18 School News HHS SPORTS ROUND-UP:


Girls teams, boys soccer squad in playoff contention


As the winter sports regular season winds down, the girls soccer and basketball teams, as well as the boys soccer team, find themselves in battles for CIF playoff berths. Here’s a rundown:


Lady Bobcat Katherine Barajas drives to the basket in a recent home contest.


Photo courtesy of Hamilton High Yearbook Staff


GIRLS SOCCER TEAM TIED FOR FIRST! As this paper went to press, the girls soccer team (5-1 in league play) is knotted in a first place tie in the Warrior League with California Military Institute. The Bobcats were scheduled to play Nuview Bridge (2/1), Pomona Catholic (2/2) and Riverside Christian (2/3). They wrap up the regular season against CMI (2/8). The Bobcats come into these contests with three straight wins, in which they outscored their opponents 22-0. Samantha Matthews had two goals and Krisla Sanchez had one in a 3-0 win over San Jacinto Academy on 1/25. In the 9-0 win over West Shores on 1/23, Hamilton got a hat trick from Savanah Heinz, two goals from Matthews and goals from America Arias, Julie Cantoran, Jordan Wilson and Lisbeth Rizo. The 10-0 win over Public Safety Academy on 1/20 saw a similar barrage of scoring, with Heinz, Matthews and Kelly Lein getting two goals apiece. Arias, Cantoran, Mary Terlisner and Michelle Wood scored, as well.


LADY HOOPSTERS EYEING SECOND! As this paper went to press, the girls basketball team (5-3) was in third place, a game behind seond- place California Lutheran in the Arrowhead League standings. The Lady Bobcats were due to play California School for the Deaf (1/31) and Pomona Catholic (2/2), before wrapping up the season with games against California Lutheran (2/7) and Sherman Indian (2/9).


In their 36-27 win over La Sierra Academy on 1/ 26, Hamilton got 10 points from Breana Harries and 8 from Katherine Barajas. Stacey Marks pulled down 13 rebounds, while Barajas had 10. Barajas was the leading scorer with 14 points in the 37-21 win over Upland Christian Academy on 1/24. The rest of the scoring was balanced between six other players. Summer Sipes (9) and Barajas (7) led the team in rebounds.


BOYS SOCCER IN TIGHT RACE!


As this paper went to press, the boys soccer team (2-2-1) finds itself in third place behind Bloomington Christian (2-0-1) and first-place La Sierra Academy


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Cottonwood staffers show they are in it for the


long run!


Left to right: Cottonwood’s Jessica Adams, Yolanda Carrillo and Alex Avilez at the Temecula running event.


Editor’s note: It’s not just students who compete in athletic events. The following is a dispatch from Cottonwood teacher and weekend warrior Alex Avilez:


So what were you doing on January 21, a drizzly, cold Saturday morning at 5 am? Probably not stretching and donning your running gear for a 13.1 or 3.1 mile race through the very challenging, hilly


wine fields of


Temecula. But that’s exactly what 1500 runners were doing; each one synergistically in tune with one another, drawing energy to compete and complete this rainy morning scamper through Temecula’s fruit of the vine fields. For you couch potatoes, this was the first annual “ Temecula Valley Half Marathon & 5K.” And of course, Cottonwood was well represented: Yolanda Carrillo, a veteran of several 5K’s, Ms. Jessica Adams, Cottonwood’s newest staff


member making her racing debut, and Alex Avilez, also a veteran of several races. Yolanda and Jessica left the starting gate at 8:00 am, with Janice and the Sickles’ family root-toot-tooting them on. Jessica was expecting a 32 minute 5K time; but demolished her goal- time in 29:57, placing fourth in her age group and 84 th out of almost 400 runners. Mrs. Carrillo ran a 32:40, two minutes faster than her expected time of 34 minutes. This placed her in the top 30% of the field of runners, out-gunning 70% of the field.


Alex, that’s me, took off at 7:45 A.M. to begin my 13.1 mile trek. My wife, Janice, Jessica, Yolanda, and the Sickles family (you might remember Natalie who now runs for West Valley) all cheering me on. Two hours later, I came bounding home...okay, maybe more like a shuffle, but with a smile on my face. When I


asked myself how I felt, all I could think of was, “Wow, I’m finished. Awesome.” This was an outstanding race for all of us. Each of us earned a medal, a shirt, and a feeling of camaraderie. Afterwards, we all gathered at Baja Cactus for an outstanding late morning breakfast, recounting the race and sharing in one another’s excitement. I’m really proud of the effort my partners put in. I can honestly say that I’ve never had more fun preparing for a race.


Our next goal: Carlsbad 5000 on April 1. We train together on Mondays and Wednesdays at the school track. So if anyone out there wants to join us for our April run, just show up or talk to any one of us. We’d love to have more


running/walking by our sides.


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