By Gazette Staff Writers — Thursday, October 26th, 2023
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By Gazette Staff Writers — Thursday, October 26th, 2023
Above is Fillmore’s Mighty Mites Silver stopping Oxnard dead in their tracks in their game last Saturday. Photo credit Crystal Gurrola. See more photos online. Enlarge Photo Pictured is a group of Raiders Juniors taking down a Saints player during last Saturday’s game. Photo credit Crystal Gurrola. More photos online at www.FillmoreGazette.com. Enlarge Photo |
On Friday, October 13th, 2023, Fillmore took on Nordhoff High School and defeated them 35 – 7. This week Fillmore will be hosting their 2023 Homecoming Game on Friday, October 20th, against Carpinteria High School. JV begins at 4pm; Varsity at 7pm. JV score not reported at press time. Info courtesy: https://www.maxpreps.com/ca/fillmore/fillmore-flashes/football/. Above are a couple of Flashes Varsity players tackling a Ranger player from last week’s game. The Flashes are 5 – 3 on the season overall. Inset, Flashes JV #35 knocking the ball out of the Nordhoff player’s hands. Photo credit Crystal Gurrola. Enlarge Photo By Gazette Staff Writers — Thursday, October 19th, 2023
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By Gazette Staff Writers — Thursday, October 19th, 2023
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By Gazette Staff Writers — Thursday, October 19th, 2023
Raiders Juniors #43 & #7 team-up and make the tackle against a Simi Valley Black player in their game last Saturday. Photo credit Crystal Gurrola. Enlarge Photo Pictured above is Raiders Bantams #8 taking down a Simi Valley Grey player to keep him form advancing up the field. Photo credit Crystal Gurrola. Enlarge Photo Raiders Mighty Mite’s Black #15 carrying the ball as he tries to make his way past a North Valley defense while Raiders #4 tries making the block. Photo credit Crystal Gurrola. Enlarge Photo |
On Tuesday, October 10th, 2023, Fillmore Flashes Cross Country competed at the Oxnard College Park for the Citrus Coast League Meet #2. Above is the Girls Pack Run: Leah Barragan, Jessica Orozco, Niza Laureano, Joseline Orozco, and Alexandra Martinez. Inset, Nataly Vigil, above is two-time winner of the Citrus Coast League races 1 and 2. Courtesy FHS Cross Country Coach Kim Tafoya. Enlarge Photo By Gazette Staff Writers — Thursday, October 12th, 2023
Flashes Cross Country Shine at League Meet #2 By Epi Torres, Due to a scheduling conflict, and not enough time for four separate races. The four divisions: JV boys, JV girls, Varsity boys, and Varsity girls were combined into two races. All boys were run together in one race, and the girls were also grouped into one race. At the conclusion of each race, the four divisions were separated out to determine results for each of the four divisions. The Varsity boys finished second in the team competition. Eddie Vigil led his teammates with a 5th finish in 16:11.53. He was followed by Angel Garcia 8th in 16:51.04, Joshua Estrada 10th in 16:55.85, Martin Manzo 16th in 17:15.20, Angel Laureano 25th in 17:34.96, and Omar Heredia 34th in 18:15.48. The second place team finish for Fillmore puts the team in a tie for the League title with on League Meet remaining this season. The Varsity Girls race was won by the Fillmore girls for the second League meet in a row. Leading the Fillmore team with a first place finish was senior Nataly Vigil. Nataly cruised the course in a personal best time of 18:45. She was followed by Niza Laureano 3rd in 19:20.58, Diana Santa Rosa 5th in 20:23.69, Jessica Orozco 6th in 20:29.62, Leah Barragan 8th in 20:34.53, Alexandra Martinez 9th in 21:02.11, and Joseline Orozco 14th in 22;01.5. This second place team finish puts the Fillmore girls in sole possession of first place in the team competition. The Junior Varsity Boys’ race top finisher for the Flashes was Juan Cumatz. Juan finished in 4th place in a time of 18:23:52. He was followed by Vicente Lopez 9th in 18:36.67, Nicholas Cabrales 20th in 20:15.24, Juan Castro 35th in 21:39.60, Damian Castaneda 39th in 22:05.32, James Torres 51st. In 23:03.73, Aaron Cordero 54th in 23:38.34, Alexander Diaz 60th in 25:31.37, and Philip Jimenez 64th in 26:29.38. In the team competition the Fillmore Junior Varsity team finished in fourth place. The Junior Varsity Girls were the only Fillmore team to put up a perfect score by taking the top five spots, and six out of the top seven places in their race. This team was led by Jacqueline Olivares, who finished in first in a time of 22:43.86. She was followed by Miley Tello 2nd in 22:20.48, Jannet Vega 3rd in 25:17.53, Michelle Setty 4th in 24:27.58, Luz Castaneda 5th in 24:34.24, Natalie Perez 7th in 24:53.14, Julissa Mendoza 10th in 25:33, Citlali Guerrero 13th in 26:20.75, Cassandra Mendoza 16th in 26:51.97, Patzy Orozco 26th in 29:14.47, Veronica Enamorado 27th in 30:09.15, and Shaelynn Martinez 31st in 31:57.59. In the team standings, the Junior Varsity Girls are in first place. The Flashes will next travel to Ojai on Saturday, October 14th to compete in the Ventura County Cross Country Championships. This meet is held on a hilly three mile course. The racing begins at 7:30 a.m., with the F/S Girls. |
By Gazette Staff Writers — Thursday, October 12th, 2023
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By Gazette Staff Writers — Thursday, October 12th, 2023
Raiders Freshman #99 makes the tackle against Simi Valley Black to keep them from advancing up the field. Photo credit Crystal Gurrola. Enlarge Photo Above is Raiders Senior #17 making his way past the 101 Jag Teal defense, scoring a touchdown in last Saturday’s Homecoming Game. Photo credit Crystal Gurrola Enlarge Photo Fillmore Raiders Junior #3 carrying the ball as he tries to push his way past the Rams defense in their homecoming game last weekend. Photo credit Crystal Gurrola Enlarge Photo Above is Raiders Bantams #15 taking down a Spartans player is last Saturday’s game. Photo credit Crystal Gurrola. Enlarge Photo |
By Gazette Staff Writers — Thursday, October 12th, 2023
Fillmore AYSO 242 Soccer hosted its game last Saturday, October 7th, 2023. Above and below are photos from the Blue Waves vs. Blue Mermaids game. Photo credit Crystal Gurrola Enlarge Photo |
On Friday, September 22, 2023, the Fillmore Flashes Cross Country team competed at the Raider Invitational. Above is JV’s James Torres who placed 62nd with a time of 21:12.44; inset is Flashes JV’s Nicholas Cabrales who placed 21st with a time of 18:27.71 in the meet held at Oxnard College last Friday. Photo credit Kobe Lizarraga. Enlarge Photo By Gazette Staff Writers — Friday, September 29th, 2023
Written By Epi Torres On Friday, September 22nd several members of the Fillmore High School Cross Country teams competed in the Raider Invitational at College Park in Oxnard. This cross-country meet provided the Flashes an opportunity to compete over the newly revised course that will be used for Citrus Coast League Meet #2. The Girls Frosh/Soph race was the first race for the Flashes on this day. Miley Tello led the team with a 24th place finish in a time of 23:25.8. She was followed by Jannet Vega 25th in 23:28.04, Michelle Setty 39th in 24:12.30, Xitlaly Guerrero 55th in 25:35.23, Patzy Orozco 72nd in 26:50.71, and Cassandra Mendoza 84th in 29:04.72. In the team competition, the Frosh/Soph Girls were 7th. Martin Manzo was the only Fillmore athlete to compete in the Varsity Boys division. Martin finished in 36th place in a personal best time of 16:54.16. In the Girls Junior Varsity, Jacqueline Olivares was the lone Fillmore winner. Jacqueline ran to victory in a personal best time of 21:40. She was followed by Luz Castaneda 14th in 24:04.68, and Julissa Mendoza 15th in 24:09.9. All three girls were medal winners. In the Boys Junior Varsity, Juan Cumatz led all Fillmore competitors capturing 12th place in a time of 17:56.55. He was followed by Vicente Lopez 16th in 18:04.36, Nicholas Cabrales 21st. 18:27.71, Juan Castro 60th in 21:03.82, James Torres 62nd in 21:12.44, Damian Castaneda 68th in 21:42.77, and Alex Diaz, 77th in 23:36.52. In the team competition, the Junior Varsity Boys were 6th. Juan Cumatz and Vicente Lopez were medal winners. On Thursday, September 28th, several Fillmore athletes will travel to Portland, Oregon and compete in the Portland XC Invite. This cross-country meet will be contested on September 30th on the Clackamas Community College 5K Course located in Oregon City. |
Raiders Junior #53 making a tackle and knocking the Camarillo Blue player’s hands during last Saturday’s game. Photo credit Crystal Gurrola Enlarge Photo By Gazette Staff Writers — Friday, September 29th, 2023
Raiders Senior #23 breaks through the line and makes his way into the end zone in Saturday’s game against Crossroads. Photo credit Crystal Gurrola. Enlarge Photo Pictured above is the Fillmore Raider Seniors Cheer Squad performing a stunt during Saturday’s game after the Raiders scored a touchdown in their game against Crossroads. Photo credit Crystal Gurrola. Enlarge Photo Pictured is a group of Raiders Freshman teaming up and take down a Camarillo player to keep him from advancing up the field. Photo credit Crystal Gurrola. Enlarge Photo |
By Gazette Staff Writers — Friday, September 29th, 2023
2023 was the year Fillmore AYSO Girls 14U team had the opportunity to watch the September 15, 2023, UCLA vs. Pepperdine girls’ soccer match and join the team on the field. This was a special opportunity to meet the players and to start forming their soccer dreams into reality. AYSO is a leaping board onto greatness. UCLA was very accommodating and gave the girls a good show! All pointers are already being implemented by the players themselves. Looking forward to all the new opportunities that are presenting themselves for AYSO 242. The largest youth organization in the city and growing! Everyone Plays! Photo credit Chris Hammond. Enlarge Photo |
On Friday, September 15, Fillmore Flashes Cross Country team competed at the Woodbridge Invitational at Silver Lakes Sports Complex in Irvine. Both boys and girls teams ran well, placing in multiple races. Pictured is the Girls Varsity team which placed 4th and was awarded medals. Pictured (l-r): Leah Barragan, Diana Santa Rosa, Nataly Vigil, Niza Laureano, Alexandra Martinez, Jessica Orozco and Joseline Orozco. Photo credit Kim Tafoya. Enlarge Photo By Gazette Staff Writers — Thursday, September 21st, 2023
Written by Epi Torres On Friday, September 15th, the cross country teams traveled to the Silver Lakes Sports Complex in Irvine and competed in the highly acclaimed Woodbridge Invitational. Fillmore ran in the White Division with races scheduled throughout the day beginning at 5 p.m. This meet was contested on a relatively flat course, under the lights, over grass and pavement. The girl’s sophomore race was Fillmore’s first race of the night. Miley Tello was the top finisher in 33rd place in a time of 23:04.5. Teammate Jannet Vega finished in 60th place, posting a personal best time of 24:46.8. Miley was a medal winner in this race. In the Junior-Senior race, Jacqueline Olivares was the lone competitor for the Flashes. Jackie ran to a 25th place finish in 22:09.0, she was also a medal winner. In the Senior Boys race, Kobe Lizarraga led 5 team members to a 2nd place team finish. This was Fimmirrs highest team finish on the day. Kobe finished in 11th place in a time of 17:47.3. He was followed by Nick Cabrales 15th in 18:03.8, Juan Cumatz 26th in 18:31.8, Vicente Lopez 33rd in 18:40.0, and Juan Castro 117th in 22:14.0. The top four finishers for Fillmore were medal winners in this race. Leading the Girls Varsity team to a 4th place finish was senior Nataly Vigil. Nataly raced to a 10th place finish in a personal best time of 18:50.1. She was followed by Niza Laureano 21st in 19:25.2, Diana Santa Rosa 44th in 20:35.8, Leah Barragan 58th in 20:54.7, Jessica Orozco 65th in 21:02.2, Alexandra Martinez 71st in 22:10.9, and Joseline Orozco 82nd in 21:33.0. All the girls in this race were medal winners. In the final race of the evening, Eddie Vigil ied the Varsity boys to 5th place team finish by capturing 11th place in a time of 16:01.3. He was followed by Angel Garcia 16th in 16:0718, Omar Heredia 60th in 16:57.5, Diego Ramirez 69th in 17:05.9, Josh Estrada 73rd in 17:07.7, Angel Laureano 82nd in 17:15.5, and Martin Manzo 144th in 18:03.9. The top 6 Fillmore runners in this race medaled. The Flashes will next return to College Park in Oxnard on Friday, September 22nd and compete in the Raider Invitational. The first race is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. |
By Gazette Staff Writers — Thursday, September 21st, 2023
On Friday, September 15, Fillmore Flashes JV & Varsity took on and defeated Chatsworth High School. Varsity defeated Chatsworth 34–21. Flashes are 2–3 so far this season. This Friday, September 22, the Flashes will play away at Don Lugo at 7p.m. Pictured right is Flashes JV #17 making the tackle in last Friday’s game against Chatsworth. Photo credit Crystal Gurrola. Below is Varsity’s #3 making his move past the Chatsworth defense while teammates help clear his path. Photo credit Crystal Gurrola. Enlarge Photo |
By Gazette Staff Writers — Thursday, September 21st, 2023
Written by Epi Torres On September 8th, Rey Laureano, a member of the Westmont Cross Country squad competed in the Biola Invitational. This meet was run at Craig Regional Park in Fullerton, over an 8 kilometer course, approximately 4.971 miles. In this race, Rey captured 45th place in a time of 27:19.4. In the team competition, Westmont placed among the top schools with a third place finish. Two of our former athletes, now competing for the University of Northridge, traveled to Riverside on September 16th and ran in the Riverside Cross Country Invitational. Their races were run on the UCR Agricultural Operations Course. The Men’s Invite competed over an 8 kilometer course. Camilo Torres was second man for his team and ran to a 105th place finish to help his team secure 21st place. In the women’s six kilometer race, Vanessa Avila helped the Northridge team secure 15th place by finishing in 143rd On Friday, September 15th, Alianna Tapia, a member of the Moorpark College women's cross country team, traveled to Long Beach to compete in the SoCal Preview Meet. This meet was held on the El Dorado Park course. Alianna led her team over the 5K course to an 11th place finish. She was Moorpark’s top finisher by placing 10th in a personal best time of 19:09.6. On Saturday, September 23rd, all 4 athletes will come together on their respective teams and compete at Central Park in Santa Clarita at the Master’s University Invitation. First race of the day starts at 7:30 a.m. This would be a perfect time to support our alumni athletes. Hope to see you there. file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/aa/10/7EC09BB2-2F53-4FEC-A4C1... |
Pictured is Fillmore’s California United FC 2008 Girls team which was named Finalist in the Camarillo Cup. Top Row: Coach Hector Rubio, Gabriela Peres, Leanna Lomeli, Maryann Rebollar, Lizbeth Mendez, Alina Juarez, Valerie Rubio, Mia Ruiz, Jayleen Porter, Danna Castillo and Coach Aciano Mendez. Bottom Row: Coach Sergio Palomar, Kimberly Biviano, Kimberly Magana, Sara Diaz, Jozlyn Alvarez, Natalia Vigil, Alian Lopez and Ashley Herrera. Not pictured: Natalie Jacinto and Coach David Vaca. Courtesy California United FC. Enlarge Photo By Gazette Staff Writers — Thursday, September 21st, 2023
Courtesy California United FC Congratulations to Fillmore’s California United FC 2008 Girls team for being Camarillo Cup finalist over Labor Day weekend. These girls went undefeated three straight games, were down 1-0 in the final, and tied 1-1 in the last five minutes of the game. They went into penalties and came up short. We are PROUD of these girls despite all the obstacles thrown at them this weekend, they never gave up! Game scores are as follows: Game 1: California United 4-0 Eclipse Game 2: California United 0-0 LA AYSO United Semi-final: California United 1-0 Torino FINAL: California United 1-1 AYSO United LA |
By Gazette Staff Writers — Thursday, September 21st, 2023
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By Gazette Staff Writers — Thursday, September 21st, 2023
On Saturday, September 16, Fillmore ASYO 242 hosted games at Two Rivers. Above are photos from the Blue Waves game. Pictured below is Fillmore AYSO 242’s Killer Bees game. Photo credit Crystal Gurrola. Enlarge Photo |
By Gazette Staff Writers — Thursday, September 21st, 2023
Fillmore Raiders Mighty Mites Silver players take down an 805 Warhawks during this past Saturday’s game. Final Score 26–0. Photo credit Crystal Gurrola. No other Raider Games reported at this time. Info courtesy https://leagues.bluesombrero.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1468198. Enlarge Photo |
By Gazette Staff Writers — Thursday, September 14th, 2023
Fillmore’s ASYO 242 hosted soccer games at Two Rivers Park last Saturday, September 9, 2023. Above is a photo from the Blue Waves game and right is from the Killer Bees game. The park was filled with teams playing despite the hot weather, and the kids still came out and had fun. Photo credit Crystal Gurrola. Enlarge Photo |