Women's and Men's Golf

Both the women's and men's golf teams joined forces for a fun practice at PGA East Valley. How could I miss that? A day on the links. A beautiful day on the links. A beautiful day on the links to be driven around in a cart. I tried my best to not disturb the athletes as they made their way around the Legend's Course. The teams were paired for parity and I have no idea how the scores ended up. It didn't matter. It was just fun.

Waterpolo vs. The Regals

Another beautiful day in Redlands. And how better to spend it than watch some waterpolo at the aquatic center. The Regals were in town. They were the standard of the SCIAC last year and this was going to be a test of where we stood. Showing up fashionably late, I waltzed in to a 5 to nil score with our lady Bulldogs on the wrong side of the equation. Darn it! How did that happen?! Well, the next two quarters we played them even. We played them tough and we played with urgency. Our goals were the product of good defense and good plays. But our goals were answered by their goals; fast breaks and two on ones or three on ones. Whitney did what she could. We got close, but a 7-1 Regal run to end the game did us in. Moana and Jaime each scored three goals, but the Regals prevailed 16-7. Our two seniors, Whitney and Jade, will be honored on Saturday in the 11 am game vs. La Verne. We need you there!

Track and Field: Jump

Lastly we have the jumping events. The highlight was the pole vault. It's also the least busy part of the track and a perfect place to lay in the grass and relax. Kelsey cleared another school record (11'8") and made a NCAA provisional cut. Freshman Ashley cleared 10'10" and came in second. Two other freshmen, Bryan and Cory, did well for our men. Mackenzie and Rachel cleared 4'9" in the high jump. Kortney outdistanced the field by a yard in the triple jump and made yet another Bulldog NCAA provisional mark. Andy won the men's triple jump. All in all a great day at the track for the Bulldogs. We came within one point of a multi-dual meet sweep against two perennially strong teams. Let's keep the forward momentum. Go Dawgs!

Track and Field: Throw

This is the second post from the track. Here we focus on the throwing events. Mackenzie (you may remember her from the basketball team!) threw two and half feet beyond the NCAA provisional mark and won the javelin by the height of a rim. Should we have her throwing inbound passes next year? Rich Valenti achieved another NCAA provisional mark by throwing the discus almost 157 feet. He won and placed well in the other throwing events. Thurber was enthralled with the hammer. It was the first time he was outside a fence watching the action inside. Talulah had to hold him back though as he was itching to play fetch after each throw.

Track and Field: Run

Here's the first of three posts from the SCIAC multi-dual meet at Ashel Cunningham Track. Our lady Bulldogs posted victories over the Athenas (101-62) and the Regals (91-72). They're 3-1 now. Our men posted a victory over the Kingsmen (116-44) but lost by one point to the Stags (81-82). They're 3-1 too. There was so much going on and this is the last home meet of the year so we decided to share as much of our student's successes as possible. Thurber and Talulah worked hard today cheering on where and when they could. I was told that Thurber waited for the Steeplechase to finish before cooling off in the puddle. In the running events, Katie won the women's steeplechase. Jeremy and Alec came in 2nd and 3rd. Other highlights include Ross and Ashley winning the 110 and 100 hurdles. Ryan and Onesa winning the 200 m dashes. Cameron winning the 400 m hurdles. Vainayaki winning the 400 m dash. Heather and Duncan winning the 800 m races. Both teams winning the 4 X 100 relays and 4 X 400 relays.