Lompoc and Cabrillo high schools sit on opposite ends of a small town. They draw from the same school district and are natural rivals. For the first time in recent history, both schools have girls’ basketball teams heading to CIF playoffs. “Our rivalry with Cabrillo is probably the biggest on the Central Coast of California,” […]
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The fate of Olive Grove Charter schools depends on Cuyama’s school district
In June 2014, the Los Olivos School District opted to downsize its Olive Grove Charter School from five campuses serving more than 300 students to a single campus that serves 20, but shedding buildings, students, and teachers isn’t an immediate process. On Feb. 12 of this year, the board approved the intention to lay off […]
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Sophia Stevens
Cabrillo High School girls’ basketball
“The best moment of my season,” said Cabrillo High School point guard Sophia Stevens, “was definitely when we won league, and we ran out into the court crying. I was on varsity my freshman year, and we did not win one game. Going from that to league champs was definitely a big moment in my […]
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Sand crabs and surfperch in Guadalupe
A surfperch-fishing tournament in Grover Beach drew crowds to a bait shop on Betteravia Road at the beginning of February. Surfperch fishing, said Been There, Caught That owner Tina Anderson, is “off the hook. It’s been really good. There’s lots of buzz. [The] big tournament here about two weeks ago generated a lot of interest.” […]
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John Martinez
Ernest Righetti High School wrestling
John Martinez, a sophomore lightweight who wrestles for Ernest Righetti High School, pinned his opponent in one minute and 20 seconds to clinch a win in a recent match against an opponent from Atascadero High School. Earlier this season, Martinez came within three points of beating a two-time state qualifier who plays for Paso Robles […]
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St. Joe’s girls’ soccer team takes up Make-A-Wish cause of a young cancer survivor
The Ernest Righetti High School varsity girls’ soccer team crossed the street on Feb. 6 to whoop St. Joseph High School 2-0. It was a bruising blow for the Knights, who are jockeying with Atascadero and SLO high schools for a spot in the league playoffs. Some of the people in the bleachers were talking […]
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A family game: A local father-son duo takes their love of water polo to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado
Over winter break, 14-year-old Layne Porter spent a week playing water polo for eight hours a day with the best youth water polo players in the nation. He trained from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. more than 6,000 feet above sea level, and he isn’t even in high school yet. As part of USA Water […]
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Rushing and reading: A former Hancock football star heads to the Senior Bowl as a draft pick for the NFL
Before Cameron Artis-Payne finished 2014 as the lead rusher in the Southeastern Conference and bounced into the national spotlight as a second- or third-round pick for the NFL, he was breaking school records at Allan Hancock College for rushing yards and touchdowns scored. He switched out his Bulldogs’ jersey to become an Auburn University Tiger […]