Foothills Sentry May 2024

Foothills Sentry Page 14 MAY 2024 COMMUNITY SPORTS BY CLIFF ROBBINS AND CHAD CLINE Brandon Flint from El Modena High takes the faceoff up field. Carlos Diaz, goalkeeper for El Modena High, stops a shot mid-flight against Dana Hills High School. ElMo's George Lopez advances the ball into Dana Hills High territory. David Castillo from Villa Park High blocks a shot against Uni- versity High School. Jenna Cardeno, from Foothill High, scoops up a goal shot against San Clemente. Foothill dropped the non-league game, 6-2. Ava Pistone, Foothill High, sets up for a shot against San Clem- ente. Foothill ranks No. 1, a good position going into the Division 1 playoffs. Foothill’s Elle Vickers (left) scores a second-half goal against San Clemente High School. Julian Peraza from Villa Park High digs out a serve in the Uni- versity game. VPHS Spartan Ben Coty scores, despite the block attempt. Orange Empire All-Conference All CIF-SS presented by the LA84 Foundation Selected to the first team All- OEC was former Villa Park ath- lete, playing for Santiago Canyon College mens basketball team, Damien Parker, Soph., a guard; and teammate Joey Longo, Soph., a guard. Selected to the second team All-OEC were Chico Lo- pez, Fr, a center; Eli Arthurton, Fr, a forward; and Tony Colley, Fr, a guard. Honorable mention from Santiago Canyon College was Trevor Manning, a freshman guard. Selected by the Southern Cali- fornia Soccer Coaches Associa- tion to the boys 2024 Division 1 team from Canyon High School was Tyson Smith, Sr.; from Or- ange Lutheran, Ethan Phillips, Sr., Xavier Alcantar, Sr., Alexan- der Vasquez, Sr. In boys Division 2 from Foothill High School were Tyler Valdez, Sr., and Tyler Reid, Sr. The only 2023-24 girl selected was Vanessa Paredes, Fr., in Divi- sion 3 from Foothill High School. In girls water polo, the South- ern California Water Polo Coach- es’ Association selected Jailynn Robinson, Jr. as Open Division Player of the Year and Brenda Villa, Orange Lutheran, as Coach of the Year. Allison Cohen, Soph., and Sofia Umeda, Sr., both from Or- ange Lutheran, were selected to the Open Division team. Deirdre Murphy, Sr., and Kirra Pantaleon, Soph., both from Foothill, were also selected for the Open Divi- sion team. Selected in Division 3 All-CIF was Anika Carcich, Soph., from Villa Park High. In Division 6 from El Modena High were Sam Simmons, Jr., Ariana Kang, Jr., and Zulema Andrade, Soph. Selected by the Southern Cali- fornia Basketball Coaches’ Asso- ciation in girls Division 1: Prin- cess Cassell, Sr., from Orange Lutheran. In Division 3A, Bailey Roczey, Soph., from Villa Park. In Division 4AA, Justine Pra- jitno, Sr., from Canyon was se- lected as Player of the Year and Sara Brown, Canyon, was Coach of the Year. Canyon High player Jasmine Prajitno, Sr., was select- ed for the CIF-SS team. Those selected for the 2024 All CIF-SS Traditional Competitive Cheer, Division 1, were Canyon High athletes Isabella Rocha, Sr., and Ally Villiacin, Sr. In Division 4, coed, those selected were Isa- bella Toledo, Sr., and Sierra An- tuna, Sr., from Tustin High.