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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.
Bloodworth signs with Morehouse College after SJ caps another unbeaten league run
It was an eventful evening for the St. Joseph boys varsity volleyball program Thursday night. The Knights (27-7, 8-0) swept Arroyo Grande 3-0 at St. Joseph's Hofschulte Gym by set scores of 25-19, 25-17, 25-23 to put the finishing touch on the Mountain League title and wrap on their third straight unbeaten league run. Moments later, St. Joseph middle blocker Michael Bloodworth, who helped key the win, signed a National Letter of Intent to play volleyball for Morehouse College in Atlanta.
Santa Ynez girls win at league swim finals, Lompoc clinches league championship
The Lompoc girls swimming team finished second behind Santa Ynez at the Sunset League Championships Thursday at the Lompoc Aquatic Center. The runner-up finish was good enough to give the Braves the league title. Lompoc finished 7-0 in Sunset League duals. Dual and league finals results combined determined the final...
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...
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