Highland Boys Beat Garces but Girls Lose by One Point

Highland 18, Garces 39 At Highland

1. Van Zandt, H, 16:18; 2. Lewis, H, 16:25; 3. O'Malley, G, 16:55; 4.Turner, H, 17:22; 5. Jungo, H, 17:30; 6. Dickson, H, 17:44; 7. Freed, G, 17:55; 8. Real, G, 18:26; 9. Griswold, H, 18:58; 10. Maxgill, G, 19:13.

JV Highland 15, Garces 48.

Garces 27, Highland 28 At Highland

1. Guzman, G, 19:14; 2. Rodriguez, H, 20:29; 3. Brown, G, 21:32; 4. Berry, H, 21:48; 5. Mercado, H, 21:54; 6. Vu, G, 22:01; 7. Martinez, H, 22:16; 8. Lombardo, G, 23:05; 9. Thomas, G, 23:12; 10. Rangel, H, 23:49.

JV Garces 19, Highland 36

Scots Boys & Girls Go Two and Ohhh

It was hot (over 90 degrees) and dusty at Golden Valley today and many athletes may have gotten dizzy going round and round on the Golden Valley looped course. The course ran a lap around the track (hence the dust), a big loop around the grass field and then a small loop near the track. Then back on the track.


The JV races ran two laps on the course and the varsity did three loops of the mile course. Now the athletes might not of like the course but it was very spectator friendly.

The Highland girls one a close one against East and won against Golden Valley. East also defeated Golden Valley.

In the boys race, Daymon Sandles took the early lead and lead the field of the track with several Highland and East runners in tow. As the race unfolded Highland runners moved up and Blades fell back and by the finish Highland easily took the win over East and Golden Valley. In the last half mile Colin Lewis (Highland Sr) took the lead and the win.

Golden Valley Meet Scores:

Boys:
Highland 18, Golden Valley 45
East 20, Golden Valley 39
Highland 15, East 40

Girls:
Highland 19, Golden Valley 39
East 23, Golden Valley 33
Highland 26, East 30

Photos HERE.

Highland will be lead by Berry

Highland's best Woodward time was 107:47 at theClovis Invite: Where their top five averaged 21:32 over the 5k course.

Like the boys, the Highland girls are good year after year. Coach Mayberry knows how to train athletes and gets a lot of athletes to come out for his team. The top Scot recently is Nichole Berry (Sr) who has improved each year.

4. 122 HIG-B/Highland - Bakersfield ( 21:49 1:49:04)

1 5 Nichole Berry Jr 744 6 20:30
2 13 Jeannette Rodriguez Jr 745 14 21:18
3 28 Gabriela Rodier Sr 747 30 22:07
4 29 Katherine Mayberry So 746 31 22:12
5 47 Desiree Martinez Jr 749 50 22:57
6 ( 52) Hilaria Vasquez Jr 748 55 23:03
7 ( 77) Christina Valenzuela Fr 750 83 24:32

Below are some 2009 track times, Berry (photo) had a good season.

Womens 1600 Meter
Rank	Mark		Name	Grade	School	Section	Meet	Date
1	6:07.59		Nicole!Berry	11	Highland	CE	Lemoore Kiwanis Invitati...	04/17/09

Womens 3200 Meter
Rank	Mark		Name	Grade	School	Section	Meet	Date
1	12:39.61		Nichole Berry	11	Highland	CE	West Coast Relays	04/04/09

86:30 Team Time - 17:18 average by Highland at Clovis 08

2. 82 HIG-B/Highland - Bakersfield ( 17:25 1:27:01)
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1 8 Jake VanZandt Jr 751 8 16:58
2 10 Thomas Turner Jr 753 10 17:04
3 13 Colin Lewis Jr 752 13 17:22
4 18 Ivan Esquivias Fr 754 18 17:36
5 33 Mike Valencia So 757 33 18:01
6 ( 34) Ariel Hurtado Sr 755 34 18:04
7 ( 39) Justin Burnett Sr 756 39 18:10

• Like Ridgeview, Highland went undefeated in duals and won the SEYL team title. They also have a strong core group of athletes and are hoping a fifth developes. Van Zandt, Turner and Lewis have been winning since they were sophomores and they too want a valley title. The past two years they have been runner-up at valley.

Coach Mayberry has been at Highland for 15 years and is rumored to be stepping down in the near future. In 2007, long time Centennial coach Randy Jones beat Mayberry for a valley title in his final season of coaching and I know Mayberry's squad would love to send him of in the same manner. Besides the already mentioned athletes, another big upside for Highland is they always have large squads and Mayberry knows how to get them ready for the championship season.

Mens 1600 Meter
Rank	Mark		Name	Grade	School	Section	Meet	Date
1	4:27.84		Colin Lewis	11	Highland	CE	Central Valley Masters	05/23/09
2	4:30.33		Jake Van Zandt		Highland	CE	Southeast Yosemite Lg Fi...	05/09/09
3	4:32.57		Colin Lewis		Highland	CE	Southeast Yosemite Lg Fi...	05/09/09
4	4:54.56		Thomas Turner		Highland	CE	Kern Relays	03/13/09
5	4:57.37		Ivan Esquivias	9	Highland	CE	Lemoore Kiwanis Invitati...	04/17/09
6	5:00.17		Mike.Jungo	10	Highland	CE	Lemoore Kiwanis Invitati...	04/17/09

Mens 3200 Meter
Rank	Mark		Name	Grade	School	Section	Meet	Date
1	10:16.41		Ivan Esquivias	9	Highland	CE	West Coast Relays	04/04/09
2	10:55.95		Mike Jungo	10	Highland	CE	Lemoore Kiwanis Invitati...