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We barely made it, but we did two issues within the past month. Some strong showings by Los Al baseball and boys volleyball teams unfortunately ended in some tough quarterfinal losses, but Los Al senior pole vaulter Alexa Ward is still competing (the last Griffin athlete still standing this year) -- she'll be at the State Championships at Cerritos College this weekend. For the latest and most complete details, go to www.golosal.com.
It seems very quiet on the community front -- except Seal Beach has rescinded its three-story ban, and oh yeah, LAFCO has decided to leave the decision of Rossmoor cityhood/incorporating to the Rossmoor residents themselves, much to the dismay of many opponents who are apparently aghast at letting the issue come to a vote of the people. But instead of boring you with my unasked for opinions here -- those interested can be bored with my babblings here.
FREE PLUGS DEPARTMENT:Project LEAP at Lee School will get all proceeds for runners who sign up for the Runners Workshop that former Los Al Cross County coach Mark Celestin will hold at three locations this summer. Check out the PDF flyer for more details.
Los Al basketball coach Russ May will again be holding three weeks of summer basketball camps -- here's the link to the application.
The Los Al Performing Arts groups is still raising money for programs and beautification via an engraved bricks campaign. Details and order forms are available here.
Now on to the good stuff.
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ALUMNI VOLLEYBALL: Ex-Griffin Lotman named NCAA Mens VB Co-Player of the Year 
Former Griffin and current Long Beach State
outside hitter Paul
Lotman (right) capped an outstanding senior season by being named the American
Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Men's National
co-Player of the Year. Lotman shared the honor with Penn State's
Matt Anderson.
Lotman, who was also selected as the Mountain Pacific Sports
Federation (MPSF) Player of the Year, was a first team AVCA
All-American this year for the first time. Ranked in the top three
nationally in kills and points per game, and first in aces per contest,
Lotman is the second 49er to earn National Player of the Year honors as
Brent Hilliard won the award in 1992.
A pair of former Griffins helped their UC Irvine teams to good showings at the Big West Beach Volleyball Tournament held April 19.
Riley Cropper (LAHS '07, Seal Beach) was 25% of the Anteater squad that caoptured the 4-person title while Alex Filkins (LAHS '06, Seal Beach) was on the squad that finished in third place in the doubles competiton. Former Griffin volleyball standout Rachael Moss is spending her
summer away from Duke University studying at Oxford
University in England.
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PREP TRACK & FIELD: Local vaulters, Ward & Masterson head for state meet Los Al
senior Alexa Ward (Huntington Beach) took first place
in the Girls Pole Vault at the CIF
Masters Track and Field Meet last Friday at Cerritos
College and will advance to this
weekend's state championships - also at Cerritos College.
Ward, who
earlier had won the Sunset League and the CIF Division I vault titles, cleared
the bar with a vault of 11-9 inches, five inches ahead of her nearest
competitor. The height ties her with six
others for the third best going into the meet.
Complete previews are at the Dyestat
state meet site.
Also
advancing to the state meet was Servite pole vaulter Nick Masterson (Rossmoor) who finished seventh with a vault of
14-10 at the Masters Meet. Masterson
enters the meet tied with the twelfth best vault. He finished in seventh place at the CIF
Masters Meet, and took second at the Division
III finals.
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They had some great individual efforts, and they had their chances, but the Los Al Griffins baseball season came to an end last Friday afternoon after a 5-4 CIF quarterfinal loss to Mater Dei on the Los Al field.
The game. played on a misty Friday afternoon before a crowd of over 500, ended Los Al's season with an impressive 26-4 record. more
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PREP GOLF: Servite's Cantlay earns state berth 
Servite sophomore golfer
Patrick Cantlay, a former St. Hedwig student from Los Alamitos' Rossmoor Highlands, shot a three-over-74 at the SoCal
CIF Southern Section Individual Golf Championships on May 21, and qualified for the state
semifinal on May 29 at the SCGA course in Murietta.
Los Al's
Jonathan Kim shot a 77, missing the cut by two shots. Kim had won the the CIF Southern Regional Invitational on May 14.
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LOS AL SPORTS: Post-season honors start coming in for Spring (and winter) sports 
Los Al
athletes have already earned some significant post-season honors.
Griffin girls lacrosse players Francie Crowell and Lindsey Schmidt-Beck each were named to
the OC
Register's All-Orange County Girls first team squad (shown right). C.J.
Jacobs earned second team for the boys, while Shaina
Denny and Kristin Robbins made
it for the girls.
The Press-Telegram is just now starting to get around to its Dream Team awards for the winter sports and as usual, Los Al is well-represented. Griffin wrestler Richard Odierno was named to
the PT's Wrestling Dream Team announced Tuesday, while senior girls soccer players Katie Suits and Annie Wethe made the Dream Team for their sport. Suits was also honored this week as the Sunset League's female Athlete of the Year.
Five Los
Al volleyball players earned all-Sunset League honors this past season. Seniors Kyle
McElderry (outside hitter) and Dewey
Thomason (libero) and junior setter Sean
Senozan all earned first team honors while middle blockers Matt Markel and Michael Strawther were
named to the second team.
Three Los Al roller hockey players were invited to participate in the first IHF all-star game held Saturday, April 19 -- Kevin Morrison and goalkeeper
Ja'Nien Barber (shown right) for the varsity, and Eric Jones for the JV team. Barber was the only female goalie in the league and the only girl chosen to participate in
the all-star game.
END OF SEASON BANQUET AWARDS
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ALUMNI SOFTBALL: Nelson pitches Florida into NCAA Women's College World Series
Stacey
Nelson (LAHS '05, Rossmoor) improved her record to 45-3 as Florida defeated
Cal on Friday and Saturday to advance to its very first
appearance at the NCAA Women's College World Series which begins this
Thursday in Oklahoma.
Nelson's
two victories, the second one a nine-inning affair, helped Florida get its 67th
win on the season, tying it for the most wins in NCAA history, with Tennessee,
Arizona and Illinois-Chicago.
Florida will play Louisiana-Lafayette in the
CWS opener at 10am (PST) Thursday in Oklahoma
City. The game
will be broadcast on ESPN. All the WCWS
games will be broadcast on ESPN or ESPN2 in high-definition.
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ALUMNI BASEBALL: Godfrey Big West Player of Week; helps Long Beach into NCAA berth
Brandon
Godfrey (LAHS '04, Cypress ) was named Big West Player
of the Week after helping the No. 11 Long Beach State 49ers take two of
three from Cal State Fullerton to win
the Big West title and an automatic berth in this weekends NCAA
regional baseball playoffs. A career
.300 hitter, entering the season, Godfrey, the son of LAHS principal Kelly Godfrey, finished off the conference season
batting .364 in 18 conference games.
The 49ers
(37-19) open NCAA Regional play against Fresno State
on Friday at Blair Field at 6 p.m. The
regional also features San Diego, ranked as high as No. 6 nationally and No.
17-ranked California.
Sophomore Ryan Prechtl (LAHS '06, Rossmoor) had two hit and two RBIs but No. 1 ranked Chapman University fell to was eliminated from the the Division II Baseball Championships in Appleton, Wisconsin last weekend. more
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ALUMNI WATER POLO: Kilgore helps Fremantle to Australian WP title
Former Griffin and San Diego State water polo goalkeeper Sarah Kilgore helped her Fremantle Marlins squad to a dramatic come-from behind win in the Australian National Water Polo League championship game last month.
Kilgore (LAHS '04, Rossmoor) made a key save on a 5-meter penalty shot. more
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YOUTH SOCCER: Cypress GU16 squad wins
State Cup; AYSO GU12s win spring Area honors
The Cypress Elite Girls U16 soccer team, with five locals girls on the roster, won the Cal-South State Cup, by downing Real Santa Barbara 2-0 in Temecula last month.
The Cypress goals were scored by Liz Heckmueller, and Los Al sophomore Christina Landavazo.
Over the month long competition, they allowed no goals in regulation play, and only one goal in overtime.
Locals on the team (all from Los Al HS) are Sofia Bustillo, Elena Anderson, Callie Aaker, Christina Landavazzo, and Kelsey
Salcido. They are coached by Luis Heckmueller. The other girls are local girls from Cypress High, Mater
Dei, Mayfair, Millikan, and Sunny Hills.
AYSO- The Region 159 Girls U12 team took a pair of championship honors in recent weeks. Last month the team took first place in the
Region E Spring competitive season, after beating La Habra in the final game of the
season. The 12s scored
41 goals and only allowed four.
This past weekend the squad claimed the GU12 championship at the Cypress Memorial Day Tournament, downing Corona 2-1 in the title tilt. The team scored 18 goals, while allowing two. Members
of the team are Katelyn Ramos, Emily Lewis, Madaline Meza, Rachel O'Sullivan,
Savannah Sickler, Nicole Denehy, Maria Clarke, Jasmine Hogan, Haley Fessenden,
Lauren Jones, Christine Kim, Haliey Mc Leod, Aubree Mejia, Ashley Outlaw, and
Paulina Saracco. Coaches are Jenny Gottbreht and Steve Lewis.
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YOUTH ALL-STARS: Local softball and baseball teams take five Memorial Tourney titles Local
youth softball and baseball all-star seasons - aka the seasons that
never end - got off to good starts with both LAGSL and LAYB teams turning in
strong showings in their first outings.
LAGSL
all-star teams got off to a great start with three of the league's four A teams
- the 8's, 10's, and 14's all winning championships in their respective
divisions. The 12's didn't do too shabby
either, reaching the championship game where they lost a 9-8 heartbreaker in an
international tiebreaker format.
All-star
rosters can be viewed via a link on the LAGSL
home page (if the LAGSL webmaster fixes the link).
Two local youth baseball teams won
tournament championships at the Fountain Valley Memorial Day baseball-fest,
three others finished second.
The 10 and Under and 12 & Under LAYB A
All-stars both won their divisions - with the 12s downing the St. Hedwig A
squad in the title game. The LAYB Stars
finished second in the mighty 7&Under bracket while the LAYB Rebels were
runners-up in the far more mature and sophisticated 8-year old group.
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