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Lompoc City: Tongun Lako wins by two shots
Tongun Lako shot rounds of 76-74 to win the Lompoc City Amateur Championship by two shots at La Purisima Golf Club. Lako stood one behind Elias Moncrief after 18 holes and carded a brilliant 74 to keep off the challenge and emerge victorious at the tournament. Brett Patton and Ethan...
Sports in brief
A historic run by the Lompoc Rocket League Esports team ended with a 4-0 loss to Los Angeles Franklin in the CIF state final Saturday at Cal State Dominguez Hills in Carson. This marked the first year Lompoc fielded Esports teams. The Lompoc Rocket League squad of captain Carlin Durrett, Isaiah Dumiao and Fabian Martinez won four CIF matches to get to the state final. Lompoc, after trailing 2-0, rallied to edge Lynwood 4-3 in the semis to reach the state final.
Lompoc Kiwanis Track & Field Championships | Photos
Children in grades 3-8 participated in the annual Kiwanis Track and Field Championships on Sunday at the Lompoc Community Track and Field in Huyck Stadium. The contest featured four main events — sprints, distance runs and relays, and field events.
Baseball Game Preview: Nipomo on Home-Turf
The Nipomo Titans will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Santa Maria Saints at 4:30 p.m. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses apiece. Nipomo will head into Friday's contest ready to turn things around: they couldn't...
Orcutt Academy, Righetti to face each other in first round of volleyball playoffs
No. 8 Orcutt Academy and No. 9 Righetti will square off against each other Tuesday night at 6 p.m. at Lakeview Junior High School in the first round of the CIF Central Section Division 3 Boys Volleyball Playoffs. Those two shared the Ocean League championship. They split the two-match season...
Fakoury, Ainsworth are NSBCART Athletes of the Week
James Fakoury and Clara Ainsworth are the Northern Santa Barbara County Athletic Round Table (NSBCART) Athletes of the Week for the week of April 22-28. The two were honored Monday at the NSBCART luncheon Monday at Hancock College. Fakoury went 3-for-4 with an RBI and struck out 14 in a...
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