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Lompoc softball team dedicates game to coach Robert Stouppe
The Lompoc softball team dedicated its Wednesday Mountain League home game to Braves assistant coach Robert Stouppe. Stouppe is battling kidney disease. Before the game, which the Braves won 8-5, Lompoc junior Natalie Aguilar led the pre-game prayer, and Lompoc sophomore Rianna Stouppe gave a speech paying tribute to coach Stouppe.
Sports in brief: Locals advance in tennis playoffs
St. Joseph and Nipomo were among several Central Coast Athletic Association teams that advanced through the first round of the CIF Central Section Boys Tennis Playoffs Tuesday. No. 3 St. Joseph blanked No. 14 Tulare Western 9-0 at St. Joseph in Division 2. No. 12 Nipomo upset No. 5 Bakersfield...
St. Joseph rallies, tags Cabrillo with first league loss
The only loss the Cabrillo baseball team had taken this season had come via forfeit because the Conquistadores inadvertently left a pitcher in for too many outs in a week. St. Joseph changed that Wednesday. Down 2-1, the Knights scored the tying run in the top of the seventh inning...
St. Joe's Mediano pitches no-hitter
Earlier this season at Righetti, St. Joseph junior right hander Taylor Mediano came within three outs of pitching the third no-hitter of her high school career. Last Friday, she finished the job. Mediano notched her first no-hitter of the season and struck out 10 in a 7-0 St. Joseph win...
Pioneer Valley tries to rebound after tough loss
Both pitchers, Mission Prep right-hander Roxanne Guerra and Pioneer Valley right-hander Ciena Acosta, were dealing Friday, and it looked as though the team with the defense that blinked first would wind up on the short end. That is what happened. The Pioneer Valley defense cracked late, leading to four unearned...
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