teammates trey silva and Javier Fonseca They each recorded 3 RBIs. Ibarra also pitched three innings and had five strikeouts.
- San Lorenzo Valley cody houston In the Cougars' 10-2 loss to St. Francis in a nonleague game on February 28, he had one hit and one RBI in two at-bats.
- scotts valley caleb wing In a 10-2 nonleague loss to Salinas on February 29, he had 2 hits in 3 at bats, including one double and one RBI. Corbin Giesen He pitched 4 1/3 innings, allowing three hits and three runs, with eight strikeouts. Jacob Pauka, jack sanders and jack abel Each hit one base hit. Scotts Valley will host Sobrato on Monday at 3:30 p.m.
- watsonville junior caitlin lewis He got off to a strong start to the track season by finishing second in the 1,600 meters in the winter time trial held at Pajaro Valley High on February 24th with a time of 5 minutes, 25.23 seconds.
- new student at watsonville alex paniagua At the winter time trial held at Pajaro Valley High School on February 24, he won the 200-meter dash in 23.23 seconds and placed second in the 100-meter dash in 11.77 seconds. Ruben Mora He placed third in the 110-meter hurdles (18.16 seconds) and 300-meter hurdles (44.43 seconds).
Featured games
- St. Francis vs. Hollister, baseball, Wednesday 3:30 p.m.: The Sharks will look to get things going in the team's league opener in Watsonville against the defending champions of the Pacific Coast Athletic League's Gavilan Division, the Haybarrels.
- Watsonville at Aptos, softball, Friday 4 p.m.: The 'Black and Blue' non-league game will be a good warm-up for both the Mariners and Wildcats in the first week of play.
- Monte Vista Christian at Aptos, girls lacrosse, Monday 6 p.m.: The Mariners enter their second year of competition and will face a competitive Mustangs team loaded with talent from top to bottom on the roster.
Coaches and athletic directors are encouraged to submit scores and highlights to: [email protected]. Follow Sports Editor Juan Reyes (@jmreyes831) on Twitter to stay up to date on scores and news.
