Submitted By Coach Kim Tafoya

The held their first Citrus Coast League opener against Carpinteria on Thursday, January 3rd with a final score of Fillmore 77, Carpinteria 28.

Fillmore Stats:
- Ebony Venegas: 22 Points, 6 Rebounds, 5 Steals, 3 Assists.
- Elisa Ramirez: 16 Points, 11 Rebounds.
- April Lizarraga: 16 Points, 13 Rebounds, 7 Steals, 2 Assists, 2 Blocks.
- Alexis Sanchez: 8 Points, 3 Steals, 4 Assists.
- Jordyn Blankenship: 6 Points.
- Caitlyn Barragan: 6 Points, 8 Rebounds, 3 Assists.
- Emma Ocegueda: 3 Points, 4 Rebounds.

Record Overall 4-10
Citrus Coast League 1-0

Submitted by Coach Javier Alcaraz Jr.

On Friday, December 28th -29th the Fillmore Flashes played in the Buena Tournament the results are as follows:
Game #1: Flashes 1, Rio Mesa 0. Goal: Yobany Figueroa 1, shutout to Sophomore Fabian Martinez goalkeeper.
Game #2: Flashes 0, Cleveland 1

Saturday, 12/29/18
Game #1: Flashes 2, Oxnard 1. Goals: Yobany Figueroa 1, Marco Reyes 1 game winning goal, Assist: Kevin Weslow. Which allowed the Flashes a chance to play for 5th place in tournament.
5th Place Game: Flashes 2 Palmdale 0. Goals: Yobany Figueroa 2, Assist: Rolando Cabrera, Shutout to Eric Lopez. Overall Record: 8-6-1

Submitted by Coach Mark Blankenship

The Fillmore Flashes boy’s basketball competed in the Carpinteria Bashore Classic results from this past weekend as follows:
Thursday, December 13th: Fillmore 29, Thacher 65
The Boys never really got going; cold shooting night, and Thacher was over 60% from the field. Leading for Fillmore: Jonathon Soto, 6 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, one steal; Julian Lizarraga, 6 points, 4 rebounds; Andres Maldonado, 5 points, 4 rebounds, 1 steal.

Friday, December 14th: Fillmore 56, Santa Maria 79
The boys struggle with cold shooting for the second game in a row, and found themselves playing another hot shooting team in the loss. Leading for Fillmore: Roy Esquivel, 12 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal; Andres Maldonado, 8 points, 8 rebounds; Jake Saviers, 10 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks, 1 steal.

Saturday, December 15th: Fillmore 50, Nordhoff 52
The boys played well throughout the contest, coming up short in the end. It went down to the wire; Flashes just couldn’t find the win. Leading for Fillmore: Roy Esquivel, 14 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals; Jake Saviers, 14 points, 7 rebounds, 1 block, 1 steal; Junior Maldonado, 12 points, 7 rebounds, 2 steals.

Sunday, December 17th: Fillmore 43, Channel Islands 73
Flashes came out flat, CI came out strong and hard, The Flashes hung in there, just couldn’t get over the hump in this contest. Leading for Fillmore: Jonathon Soto, 16 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals; Julian Lizarraga, 9 points, 6 rebounds, 3 blocks, 2 steals; Junior Maldonado, 6 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal.
Fillmore is now 6-9 on the season.

Submitted by Coach Lindsey Cota

We’ve had more interest from students this year and have managed to retain enough players to field both JV and Varsity level teams. As a whole, we are a young team with many first year players. There was an obvious difference in last Thursday’s game against Santa Paula between the two teams. I believe that we have more athletic ability on our team this year than we’ve ever had before so the biggest difference lies in the experience levels. Yesterday was Santa Paula’s 11th game of the season while it was only our first. Now having seen what a difference more playtime can mean, our girls are eager to come back to practices ready to put in some hard work.

With the help of our FHS Athletic Booster Club, we are going to be competing in the Claremont Water Polo Tournament in January. This will be the first year a Fillmore girls water polo team has competed in a tournament, so I’m looking forward to the experiences that will bring them, I am also hoping that it can help light a fire under these girls so they really attack this season, start setting higher goals, and realize how capable they really are.

This season our team should see a substantial amount of improvement from start to finish, and I can’t wait for this season to really get going for our girls. Final Scores: JV lost 2 – 14 & Varsity lost 19-6.

Submitted By Coach Javier Alcarza Jr.

December 14, 2018 League Games: Varsity Flashes 3- 4 Santa Paula Goals: Yobany Figueroa 2,Rolando Cabrera 1 Assist: Juan Maciel 1, Rolando Cabrera 1 League Record 0-2 Overall Record 5-5-1 JV Flashes 0-4 Santa Paula Frosh Flashes 0-0 Santa Paula
Shutout from Goalkeepers Mariano Gonzalez and Arturo Prado.

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December 12, 2018 League Games: Varsity Flashes 2- 4 Hueneme Goals: Yobany Figueroa 1, Carlos Vargas Assist: Javi Mendez 1 League Record 0-1 Overall Record 5-4-1 JV Flashes 0-4 Hueneme.

Submitted By Coach Mark Blankenship

12/6/18: Final Score: FHS 46 , Kingman (Arizona) 61
The boys started fast in this contest before eventually losing the contest. Leading for Fillmore: Roy Esquivel, 15 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 steals; Johnny Soto, 7 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 steal; Ryan Gonzales, 6 points, 4 rebounds, and 1 steal; Andres Maldonado, 4 points, 5 rebounds, 1 steal; Julian Lizarraga, 4 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals.

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12/7/18 : Final Score: FHS 34, trinity Classical Academy 26
The boys played great defense in this low scoring contest to get the win. Leading for Fillmore: Jake Saviers, 9 points, 6 rebounds, 1 block; Roy Esquivel, 7 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals; Julian Lizarraga, 6 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal; Davis Flores, 8 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 steals; Andres Maldonado, 4 points, 5 rebounds, 1 steal.

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12/8/18: FHS 50, Foothill Tech 54-Consolation Championship
The boys played well throughout this contest, coming up a little short at the end. Leading for Fillmore: Roy Esquivel, 10 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assist, 4 steals; Jake Saviers, 10 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal; Julian Lizarraga, 11 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist; Andres Maldonado, 6 points, 3 rebounds, 2 blocks; Johnny Soto, 6 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal; Davis Flores, 3 points, 4 rebounds. The Flashes finished the tournament in 6th place. Record is now 6-5 on the season.

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Submitted by Coach Mark Blankenship

11/26/18
The Flashes lead most of the game, earning a hard fought victory in the first game of the tournament. It was a battle, the boys responded and played hard to earn the victory. Game was played at Vaugh learning Center.
Results:
FHS 58, Animo Bunche 34
Leading for FHS Julian Lizarraga, 13 points, 11 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1 steal; Jake Saviers, 13 points, 9 rebounds, 2 blocks, and 3 steals; Roy Esquivel, 10 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 block, and 4 steals; Davis Flores, 6 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals; Jaysson Carrillo, 6 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal.

11/27/18
The Flashes lead throughout the game, holding Triumphs guard(avg, 31 points a game) to 20 or less to come home with the victory. Game was splayed at Triumph High School.
Results:
FHS 72, Triumph 43
Leading for FHS, Julian Lizarraga, 13 points, 6 rebounds, 1 block, and 1 steal; Roy Esquivel, 10 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals; Jake Saviers, 7 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block, and 1 steal; Junior Maldonado, 7 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, and 3 steals; Johnny Soto, 6 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assistsand 1 steal; Andres Maldonado, 5 points, 4 rebounds, and 1 steal; Brandon Antonsen, 6 points, 4 rebounds, 1 steal; Davis Flores, 6 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, and 1 steal; Ryan Gonzales, 3points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, and 1 steal; Robert Saucedo, 3 points, 1 assist; Jared Schieferle, 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist; Dylan Crawford, 2 points, 6 rebounds; Jaysson Carrillo, 2 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, and 1 steal.

11/29/18
The Flashes had foul trouble most of the game, losing Julian and Andres early in the 4th qtr. Team pulled though with tuff defense as a team to pull out the Win on Vaughns home floor.
Results:
FHS 59, Vaughn 41
Leading for FHS, Roy Esquivel, 20 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals; Junior Maldonado, 11 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, and 2 steals; Julian Lizarrag, 8 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, and 1 steal; Jake Saviers, 6 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, and 2 steals; Davis Flores, 5 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, and 1 steal; Andrres Maldonado, 3 points, 6 rebounds, 1 block, and 1 steal; Johnny Soto, 4 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, and 1 steal; Ryan Gonzales, 2 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 steal.

11/30/18
The Flashes jumped out fast and hard and never looked back, building a 22-2 first qtr lead and bringing home the victory. Game Was played at Sun Valley High School.
Results:
FHS 55, Lake Balboa 17
Leading for FHS, Jake Saviers, 12 points, 6 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 steals; Davis Flores, 12 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals; Junior Maldonado, 7 points, 6 rebounds, 1 block, and 2 steals; Roy Esquivel, 6 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 steals; Andres Maldonado, 5 points, 4 rebounds, 1 block, and 1 steal; Julian Lizarraga, 4 points, 5 rebounds, 1 block, and 1 steal.
Jaysson Carrillo, 5 points, 1 rebound; Dylan Crawford, 4 points, 5 rebounds.

12/1/18
The Flashes entered the Championship game with a 4-0 record, going up against a CIF 5 A division opponent ranked higher than them.
The boys started fast, building a 14 point lead, that quickly got down to 10. The boys regrouped , buckled down with their ½ court defense as well as creating turnovers with their full court pressure defense to build a 22 point half time lead.
Start of the third qtr., the boys didn’t let up, continuing to play aggressive and great full court and half-court defense as well as executing on offense and transition .
Grey Bracket Championship Game at Triumph High School
The boys entered the 4th qtr with a commanding 27 point lead, and continued to play extremely well to earn the Championship.
Results:
FHS 69, Pilgrim 32
FHS was led by
Tournament MVP Jake Saviers, 17 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 blocks, and 4 steals; Roy Esquivel, 9 points5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 block and 5 steals; Julian Lizarraga, 8 points, 11 rebounds, 1 block, and 2 steals; Junior Maldonado, 8 points, 9 rebounds, 1 block, and 3 steals; Johnny Soto, 7 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 steals; Ryan Gonzales, 6 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal; Jared Schieferle, 5 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal; Davis Flores, 3 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals; Andres Maldonado, 3 points, 7 rebounds, 1 block; Jaysson Carrillo, 2 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal.

Submitted by Coach Omero

Fillmore hosted Rio Mesa on 11/27/18 and came up on top 5-0. Isabela Regalado had a hat trick scoring 3 goals to lead the way. Kayla Martinez, Aliya Baez , Sophia Garibay , Lupita Bravo played well defensively.

Fillmore hosted Alemany on 11/29/18 and came up short loosing 2-1. Lone goal was scored by Ariana Ocegueda.

Fillmore then traveled to Moorpark and lost 3-0. The Lady Flashes played hard and had the score 0-0 at halftime. Moorpark scored early in the second half and pulled away late in the game.

Fillmore traveled to Westlake to face Calabasas and won 2-0. Andrea Maruffo had 6 shots on goal with 1 assist. Anahi Andrade and Jennifer Cruz each had a goal. Aaliyah Alfaro, Alexis Mejia , Ariana Ocegueda played well.

On 11/30/18 the Lady Flashes played Moorpark high. The girls played hard, but lost the game 4-0. Goalie Aylin Lizarraga saved many possible goals. The defense played great and hard Tamara Rodriguez, Miranda Magana, Eileen Perez and Aileen Tapia.

Submitted by Coach Mark Blankenship

Fillmore High School Boys Varsity Basketball defeated Animo Bunche in the Northeast Valley Tournament last night 58-34. Fillmore led the whole way in this contest. The boy’s played hard, executed both offense and defense as well as running their full court pressure.

Leading for Fillmore were:
Julian Lizarraga, 13 points, 11 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 steals; Jake Saviers, 13 points, 9 rebounds, 2 blocks and 3 steals; Roy Esquivel, 10 points, 6 rebounds, 1 block, 4 steals and 5 assists; Jaysson Carrillo, 6 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal; Davis Flores, 6 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals; Junior Maldonado, 3 points, 6 rebounds, 2 blocks, 3 steals; Andres Maldonado, 2 points, 6 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 steal; Johhny Soto, 2 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal, 1 assist; Ryan Gonzales, 2 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 assists.

The Varsity boys are now 1-1 on the season. The Boys will continue to play in the Northeast Valley Tournament this week, Nov. 27, 29, 30 and Dec 1 at various locations.

On Saturday the Varsity boys and girls Cross Country teams traveled to Riverside to compete in the CIF Southern Section Division 4 Finals. Both teams competed against 24 other teams that advanced from last week’s Prelims as the best teams in the Southern Section Division. Only the top 7 teams in each race would earn the right to advance to the California State Finals in Fresno, California on November 24th. Individuals would also try to earn a chance to compete at State Finals.

The girls were led by Carissa Rodriguez, the top runner for the Flashes over the last 4 years. Carissa finished in 16th place in a time of 18:28.4, as an individual on a non-qualifying team, she finished 1 place out of qualifying as an individual. She was followed by Diana Perez 26th in 18:45.42, Nicole Gonzalez 72nd in 19:37.36, Vanessa Avila 98th in 20:15.59, Andrea Marruffo 104th in 20:17.61, Isabela De La Cruz 137th in 21:17.91 and Angelica Herrera 161st in 22:23.81. In the team competition, Fillmore Varsity Girls finished in 11th place.

The boys were led by Fabian Del Villar. Fabi ran his best time on this course and his best time to date. He finished in 21st in a time of 15:41.51 improving on his time from last year by 1 minute and 26 seconds. He was followed by Nick Villela 49th in 16:17.04, Rey Laureano 59th in 16:26.75, Alex Manzo 70th in 16:34.76, Erick Gutierrez 74th in 16:36.37, Jesse Martinez 97th in 16:53.09, and Camilo Torres 106th in 17:00.61. As a team, the Boys Varsity finished in tenth place narrowly missing the State Meet by 3 positions.

This terminates a great season where Fillmore teams captured League titles in the Varsity Boys, Varsity Girls, and the Junior Varsity Boys. The Varsity teams were both able to advance to the CIF Southern Section Division 4 Finals and narrowly missed qualifying for the State Meet. Way to run Flashes, you make us proud.

Senior Diana Perez at the Division IV CIF Prelims.
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On Saturday both Boys and Girls Varsity Cross Country teams competed in the 2018 Division 4 Southern Section Cross Country Prelims. The meet was held on the 3.0 mile relatively flat course on the Riverside Golf Course. This highly competitive meet, pitted the top teams in Division 4 Southern Section in a race that would determine who would compete in CIF Finals next Saturday and possibly advanced to the State Finals in Fresno.

The Varsity Boys were the first to toe the line along with 19 other top ranked teams. This race was the second of two heats in this division. Leading the pack this week was Fabian Del Villar who finished 9th in a personal best time of 15:49.6, he was followed by Nick Villela 23rd in 16:22.1, Rey Laureano 32nd in 16:31.5, Erick Gutierrez 34th in 16:33.5, Jesse Martinez 40th in 16:39.7, Alex Manzo 47th in 16:54, and Alex Recancoj 54th in 16:58.9. In the team competition, Fillmore finished in 5th place, there by stamping their ticket to the Division 4 Southern Section CIF Finals Meet next week.

The Varsity Girls had 22 teams in their race. They also ran in the second of two heats and were led by Senior Carissa Rodriguez who captured third place in 18:29.4 in this quality field of competitors. She was followed by Diana Perez 19th in 19:13.4, Nicole Gonzalez 38th in 19:57.6, Vanessa Avila 54th in 20:15.9, Andrea Marruffo 55th in 20:16.3, Isabela De La Cruz 105th in 22:11.2, and Cecilia Cisneros 124th in 23:07.6. In the team competition, the girls finished in fifth place and also advanced to the Division 4 Southern Section CIF Finals.

Next week, both varsity teams compete in the Division 4 Southern Section Finals also held on the same course in Riverside. The girls are scheduled to race at 9:25 a.m. followed by the boys at 10:35. The Fillmore athletes must finish among the top seven teams in their race in order to advance to Division 4 CIF Southern Section State Finals on November 24th. An athlete may also advance as an individual, if they finish among the top 20 in the race, but they also must be one of the top five individuals. This is the third year in a row that both varsity teams have qualified for the Finals.

Nicole Gonzalez races into a third place finish at the Citrus Coast League Finals.
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On Wednesday, the Fillmore Cross Country teams competed on the challenging Lake Casitas Cross Country Course for the honor of being crowned League Champions. The Varsity teams were also competing to earn a birth onto the CIF Prelim Meet on November 10th in Riverside as Citrus Coast Representatives. Four divisions were contested starting with the Boys Junior Varsity, followed by the Girls Varsity, the Boys Varsity, and the Girls Junior Varsity.

The Junior Varsity team set the tone for the day by running to a perfect score of 15 points and winning the League Team Championship. They captured the first five places, a perfect score, and were paced by Alex Recancoj who led from wire to wire and captured the individual title of League Champion in a time of 18:02.8. He was followed by Juan Carlos Laureano 2nd in 18:04.1, Matthew Munoz 3rd in 18:04.2, Camilo Torres 4th in 18:15.5, Jesus Cadena 5th in 18:28.4, Jorge Acevedo 9th in 19:23.6, Andrew Otineru 16th in 19:58.7, Andres Gonzalez 20th in 20:20.4, Daniel Cruz 29th in 21:18.4, Luis Leon 30th in 21:20.8, James Flores 34th in 21:33.4, Eneyin Ortega 46th in 22:36, Anthony Estrella 56th in 24:44.9, and Anthony Gonzalez 57th in 24:48.6.

The Varsity Girls also captured the League Team Championship by placing 5 girls in the top 8. They were led by Carissa Rodriguez who was the Individual League Champion and was also awarded MVP for the season of the Citrus Coast League. Her time was 19:25.3. She was followed by Nicole Gonzalez who ran her best race against Coastal League competition this season and placed 3rd in 20:24.7. Also placing well was Diana Perez 4th in 20:26.8, Andrea Marruffo 7th in 21:15.8, Vanessa Avila 8th in 21:18.6 and Cecilia Cisneros 27th in 24:10.3. This is the first League Championship for a Fillmore Varsity Girls Cross Country team since 1991, a span of 27 years.

The Boys Varsity Athletes had perhaps the toughest race of the day battling two excellent teams, Santa Paula High School and Hueneme High School. Both of these teams had defeated Fillmore in prior competition. The winners of this race would earn the title of Coastal League Champions, and it proved to be a tight race that was decided by a mere 4 points. Fillmore eked out the victory by running a tight group of scorers who were separated by only 28.6 seconds. They were led by senior Nick Villela who finished in 4th place in a time of 16:51. He was followed by Fabian Del Villar 7th in 17:00.5, Rey Laureano 9th in 17:11.3, Jesse Martinez 10th in 17:12.6, Erick Gutierrez 12th in 17:19.6, Alex Manzo 23rd in 18:07.6 and David Flores 30th in 18:42.2. The League Title was a first for the boys varsity team who last won the TriValley League title in 2002.

The Final Race of the day also featured some fine front running by the Junior Varsity Girls. Isabela De La Cruz finished in the runner up position posting a time of 23:41.8, Angelica Herrera finished in 7th in 24:35.6, followed by Emma Orozco 8th in 24:47.8, Jasmine Vega 23rd in 26:38.7, Ebony Venegas 26th in 26:49, Emma Ortiz 34th in 27:51.9, Isabel De La Cruz 45th in 30:08.7, and Daisy Guerrero 54th in 33:02.3. In the team standings Fillmore Junior Varsity Girls finished in third place.

This concludes the regular season for the lower division Cross Country teams who had an excellent run this year with the Junior Varsity Boys capturing first place and the Junior Varsity Girls finishing in third place. Both Varsity Boys and Girls teams advanced to the Division 4 Southern Section CIF Prelims Meet on the Riverside Golf Course on November 10th. Here they will try to finish among the top teams and qualify to run in the Division 4 Southern Section CIF Finals on November 17th. Spectator gates will open at 6:45 A.M. with the first race for the Flashes, the Boys Varsity at 9:45 A.M. followed by Girls Varsity at 10:33 A.M.