Foothills Sentry Page 14 MAY 2025 COMMUNITY SPORTS BY CLIFF ROBBINS AND CHAD CLINE Unity students set personal bests at Santiago Canyon 5K Steve Patterson named Div. 3 Coach of the Year Spring CIF-SS playoff info CIF Ford Academic Awards honor local athletes Canyon holds NCAA signing party for eight athletes Head coach Dylan Trumbull from Unity Middle College High School of Orange announced that new personal milestones were achieved at the Santiago Canyon College’s Hawk’s Flight 5K, held March 22. For some of the runners, it was their first 5K. Emmanuel Hernandez Navarrete, a senior, placed 13th out of 37 in the 30 & Under division. Braden Goodrich, a sophomore, dropped 3 minutes Steve Patterson, head coach at Foothill High School, was named Coach of the Year in Division 3, after guiding the Knights to a Division 3 CIF-SS Girls Soccer Championship. Hannah Werdel, a junior, was recognized as Player of the Year. Foothill teammates named to Div. 3 ALL-CIF were Vanessa Paredes (soph) M, Arllene Vite (soph) F, and Melanie Salazar Canyon High School's (5-6, 11-8) girls beach volleyball team captured third place in the Crestview League and was the fourth seed in the Division 3 playoffs. Foothill (5-7, 9-9) took fourth place in the Crestview League race and did not qualify for a playoff spot. First round playoffs The 37th annual CIF-SS Ford Academic individual and team awards were presented April 22 at pre-game ceremonies at Angel Stadium. Individual winners were: Claire Vaughan, 4.0, Canyon High, swimming and diving, water polo; Joey Gregorio, Canyon High, 4.0, lacrosse; from Foothill High, Ashley Kwan, 3.7, cross country, track & field; Gavin Lauridsen, 3.6, baseball; from Orange High, Natalie Ramirez, 3.7, tennis and Xavier Valentine, 4.0, football; from Orange Lutheran, Cameron Krueger, 4.0, cross country and track & field, Malia Yehya, 4.0, beach volleyball and volleyball; from Villa Park, Isabella Puccio, 4.0, swimming and diving, water polo and Jason White, 4.0, golf. In team sports, Villa Park took second overall, and first place in its enrollment category in baseball, with a 3.743 GPA; and earned second overall and first place in its enrollment category in boys golf with a 3.863 GPA. Orange Lutheran earned second place in its enrollment category in girls flag football with a 3.783, with Villa Park High earning third with a 3.765. Villa Park placed second in its enrollment category for football, at 3.574. Orange High, Orange Lutheran, Villa Park and Canyon earned honorable mentions in various other team categories. Canyon High held its annual NCAA Letter of Intent signing, April 16, where senior studentathletes signal their intent to continue their athletics and education. Signing were: Nate DeSouza, to play lacrosse at Tusculum University; Madison Gallacher, track and field at Azusa Pacific University; Emily Howard, cross country and track and Caden Epperson (9) from Foothill High School scores over Julian Chamu (6) from Canyon High School. JJ Barraza (7) from Foothill High School battles the net with Canyon’s Brayden Van Hook. Ethan Fernandez (8) from Foothill High School gets over the block of Jackson Carlew from Canyon High School to score. Nathan Valdez from El Modena slid safely into second after a pickoff attempt. Dirk O’Dette from Orange High missed the throw. ElMo won the non-conference game, 11-1. Head Coach Dylan Trumbull, left, from Unity Middle College High School joins the post-5K race awards of his runners, left to right, Emmanuel Hernandez (12), the SCC Hawk, Brayden Goodrich (10), Chelsea Zonick (10 ) and Jomar Bernall (11). Jeannie Kim, president of Santiago Canyon College, right, awards Jesus Retiguin of Orange the first place medal at the 5K race. His time was 16:47.6 The youngsters that ran the kids trot after the SCC 5K were all presented metals by SCC President Jennie Kim. Clarity Williams, a 1-year-old from Irvine, finished the Kids Trot in record time. Williams charmed the spectators at the finish line at Santiago Canyon 5K race. Orange High School pitcher Jason Huerta hauls in the infield pop-up. (senior) D. In Division 1 from Orange Lutheran, named as ALL-CIF were Joey Birkbeck (11) D, and Madi Eguia (10). In Division 2 Boys Soccer, named as ALL-CIF from Canyon High School were Luke Ward (senior) F, and Ryan Grimm (junior) M; Jacob Garcia (senior) M, from Foothill High, was also named All-CIF. off his time, posting a 24:05.9. Jomar Bernal, a junior from Yorba Linda posted a 38.11.7. Sophomore Chelsea Zonick posted a 40:09.8. The first runner to cross the line at the SCC 5k was Jesus Retiguin from Orange in 16:47.6. The second place finisher was Nathan Fisher from Corona in 17:18.2. Third place was Alyssa Armendariz from Yorba Linda in 17:57.1. started April 22 and the finals are set for May 3. In other spring sports, boys and girls lacrosse first round runs April 28-May 16. Boys volleyball starts April 30-May 10. Tennis starts May 7-14, and softball and baseball playoffs start May 15-27. field at California Polytechnic University-Pomona; Ainsley Jackson, lacrosse at Colorado State University Pueblo; Jayden Legaspi, track and field at Concordia University Irvine; Connor Lindauer, lacrosse at University of Dubuque; Everett Roach, basketball at University of Hawaii at Hilo; and Brayden Van Hook, volleyball at William Penn University.
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