Frontier vs Centennial at West

The boy's race between Centennial and Frontier looks like it was a good one with ten athletes within a minute of each other. The race was won by Beechinor (17:04) by 3 seconds over Millan (17:07) of Centennial. With their two wins today, Frontier is now 2 - 2 and Centennial is 2 - 3 in SWYL duel meet action.

Frontier 25, Centennial 30

Frontier 15, West 50

Centennial 15, West 50

At West

1. Beechinor, F, 17:04; 2. Millan, C, 17:07; 3. Urmstom, F, 17:29; 4. Rodriguez, F, 17:34; 5. Tretverg, C, 17:42; 6. Raney, C, 17:42; 7. Seldfari, F, 17:51; 8. Ballard, C, 17:53; 9. Rojas, C, 18:02; 10. Gonzalez, F, 18:03.

JV Cent. 24, Frontier 31; Centennial d. West; Frontier d. West

The girl's races were really close and I am sure it took a bit of ciphering to figure out what happen. In the end, came away with two very close wins. they beat West by three and Centennial by one. Their SWYL record is now 2 - 2. Frontier was lead D La Rosa (20:31) who came in second overall in the double duel.

The Golden Hawks beat West by one point also. They were lead by Jorey Braughton (20:37) who came third overall in the double duel.

The one bright spot for West was that their runner Habebo won the overall race in a time of 20:14. it is also good to see the Vikings being competitive again. Over the past seasons they have been handed a lot of 15 to 40+ scores (Other team's scoring five beats their top runner). This season they beat South and gave both Frontier and Centennial a run for their money.

Frontier 26, West 29

Centennial 27, West 28

Frontier 27, Centennial 28

At West

1. Habebo, W, 20:14; 2. De La Rosa, F, 20:31; 3. Braughton, C, 20:37; 4. Martinez, C, 21:21; 5. Theroux, W, 21:53; 6. Driskill, F, 21:55; 7. Melgar, C, 21:56; 8. Bennett, F, 22:08; 9. Jones, F, 22:09; 10. Castro, W, 22:59. JV Centennial 15, West 50; Centennial 15, Frontier 50

Week Four Duels

Boys cross country

Frontier 25, Centennial 30

Frontier 15, West 50

Centennial 15, West 50

At West

1. Beechinor, F, 17:04; 2. Millan, C, 17:07; 3. Urmstom, F, 17:29; 4. Rodriguez, F, 17:34; 5. Tretverg, C, 17:42; 6. Raney, C, 17:42; 7. Seldfari, F, 17:51; 8. Ballard, C, 17:53; 9. Rojas, C, 18:02; 10. Gonzalez, F, 18:03.

JV Cent. 24, Frontier 31; Centennial d. West; Frontier d. West

Indep. 21, Mira Monte 38

Independence 23, M. Oak 37

M. Oak 26, Mira Monte 29

At Independence

1. C. Carrasco, MO, 17:00; 2. Facho, I, 17:24; 3. Fisher, I, 18:05; 4. D. Carrasco, MO, 18:24; 5. Reyes, MM, 18:36; 6. Vinson, I, 18:37; 7. Gonzales, MM, 18:56; 8. Gaytan, I, 19:04; 9. Kostner, I, 19:15; 10. Facio, I, 19:16.

JV Mira Monte d. Mission Oaks, Independence

Highland 15, BHS 48

Highland 18, Foothill 42

Foothill 20, BHS 39

At Yokuts Park

1. Lewis, H, 16:32 (CR); 2. Van Zandt, H, 16:33; 3. Bautista, F, 16:44; 4. Turner, H, 17:47; 5. Esquivias, H, 17:49; 6. Jungo, H, 17:22; 7. Dickson, H, 17:38; 8. Sanchez, F, 17:46; 9. Garcia, F, 17:47; 10. Smith, B, 18:06.

JV Highland 24, Foothill 34

Liberty 25, Garces 31

Garces d. Golden Valley

Libery d. Golden Valley

At Kern River Parkway, 3 miles

1. Sandles, GV, 16:26; 2. O'Malley, G, 16:45; 3. K.Shotts, L, 16;52; 4. Freed, G, 17:21; 5. Christensen, L 18:16; 6. Tenney, L , 18:25; 7. Moffit, L, 18:31; 8. Real, G, 18:47; 9. S.Shotts, L, 19:06; 10. Newman, G, 19:12.

JV Liberty 21, Golden Valley 35; Liberty 27, Garces 30; Garces 20, Golden Valley 39

Gr. Hills 17, Burroughs 42

At Granite Hills

BURROUGHS 5. Rosales, 17:20; 6. Haugen, 17:29; 9. Wooding, 17:39; 10. Estabridis, 17:50; 12. Woodman, 18:37.

Girls cross country

Frontier 26, West 29

Centennial 27, West 28

Frontier 27, Centennial 28

At West

1. Habebo, W, 20:14; 2. De La Rosa, F, 20:31; 3. Braughton, C, 20:37; 4. Martinez, C, 21:21; 5. Theroux, W, 21:53; 6. Driskill, F, 21:55; 7. Melgar, C, 21:56; 8. Bennett, F, 22:08; 9. Jones, F, 22:09; 10. Castro, W, 22:59. JV Centennial 15, West 50; Centennial 15, Frontier 50

Indep. 15, Mira Monte 49

M. Oaks 19, Mira Monte 41

Independence 15, M. Oaks 47

At Independence

1. Savarese, I, 21:18; 2. Ingram, I, 21:20; 3. Sullivan, I, 21:22; 4. Webb, I, 21:53; 5. Viveros, I, 22:18; 6. Ambriz, I, 23:07; 7. Rodriquez, MO, 23:12; 8. Diaz, MM, 23:14; 9. Florez, MO, 23:28; 10. Minjivar, MO, 23:29.

JV Independence d. Mira Monte, Mission Oaks

BHS 23, Highland 32

Foothill 24, Highland 32

BHS 26, Foothill 30

At Yokuts Park

1. Baker, B, 19:24 (CR); 2. Rodriguez, H, 20:02; 3. Hernandez, F, 20:12; 4. Shuford, B, 20:15; 5. Zeloz, F, 20:22; 6. Garcia, B, 20:45; 7. Lerma, B, 21:11; 8. Castro, F, 21:23; 9. Berry, H, 21:37; 10. Mayberry, H, 21:42.

JV Foothill 24, Highland 33; Highland 27, BHS 32; Foothill 25, BHS 34.

Liberty 20, Golden Valley 36

Liberty 21, Garces 34

Golden Valley 26; Garces 29

At Kern River Parkway,

1. Barton, L, 19:58; 2. Theoenes, L, 20:48; 3. Holmes, L, 20:55; 4. Brown, G, 21:16; 5. Silva, GV, 21:44; 6. Lecavalier, L, 22:06; 7. Rodriguez, GV, 22:12; 8. Ibarra, GV, 22:17; 9. Cruz, G, 22:41; 10. Vu, G, 22:45.

JV Garces 27, Golden Valley 28; Golden Valley 22, Liberty 34; Garces 21, Liberty 38

Gr. Hills 16, Burroughs 45

At Granite Hills

BURROUGHS 5. Ernst, 22:23; 7. Wood, 22:45; 10. Garnett, 28:12; 11. Benson, 29:25; 12. Argain, 32:09.

The Wolf Pack Leads the Way

Fresh off their win at their home invite and many other wins this year, Ridgeview moves to number three in the overall valley rankings. Stockdale stays in 7th despite wining the Clovis West Invite and running well at Woodbridge.

Shafter jumped from 20th to 13th and recently placed second at the Wolf Pack Invite. Other Kern squads in the top 20 are Garces (16th), North (17th) and Highland (20th).

Week #4 (September 28)

Varsity Girls

Overall score last week

1. Buchanan 65 1
2. Clovis 166 2
3. Ridgeview 228 5 - Have been winning just about everything the enter from duel meets to invites.
4. Clovis East 246 3
5. Bullard 252 6
6. Madera South 312 4
7.Stockdale 323 7 - Great pack running squad without a front runner. Ran well at Woodbridge.
8. Clovis North 369 10
9. Mt. Whitney 413 8
10.Tulare 480 9
11. Firebaugh 487 12
12. Clovis West 490 11
13. Shafter 494 20 - Tied Ridgeview at McLane Invite and came in second to them at Wolf Pack Invite
14. Central Valley Christian 535 13
15. Sunnyside 561 16
16. Garces 610 17
17. North Bakersfield 657 NR - Lead by Moyer, this young keeps improving every week.
18. Mission Prep 672 NR
19.Golden West 709 18
20. Highland 715 NR - Coach Mayberry squads do not come out to play until it counts.

Division I - The Clovis and Fresno schools are so tough that it is doubtful any Kern team will make state in this division. Stockdale has a shot with their tightly bunch pack of runners but they will all have to drop some time to make it into the top three and go to state.

Interestingly 10th ranked Bakersfield has the most upside in making state if they could find a fifth runner. Lead by junior Sarah Baker, her and her three junior team mates (Emily Shuford, Gabby Lerma and Gracie Garcia) won a SEYL title in 2007, went undefeated in duels in 2008 and are undefeated in duels this year. Sarah has a great shot at making state as an individual (have to get in the top 12 or 15 in the race) and if they can get one other girl under 22, they might have a shot.

1. Buchanan 30 1
5. Stockdale 109 5
9. Centennial 270 8
10. Bakersfield 325 10

Division II - The past seasons Garces has been Monica Guzman but this season they are a team. They barely lost to the Drillers early in the season but have been winning duels ever since. This division usually sends the most Kern athletes to state as individuals and this maybe the case again this year. Besides Guzman, Liberty's Barton, Foothill's Fernandez and North's Moyer all have shots at making state. Plus other Highland and North girls maybe have a chance too.

1. Mt. Whitney 118 1
4. Garces 168 6
5. North (Bakersfield) 180 8
6. Highland 195 NR*
8. Liberty (Bakersfield) 230 7
9. Foothill 232 4

Division III - The Wolf Pack are defending valley champs and look like they will be repeating especially since they picked up some talented freshman.

1. Ridgeview 86 2
4. Shafter 175 4
5. Independence 279 8

Division IV

1. Firebaugh 109 1
2. McFarland 160 3
3. Taft 194 2



-compiled by Larry Lung,

Central California

Cross Country Chair

Wildcats take Individual titles at the Black Gold Rush 5k

Taft Wildcat Black Gold Rush 5k
Results
Oct. 3, 2009

These race was held in conjunction with the Oildarado Days weekend out at Taft so it was only fitting that Taft athletes won the races. Long ago, in the 80s, I won this race and got a nice belt buckle.

The race director (Barry Jameson who (ran 24:48) is the Taft High cross country coach) said: "We are going to have a huge race for Oildarado next year. Maybe have a big purse at the end for the fastest, and have teams."

Perhaps he could get Taft's most famous runner Billy Nelson (2008 Olympic Steeplechaser) to run too!

Mens 19-Under
1 Jeremias Xancale 18:27 1st OA
2 Ty Heiter 18:49
3 Rocky Hestand 18:54

Womens
1 Megan Thompson 20:38 1st women OA (photo)
2 Lili Pedroza 23:14
3 Marina Johnson 23:42

Mens 20-29
1 Ian Hieter 18:53

Womens
1 Brooklyn Rosales 21:45
2 Jessica Ryan 30:33
3 Elizabeth Evarts 30:48

Mens 30-39
1 Chris Flores 23:06
2 Doug Taylor 27:20

Womens
1 Valerie Taylor 28:56
2 Leticia Barajas 29:03
3 Ana Flores 29:25

Mens 40-49
1 Barry Jameson 24:48
2 Shawn Sutherland 26:42
3 Pedro Lopez 27:07

Womens
1 Hayley Tobin 25:07
2 Tanya Bonner 30:02
3 Barbara Owen 35:53

Mens 50-59
1 Don Barrington 21:53
2 Brent moon 23:21
3 Chris Isbell 27:08

Womens
1 Kathy Sharum 25:32
2 Bertha Toro 45:33

Shafter Girls take First at the Brug Invitational

Shafter competed at the Atascadero Cross Country Invite in the large schools division. The course was extremely tough/challenging 5k in the mountians above Santa Margarita Lake. The boy's varsity came in third and the girl's varsity came in first.

Boys cross country

Brug Invitational 3.1-mile course at Santa Margarita Lake

Team scores--1. Paso Robles 62; 2. Santa Maria-Righetti 71; 3. Shafter 95

Shafter finishers--9. Villalpando, 17:39; 18. Barrios, 18:20.9; 20. Moreno, 18:27.1; 22. Handel, 18:29.4; 26. Pascencia, 18:34.8; 27. Biss, 18:36; 33. Manzo, 18:49.8.

Girls cross country

Brug Invitational 3.1-mile course at Santa Margarita Lake

Team scores--1. Shafter 66; 2. Paso Robles 71; 3. Atascadero 77

Shafter finishers--2. Millwee, 20:32.8; 4. Preston, 20:54.2; 11. Tudor, 21:40; 21. Foster, 22:42.5; 28. Plaza, 23:12.6; 35. Rodriguez, 23:39.3; 46. Lara, 24:47.7.

Complete 2009 Results HERE

Sloan & Guzman Win the BC Invite 5k

Blair Sloan (Stockdale) ran 16:36 and Monica Guzman (Garces, see photo) ran 20:24 for the individual wins at the BC Invite at the soccer complex near CALM. The 5k course is a challenging course in that it is similar to Woodward Park in some ways.

The course has a lot of thick grass, some hills and some dirt trails too. The start is at one end of the large soccer complex which allows for a large field to thin out before getting on the bike path. The course goes uphill for awhile on the bike path and then returns along a rolling dirt trial that runs along the river. Then it does a U-turn and gets back on the bike path for the return trip to the soccer complex finish where the grass was long and there was water on the fields too.

The fields were large for this meet because there was only one race for each gender. So the frosh/soph, jv and varsity ran together. While good for some hoping to crack their varsity roster, many would of been happy to do their usual 2 mile race.

• 2009 Photos HERE. HERE.
• 2009 Results HERE.
  

In the girl's team race, North took the team title with an excellent 2,3,4 finish. Lead by Kaylee Moyer (20:31), the Stars beat Stockdale 50 to 68. However, Stockdale was missing two of their top runners in Nelson and Patel who out ran Moyer on Wednesday at the duel meet.

With this win, North is showing that it is getting better and better with each meet and they have a large squad to draw from like Stockdale. Having a top three run 20:31, 20:45 (E. Perez) and 21:05 (Y. Perez) is a sign that they are becoming a team to beat especially in big field invites.

Rounding out the top ten were:

• 5th -Lucia Garcia (East) 21:10
• 6th - Ashley Barton (Liberty) 21:14
• 7th - Carolin Haney (Stock) 21:20
• 8th - Hannah Jones (Stock) 21:20
• 9th - Acadia Ingram (Independence) 21:38
• 10th Tori Blackmon (Stock) 21:39
  

• Girls Team Results HERE
• Girls 5k Results HERE (1-54), HERE (55 - 107)

In the boy's race, Stockdale went 1,2,3 and 5th with only Golden Valley's Daymon Sandles breaking up their pack of four. Stockdale took the team win with 27 points and were followed by East with 63. I believe this was East's first invite of the season.

The boy's top ten:

1. Blair Slaton (Stock) 16:36
2. Curtis Kelly (Stock) 16:42
3. Cameron Miller (Stock) 16:47
4. Daymon Sandles (Golden Valley) 16:58
5. Conner Fisher (Stock) 17:07
6. Conner O'Malley (Garces) 17:20
7. Jose Ramirez (East) 17:26
8. Santigo Lazarit (East) 17:28
9. Camilo Mosqueda (East) 17:30
10. Tobias Lopez (North) 17:39
    

• Boys Team Results HERE
  
• Boys 5k Results HERE (1 - 54), HERE (55 - 109), HERE (110 - 134)
  

Mcfarland Boys Win Rubber Match

Golden West Invitational @ Cutler Park in Visalia.
2009 Photos HERE.
2009 Complete Results HERE.

It was a draw but now Mcfarland has taken the rubber match and beat Ridgeview fairly convincingly and came close to beating division one power Clovis West (1. Clovis West 61 2. McFarland 69 3. Ridgeview 96) at this week's meet at Cutler Park.

Once again Mcfarland did it with there pack running style, they were lead by freshman Erick Garcia (16:19) who came in 7th overall. He was followed by:

13. Jose Monrreal (McFarland) 16:46
14. Marco Camargo (McFarland) 16:47
16. Francisco Nava (McFarland) 16:54
19. Marco Perez (McFarland) 17:01

Having your top five in the top 19 is excellent at a meet of this caliber. Their time spread of 42 seconds for the three mile course will tighten up even more as the season progresses. Besides taking second overall, the Cougars won the medium size school division (1. McFarland 19 2. Parlier 58 3. Exeter 60 4. Yosemite 103 5. Granite Hills 139 6. Kingsburg 156 7. Orosi 177)

Ridgeview was lead by Robby Baker (Sr) who came in second overall in 16:00. He was followed by his team Alex Garcia who ran 16:02. Scoring 5 points with your first two runners is a coaches dream but no other Ridgeviwer cracked the top 20 and hence the other three athletes score 94 points. In the extra large schools division, Ridgeview took second (1. Clovis West 32 2. Ridgeview 42 3. Tulare Western 84 4. Clovis East 95 5. Reseda 141 6. Hoover 145).

Varsity Boys
Overall Scores:
1. Clovis West 61 2. McFarland 69 3. Ridgeview 96 4. Redwood 140 5. Tulare Western 196 6. Parlier 220 7. Clovis East 221 8. Avenal 223 9. Wasco 231 10. Exeter 236 11. Golden West 325 12. Central Valley Christian 327 13. El Diamante 366 14. Firebaugh 380 15. Reseda (LA) 380 16. Dinuba 421 17. Yosemite 460 18. Cesar Chavez 525 19. Farmersville 533 20. Monache 538 21. Granite Hills 572 22. Kingsburg 591 23. Hoover 631 24. Hanford 666 25. Orosi 671 26. San Joaquin Memorial 730 27. Glacier 819

Extra Large School Results:
1. Clovis West 32 2. Ridgeview 42 3. Tulare Western 84 4. Clovis East 95 5. Reseda 141 6. Hoover 145

Large School Results:
1. Redwood 34 2. Wasco 56 3. Golden West 78 4. El Diamante 95 5. Dinuba 116 6. Cesar Chavez 156 7. Monache 160 8. Hanford 203

Medium School Results:
1. McFarland 19 2. Parlier 58 3. Exeter 60 4. Yosemite 103 5. Granite Hills 139 6. Kingsburg 156 7. Orosi 177
Small School Results:
1. Avenal 25 2. Central Valley Christian 54 3. Firebaugh 58 4. Farmersville 90 5. San Joaquin Memorial 134 6. Glacier 165

1 Clovis West 61 5 6 11 18 21 32 33
Total Time: 1:23:06.00
Average: 16:37.20

2 McFarland 69 7 13 14 16 19 28 93
Total Time: 1:23:47.00
Average: 16:45.40

3 Ridgeview 96 2 3 27 29 35 47 76
Total Time: 1:24:19.00
Average: 16:51.80

Individual Results (3.0 miles)
1.Justin Vilhauer (Redwood) 15:46.9 (#9 all time invitational mark) 2. Robby Baker (Ridgeview) 16:00 3. Alex Garcia (Ridgeview) 16:02 4. Germay Tesfal (Hoover) 16:06 5. Kellen Levy (Clovis West) 16:10 6. Joseph Pace (Clovis West) 16:12 7. Erik Garcia (McFarland) 16:19 8. Brandon Croft (El Diamante) 16:20 9. Daniel Guerrero (Redwood) 16:27 10. Cesar Patino (Wasco) 16:34 11. Connor billings (Clovis West) 16:43 12. Christian Gonzales (Exeter) 16:46 13. Jose Monrreal (McFarland) 16:46 14. Marco Camargo (McFarland) 16:47 15. Dominic Krohn (Tulare Western) 16:48 16. Francisco Nava (McFarland) 16:54 17. Tyler Vander Schuur (Central Valley Christian) 16:54 18. Clay Celum (Clovis West) 16:56 19. Marco Perez (McFarland) 17:01 20. Garrett Dunn (Exeter) 17:04 21. Gavin Magoon (Clovis West) 17:05 22. Estaban Morones (Clovis East) 17:07 23. Xavier Uranga (Redwood) 17:09 24. Jonathan Garcia (Parlier) 17:09 25. Jesus Arceo (Parlier) 17:10 26. Robert Leija (Parlier) 17:11

Like Robby, Tijerra Lynch took second overall in a time of 19:34. she lead her team to a second place overall finish. The following team mates cracked the top 20:

6. Desiree Armendariz (Ridgeview) 20:30
10. Jessica Huizar (Ridgeview) 21:01

It appears that Ridgeview had it's second tie of the season in the Extra Large School Division:
1. Clovis East 53 2. Ridgeview 53 3. Clovis 63 4. Reseda 75 5. Clovis West 93 6. Tulare Western 172 7. Hoover 189 and lost when the sixth runner rule was applied.

A couple Mcfarland girls placed well in the race and they won the medium schools division (1. McFarland 36 2. Exeter 42 3. Yosemite 53 4. Granite Hills 870:

16. Corina Garcia (McFarland) 21:13
25. Kathy Torres (McFarland) 21:42

Varsity Girls Team Scores
Overall Scores:
1. Clovis East 69 2. Ridgeview 77 3. Clovis 87 4. Reseda (LA) 108 5. Clovis West 142 6. El Diamante 211 7. Firebaugh 211 8. Central Valley Christian 241 9. Golden West 256 10. McFarland 269 11. Exeter 284 12. Redwood 292 13. Monache 310 14. Tulare Western 336 15. Yosemite 353 16. Hoover 381 17. Wasco 471 18. Granite Hills 517 19. Farmeersville 527 20. Hanford West 560 21. Avenal 588

Extra Large School Results:
1. Clovis East 53 2. Ridgeview 53 3. Clovis 63 4. Reseda 75 5. Clovis West 93 6. Tulare Western 172 7. Hoover 189

Large School Results:
1. El Diamante 39 2. Golden West 55 3. Redwood 65 4. Monache 67 5. Wasco 124 6. Hanford West 158

Medium School Results:
1. McFarland 36 2. Exeter 42 3. Yosemite 53 4. Granite Hills 87

Small School Results:
1. Firebaugh 26 2. Central Valley Christian 31 3. Farmersville 82 4. Avenal 98

1 Clovis East 69 4 7 15 19 24 39
Total Time: 1:44:55.00
Average: 20:59.00

2 Ridgeview 77 2 6 10 13 46 67 83
Total Time: 1:44:49.00
Average: 20:57.80

10 McFarland 269 16 25 61 81 86 105 125
Total Time: 1:55:26.00
Average: 23:05.20

Individual Results (3.0 miles)
1. Katie Fry (Exeter) 19:24.0 (#17 all time invitational mark) 2. Tijerra Lynch (Ridgeview) 19:34 3. Yanet Urciaga (Reseda) 20:02 4. Brittany Laygo (Clovis East) 20:03 5. Lauren Sharwood (Clovis West) 20:15 6. Desiree Armendariz (Ridgeview) 20:30 7. Courtney Sharar (Clovis East) 20:36 8. Meghan Marvin (Clovis) 20:48 9. Bailey Henshaw (Golden West) 20:52 10. Jessica Huizar (Ridgeview) 21:01 11. Lindsay Gray (Clovis) 21:03 12. Alyssa Mejia (Clovis) 21:04 13. Lashya Morgan (Ridgeview) 21:05 14. Linda Ramos (Firebaugh) 21:08 15. Elizabeth Reimer (Clovis East) 21:13 16. Corina Garcia (McFarland) 21:13 17. Jessica Zavala (Reseda) 21:18 18. Molly Pahkamaa (El Diamante) 21:20 19. Sarah Tomaichel (Clovis East) 21:22 20. Liz Castaneda (El Diamate) 21:27 21. Kaylie Ogle (Clovis) 21:29 22. Taylor Samson (Clovis West) 21:30 23. Elizabeth Witt (Clovis West) 21:39 24. Miranda Bodarte (Clovis East) 21:41 25. Kathy Torres (McFarland) 21:42 26. Jettabel Velazquez (Reseda) 21:43

Do Not Miss This SWYL Showdown!

Today was the battle between the undefeated and it lived up to the hype. All three squads had large numbers and there were a lot of fans at the meet too. Zach Ewing from the paper was there to report on the meet as well. His accurate scoring of the meet as soon as the last scoring runner came in was appreciated.

2009 photos HERE.

The course was very well marked and much of the race could be seen from the visitor stands. A nice touch at this meet was Coach Setser (Ridgeview) introduced each varsity athlete as they took the starting line. Many of the athletes did not know what to make of this and that made the gesture even better.

In the girls race, Lynch took the early lead as expected but the team battle was behind her. As the race entered the last mile it looked as though Ridgeview had the win but coming down the homestretch things changed. Amber Nelson caught and passed a couple Ridgeview runners and Carolin Haney ran a gutsy race (she was very sick).

As I looked over Ewing's shoulder we both did the math and got 28 for Stockdale and after a few errors we got 28 for Ridgeview. Then we double checked because many thought the girl's race would not be very close. But it was a tie! So the race came down to the 6th runner and Stockdale was the winner.

In the boys race, Stockdale tried to stay up with Ridgeview's top guns early on but could not hang on. Alex Garcia and Robby Baker of Ridgeview (Alex won the sprint)) entered the track together with a sizable lead over Blair Slaton and Curtis Kelly of Stockdale. In the end, Ridgeview's top 4 where too much for Stockdale to overcome.

Girl's team score -- Stockdale 28, Ridgeview 28, with the underdog Mustangs the winner on sixth runner.

Ridgeview's Tijerra Lynch, finished in 18:55, about 20 seconds off her best. Stockdale's Riddhi Patel was second in 19:43, and Ridgeview's Desiree Aremendariz next in 19:49. With Tori Blackmon, fourth in 19:50, and Nelson, Stockdale's No. 4 runner (running with a hip-flexor injury) finished fifth in the race in 20:10.

Ridgeview held off Stockdale 24-31 in the boys showdown between the teams, with Wolf Pack teammates Alex Garcia (15:39) and Robby Baker (15:40) neck-and-neck for the top two spots.
Stockdale's Blair Slaton (16:11) and Curtis Kelly (16:12) were third and fourth.

Boys cross country

Ridgeview 24, Stockdale 31; Ridgeview 15, South 49; Stockdale 15, South 50

At Ridgeview (Wednesday)

1. Garcia, R, 15:39; 2. Baker, R, 15:40; 3. Slaton, St, 16:11; 4. Kelly, St, 16:12; 5. Lewis, R, 16:15; 6. Soliz, R, 16:18; 7. Fisher, St, 16:22; 8. Miller, St, 16:24; 9. Bourke, St, 17:20; 10. Madrigal, R, 17:24.

JV--Stockdale 22, Ridgeview 33; Ridgeview 16, South 47; Stockdale 15, South 48

FS--Ridgeview 23, Stockdale 34; Ridgeview 15, South 45; Stockdale 15, South 48

Girls cross country

Ridgeview 15, South 49; Stockdale 15, South 50; Stockdale 28, Ridgeview 28 (Stockdale wins on sixth runner) At Ridgeview (Wednesday)

1. Lynch, R, 18:55; 2. Patel, St, 19:43; 3. Armendariz, R, 19:49; 4. Blackmon, 19:50; 5. Nelson, St, 20:10; 6. Morgan, R, 20:14; 7. Huizar, R, 20:18; 8. Haney, St, 20:47; 9. Jones, St, 21:09.

JV--Stockdale 15, Ridgeview 49; South 26, Ridgeview 31; Stockdale 15, South 46.

FS--Stockd. 26, Ridgev. 33.

Meet Preview:
Both squads are undefeated in SWYL duels and both squads have won invites on the boys and girls sides. But one thing have not done is race against each other this season. Well Wednesday at Ridgeview they will.

Both schools have run Woodward Park this season. The 5k course is where valley and state are held. Ridgeview ran their first meet of the year there and won the McLane Highlander Invite instead of running the EB Invite that Stockdale won. Last weekend, Stockdale won the Clovis West Invite at Woodward instead of competing at Ridgeview's Wolf Pack Invite where Ridgeview took a close second behind McFarland

Now comparing a first meet performance to Stockdale's more recent performance is not ideal but it was over 100 when Stockdale ran. With these factors in mind, below are the school's times:

1. baker,robby 16:33 12 ridgeview
2. kelly,curtis 17:05 10 stockdale
3. garcia,alex 17:07 12 ridgeview
4. miller,cameron 17:16 stockdale
5. solis,brian 17:39 12 ridgeview
6. slaton,blair 17:41 stockdale
7. fisher,connor 17:47 stockdale
8. lewis,jerrid 17:51 12 ridgeview
9. pennel,seth 18:28 stockdale
10. magno 18:30 ridgeview

A duel meet on paper would score:

Ridgeview - 1,3,5,8,10 for 27
Stockdale - 2,4,6,7,9 for 28

Next Wednesday, it ain't on paper! So don't miss this SWYL showdown at Ridgeview!

On the girl's side it will also be close. Again one is comparing a season opener meet to a recent meet but the weather was brutal for Stockdale. One thing to also note is Patel ran in the frosh/soph race at Woodward for Stockdale and this week she won the double duel meet against North and Centennial.

Below are the team's Woodward Park times for this season:

1. Lynch; 21:11; Ridgeview
2. Huizar, 21:33 Ridgeview
3. Carolin Haney Jr 103 12 22:02
4. Armendariz, 22:24 Ridgeview
5. Amber Nelson Jr 109 20 23:14
6. Cynthia Lopez Jr 106 21 23:35
7. Shelbe Pennel Sr 111 26 24:03
8. Jennifer Hawthorne Jr 104 29 24:31
9. Carr, 24.46 Ridgeview
10. Morgan, 25:59 Ridgeview

Ridgeview 1,2,4,9,10,= 26
Stockdale 3,5,6,7,8 = 29

But if you factor in Patel's Woodward time:

1. Lynch; 21:11; Rid
2. Huizar, 21:33 Rid
3. Riddhi Patel Fr 110 1 21:36
4. Carolin Haney Jr 103 12 22:02
5. Armendariz, 22:24 Rid
6. Amber Nelson Jr 109 20 23:14
7. Cynthia Lopez Jr 106 21 23:35
8. Shelbe Pennel Sr 111 26 24:03
9. Carr, 24.46 Rid
10. Morgan, 25:59 Rid

Ridgeview 1,2,5,9,10 = 27
Stockdale 3,4,6,7,8 = 28

So needless to say both races show be really close baring any injuries or illness.

They plan to run 6 races. Which will allow for room at the start for all runners as well as a chance for our lower level kids to shine in their respective races. Below is the tentative schedule for races, if they can get ahead they will. .

F/S Girls 3:40
F/S Boys 4:00
JV Girls 4:15
JV Boys 4:40
V Girls 5:00
V Boys 5:25

Bakersfield South Rotary Presents...

The 9th Annual Ron Fontaine Memorial Dollars for Scholars Run will be held on Halloween day at CALM. The event is sponsored by Bakersfield South Rotary. Proceeds benefit Deserving seniors from Ridgeview, Stockdale and South High Schools. This scenic run along the Kern River and Lake Ming has become a local favorite over the years. Medals awarded to the top three finishers in each the 5 & 10K categories. T-shirt included with registration. Follow @ronsrun on Twitter.

• 2009 Photos HERE. HERE.
• 2009 Results HERE.
  

When: Saturday, October 31st
Where: California Living Museum
Registration: 7:00-8:15 a.m.
Race Times: 8:30 a.m. (5 & 10K)
8:35 a.m. (1 mile)

• Race Entry Form HERE.
• 2007 Noise Coverage HERE.
• FaceBook HERE.
• Twitter HERE.
  

Proceeds go to scholarships for Ridgeview, South and Stockdale High Schools!

Registration Fee (includes tee-shirt):
Adult (19+) Before October 26- $20.00
Student (18 and under) Before October 26- $10.00
Adult (19+) After October 26- $25.00
Student (18 and under) After October 26- $15.00
For questions or additional information please contact
John Lindsay (636-4625) or Pete Elieff (805-8500). Or
email us at ronsrun@gmail.

Race Preview:
This event is for a good cause and it is not your cut n paste race on the bike path. I had to cover a meet out of town last year but ran the event in 2007. It was the first time I had seen Chris Schwartz (photo) at a local road race and he ran the 10k for the first time too. This was the year he won his first state cross country title. That day he easily won the 10k btw.

The race starts at the CALM parking lot and goes down a closed road towards Lake Ming. In 2007 the 5k was out back from Lake Ming and the 10k was the same except one did a couple loops behind the lake. The loop ran on the bike path and then down on the trial that ran parallel to the bike path. The long uphill near the finish line made for an interesting finish.

Hopefully, after the awards, you will be able to drive over to Hart Park and watch the varsity races of the Kern County Invite as well.

Kern Boy's Teams are on Top of the Charts

Week #4 (September 28) so mcfarland jump from number 5 to number 2 in the overall rankings complied by Larry Lung. They bumped ridgeview out of the second spot btw.

Another big mover was Stockdale who moved up 4 spots. the Mustangs have been on the road every weekend and have been putting in impressive times with their tightly bunched pack of five.

On Friday, Ridgeview will meet McFarland at the Golden West Invite for their rubber match. Stockdale ironically will stay in town and run the BC Open Invite starting at 11am at the Soccer Complex near Hart Park.

Varsity Boys

Overall score last week

1. Buchanan 63 1
2. McFarland 158 5 Returned the favor to Ridgeview by beating them at their invite.
3. Ridgeview 170 2 Looking forward to the rubber match this Friday against Mcfarland at the
4. Clovis West 183 3
5. Madera South 221 6
6. Stockdale 238 10 Been competing out of town lately but next week they go heads up with Ridgeview
7. Clovis 255 4
8.Highland 297 9 The top SEYL squad looking for a valley title.
9. Roosevelt 352 8
10. Avenal 366 7
11. Madera 406 13
12. Clovis North 479 11
13, Clovis East 513 12
14. Shafter 551 15 - Looked good at Wolf Pack Invite
15. Bullard 578 20
16. Wasco 605 17 - Shafter's main competition in the SSL
17. Redwood 605 16
18. East Bakersfield 620 19 After an early season lost to Highland they have been winning duals and skipping invites.
19. Golden West 629 14
20. Parlier 698 NR

Divisional Rankings compiled by Larry Lung, Central California Cross Country Chair

Division I - Buchanan is the 900 lb gorilla in this division and despite losing some great runners to grauation they are still the top team in the valley and one of the top teams in the state. Clovis West is ranked number two even though Stockdale won their invite last week. CW's top runners went to the Stanford Invite instead of running their own invite. despite getting roughed up by it's league mates, Centennial is ranked number 8.

1. Buchanan 27 1
2. Clovis West 57 2
3. Stockdale 70 4 - The Mustangs won a meet at Woodward & ran well at Woodbridge
8. Centennial 217 9 - Improving each meet but in a Tough league and division


Division II - Highland has had an easy time of it so far in the SEYL and has been racking up quite a few 15s along the way. They even scored a 15 on third ranked East, but since that meet East has been improving and hiding out on the weekends.

1. Highland 71 1 - Where they hope to be in November. Sat out Wolf Pack Invite due to illness & travel conflicts
3. East Bakersfield 134 5 - Improving each week but not running invites so far this season
8. North (Bakersfield) 184 8 - Same problem Centennial has.
9. Liberty (Bakersfield) 217 10 - Have not seen them lately.

Division III - After losing their invite to Mcfarland, the Wolf Pack blitzed the Frontier course on Wednesday. Baker went sub 15 and Garcia was not to far behind. Look for Shafter to make a move up the ranks soon but they have Madera South ahead of them and they are tough.

1. Ridgeview 72 1 - Defeated McFarland once this season and look to do it again. Plus big duel meet next week against Stockdale (both squads are undefeated)
5. Shafter 210 5 Did well at Wolf pack with a huge squad of athletes
6. Wasco 230 6
8. Foothill 343 8 Trojans also have a lot of athletes and as the season progresses some will step up and make an impact on varsity


Division IV - The Cougars have won the valley division four title almost every year and should do the same this year. Their goal is to get that elusive tenth state title and their training has been geared for that goal. But with a lost to Ridgeview at their own invite, they maybe focusing more on these early season battles.

1. McFarland 47 1 - Ranked number 2 overall in the valley and the only school in ages to break 85 minutes at Woodward. Losing to Ridgeview might have been the best thing for them
9. Taft 314 7

Week Three Duals

Boys cross country

Foothill 20, Golden Valley 43

At Foothill, 3-mile course

1. Sandles, GV, 16:42; 2. Bautista, F, 16:55; 3. Lopez, F, 17:13; 4. Meyer, F, 18:19; 5. Garcia, F, 18:21; 6. Rodriguez, F, 18:34; 7. Verdugo, F, 18:49; 8. Espinoza, F, 19:10; 9. Gamino, GV, 20:25; 10. Razo, GV, 21:05. JV--Foothill 15, Golden Valley 55. FS--Foothill 15, Golden Valley 38.

Burroughs 18, Barstow 43 At Barstow, 3-mile course Burroughs runners -- 1. Rosales, 17:05; 2. Espabridis, 17:27; 4. Woodman, 18:08; 5. Woods, 18:22; 6. Haugen, 18:31; 8. Andrew Szczypiorski, 18:55; 9. Howell, 19:29. JV -- Burroughs won by forfeit.

East 20, Liberty 38 Liberty 17, BHS 40 East 15, BHS 50 At Liberty 1. K. Shotts, L, 16:32; 2. Santiago, E, 16:35; 2. Mosqueda, E, 16:35; 4. Sotello, E, 17:15; 5. Ramirez, E, 17:17; 6. Moffit, L, 17:20; 7. Zaragoza, E, 17:45; 8. Fuentes, E, 17:46; 9. Tenney, L, 17:57; 10. Langsten, B, 18:04. JV East won by forfeit; FS BHS won by forfeit.

Highland 18, Garces 39 At Highland 1. Van Zandt, H, 16:18; 2. Lewis, H, 16:25; 3. O'Malley, G, 16:55; 4.Turner, H, 17:22; 5. Jungo, H, 17:30; 6. Dickson, H, 17:44; 7. Freed, G, 17:55; 8. Real, G, 18:26; 9. Griswold, H, 18:58; 10. Maxgill, G, 19:13. JV Highland 15, Garces 48.

Ridgeview 15, Frontier 44 At Frontier 1. Baker, R, 14:55; 2. Garcia, R, 15:03; 3. Solis, R, 16:00; 4. Lewis, R, 16:07; 5. Madrigal, R, 16:12; 6. Beechinor, F, 16:39; 7. Rodriguez, F, 16:40; 8. Magno, R, 16:43; 9. Urmston, F, 17:14; 10. Felafani, F, 17:24. JV Ridgeview 26, Frontier 31 FS Ridgeview 19, Frontier 40

Mira Monte 24, Kennedy 31

At Mira Monte

1. Reyes, M, 17:39; 2. R. Gonzalez, M, 18:43; 3. Mendoza, M, 18:49; 4. Ramirez, K, 18:57; 5. Parra, M, 19:15; 6. Rosas, M, 20:31; 7. A. Gonzalez, M, 20:43; 8. Fernandez, K, 20:38; 9. Albrech, K, 24:11; 10. Espinoza, K, 27:07.

South 15, West 50 At West

1. Echeverria, S, 18:23; 2. Castro, S, 18:23; 3. Branquinho, W, 18:36; 4. Meraz, S, 18:37; 5. Ramirez, S, 18:59. JV, FS South won by forfeit

Girls cross country

Foothill 25, Golden Valley 31 At Foothill, 3-mile course 1. Fernandez, F, 21:18; 2. Castro, F, 22:01; 3. Silva, GV, 22:14; 4. Rodriguez, GV, 22:17; 5. Salguna, GV, 22:20; 6. Montoya, F, 22:22; 7. Mrafak, F, 22:28; 8. Ibarra, GV, 22:29; 9. Rodriguez, F, 22:56; 10. Escudero, F, 23:02. JV--Foothill won by forfeit. FS--GV 28, Foothill 30.

Burroughs d. Barstow by forfeit 3-mile course, Barstow Burroughs runners -- 1. Wood, 21:42; 2. Ernst, 22:13; 3. Argain, 29:55; 4. Benson, 30:15; 5. Van Meter, 31:19; 6. Dotson, 32:41.

Liberty 25, East 30 BHS 23, Liberty 33 BHS 20, East 37 At Liberty 1. Baker, B, 18:55; 2. Barton, L, 19:37; 3. G. Garcia, B, 20:24; 4. Shuford, B, 20:27; 5. Thoennes, L, 20:37; 6. S. Garcia, E, 20:42; 7. L. Garcia, E, 20:54; 8. Lerma, B, 21:39; 9. Cruz, E, 21:42; 10. LeCavilier, L, 22:15. JV, FS BHS won by forfeit

Garces 27, Highland 28 At Highland 1. Guzman, G, 19:14; 2. Rodriguez, H, 20:29; 3. Brown, G, 21:32; 4. Berry, H, 21:48; 5. Mercado, H, 21:54; 6. Vu, G, 22:01; 7. Martinez, H, 22:16; 8. Lombardo, G, 23:05; 9. Thomas, G, 23:12; 10. Rangel, H, 23:49. JV Garces 19, Highland 36

West 21, South 34 At West 1. Habebo, W, 20:59; 2. Theroux, W, 22:29; 3. G. Castro, S, 22:41; 4. C. Castro, W, 22:43; 5. Espinoza, S, 22:49; 6. McCown, W, 22:51; 7. Cuebas, S, 23:05; 8. Gonzalez, W, 23:41; 9. Ghuman, S, 24:06; 10. Alamillo, S, 24:46. JV, FS South won by forfeit

Ridgeview 16, Frontier 45 At Frontier 1. Lynch, R, 18:37; 2. Huizar, R, 19:11; 3. Armendariz, R, 19:37; 4. Morgan, R, 19:44; 5. De La Rosa, F, 20:04; 6. Tarr, R, 20:15; 7. Voss, R, 20:57; 8. Driskill, F, 21:11; 9. Bennett, F, 21:41; 10. Johnson, R, 21:53. JV, FS Ridgeview 15, Frontier 50

Mira Monte 20, Kennedy 40

At Mira Monte

1. Diaz, M, 23:33; 2. Ulloa, K, 24:15; 3. Garcia, M, 24:24; 4. Manriquez, M, 25:46; 5. Rodriguez, M, 25:47; 6. Maguna, K, 26:46; 7. Herrera, M, 28:05; 8. Villanueva, M, 29:05; 9. Arellano, K, 29:25; 10. Pompa, M, 30:05.

Week One Duels

Boys cross country

Garces 27, BHS 28 3 miles, Kern River Parkway 1. O'Malley, G, 17:22; 2. Fred, G, 18:16; 3. Garner, B, 18:20; 4. Langston, B, 19:20; 5. Scrivano, B, 19:27; 6. Real, G, 19:43; 7. Miller, B, 1951; 8. Newman, G, 20.00; 9. Amidon, B, 20:19; 10. Gill, G, 20:31. JV -- Garces won by forfeit; F/S -- BHS 21, Garces 34

Stockdale 15, Frontier 47 At Frontier 1.Slaton, S, 15:58, 2. Kelly,S, 3. Miller,S, 4. Fisher,S, 5. Burk, S. 7. Urmston, F; 8. Beechinor,F; 9. Rodriguez,F; 11. Peralta,F; 12. Sclafani,F. JV -- Stckd 17, Front. 45

Foothill 25, Liberty 31 At Liberty 1. Lopez, F, 16:53; 2. Bautista, F, 17:04; 3. Shotts, L, 17:14; 4. Moffit, L, 17:34; 5. Perez, L, 18:16; 6. Rodriguez, F, 18:24; 7. Garcia, F, 18:36; 8. Tenney, L, 18:41; 9. Verdugo, F, 18:48; 10. Espinoza, F, 19:11. JV Foothill by forfeit.

Ridgeview 15, North 46 North 15, West 50 Ridgeview 15, West 50 At North Individual 1. Baker, R, 16:20; 2. Garcia, R, 16:20.6; 3. Solis, R, 16:36; 4. Lewis, R, 17:16; 5. Madrigal, R, 17:29; 6. Magno, R, 17:43; 7. T. Lopez, N, 17:47; 8. Mosqueda, N, 17:49; 9. Hernandez, N, 18:01; 10. Davalos, N, 18:32; Branguinho, W, 19:51. JV Ridgeview 25, North 31; North 15, West 50; Ridgeview 15, West 50; FS Ridgeview 27, North 28; North 15, West 50; Ridgeview 15, West 50

Centennial 17, South 41 At South 1. Raney, C, 18:16; 2. Bailey, C, 18:17; 3. Ballard, C, 18:24; 4. Montelongo, C, 18:28; 5. Echeverria, S, 18:30; 6. Castro, S, 18:32; 7. Treiberg, C, 19:02; 8. Millan, C, 19:05; 9. Meraz, S, 19:11; 10. Cortez, S, 19:31. JV Centennial 15, South 50; FS Centennial 21, South 32

Golden Valley meet scores Highland 18, Golden Valley 45 East 20, Golden Valley 39 Highland 15, East 40

Girls cross country

Bakersfield 22, Garces 33 Kern River Parkway, 3-mile course 1. Baker, B, 19:22; 2. Guzman, G, 20:35; 3. Garcia, B, 21:24; 4. Lerma, B, 21:29; 5. Shuford, B, 21:32; 6. Brown, G, 21:37; 7. Cruz, G, 22:06; 8. Vu, G, 23:36; 9. DeLaHuerta, B, 24:07; 10. Lombardo, G, 24:20. JV, F/S -- Garces won by forfeit.

Stockdale 17, Frontier 40 At Frontier 1. Nelson, S, 20:15; 2. Haney, S, 3. Patel, S, 4. DeLarosa, F; 5. Lopez, S; 6. Jones, S; 7. Campbell,F; 8. Jones, F; 9. Bennett, F; 12. Driskill. JV Stockdale 15, Frontier DNF

Foothill 24, Liberty 31

At Liberty 1. Barton, L, 20:01; 2. Fernandez, F. JV Foothill by forfeit

Golden Valley meet scores

Highland 19, Golden Valley 39 East 23, Golden Valley 33 Highland 26, East 30

Ridgeview 21, North 34 North 15, West 50 Ridgeview 15, West 50 At North 1. Lynch, R, 19:52; 2. Huizar, R, 20:44; 3. Armendariz, R, 20:54; 4. E. Perez, N, 21:12; 5. Moyer, N, 21:17; 6. Y. Perez, N, 21:27; 7. Morgan, R, 22:13; 8. Tarr, R, 22:53; 9. B. Perez, N, 23:18; 10. Mariscal, N, 23:22. JV North 18, Ridgeview 39; North 15, West 50; Ridgeview 15, West 50; FS Ridgeview 25, North 34; North 15, West 50; Ridgeview 15, West 50

Centennial 16, South 43 At South 1. Braughton, C, 21:18; 2. Melgar, C, 23:42; 3. Velasquez, C, 23:46; 4. Peery, C, 23:51; 5. Castro, S, 23:56; 6. Sanchez, C, 23:58; 7. Moore, C, 24:07; 8. Espinoza, S, 24:50; 9. Ghuman, S, 25:09; 10. Cuevas, S, 26:02. JV South won by forfeit; FS Cent.d. South

Wednesday Duals - 09/16/09 at 4pm

• Foothill at Liberty
  
• East & Highland at Golden Valley
  
• BHS at Garces
  
• Centennial at South
  
• Stockdale at Frontier
  
• Ridgeview & West at North
  
• SSL Meet at Brite Lake
  

SEYL Records:

* Highland boys 2 - 0 girls 2 - 0
* Foothill boys 1 - 0 girls 1 - 0
* Garces boys 1 - 0 girls 0 - 1
* East boys 1 - 1 girls 1 - 1
* BHS boys 0 - 1 girls 1 - 0
* Liberty boys 0 - 1 girls 0 -1
* Golden Valley boys 0 - 2 girls 0 - 2


SWYL Records:

* Ridgeview boys 2 - 0 girls 2 - 0
* Centennial boys 1 - 0 girls 1 - 0
* Stockdale boys 1 - 0 girls 1 -0
* North boys 1 - 1 girls 1 - 1
* Frontier boys 0 - 1 girls 0 - 1
* South boys 0 - 1 girls 0 - 1
* West boys 0 - 2 girls 0 -2

Like the Boys, the Ridgeview Girls are Top Ranked

Three weeks into the season and the Ridgeview girls are the top ranked Kern County team according to Larry Lung (Central California Cross Country Chair). The Wolf Pack has been racking up wins all season and he has them 5th in the valley followed by Stockdale in 7th.

Stockdale won the EB Invite and ran some fast times at Woodbridge last weekend.

Rounding out his top 20 overall are:

• Foothill (15) - Recently won the Independence Invite
• Garces (17) - They just beat Foothill in a duel meet
• Centennial (19) - Getting better every week
• Shafter (20) - Tied Ridgeview at the McLane Invite (won the 6th runner tie breaker). This weekend at the Wolf Pack is their first big meet of the year and I expect them to move up the rankings soon.

Overall rankings are great but in cross country valley and state are run in divisions and below is how Mr. Lung has our local schools ranked.

Division I

1. Buchanan 31 1
2. Clovis 50 2
3. Clovis East 83 3
4. Bullard 102 4
5. Stockdale 120 6 - Their top five are within a minute of each other.
6. Clovis West 129 5
7. Golden West 199 8
8. Centennial 207 9
9. Madera 232 7
10. Bakersfield 330 10 - The Drillers came in second behind Stockdale at the EB Invite and should be ranked higher despite the lack of a 5th runner (their top four is that good).

Division II

1. Mt. Whitney 101 1
2. Tulare 102 2
3. El Diamante 149 4
4. Foothill 150 5 - Are 2 and 1 in duel meets with a large team to draw from
5. Sunnyside 157 3
6. Garces 158 6 - Also 2 and 1 in duels meets. For several seasons Guzman was alone but now a team has been built around her.
7. Liberty (Bakersfield) 204 7 - Lead by standout Ashley Barton, I have heard that her team mates are getting better.
8. North (Bakersfield) 209 10 - The Stars are a young team that maybe surprise many like their leader Moyer did her freshman year.
9. Sanger 224 8
10.Monache 230 9

Division III

1. Madera South 105 1
2. Ridgeview 107 2 - Defending valley champs, enough said.
3. Clovis North 146 3
4. Shafter 240 4 - A young squad who can keep up with the Wolf Pack.
5. Highland 248 6 - Coach Mayberry's teams are always in the hunt for state berth come November
6. Redwood 288 5
7. Exeter 290 7
8. Independence 324 - Have a returning state qualifier and seniors this year.
9. Delano 360 8
10. Hoover 363 10


Division IV

1. Firebaugh 102 1
2. Taft 183 2 - Lead by Megan Thompson, she hopes to lead her team to a state berth.
3. McFarland 195 4 - Hopes to replicate their boys success but I hear key runners are not competing this year for them.
4. Sierra 251 6
5. Orange Cove 274 7
6. Fowler 283 8
7. Corcoran 295 10
8. Woodlake 314 NR
9. Liberty (Madera) 330 NR
10. Farmersville 343 9

Week #3 (September 21)
Varsity Girls

Overall score last week

1. Buchanan 69 1

2. Clovis 138 2

3. Clovis East 250 3

4. Madera South 283 4

5. Ridgeview 290 6

6. Bullard 317 8

7. Stockdale 380 11
   

8. Mt. Whitney 391 5

9. Tulare 395 10

10. Clovis North 406 9

11. Clovis West 409 9

12. Firebaugh 466 12

13. CVC 549 13

14. El Diamante 605 15

15. Foothill 609 16

16. Sunnyside 637 14

17. Garces 642 19

18. Golden West 652 NR

19. Centennial 680 NR
    

20. Shafter 688 17

Garces Girls & East Boys Win Big

On a day where mere mortals dare not tread, the Garces girls and East High boys pulled off impressive wins. Throughout the day, I was receiving texts that this meet and that meet was postponed for a later date due to the heat.

(Please click on photo to go to uploading meet photos)

But the meet I had long ago picked to cover went on as planned . It started a hour later and it was not that bad at Heritage Park. Sure it was hot (near 100) but there was a breeze and plenty of shade.

This park is one of my favorites for racing because it all on grass and there hills all over the place. The course is roughly the same as when I ran it in the 80s for Highland (I won the only time I ran on it btw). You run across the only flat part of the course, then turn right and go uphill to Bernard street. Then more uphill till you get to Mt. Vernon when you head downhill to the cul-de -sac part. Then downhill again along Mt Vernon.

Then you basically do a small inner loop with up and down a hill part and then do the course in reverse for two laps. So I bet you are confused and so were many of the athletes. The course makes sense to me but I have always had a really good almost Spiderman-like superpower sense of direction.

To add to the confusion was the long pre-race description of the course. Most had run a loop with their team already and knew where to go. But when you are nervous at the start line and several well meaning adults are trying to tell you were to go, you get confused super fast. In the earlier races, kids were going everywhere and it was confusing.

But by the time the varsity races started, most should have known where to go if they had watched the earlier races. When the varsity races began near 6pm, it was very shady on the course and there was quite an evening crowd milling around the park.

At the whistle, Monica Guzman took her usual lead and kept it to the end. The interesting part of the race was behind her, where two packs of runners where running for the team title. For half the race, things looked close between Garces and Foothill.

It looked like it might go the Trojans way but then on the second trip through the cul-de-sac, Veloz (FHS) just stopped in her tracks while running in the chase pack behind Guzman. She got sick, recovered and went on to run a gutsy race. In fact, she caught her team mate Fernandez who was having severe back pain but did not leave her because she was unfamiliar with the course.

In the end, Guzman was followed by a couple of her team mates, and they took the wins over Foothill and East. Garces is 2-1, Foothill is 2-1 and East is 1-3.

Girls

Garces 23, Foothill 32
Foothill 22, East 36
Garces 21, East 36

1. Guzman, G, 22:37; 2. Garcia, E, 22:50; 3. Brown, G, 23:21; 4. Vu, F, 23:41; 5. Fernandez, F, 23:54; 6. Veloz, F, 23:57; 7. Marasak, F, 23:57; 8. Cruz, G, 24:23; 9. Montoya, F, 24:29; 10. Garcia, E, 25:04.

JV Foothill 26, East 31

The boys race was not as dramatic as the girls race. The East boys took over the lead with a couple Foothill runners and O'Malley (Garces) in tow. As the race progressed up and down the hills, the pack became the East pack and Lopez from Foothill.

In the end, Lopez was able to take the win but with East coming in 2,3,4 and five in beforebefore Foothill had three in, their team victory was assured. So now both squads have 2-1 records. Garces record drops to 1-2.

Boys

Foothill 21, Garces 34
East 22, Foothill 37
East 17, Garces 48

1. Lopez, F, 17:51; 2. Ramirez, E, 17:54; 3. Lazarit, E, 18:02; 4. Mosqueda, E, 18:04; 5. Bautista, F, 18:25; 6. O'Malley, G, 18:28; 7. Moss, E, 18:45; 8. Sotello, E, 19:06; 9. Fuentes, E, 19:17, 10. Freed, G, 19:36.

The Alpha Males are the Wolf Pack

So far this season, the Ridgeview boys have won every meet they have entered but their latest victory was very special. They went to nine time state champ Mcfarland's Invite and won convincingly. No Kern team has beat Mcfarland at any meet in recent memory and this maybe why they are ranked number two (complete overall rankings at bottom of page) in the valley.

With this lost, Mcfarland dropped to number five. Highland (9) and Stockdale make it four teams in the top ten overall. Of course, in cross country valley and state are competed in division actio and below are the rankings:

Division I - Top three go to state and Stockdale's young talented squad might just make it in November.

1. Buchanan 25 1
2. Clovis West 51 2
3. Clovis 56 3
4. Stockdale 82 4 - Had a real good showing at Woodbridge this past weekend (16:15 avg)
5. Clovis East 114 5
6. Madera 124 6
7. Bullard 170 7
8. Mt. Whitney 187 8
9. Centennial 203 9 - New coach and new direction brings better results. Now if they were in the SEYL instead of the SWYL ...
10. Central 342 10

Division II - The Scotsmen have been bridesmaids two years running at valley.

1. Highland 65 1 - Their top 5 runners beat East's first runner at their duel.
2.Golden West 107 4
3. Redwood 115 2
4. Tulare 126 5
5. East Bakersfield 136 3 - So far this year they have been M.I.A. Only lost one from last year but so far no results this year.
6. Sunnyside 160 6
7. Tulare Western 195 9
8. North (Bakersfield) 196 10 - Won the Independence Invite
9. Hoover 196 8
10.Liberty (Bakersfield) 198 7 - Lost to Foothill but team is improving each week.

Division III - This a stacked division!

1. Ridgeview 71 2 - Undefeated & Ranked #2 in the valley plus their 1 through 5 gap is getting tighter.
2. Madera South 91 2
3. Roosevelt 113 3
4. Clovis North 174 5
5. Shafter 205 4 - They have been laying low so far but loaded with sub five minute milers.
6. Wasco 224 6 - Another good Kern squad.
7. El Diamante 313 8
8. Foothill 337 NR - New head coach and won their first dual of the year.
9. Frontier 389 10
10. Yosemite 408 NR

Division IV*

1. McFarland 59 1 - Despite their first local lost in recent memory, the Cougars are still number one
2. Avenal 67 2
3. Parlier 167 4
4. Exeter 191 3
5. Firebaugh 241 9
6. Kerman 258 8
7. Taft 288 10
8. Mendota 291 NR
9. Farmersville 293 6
10. Caruthers 333 NR

This week, the Wolf Pack hosts their own meet at River Walk and most of the top teams including McFarland are expected to compete. Besides ranking on Lung's chart, they are also number one on my invite rankings system which rewards points on how well a team performs at invites. My formula is the winning teams point score divided by your score times the number of teams in the meet times 100.

So at the Mcfarland Invite, Ridgeview won with a score of 36 and there were 7 teams:
Ridgeview score - (36/36*7)*100 = 700 points
Mcfarland score - (36/69*7)*100 = 365 points

As of 9.23.09, my rankings are:

ridgview	2900
stockdale	1724
highland	1170
mcfarland	826
north	559
shafter	513
wasco	481
foothill	399
centennial	330
east	325
taft	286
liberty	255
arvin	234
frontier	215
independence	196
garces	184
golden valley	144
south	133
tehachapi	123
bakersfield	113
bchs	71

Noise Invite Power Rankings HERE (excel file)

Week #3 (September 21)

Varsity Boys

Overall score last week

1. Buchanan 60 1

2. Ridgeview 170 5

3. Clovis West 180 3

4. Clovis 200 6

5. McFarland 224 2

6. Madera South 226 4

7. Avenal 265 9

8.Roosevelt 288 7

9. Highland 297 8

10. Stockdale 316 10

11. Clovis North 458 12

12. Clovis East 462 11

13.Madera 509 18

14. Golden West 531 17

15. Shafter 543 14

16. Redwood 574 13

17. Wasco 595 15

18. Tulare 637 20

19. East Bakersfield 690 16

20. Bullard 716 NR

-compiled by Larry Lung,

Central California

Cross Country Chair

Blair Slaton is the Fastest at Ming

By the time of the varsity races, the weather had turned comfortable. The poor underclassmen have to face
the heat and the daunting three mile course in the first meet of many of their lives. Why everyone runs 3 miles
at this season opening meet is a question that never gets answered. Year after year at the coaches meeting
after the season, they all agreed that only the varsity should run three miles.

Despite this decision, the EB Invite remains three miles for everyone. What I would like to see is make it a run
around the lake and on the backside of the lake, run on the trail instead of the bike path. This course would be
around 2 miles and year after year it would be the same. The 3 mile course has changed over the years, so
comparing times is difficult.


Another change that would be to make all the races by class like they do at many early season meets. Then
coaches would not have to put underclassmen on varsity and the competition for class bragging rights would
be interesting and would go on for four years. Plus everyone runs the same distance and it would be easy to
compare times.


But this is not the race we have, so here is what I saw.

The boys race played out in much the same manner as the girls race. Again it was a true team battle that
would come down to the team's fifth runner. The team race was also a contest between the young guns of
Stockdale versus the veterans of Highland. The trio of Van Zandt, Thomas and Lewis have been 1,2,3
knockout punch for years now but have placed second at the valley meet two years in a row. This is their
senior at Highland and they want a valley title.

Stockdale with Curtis Kelly (soph), soph Cameron Miller and much anticipated frosh Connor Fisher filling out a
squad with two veteran runners in Slaton and Burke are the highest ranked Kern County squad in division one.
So at the 1.7 mile point in the race, it was no surprise to see two Mustangs and two Scotsmen with Sandles
(Golden Valley) at the front of the race. Behind them was one from each school too.

In the last mile, Slaton took the lead and held on for the win in under 16 minute as he predicted. When I found
him with his family after the race, he was in his sweats and looked like he was waiting for his race to start.
Behind him was an exciting race for second between Lewis (Highland) and Kelly (Stockdale). Lewis came on
strong and when Kelly looked over his shoulder it was all over for him.

Behind them was Sandles for fourth place. Then the team competition got fierce Van Zandt took 5th for
Highland, Miller took 6th for Stockdale and was followed by Ivan (HHS). Then it went Stockdale and Highland
again. But Burke came in 15th and sealed the win for the Mustangs.

Team scores -- 1. Stockdale 33; 2. Highland 43; 3. Centennial 120; 4. East 122; 5. North 153; 6. Liberty 155;
7. Frontier 184; 8. Foothill 191; 9. Garces 215; 10. Golden Valley 275; 11. South 298; 12. Bakersfield 349.

Individual results -- 1. Slaton, St, 15:52; 2. Lewis, H, 16:01; 3. Kelly, St, 16:04; 4. Sandles, GV, 16:08; 5. Van
Zandt, H, 16:20; 6. Miller, St, 16:22; 7. Esquivios, H, 16:26; 8. Fisher, St, 16:30; 9. Turner, H, 16:36; 10.
Hinsley, C, 16:40; 11. Bautista, Fo, 16:46; 12. Lazarit, E, 16:51; 13. Lopez, N, 16:53; 14. Shotts, L, 16:55; 15.
Burke, St, 16:56; 16. Mosqueda, E, 17:01; 17. Millan, C, 17:04; 18. Hernandez, N, 17:15; 19. O'Malley, G, 17:
24; 20. Jungo, H, 17:26.

JV--Stockdale 36, Frontier 61, Highland 79; FS--North 51, Foothill 98, Bakersfield 124

Baker Takes The Win at Lake Ming

By the time of the varsity girls race, the weather had turned comfortable. The poor underclassmen have to face
the heat and the daunting three mile course in the first meet of many of their lives. Why everyone runs 3 miles
at this season opening meet is a question that never gets answered. Year after year at the coaches meeting
after the season, they all agreed that only the varsity should run three miles.

Despite this decision, the EB Invite remains three miles for everyone. What I would like to see is make it a run
around the lake and on the backside of the lake, run on the trail instead of the bike path. This course would be
around 2 miles and year after year it would be the same. The 3 mile course has changed over the years, so
comparing times is difficult.


Another change that would be to make all the races by class like they do at many early season meets. Then
coaches would not have to put underclassmen on varsity and the competition for class bragging rights would
be interesting and would go on for four years. Plus everyone runs the same distance and it would be easy to
compare times.


But this is not the race we have, so here is what I saw. In the varsity girls race it ran true to form. Without
Ridgeview there, it was going to be a showdown between Stockdale's depth and Bakersfield's front runners.
When the gun went off, Jorey Broughton from Centennial took off with Meadows of Frontier not to far behind.


For Meadows, this was a return to running for her. Now a junior, she is hoping to return to the form of her
freshman year when she qualified for the state cross country meet. Since then, she had a great freshman track
season up to the West Coast Relays where she ran 5:33 (1600) and 11:53 (3200).

The following day she ran in her school's invite and has been injured ever since. Her lower leg injuries have
kept her from competing her sophomore year. Today was to be her return but at the halfway point of the race,
her legs went numb and she could not continue. Hopefully she will get better soon.

As the race proceeded through the Lake Ming parking lots, the crowd headed to the 1.75 mile mark, where
the race peels off to the campgrounds for the final hilly mile before return to Lake Ming. The lead pack reach
this point in 11:30. The pack included Guzman (Garces), Baker (Bakersfield), Barton (Liberty) and Haney and
Nelson of Stockdale.

At the finish, Baker put 16 seconds on her cross town rival Barton and took the win in a time of 19:19 which
was the second best Driller time of the day (boy or girl). Barton also ran the final mile well and outdistanced
Guzman by 15 seconds. On the subject of injuries, Barton had an injury plagued sophomore year to. At a late
season meet she hurt ankle and then in the off season she broke her arm snow boarding. This set her back in
track but after a summer of training, she look good at this meet.

By the finish, two North athletes (Moyer and Perez) moved up through the field and took 6th and 7th and with
the success of their JV squad (they won the JV race), this should be a good season for the Stars. I was told
that their top runner was injured and did not run at this meet

But the team battle was between Stockdale and Bakersfield. The Drillers took first, for one point and
Stockdale took 4th (Haney), 5th (Nelson) and 8th (Patel) for 17 points. Then Garcia and Lerma came in 11th
and 12th and the Drillers had 24 points with three runners in. Shuford came in 15th, so the Drillers now had 39
points with 4 runners in. Stockdale's fourth (Jones) came in 19th so now the score is Drillers 39 and Mustangs
36. Then the wait for the 5th runner began but the suspense was soon ended when the fifth Stockdale athlete
finished before Bakersfield's 5th.

Team scores -- 1. Stockdale 61; 2. Bakersfield 84; 3. Garces 96; 4. Foothill 126; 5. Liberty 144; 6. North 157;
7. Centennial 168; 8. Highland 174; 9. East 202; 10. Golden Valley 207; 11. South 289; 12. Frontier DNF.

Individual results -- 1. Baker, B, 19:19; 2. Barton, L, 19:35; 3. Guzman, G, 19:50; 4. Haney, St, 19:57; 5.
Nelson, St, 20:11; 6. Moyer, N, 20:20; 7. Perez, N, 20:24; 8. Patel, St, 20:30; 9. Rodriguez, H, 20:32; 10.
Fernandez, Fo, 20:56; 11. Garcia, B, 20:59; 12. Gabby, B, 21:06; 13. Garcia, E, 21:09; 14. Broughton, C, 21:
26; 15. Shuford, B, 21:37; 16. Brown, G, 21:45; 17. Veloz, Fo, 22:03; 18. Mayberry, H, 22:07; 19. Jones, St,
22:14; 20. Thoennes, L, 22:17.

JV--North 50, Stockdale 56, Foothill 145

Lynch & Baker Lead Ridgeview to Team Titles at Wasco

Tijerra Lynch and Robby Baker lead their Ridgeview team mates to the team titles. It was a hot (95 ) muggy afternoon and the course was challenging with a number hills and lots of turns on the one mile loop course. The JV and Frosh/Soph ran two loops and the Varsity ran three loops.

Varsity Boys - The Ridgeview boys won with 20 points (15 points is as low as one can score). Right from the start, they took the lead with a nice pack of purple and gold. After the first hill only a Wasco runner or two was able to stay with the wolf pack. After the first lap, the lead pack included five Ridgeview and three Wasco athletes and they went through the first mile in under 5:10.

After the second lap, Baker and Solis took control of the race and Baker took the win in 15:30. He was followed by his team mates: Solis 15:39 (2nd), Garcia 15:43 (3rd), Lewis 16:21 (6th) and Madrigal 16:54 (8th).Wasco came in second overall with 40 points and was lead by Patino 15:50 (4th) and Mendoza 16:07 (5th).Tehachapi's top runner was Horowitz who ran 17:12 for 10th place and he was followed by Arvin's top runner Gonzalez who ran 18:29. Bakersfield Christian's top runner was Beard who ran 20:22 for 24th place. The teams finished in this order as well behind Ridgeview and Wasco.

Varsity Girls - The Ridgeview girls got two points to a perfect score of fifteen and their race was similar to the boys race. They started in a nice pack that quickly took the lead. After the first lap, Lynch, Huziar and Armendariz lead the race. They were followed by Tehachapi's Whitson and their three team mates.

Much like the boys race, Lynch took the lead on the third lap and took the win in a time of 19:22. She was followed by Huizar in 19:43 and Armendariz in 20:09. Whitson of Tehachapi lead her team to second with her fourth place finish in 21:36. She was followed by Ridgeview's Morgan (22:01), Tehachapi's Evans (22:12) and
Ridgeview's Voss (22:25), Tarr (22:26) and Johnson who ran 22:38 for 10th place.

In 9th place was Bakersfield Christian's Powell who ran 22:37 and Wasco's top runner was Valencia in a time 22:59 for 11th place. Wasco came in third and BCHS came in fourth in the team race.

Taft & Centennial Hit the Sand at the Morro Bay Invite

The Morro Bay Invitational was run under cloudy and cool conditions which lead to ideal racing conditions. The course, which changes yearly due to tide and dune conditions was measured at
roughly 2.6 miles. No team scores are kept at this fun and unique event.

In the boys race, Centennial's Eric Millan (So) had the fastest time of 16:04 (6:10 pace) and came in 16th overall. The top Taft athlete was freshman Phillip Taylor, who ran 17:57 for 81st place.

VARSITY BOYS
Place Time first Last Grade School
1 14:53 Sergey Sushchikh 11 DP
16 16:04 Eric Millan 10 Centennial
57 17:16 Nick Treiberg 10 Centennial
68 17:26 Hayden Raney 11 Centennial
69 17:27 Brandon Ballard 11 Centennial
81 17:57 Phillip Taylor 9 Taft
87 18:03 Brad Hinsley 11 Centennial
95 18:13 Joel morentin 10 Taft
100 18:33 Devin Capela 11 Taft
102 18:45 Chris Lopez 9 Taft
103 18:45 Travis Morro 11 Taft
104 18:45 Michael Hernandez 10 Taft
106 19:05 Misael Pelayo 12 Centennial

In the girl's race, Taft's Megan Thompson (12) was the fastest Kern County athlete. She ran the course in 19:08 (7:22 pace) for 11th overall

VARSITY GIRLS
Place Time first Last Grade School
1 17:53 Annie Mooney 11 Mission College Prep
11 19:08 Megan Thompson 12 Taft
48 21:03 Margret Martinez 12 ?
50 21:13 Daisy Guitron 10 Taft
53 21:19 Chloe Carlson 9 Centennial
76 22:54 Jordyn Perry 10 Centennial
77 23:00 Melissa Megar 11 Centennial
78 23:00 Elizabeth Sanchez 11 Centennial
79 23:02 Sarah Moore 11 Centennial
80 23:03 Nayomi Velasquez 11 Centennial
81 23:37 Lillybeth Pedroza 10 Taft
83 23:41 Melissa Ballard 9 Centennial
88 24:58 Mayra Aguilar 12 Taft
89 25:15 Justine Montelongo 9 Centennial
91 25:35 Bernice Florez 12 Taft
94 28:03 Marion Ruan 10 Taft

Complete Results HERE.

Photos HERE.

Safari Run on 9.12.09

Safari Run
September 12, 2009

Custom awards in these run divisions:
10K: Under19 and 10-year age groups after.
5K: Under 12, 13-14, 15-19 and in 10-year
age groups after.


Benefiting The Scholarship Program of the Kern Council on Physical Fitness and Sports

Race Flier HERE.

Photos by Ron's Run HERE.

DIVISION RESULTS FOR 10K RACE

Ashley Barton (Liberty Jr) won the 10k in a time of 44:35 and Eddie Resendez won the mens 10k in 39:09.

DIVISION RESULTS FOR 5K RACE

In the 5k, the masters ruled. Herve Pastre won the 5k in 19:18 which is an amazing time for a 62 year old. On the women's side, 44 year old Pam Boyles won in a time of 20:26.