Woo earns championship in Ambassador League golf while Lions advance two to this week’s CIF-SS Qualifier at Bear Creek

Derryl Trujillo

Sports Writer

POMONA – Daniel Guerra and Luke Bohmer knew it was going to take something special to catch and overtake the leader after Arrowhead Christian’s Scott Woo opened with a round of 73 to take a five-shot lead.

Guerra hit a bunker shot on the opening hole to about three feet and lipped out his par putt for a bogey. He’d make six bogeys, two birdies and a double bogey in a round of 78. His birdies were both on the back nine, at 12 and 14, where he stuck approach shots to ten and three feet respectively. For the two days, he posted a total of 156 (+12) and claimed the third of four qualifying spots.

“It’s been impressive to see just how far we’ve come as a team these last couple of years,” Guerra said. “When I was a sophomore, we were shooting around the 300s and now we’re league champions with an undefeated mark against the Southwestern League and one loss all year. Everybody’s worked so hard to get us to this position and deserves a lot of credit.”

Bohmer’s putter got warm en route to a second round 75 and twoday total of 154 (+10) which was good enough for second place and another berth in the CIF-SS regional qualifying tournament. He’d make par putts of between five and 10 feet at one, three, four, and eight en route to a front nine 38 (+2). He made

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Division 5 Wildcard round

Liberty - 13, Chaffey - 5

Workman - 12, Elsinore - 6

Indio - 13, West Valley - 5

First round

Paloma Valley - 14, Citrus

Hill - 4

Hillcrest - 11, Orange Vista - 7

Hemet - 14, Rosemead - 4

Silverado - 13, Liberty - 5

Round Two

Hemet - 10, Garden Grove - 8

Arroyo - 10, Paloma Valley - 8

Quarterfinals - Monday, May 8

Hemet at Whittier

Swimming and Diving

The CIF Southern Section’s swimming and diving championships returned to Riverside this season and were held last Friday, May 5, at Riverside City College.

Division 1

No local competitors

Division 2

Boys 200m medley relay: 18. Kaleb Richmond (Murrieta Valley)

1:46.22.

Girls

Team scores: 1. Esperanza 201,

2. Flintridge Prep 195, 3. Riverside

Poly 182. Other top Inland teams:

14. Vista Murrieta 71, 21. Murrieta

Mesa 56.5.

200m medley relay: 13. Vista

Murrieta (Steffens, Alvarez, Abalos, Martin) 1:51.37; 17.

200m freestyle: 3. Sonja

Aarsvold (Murrieta Mesa)

1:50.79; 14. Isabella Alvarez (Vista Murrieta) 1:57.45.

200m individual medley: 10.

Leilani Abalos (Vista Murrieta)

2:06.32. 100m butterfly: T6. Emilee

Elizondo (Murrieta Mesa) 57.28;

8. 100m freestyle: 2. Sonja

Aarsvold (Murrieta Mesa) 50.85;

13. Isabella Alvarez (Vista

Murrieta) 54.04.

100m backstroke: 13. Leilani

Abalos (Vista Murrieta) 58.75;

14. Emilee Elizondo (Murrieta Mesa) 59.36.

100m breaststroke: 12. Amanda

Cotton (Great Oak) 1:07.25.

400m freestyle relay: 5. Vista

Murrieta (Alvarez, Steffens, Martin, Abalos) 3:41.53; 18. Great Oak (Guevara, Morgan, Sinclair, Lindemann) 3:52.39.

Track and Field

The CIF Southern Section held track and field divisional preliminaries at four different sites Saturday, May 6. The alldivisions CIF Southern Section track and field championship meet will be held Saturday, May 13, at Moorpark High School.

Here are the Inland boys athletes who advanced, either by winning a heat or placing among the top nine in each event.

Division 1

100m: Area qualifier: Jason

Deal (Paloma Valley) 10.58.

200m: Area qualifier: Jason two birdies in a three-hole span at 15 and 17 (sticking his tee shot to 12 feet) but three bogeys at 14, 16 and 18 added up to a 37 (+1) on the way home.

Deal (Paloma Valley) 21.26.

400m: Area qualifier: Elijah LaMothe (Heritage) 49.71.

“After we both made birdies on 15, I realized that catching Scott wasn’t very likely and that I had to protect a spot in the top four,” Bohmer said. “When someone plays as well as Scott did this week you just go about your business and tip your cap to them.”

Although neither caught the leader, they earned tee times in the CIF-SS Individual Central Region Qualifier at Bear Creek Golf Club (May 8), which according to Lions coach Mark Moore was the big picture objective. Woo didn’t have his best stuff from a ball striking perspective in Wednesday’s (May 3) second round, but he too was able to chip and putt at a high level on Mountain Meadows’ sloping greens. He’d get up and down after nearly driving the green at three for his first birdie of the day, making a five-foot putt for birdie. He’d make putts from between five and 10 feet on a regular basis over the first nine to save pars (and one bogey at six after leaving a short sided bunker shot in the sand) and go out in 37. With a comfortable lead, he made seven stress free pars, a birdie and a bogey coming home to shoot 36 and a final round 73. His two-day total of 146 (+2) was good enough for an eight-shot margin of victory.

800m: Area qualifiers: Tarron Johnson (Vista Murrieta) 1:53.98; Gabriel Rodriguez (Great Oak)

1:54.48.

1600m: Area qualifiers: Gabriel Rodriguez (Great Oak) 4:15.72; Westin Brown (Great Oak)

4:16.51.

3200m: Area qualifier: Westin Brown (Great Oak) 9:14.92.

110m hurdles: Area qualifiers: Elijah Green (Murrieta Mesa)

14.58; Joab Vela (Vista Murrieta)

14.63; Aaron Young (Paloma Valley) 14.96.

300m hurdles: Area qualifier: Arthur Celestine (Vista Murrieta)

39.23.

400m relay: Area qualifiers: Vista Murrieta 42.34; Murrieta Mesa 42.40. 1600m relay: Area qualifier: Heritage 3:24.92; Great Oak

3:25.19.

Pole vault: T1. Austin Pepito (Great Oak) 14-0; No other area qualifiers

Shot put: Area qualifiers: Leland Godfrey (Chaparral) 55-8.5; Andrew Navarro (Great Oak)

51-11.

Long jump: 1. Obi Nwafor (Vista Murrieta) 22-7.75; No other area qualifiers

Triple jump: 1. Obi Nwafor (Vista Murrieta) 46-4.75; Other area qualifiers: Andrew Robinson (Great Oak) 45-1; Joseph Saenz (Murrieta Valley) 44-8.25.

Division 2 No area qualifiers

Division 3

100: Area qualifier: Troy Thompson (Liberty) 10.97. 800m: Area qualifier: Juan Juarez (Liberty) 1:57.58.

110 hurdles: Area qualifier: Paul Ortega (Liberty) 15.77.

1600m relay: Area qualifier: Liberty 3:28.75.

Division 4 110 hurdles: Area qualifier: Drew Taylor (Linfield Christian)

16.59. 300m hurdles: Area qualifier: Drew Taylor (Linfield Christian)

42.99.

Here are the Inland girls athletes who advanced, either by winning a heat or placing among the top nine in each event.

Division 1 100m: Area qualifiers: Taylor

Anyansi (Murrieta Valley) 11.91.

400m: 1. Mercy Ehiemere (Orange Vista) 55.08. No other area qualifiers

800m: Area qualifier: Fiona Holloway (Vista Murrieta)

2:15.64.

1600m: Area qualifiers: Sofia Lieberman (Murrieta Valley)

4:55,57; Kelli Gaffney (Great Oak)

5:03.69.

3200m: Area qualifier: Arielle Avina (Murrieta Valley) 10:43.67; Erika Kirk (Vista Murrieta)

11:01.70. 100m hurdles: Area qualifier: Kailah McKenzie (Orange Vista)

14.30; Sarah Ajayi (King) 14.55.

300m hurdles: Area qualifier: Vanessa Chavira (Orange Vista)

44.63.

400m relay: Area qualifier: Vista Murrieta 48.15.

“My short game saved me today,” Woo said. “In fact, we all putted really well on these greens which can be quite difficult to read.”

It was a big day for Woodcrest Christian’s Shante Zhou who shot 83-74=157 (+13) to claim the final Ambassador League bid to the May 8 qualifier. That second round 74 tied for the day’s second lowest score and ended a lengthy drought of roughly a decade in which a Royals golfer did not make it to CIF-SS Individual Qualifying. He beat out ACA’s Sebastian Rossi who shot 79-79=158 (+14) to miss by a shot. Linfield Christian’s Alfredo Guerra shot 85-74=159 (+15) and along with Ontario Christian’s Ethan Cobb (80-79=159 +15) the pair missed qualifying by two shots.

Final Results

At Mountain Meadows Golf Course (Par 36-36=72)

1. Scott Woo (ACA), 73-73=146 (+2)

2. Luke Bohmer (LC), 79-75=154 (+10)

3. Daniel Guerra (LC), 7878=156 (+12)

4. Shante Zhou (WCS), 8374=157 (+13)

5. Sebastian Carrillo (ACA), 7979=158 (+14)

T6. Alfredo Guerra (LC), 8574=159 (+15)

T6. Ethan Cobb (OC), 80-79=159 (+15)

8. Elias Cobb (OC), 81-79=160 (+16)

1600m relay: Area qualifiers: Orange Vista 3:55.04; Vista Murrieta 3:56.62.

High jump: Area qualifiers: Kailah McKenzie (Orange Vista)

5-4; Emoree Smith (Vista Murrieta)

5-4; Allie Goetz (Murrieta Valley)

5-4.

Pole vault: T1: Five athletes tied at 11-6, including Michael Cortes (Great Oak), Shayna Hinds (Great Oak) 11-6 and Katie Rodriguez (Vista Murrieta) 11-6.

Area qualifiers: Aspen Fears (Vista Murrieta) 11-6; Madisyn Negro (Murrieta Valley) 11-6.

Discus: 1. Area qualifier: Andreese Ortiz (Heritage)

123.2.75.

Long jump: Area qualifiers: Kailah McKenzie (Orange Vista)

19-0.5; Alyssa Alumbres (Vista Murrieta) 17-11.

Triple jump: 1. Daj’Eauna Williams (Elsinore) 38-11.5. Area qualifier: Alyssa Alumbres (Vista Murrieta) 37-5.

Division 2

1600m: Area qualifier: Megan Crum (Temescal Canyon) 5:02.59.

3200m: Area qualifier: Megan Crum (Temescal Canyon)

11:03.62.

Triple jump: Area qualifier: Kolena Apana (Temescal Canyon) 35-3.5.

Division 3

400m relay: Area qualifier: Liberty 49.72.

Division 4

High jump: Area qualifier: Mariah Hughes (Rancho Christian)

4-11.

Shot put: Area qualifiers: Mariah Hughes (Rancho Christian) 32-2; Charli Calas (Linfield Christian) 31-3.25.

Discus: Area qualifier: JordanCapri Dailey (Linfield Christian) 96-8.

Triple jump: Area qualifier: Chelsea Prillerman (Linfield Christian) 35.6.5.

Boys Golf

Central individual regionals at Bear Creek Golf Course begin Monday, May 8.

Girls Beach Volleyball Playoffs

The girls beach volleyball playoffs, in its inaugural championship season, began the playoffs last week and while the sport is just gaining momentum in the area, there was no immediate local representation in the tournament, which concluded Saturday, May 6 at Long Beach City College.

Boys Volleyball Playoffs

After taking down Elsinore in the first round of the Division 3 playoffs, Vista Murrieta defeated Oak Park, 3-1 (25-13, 25-20, ,23-25, 25-20) in round two, but fell to El Segundo, on the road Wednesday, May 3. With their 3-2 loss, they were the last remaining local team in the postseason.

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9. Diego Carrillo (ACA), 8082=162 (+18)

10. Josh Cortes (WCS), 8481=165 (+21)

11. Reuben Kok (ACA), 8482=166 (+22)

12. Ben Kim (LC), 86-82=168 (+24)

13. Caden Rossi (ACA), 8485=169 (+25)

T14. Abby Bi (LC), 91-93=184 (+40)

T14. Drew Young (ACA), 9094=184 (+40)

16. Riley Ayala (AQ), 9097=187 (+43)

Notes:

A. 1-4 are qualified to participate in the CIF-SS Central Region Individual Qualifier at Bear Creek Golf Club in Murrieta Monday, May 8..

B. 1-9 earn Ambassador League first team honors

C. 10-16 earn Ambassador League second team honors Derryl Trujillo can be reached at socaltrekkie@gmail.com