Thursday, October 8, 2009

Ridgeview girls are Top Ranked Kern team for now


Week #5 (October 5) - Varsity Girls

Overall score last week

1. Buchanan 65 1
2. Clovis 217 2
3. Clovis East 230 4
4. Ridgeview 238 3 - Hit a bump in the road on their way to defending their SWYL and valley titles with their dramatic lost to Stockdale
5. Bullard 252 5
6. Madera South 312 6
7.Clovis North 369 8
8. Stockdale 372 7 - Handed Ridgeview it's first lost in 2 season with a sick and battered squad.
9. Clovis West 458 12
10.Tulare 480 10
11. Shafter 507 13 - Won another invite this past weekend
12. North Bakersfield 513 17 - Won the BC Invite last friday
13. Mission Prep 562 18
14. Firebaugh 566 11
15. Central Valley Christian 632 14
16. Mt. Whitney 648 9
17. El Diamante 689 NR
18. Independence 708 NR - New kid on the block who gets better and better each week
19.Garces 726 16 - Was having their best duel meet season in recent memory but went from being 3 - 1 to 3 - 3 in the blink of an eye
20. Sunnyside 737 15


-compiled by Larry Lung,

Central California

Cross Country Chair

Division I

1. Buchanan 30 1
5. Stockdale 124 5 - When this squad gets healthy look out
9. Centennial 298 9 - Have a hard time in the super tough SWYL
10. Bakersfield 320 10 - Undefeated in SEYL duel meet action and not seen in weekend invites but this week's Clovis Invite might move them up the charts

Division II

1. Tulare 132 2
2. North Bakersfield 140 5 - Big jump this week for the Stars
5. Garces 194 4 - Hopes to bounce back after this week's duel meet defeats
7. Highland 201 6 - Picking up steam at the right time, has a shot at going 4 - 20 in SEYL duels
9. Foothill 238 9 - Already posted their 4 - 2 SEYL duel meet record

Division III

1. Ridgeview 92 1 - defending valley champ
4. Shafter 184 4 - Young talented squad who has been picking off team invite wins
5. Independence 252 5

Division IV

1. Firebaugh 125 1
2. McFarland 170 2 - Has two really good front runners
3. Taft 194 3 - Megan Thompson has a real good shot at an individual valley title

Four Kern Teams Ranked in the Top Ten


Week #5 (October 5) - Varsity Boys

Overall score last week

1. Buchanan 64 1
2. McFarland 182 2 - Ran real well at Golden West Invite and took second overall
3. Clovis West 183 4
4.Madera South 222 5
5. Ridgeview 230 3 - Undefeated in SWYL duels, came in 3rd at Golden West
6. Stockdale 235 6 - Won Clovis West Invite
7. Highland 328 8 - Undefeated in SEYL duels
8.Roosevelt 354 9
9. Madera 408 11
10. Clovis 408 7
11. Clovis North 482 12
12. Avenal 505 10
13, Redwood 515 17
14. East Bakersfield 552 18 - Ranked pretty high considering their results so far this year
15. Shafter 554 14 - Should be ranked a lot higher
16. Bullard 582 15
17. Clovis East 585 13
18. Wasco 607 16
19. Parlier 664 20
20. Tulare Western 667 NR

-compiled by Larry Lung,

Central California

Cross Country Chair

Division I

1. Buchanan 26 1
3. Stockdale 66 3 - Went head to head with Ridgeview this week but came up short. But in big field meets they are a powerhouse with their pack running style
9. Centennial 234 8 - Should not be in D1 but win D2 valley and get moved up. Nice reward.

Division II

1. Highland 77 1 - Veteren squad looking for a valley title to go with all their SEYL titles
3. East Bakersfield 122 3 - Ended the season 5 - 1 in SEYL duels
8. North Bakersfield 183 8
9. Liberty (Bakersfield) 224 9 - Patriots should be ranked higher
10.Garces 267 NR

Division III

1. Madera South 91 2
2. Ridgeview 94 1 - Dropped one spot this week
5. Shafter 214 5
6. Wasco 234 6
7. Foothill 304 8 - Finished SEYL duel season with a 4 - 2 record

Division IV

1. McFarland 52 1 - Will be interesting to see how they do at Clovis Invite this weekend
9. Taft 319 7