BASEBALL TO PLAY RCC IN PLAYOFFS THIS WEEKEND

Come catch the action this weekend as the Foothill Conference Champion Chaffey Panthers take on the RCC Tigers in Round 1 of the 2008 Playoffs.

• Game 1 - Friday, May 9th 3 pm
• Game 2 - Saturday, May 10th 11 am
• Game 3 if needed will be played 30 minutes after Game 2 ends

NINE BASEBALL PLAYERS NAMED TO ALL CONFERENCE TEAM

Nine Chaffey baseball players were named to the Foothill All-Conference Team yesterday. Representing Chaffey are:

Pitcher of the Year – Andrew Schile

First Team

• Josh Manzano (1b)
• Ryan Delgado (if)
• Willie Holmes (dh)
• Anthony Delgado (c)
• Mychal Johnson (of)

• Andrew Steinmeyer (starting pitcher)
• Jonathan Costantino (of)
• James Koerner (if)

SWIM CHAMPIONSHIPS UPDATE DAY 3 - FINAL

The men finish the state championships in 6th place, the women in 11th.

• Akbar Nasution placed 1st in the 200 yd breastroke with a time of 2:02.93 shaving off nearly 5 seconds from his prelim time!!!
• Roxanne Garcera plced 2nd in the 100 yd butterfly with a time of 58.14!!!
• Todd Johnson placed 11th in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 17:06.15.
• Ryan Larson placed 8th in the 200 yd backstroke with a time of 1:58.12.
• Jaclyn Levesque placed 5th in the 100 yd breastroke with a time of 1:10.05.
• The women's 400 yd freestyle relay team of Lura, Tuttle, Lopez and Gray placed 14th with a time of 3:56.36.
• The men's 400 yd freestyle team of Respati, Larson, Johnson and Nasution placed 4th with a time of 3:11.31.

MEN'S NOTES: Diablo Valley was able to outlast the competition in what turned out to be a very close competition between first through third. Garrett Richman of American River picked up his first state win in the 1650 with a time of 15:52.31. DVC separated from Ventura with a win the 200 backstroke by Donny Mata, and yet another record setting performance in the 400 free relay. Ventura’s Rafael Aponte captured the 100 freestyle title with just three-tenths off the record (45.04). Akbar Nasution (Chaffey), and Nikos Kostanis (Cerritos) each took home their third individual state championship hardware in the 200 breaststroke and 200 butterfly respectively.

WOMEN'S NOTES: Saddleback’s Alex Petters took home her second individual state title this year in the 1650, with just 2 seconds off the state record. Diablo Valley’s Kimberly Bierwith, American River’s Anne Scott and Riverside’s Paloma Dinkel all won three individual State Titles, but Bierwith was named the 2008 State Swimmer of the year because of her record setting performance in the 50 butterfly. Jen Cadmus of Modesto won the 100 butterfly with a time of :57.70. Diablo Valley ended the year with a W in the 400 free relay, knocking out Ventura by one-hundredth of a second.

SWIM CHAMPIONSHIPS UPDATE DAY 2

The women have fallen to 11th place and the men to 8th after the second day of championship competition at Saddleback College.

• Akbar Nasution (3:57.08) and Ryan Larson (4:05.79) placed 1st and 2nd in the 400 yd IM!!!
• Roxanne Garcera placed 2nd in the 50 yd butterfly with a time of 26.32!!!
• Jaclyn Levesque placed 14th in the 50 yd breaststroke with a time of 33.39.
• Women's 800 yd freestyle team placed 10th (Turner, Tuttle, Dunham and Garcera) with a time of 8:19.35.
• Men's 800 yd freestyle team placed 9th (Johnson, Respati, Jackson and Larson) with a time of 7:12.64.
• 200 yd IM team (Lura, Garcera, Levesque and Dunham) placed 10th with a time of 1:56.76.

MEN'S NOTES: Diablo Valley took over the top spot by winning both relays of the evening. Akbar Nasution won the 400 individual medley after dominating the field yesterday in the 500 free. Nikos Kostianis from Cerritos left his mark on day 2, landing himself 2 first place finishes in the 100 butterfly and the 100 backstroke. and his teammate Rafael Aponte followed that with a win in the 100 butterfly. Diablo Valley’s strength prevailed as Joseph Natina took the 200 free with at 1:39.67. Keisuke Yagi won the 100 Breaststroke keeping Pasadena in the top 10.

WOMEN'S NOTES: Santa Rosa extends their lead with 77.5 points after day 2. Diablo Valley took home the title in the 200 Medley Relay for the second year in a row. Paloma Dinkel annulated the field in the 200 Individual Medley posting a time of 2:07.55. Kimberly Bierwith from Diablo Valley set a new state record in the 50 butterfly, and took home this year’s state title in the 50 backstroke. American River’s Anne Scott defended her title in the 200 freestyle and won her second event of the weekend for the Beavers. Scott claimed the State’s Fastest Woman title by winning the 50 free yesterday and will go for a sweep of the sprint events tomorrow in the 100 free for her second straight year. Cuesta College’s Amanda Takahashi took first place in the 50 breaststroke with a time of :31.78.

Competition continues tomorrow with prelim heats beginning at 9:30 am and the finals starting at 4 pm.

SWIM CHAMPIONSHIPS UPDATE DAY 1

In the first day of the swimming & diving championships the Chaffey men are in 7th place and the women in 9th.

• The women’s 200 yd freestyle relay team (Garcera, Lopez, Dunham and Lura) placed 10th with a time of 1:45.06.
• The men’s 200 yd freestyle relay team (Furuno, Respati, Jackson and Johnson) placed 14th with a time of 1:29.18.
• Rachel Turner placed 16th in the women’s 500 yd freestyle with a time of 5:27.51.
• Akbar Nasution placed 1st in the 500 yd freestyle with a time of 4:30.82.
• Roxanne Garcera placed 3rd in the 100 yd IM with a time of 1:01.57.
• Ryan Larson placed 3rd in the 200 yd IM with a time of 1:54.90.
• The women’s 400 yd IM relay team (Turner, Garcera, Levesque and Lura) placed 7th with a time of 4:16.67.
• The men’s 400 yd IM relay team (Larson, Nasution, Furuno and Johnson) placed 6th with a time of 3:34.71.

SOFTBALL LOSES TO CERRITOS IN ROUND 1 PLAYOFFS

The women travel to Cerritos College Saturday and Sunday for the first round of 2008 playoffs. Five members of the team were selected for the All Foothill Conference team (Brittany Martinez, Corey Williams, Britni Baca, Krystal Gonzalez and Jessica DeLuna). Martinez & Williams were also selected for the All Southern California team.

UPDATE 5/4 - The women battled as best they could today vs. Cerritos in the 2nd of the best of 3 series and even managed to force the Falcons into extra innings. But, in the end it was the #2 seeded Falcons that were destined to move on to the next round of playoffs with a 12-6 win. The Panthers finish the season 27-19 overall.

UPDATE 5/3 - In the first game of a best two-out-of-three series in the first round of the Southern California Regional Playoffs, Cerritos College's Navarro tossed a five-inning perfect game and also clubbed a two-run home run, while she drove in four on the day, as the Falcons defeated Chaffey College, 11-0. The #2-seeded Falcons (36-5) are now just one win away from advancing to the second round, while the #15-seeded Panthers (27-19) must win twice on Sunday. The first game is scheduled for noon, while a second game will be played at 2:00 p.m. if necessary.

2008 VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE AVAILABLE

Volleyball fans -- start marking your calendar. The 2008 Panther Volleyball schedule is now available online.

CHAFFEY WATER POLO PLAYER NAMED TO PEPSI SCHOLAR HONOR ROLL

Water Polo and Swimmer Sarah Woods was named to the 2007 Pepsi Scholar Honor Roll for her excellence in Water Polo (All American), Swimming and in the classroom as well (3.93 GPA). Sarah follows in the footsteps of former aquatic alumni, Christine Sorensen 2005, (San Jose St.), and Nikki Ruesch 2006, (Pomona Pitzer). Sarah also plans to attend Pomona Pitzer in the fall where she will continue her Water Polo and academic career.

Joining Chaffey's already popular swim program this summer, Panther coaches will be offering soccer, track & field, baseball, basketball, volleyball, cheer and dance camps. This year's camps focus on multiple sport options per day allowing campers to attend cheer, dance and soccer camps or basketball and volleyball camps in the same week with lunch, snack and fun activities scheduled during the breaks. For more information visit our Youth Sports page or contact Debra Lee at (909) 652-6290.