Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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Regular-season standings account for half of the formula which determines the final league positions for the Valley League swim championship with the other half based on positions at the league championship meet. In an April 19 dual meet between the two Valley League boys teams which entered the competition in Ramona with undefeated records, Fallbrook defeated Ramona to take that advantage into the April 25‑27 league meet in Fallbrook. "It's great going undefeated. It was v...
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Fallbrook High School and Ramona High School are the only two Valley League swim teams with on-campus pools, and the April 19 meet at Ramona may have given Fallbrook a league championship. Regular-season standings account for half of the formula which determines the final league positions and the other half is based on positions at the league championship meet. Fallbrook's 103-83 victory April 19 gave the Warriors a final Valley League record of 7-0 in dual meets while Ramona...
Fallbrook High School’s girls basketball team was invited to the state basketball playoffs, and the Warriors won three games in the state Division IV tournament before losing in the regional final. The Warriors had state playoff wins over Kennedy High School of Granada Hills, El Camino Real High School of Woodland Hills, and Oceanside High School. Grossmont High School advanced to the state final with a 57-52 victory over the Warriors in the March 5 regional final. “The state playoffs are hard because you don’t really know...
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A pair of 10-8 losses to league champion Rancho Buena Vista prevented Fallbrook High School from winning the 2024 Valley League boys tennis championship. The Warriors finished the season with a league record of 6-2 while Rancho Buena Vista was 8-0 in league play. Fallbrook was 9-5 overall during the dual match portion of the season. "We played well," said Fallbrook coach Bill Lenaway. A high school tennis match consists of each of a school's three singles players contesting...
Fallbrook High School’s girls basketball team won the Warriors’ third Valley League championship in four years and the reached the semifinals of the CIF San Diego Section Division I playoffs. The Warriors won all 10 of their Valley League games, entered the post-season with a 21-7 overall record, and won two playoff games before losing to top-seeded Cathedral Catholic. “I had really no expectations,” said Fallbrook coach Trae Harrison. Claire Nordeen was Fallbrook’s only senior starter, and the entire team had only three sen...
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The San Diego Sockers have played home games at what was initially the San Diego Sports Arena and is currently Pechanga Arena, but for 2024-2025, the Sockers will be moving into Frontwave Arena in Oceanside. The final regular-season game at the Grand Old Arena was Saturday, March 30, against the Tacoma Stars, and 2007 Fallbrook High School graduate Chris Toth earned the goalkeeper win for the Stars. “It’s a big deal,” Toth said. “To play here is a special thing.” The Sockers franchise began as the Baltimore Comets in 1974,...
Cottonwood Elementary School of Aguanga hosted a cross-country meet Thursday, March 14, for the small K-8 elementary schools and middle schools in northern San Diego County and southern Riverside County which participate in athletic tournaments, and Vallecitos Elementary School took first place as a team for both the boys and the girls while Vallecitos seventh-grader Rochelle Hernandez was the first girls individual finisher. "I'm really impressed with how well they did,...
FALLBROOK – The legacy continues as the 51st annual Dornon Games Track Meet will take place Saturday, April 20, at the Fallbrook Union High School stadium. This event, deeply rooted in Fallbrook tradition, promises to be a celebration of youth athletics and community spirit. The Dornon Games trace their origins back to the Fallbrook Street PTA and student council, under the visionary leadership of Don Dornon, a beloved teacher at the school. Following Dornon's death in 1...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Senior Softball is currently looking for new players who are 50 plus years of age. Games are played at Ingold Sports Park Mondays thru Thursdays at 4 p.m. with warm-ups beginning at 3:30. Each team is scheduled to play two games per week. Potential players must show for a screening prior to being placed on a team so that appropriate placement can be made. The league is currently in season #2 which will end near the middle of June. The deadline for season #3 registration is June 15. The season #3 draft w...
A thunderstorm March 15 canceled Fallbrook High School’s swim meet against Valley Center that afternoon, but the Fallbrook girls began the season with two league victories. The Warriors opened their season March 5 at home against Mission Hills and won that 111-54 meet. The March 7 home win over Pacific Ridge had a 123-41 score. “It was good to see where we’re at and what we can do,” said Fallbrook coach Sean Redmond. A school can enter up to three swimmers or divers in each individual event. Each school can have three q...
Fallbrook High School's girls water polo team reached the CIF Division II quarterfinal. The Warriors won their Feb. 8 first-round match against Del Norte, giving Fallbrook a quarterfinal contest against second-seeded Oceanside. The Pirates prevailed in that Febr. 10 game and eventually advanced to the CIF championship game, which Oceanside lost in overtime. "I'm excited with what we did and how we played," said Fallbrook coach Sean Redmond. The playoff loss finalized Fallbrook...
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SAN MARCOS – Members of the Palomar College softball and football teams will soon be able to play their sports at the San Marcos campus in new stadiums offering a better experience for both athletes and fans. The new softball stadium, set to open during the spring semester, has 207 seats, and includes a press box, bullpens, batting cages, and a natural turf outfield. The new football stadium – the first ever at Palomar College – is set to open in the summer and will featu...
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Weather forced Bonsall High School's scheduled March 4 home baseball game against Crawford to be played March 5 at Crawford, and weather along with Bonsall's winter sports boys teams participating in CIF playoffs has limited the Legionnaires' preparation. "It's just a slow start this year," said Bonsall coach Danny Mencias. "We barely started practicing," Mencias said prior to the game at Crawford. "This is kind of like our practice. We haven't had any time to practice at all....
On the first sunny day of the softball and baseball season, both Bonsall High School teams posted "W" for the day, March 8. Bonsall baseball and softball play at the Jim Banks Sports Park in Pala. "It's a fantastic field. We are so fortunate to be able to play at such a high end facility," said BHS Athletic Director Andrea Breuninger, who attends every game. The softball team, which has dominated its league for the past two seasons, scored an impressive 23 to 8 victory over...
As a former screenwriter, I can attest that studios have paid me large sums of money for stories half as good as this. Bonsall High, now in its 10th year, is a tiny upstart of a school. It was conceived out of a grassroots effort of dedicated PTA moms who wanted their kids to continue the small community feeling their kids enjoyed at Bonsall Elementary, Bonsall West Elementary, Vivian Banks Charter and Sullivan Middle in high school. These parents had an uphill battle on...
Under the new leadership of Coach Bernard Cantrell, the Bonsall High School boys basketball team advanced to the CIF semifinals. After a rocky start, the basketball team seemed to find a rhythm late in the season. The team won their last three games to advance to the CIF playoffs. The team started the quarterfinal round, played at the Jim Banks Sports Center on Feb. 17, cold. In the first period, the opponents dropped every three point shot from the outside and Bonsall had no...
Fallbrook High School seniors Nic Brockson and Devin Huntington each won two matches at the all-division CIF San Diego Section masters tournament Feb. 16-17 at Southwest High School in El Centro. Brockson wrestled in the 126-pound division at the double-elimination tournament. Huntington was in the 150-pound bracket. Fallbrook freshman Ricky Lopez was in the 108-pound division, although he lost both of his matches. “Bringing three guys to masters is really big,” said Fallbrook coach Tom Brockson. CIF competition div...
FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Senior Softball is welcoming new players who are 50 plus years of age. Games are played at Ingold Sports Park Mondays thru Thursdays at 4 p.m. with warm-ups beginning at 3:30. Each team is scheduled to play two games per week. The league is currently looking for new players. Potential players must show for a screening prior to being placed on a team so that appropriate placement can be made. The league is currently in season #1 which will end near the end of the month. The deadline for season #2 r...