Submitted by Coach Tony Hernandez

This coming weekend California United will have three teams (U14-Girls, U12-Girls and U10-Boys) playing in their Spring League Championships along with another California United team (U17-Boys) playing in their semi-final game and looking to keep their championship dreams alive. It has been an impressive season for California United as 5 of the 7 club teams reached the playoffs, some in their first season with California United, and one other narrowly missing out on playoffs by 1 point. That alone would be great progress, but seeing the overall success in the pressure filled playoffs is yet another milestone for the individual players as well as the Fillmore club as a whole.
Spring Season Semi Final Game Scores:

U10-Boys: 5-0 Xolos Academy, Goals: Christian Solis (1), Christian Ramirez (1) Julio Ballesteros (1), Jaycob Guzman (1), Jesus Canchola (1). Overall record 11-0-0.

U12-Girls: 4-1 Oxnard National, Goals: Marlene Gonzalez (2), Jadon Rodriguez (1), Alexis Piña (1), Assist: Karissa Terrazas (1). Overall record: 10-0-1.

U13-Boys: 3-4 VC Galaxy Luis, Goals: Daniel Melendez (1), Ivan Espino (2). Season overall record 6-3-1.

U14-Girls: 2-0 VC Galaxy FC, Goals: Emely Garcia (1), Valeria Jaimes (1), Assist: Jenny Abrego (2), Shut out: Yasmin Mercado. Overall Record: 6-2-3.

Regular Season Games
Game#1 - U13-Boys: (Team#2) 2-2 Barcelona, Goals: Chris Diaz 2, Assist: Arnulfo Zepeda 2.

Game#2 - U13-Boys: (Team#2) 2-0 Tigres, Goals: Chris Diaz (2), Assist: Alex Lanza. Overall Record 6-3-1.

Game#1 – California United U17-Boys: 8-1 La Esperanza, Goals: Marcos Reyes 2, Eric Torres 2, Alejandro Rodriguez 1, Octavio Rodriguez 1, Sergio Ramos 1, Carlos Vargas 1, Assist: Yobany Figueroa 1, Alejandro Rodriguez 2, Juan Maciel 2, Eric Torres 2, and Rolando Cabrera 1.

Game#2 - California United U17-Boys: 3-2 Fusion, Goals: Marcos Reyes 1, Alejandro Rodriguez 1 and
Julio Suarez 1, Assist: Alejandro Rodriguez 1, Julio Suarez 1.

Scrimmage Game
California United U10-Girls: 5-1 Royal Pumas FC, Goals: Sara Diaz (2), D'andra Amezcua (1), Nathalia Orosco (1) and Alondra Leon (1), Assist: Jiselle Posadas (2), Lizbeth Mendez (1).

On Thursday, May 3rd, Fillmore Flashes varsity hosted Foothill Tech. In the bottom of the first inning Kasey Crawford led off for Flashes with a walk, followed by Cali Wyand, Maiah Lopez and Janeah Castro all contributing hits with an RBI by Lopez. Going into the bottom of the second inning Crawford got the 2 out rally going with a single followed by Wyand with a double scoring Crawford. Lopez came up with a hit but was left on base. The Flashes Defense held Foothill Tech to just 2 hits in the first 3 innings of play. Fillmore rallied again in the bottom of the 5th inning scoring 3 runs on hits by Wyand and Ebony Venegas. With a strong Flashes Defense on the field, Foothill Tech struggled to get runners on base. With strong bats the Flashes scored one more run in the bottom of the 6th inning making the final score Fillmore Flashes 8, Foothill Tech 0. Sydnee Isom pitched a complete game holding Foothill to just 3 hits and 4 strike-outs.

On Monday, May 7th, the Flashes traveled to Ventura College to play against Saint Bonaventure. In the top of the first inning Kasey Crawford started the game with a single, followed by Maiah Lopez and Cali Wyand with a double scoring Crawford. The Seraphs answered back with 4 hits scoring 2 runs. Going into the bottom of the second inning with a score of 2-1 in favor of the Seraphs, they added 4 runs on 4 hits. Fillmore's bats stayed cold until the top of the 6th inning down by 5. Destiny Menjuga started the inning getting on base by a fielding error. Crawford got on base with a Fielder's Choice followed by a walk from Cali Wyand. Lopez continued the rally getting on base from an error by the pitcher. With one out and bases loaded Janeah Castro came up to the plate for the Flashes, smashing a ball over center field for a grandslam. The Flashes held the Seraphs in the 6th inning. Going into Fillmore’s last at bat down by 1 Fillmore went down 1-2-3 to end the game with a score of Fillmore Flashes 5, St Bonaventure 6. This put both teams tied for 3rd place. If the Flashes win at Home on Wednesday, May 9th, against Santa Clara and S.t Bonaventure beats Foothill Tech, the Flashes and Seraphs will play against each other on Thursday, May 10th at Santa Paula (neutral location) at 3:30pm.

JV Pitcher Zoie Isom pitches against St. Bonaventrue's batters.
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Submitted by Coach Kellsie McLain

On Tuesday, April 17th the Fillmore Flashes Varsity asserted their will over Foothill Tech on their way to a 8-1 victory.

The Flashes opened up scoring in the first inning. Tori Villegas's sac fly scored one run for Fillmore. The Flashes then scored three runs in the fourth inning, powered by a 2 run homerun by starting pitcher Sydnee Isom and an RBI by Cali Wyand. Isom controlled the hill for Fillmore. She lasted a full seven innings, allowing eight hits and one run while striking out nine and walking zero. Fillmore Flashes Varsity totaled 11 hits, with Wyand, Kasey Crawford, Isom, and Ebony Venegas each racking up multiple hits for the Flashes. Maiah Lopez and Janeah Castro also contributed to the Flashes offense with doubles. Fillmore’s defense was sure-handed and didn't commit a single error. Lindsey Brown made the most plays with nine.

On Thursday, April 19th the Fillmore Flashes Varsity scored more runs than St. Bonaventure, taking a victory to the tune of 5-1. Sydnee Isom got the start for Fillmore Flashes Varsity. She surrendered one run on seven hits over seven innings, striking out eight. Fillmore racked up eight hits. Cali Wyand, Kasey Crawford, and Maiah Lopez each managed two hits to lead Fillmore Flashes Varsity offense. Lopez and Wyand each had doubles, while Crawford banged out a triple.

Fillmore’s talented young JV squad also defeated both Foothill Tech. 15 -1 on Tuesday, April 17th and St. Bonaventure 12-5, on Thursday, April 19th.

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Submitted By Coach Tony Hernandez

Saturday April 14th California Untied Game Scores

U10-Girls: 0-5 vs. MSA FC

U10-Boys: 1-0 Vs. Juventus; Goal: Israel Arroyo. Overall Record: 6-0-0

U12- Girls: 6-0 vs. Panthers; Goals: Karissa Terrazas (1), Jadon Rodriguez (1), Victoria Piña (2), Marlene Gonzalez (2). Assist: Athena Sanchez. Shutout: Mikayla McKenzie. Overall record: 6-0-0

U13-Boys:11-0 vs. Stinger FC; Goals by : Juan Garza (1),Eugenio Serna (1), Gilbert Guevara(1), Alexander Roque(2), Lisandro Orozco(3) & Ivan Espino(3).

U14- Girls 2-0 vs. Xtreem; Goals: Isabela Regalado (2). Assists: Daisy Jimenez (1), Valeria Jaimes (1). Shutout: Yasmin Mercado. Overall Record: 3-1-2

U14-Boys: 1-2 vs. Wave; Goal: Johnny Soto.

U-13-Boys: 0-1 vs. Torino

U-13-Boys: 3-2 vs. Fusion; Record 2-2-0

Submitted By Coach Cindy Blatt

The swim team hosted a home meet against Santa Clara H.S. and St. Bonaventure on Monday, April 9th. JV Girls scores: St. Bonaventure 104; Fillmore 97; Santa Clara 47. Mayra Caldera was a winner in the 200 yd. freestyle (2:57.11). Zoe Avila won the 100 yd. Individual Medley (1:37.19). Isabella Palazuelos won the 50 yd. Butterfly (42.44). JV girls won the 200 yd. freestyle relay (Caldera, Palazuelos, Hannah Fairall, Avila).

JV Boys scores: Fillmore 80; Santa Clara 24; St. Bonaventure 18. Jesus Ceballos won the 200 yd. freestyle (3:09.29). Ethan Gray won the 100 yd. Individual Medley (1:29.67). Eddy Rodriguez won the 50 yd. backstroke (38.63). Alex Rojas won the 50 yd. breaststroke (50.50). JV Boys won the 200 yd. freestyle relay (James Chandler, Javier Sandoval, Gray, Rodriguez) and the 400 yd. freestyle relay (Ceballos, Chandler, Rojas, Rodriguez).

Varsity Girls scores: Fillmore 91 St. Bonaventure 73. Fillmore girls had many excellent swims. Kat Furness was a double winner in the 200 yd. freestyle (2:05.13 – a CIF Automatic time) and the 100 yd. freestyle (56.83 – a CIF Automatic time). Karen Turillo won the 100 yd. backstroke (1:23.99). Varsity girls won the 200 yd. Freestyle relay (Reanne Guerra, Montana Spangler, Daisy Santa Rosa, Furness) with a very strong CIF Consideration time (1:58.69) and won the 400 yd. freestyle relay (Guerra, Natalie Martinez, Truillo, Santa Rosa) in 5:03.80.

Varsity Boys scores: St. Bonaventure 91 Fillmore 29. Fillmore varsity boys had strong swims from Joey Zelenka, Sebastian Lidikay, and Daniel Mynatt who all had PRs in their individual events.

California United Forwards Marlene Gonzales and Jadon Rodriguez pressure the Nacional defense with their great speed and ball skills. Final score 2 – 1 California United. Photo courtesy Evelia Hernandez.
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U10-Girls: lost 1-5 versus MSA United FC - Goal: Valerie Rubio; Assist: Sara Diaz

U10-Boys: 5-1 win versus Pumas CU - Goals: Christian Ramirez (2), Jesus Canchola, Hector Hernandez and Christian Solis. Overall Record: 5-0-0

U12-Girls: won 4-1 versus Nacional - Goals: Marlene Gonzales (2), Jadon Rodriguez (2); Assists: Marlene Gonzales, Livia Cabral, Athena Sanchez and Victoria Piña. This was a close game as it was only 2-1 late in the 2nd half but CU pulled away at the end and the defense held strong for the victory. Overall record: 5-0-0

U13-Boys: tie 1-1 versus Oxnard Wave - Goal by: Aldo Garza. The defense, anchored by goalie Eugenio Serna, were the stars of this game as they made stop after stop including two big saves at the end of the game by Eugenio to help his team earn the tie. Overall record: 2-2-1

U13-Boys: lost 0-3 versus Fusion - Overall Record: 1-0-1

U14-Boys: lost 2-4 versus Lobos. Goals: Armando Manriquez, Daniel Sandoval.

Fillmore Athletic Booster Club is committed to promoting and supporting all student-athletes at FHS and we are currently looking for new members. Parents, grandparents, and community members are invited to be an active participant in making sure our athletic programs have what they need. Stop by our May 7th meeting at 6:30 PM, held in the conference at FHS, or contact Kristen Dollar @ 805-2169-027. New members bring new ideas! Hope to see you on the 7th.

Story and Photo courtesy Kellsie McLain.

On Tuesday April 3rd the Flashes Varsity and JV Softball teams traveled to Thousand Oaks High School to take on the Lancers. The Varsity Lancers took an early 1-0 lead, but the Flashes rallied, bringing in 2 runs in the 4th and 1 in the 5th to make the score 3-1 in favor of Fillmore. The Lancers kept fighting and tied the game 3-3 in the bottom of the 5th inning. The Flashes bats answered back in the top of the 6th to retake the lead 5-3. Refusing to stay down, Thousand Oaks also continued to score, putting up a run in the bottom of the 6th to cut the Flashes lead to 1 run. Pitcher Sydnee Isom was backed by solid Flashes defense and shut down the Lancers in the 7th, ending the game with a 5-4 Flashes victory. The Flashes JV squad also defeated the Lancers with a final score of 6-5. Highlights for Fillmore: Sydnee Isom threw a complete game with 7Ks. Audrey Clay went 2 for 4 with 2 singles and 2 RBIs. Maiah Lopez had 2 RBIs and Lindsey Brown hit a double.

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After a full month of rain outs CU was back in action.

The U-14B took on the VC Galaxy in what ended up being a shootout. Julio Negrete and Daniel Sandoval were the standouts this game as they each had 2 goals in the 5-4 loss.

Unlike the boys, this was a defensive nail biter the whole game for the U 14-G team as they took on the VC Galaxy. With only one goal scored, CU was always in it and applied plenty of pressure on the defense, but ultimately lost 1-0.

The U-13B team also took on the VC Galaxy this weekend in a tough loss with a final score of 5-0.

The U-12 girls looked extremely well this Saturday in their 8-1 win over USA as their passing was on point the entire game resulting in a number of touch goals. Leading the charge was Kari Terrazas with a hat trick ( 3 goals ) followed by Marlene Gonzales with 2 goals and Brooke Nunez, Jessica Rodriguez and Livi Cabral with 1 goal each. It was a great team effort with Fatima Alvarado, Miley Tello and Marlene Gonzales each with an assist and the defense looking extremely strong as well.

The U-10G were in action versus Oxnard Wave which resulted in a 8-3 loss. The offense was lead by Sara Diaz who ended the day with a hat trick ( 3 goals ) for CU. After a tough first half that saw CU down by quite a few goals, the team responded well by making adjustments and playing hard until the end.

The U-10B came out strong against the Santitos and scored often in the 6-1 victory. The scoring leader for the day was Jesus Canchola with 4 while Christian Solis and Jayden Guzman had 1 goal each in this big win for the young team.

Flashes batter #13 Janeah Castro as she bats against Lakeview’s pitcher in their game last Saturday. Photo courtesy Heidi Hinklin.
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Submitted by Assistant Coach Liz Hinklin

On Tuesday, March 20th the FLASHES Varsity Softball team played their first home game of the 2018 season against Calabasas H.S. Fillmore' s Kasey Crawford started the first inning with a hit, followed by a sac bunt by Cali Wyand to move Crawford to scoring position. Maiah Lopez got on with a walk, and then Lindsey Brown cleared the bases with a double. Destiny Menjuga then drove in Brown for the 3rd run of the inning. Calabasas chipped at the deficit by scoring 1 run in the 3rd inning, and 3 runs in the top of the 4th to take the lead 4-3. The FLASHES bats came alive again in the bottom of the 4th inning with hits from Tori Villages, Lindsey Brown, Destiny Menjuga and Kasey Crawford, to put 5 runs across and retake the lead 8-4. Calabasas would not give up, scoring another 2 runs. Fillmore held on to their lead making the final score Fillmore 8 - Calabasas 6. The Flashes JV squad also defeated Calabasas that day.

On Saturday, March 24th the Fillmore FLASHES Varsity Softball team travelled to Verdugo Hills H.S. to play in the Lincoln Classic tournament. Fillmore faced Verdugo Hills H.S. for the first game, making a statement with a final score of Fillmore 14 - Verdugo Hills H.S. 0. Kasey Crawford went 2-3 with 2 singles, Maiah Lopez and Jazmine Zavala each had hits, and Cali Wyand and Tori Villegas each had doubles.

For the second game of the day Fillmore faced Lakeview Charter. The Flashes of Fillmore High would dominate, putting 10 runs up in the first inning with hits from Tori Villegas, Destiny Menjuga, Janeah Castro, Kasey Crawford, Maiah Lopez and doubles by Cali Wyand (2), Villegas, Sydnee Isom and Ebony Venegas. Keeping the bats hot, Fillmore would score another 4 runs with a solo homerun by Freshman left fielder Ebony Venegas, and hits from Wyand, Lopez, and Lindsey Brown to make the score FHS 14- Lakeview 0 going in to the top of the 3rd. Castro and Wyand would rake up doubles in the 3rd along with singles by Brown and Menjuga in the 4th to end the game with a final score of 16-0 in favor of the Flashes.

Pictured (l-r) are Flashes Varsity swimmers Erin Berrington, Daisy Santa Rosa, Katrionna Furness & Montana Spangle who all qualified for CIF Consideration (2:16.88) and set a new school record at the Raiders Relay last Friday. Photo courtesy Katrionna Furness.
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Submitted by Coach Cindy Blatt

Members of the FHS Swim Team traveled to Hueneme last Friday to compete in the Raiders Relay meet hosted by Channel Islands. The Flashes were awarded the overall third place team. The Varsity Girls 200 yd. Medley Relay – Katrionna Furness, Erin Berrington, Montana Spangler & Daisy Santa Rosa – swam to a CIF Consideration time (2:16.88) and a new school record.

The team travels to Santa Paula on Wednesday. The first home meet is on Friday, March 16 against Channel Islands beginning at 3:15 PM. The team is also having a fundraiser that day through Ameci’s Pizza and Pasta. Pick up a coupon from any swim team member or come by the pool, purchase a meal on Friday at Ameci’s and support the FHS Swim Team. Ameci’s will give 20% of the profit to the swim team.

Pictured (l-r) are Flashes Varsity swimmers Erin Berrington, Daisy Santa Rosa, Katrionna Furness & Montana Spangle who all qualified for CIF Consideration (2:16.88) and set a new school record at the Raiders Relay last Friday. Photo courtesy Katrionna Furness.

Submitted by Coach Kellsie McLain.
The Flashes Varsity Softball team started off the season with victories over Village Christian (2-0) and Heritage Christian (7-5) in the Lincoln High School Classic tournament. Against Village Christian Kasey Crawford went 2 for 3 with two singles, Lindsey Brown went 1 for 3 with one single and one RBI, and Cali Wyand went 1 for 3 with one single and one RBI. Winning pitcher Sydnee Isom had a strong performance, ending the game with a total of 9 strikeouts. Against Heritage Christian Lindsey Brown went 2 for 3 with two singles, Maiah Lopez went 2 for 3 with a single, a double, and two RBIs, and Freshman Janeah Castro went 1 for 2, hitting her first high school homerun and earning 3 RBI’s. Ebony Venegas and Audrey Clay also contributed to the Flashes offense with an RBI each. The Flashes JV softball squad went 1-1 for the day, defeating Chatsworth 6-3.