Kenny Cress

Santa Maria

Sports Reporter at Santa Maria Times

Sports reporter at the Santa Maria Times

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Articles

PV falls in sectional title game, but draws top regional seed

5 days ago | santamariatimes.com | Kenny Cress

The Pioneer Valley softball team lost 12-6 to Madera Liberty in the CIF Central Section Division 3 championship game at Fresno State's Margie Wright Diamond Friday night, but the Panthers got some consolation during the weekend. Pioneer Valley coach Kristina Sewell's team drew the No. 1 Division 4 seed in the CIF Southern Cal Softball Championships.
Sports in brief: PV boys 4x1 Unified relay team finishes third at state meet

5 days ago | santamariatimes.com | Kenny Cress

The Pioneer Valley boys 4x1 Unified relay team ran to a third-place finish at the CIF State Track and Field Meet that took place at Clovis Buchanan High School last Friday and Saturday. The Pioneer Valley quartet of Yair Martinez, Alaki Ronquillo, Mauricio Bribiesca and Antonio Linarez clocked a season best 47.76 seconds to garner the third-place finish. Aptos won in 46.70 and Mission Viejo Trabuco Hills finished second in 47.58. Pioneer Valley placed third in a field of six teams.
St. Joseph loses a wild one in Division 1 title game, will play in regional

5 days ago | santamariatimes.com | Kenny Cress

The St. Joseph baseball team will get a pretty quick turnaround after a wrenching 9-8 loss to Bakersfield Centennial in nine innings in a wild CIF Central Section Division 1 championship game at Valley Strong Ballpark in Visalia Saturday night. The Knights drew the No. 2 seed in Division 2 of the CIF Southern Cal Championships. St. Joseph will play No. 7 San Dimas at St. Joseph's Dave Brunell Field Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the first round. The game was re-scheduled from Tuesday.
Lompoc Valley school year: Lompoc tennis team three-peats, big year for aquatics

1 week ago | santamariatimes.com | Kenny Cress

The Lompoc girls tennis team repeated as CIF Central Section Division 3 champion. Lompoc Valley aquatics also had a big school year. Those were some of the main highlights for Lompoc Valley athletics in the 2024-25 school year. The Lompoc girls tennis squad beat East Bakersfield 8-1 to win its third straight Division 3 championship under coach Mike Montross. Rianna Stouppe and Mia Jansen rolled to a win at No. 1 doubles in the Division 3 title match, and Gabi Arias and Emma White at No. 2.
Sports in brief: Coaching changes at Santa Maria

1 week ago | santamariatimes.com | Kenny Cress

Two veteran Santa Maria varsity coaches have resigned, Santa Maria athletics director Dan Ellington announced Friday. Ellington said Santa Maria boys basketball coach Dave Yamate and Santa Maria girls tennis coach Juianne Dolan have both stepped down. Ellington said both positions have been filled. Veteran junior varsity boys head basketball coach Johnny Rodriguez is the new Santa Maria boys varsity boys basketball coach, and Celena Madriz is the new Santa Maria girls tennis coach.
Orcutt Academy wins Division 5 softball championship, first in school history

1 week ago | santamariatimes.com | Kenny Cress

Orcutt Academy third baseman Whitney Clevenger charged toward a slow ground ball off the bat of Liliana DeLaRosa, scooped it up then fired the ball to Orcutt first baseman Laeney Maycotte for the final out. The first CIF championship for an Orcutt Academy softball team in school history was officially in the books.
Sports in brief: Bravo Guzman signs with San Jose State

1 week ago | santamariatimes.com | Kenny Cress

Hancock College sophomore swimmer Noemi Bravo Guzman has signed with NCAA Division 1 and Mountain West Conference member San Jose State. "I chose San Jose because of their strong STEM courses," Bravo Guzman said in a Hancock news release. "The Bay Area is already the forefront for environmental science research, so there will be many opportunities for growth up there," Bravo Guzman said. "I also really love the school's culture.
Bravo Guzman state titles highlight Hancock school year in sports

1 week ago | santamariatimes.com | Kenny Cress

There were no conference titles for any Hancock College athletics team during the 2024-25 school year. However, the school year was a productive one for several Hancock squads in general and for sophomore swimmer Noemi Bravo Guzman in particular. Bravo Guzman finished a Hancock career in which she had a part of 13 school records (11 individual events and two relays) by winning twice at the 3C2A Swimming and Diving Championships that took place at Santa Rosa College earlier this month.
Sports in brief: SJ's Cisney is All-Mountain League Stunt Team MVP

1 week ago | santamariatimes.com | Kenny Cress

St. Joseph junior Claire Cisney is the 2025 All-Mountain League Stunt Team MVP. St. Joseph coach Maegan Castle is the Mountain League Coach of the Year. St. Joseph was a Mountain League tri-champion with San Luis Obispo and Atascadero. This year marks the first that a St. Joseph stunt team has notched a league title of any kind, along with a league MVP and Coach of the Year. Cisney played the back base, main base, side base and tumbler positions for St. Joseph.
Three SM Valley teams step up to play for CIF titles

1 week ago | santamariatimes.com | Kenny Cress

As the 2024-25 school year winds down, three Santa Maria Valley teams will step up to play for a CIF championship. Top seed Orcutt Academy will play No. 2 Dos Palos for the Central Section Division 5 softball championship Thursday at 4:30 p.m. No. 7 Pioneer Valley will take on No. 5 Madera Liberty Friday at 7 p.m. for the Division 3 softball title, and No. 5 St. Joseph will face No. 6 Bakersfield Centennial Saturday at 6 p.m. for the Division 1 baseball crown.