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By Anonymous — Wednesday, April 10th, 2019
Submitted by Erika Arana With Spring just underway, The Heritage Valley Blazers track and field team had plenty of bounce in their step as they competed on Saturday, April 6, 2019, in the fourth meet of the season. This was the third meet the club hosted at Fillmore High School, which saw some of our local athletes competing for victory as well as personal records against the Thousand Oaks Flyers. 3200m distance runners this week were Niza Laureano placing first in 12.19.63 (girls/11-12); Lindsey Ramirez 11:43.31 and Carolina Garcia 12:25.97 (girls/13-14). Combing speed and endurance in middle distance in the 1600m run were Aaliyah Tarango 7:50.37 (girls/7-8) first; Abel Arana with a PR of 6:04.64 for first (boys/9-10). Paola Estrada 5:50.26 first and Kaylani Perez 6:07.99 second, both in (girls/9-10); Niza Laureano 5:52.44 (girls/11-12); and Peter Kuebler a PR of 5:17.76 for first (boys/15-16). In the 800m run, Carlee Perez 3:52.94 first (girls/7-8); Paola Estrada 2:43.00 first (girls/9-10); Lindsey Ramirez 2:26.12 first (girls/13-14); and Timothy Pillado II 2:45.56 first with teammate Santiago Felix second (boys/9-10). Distance runner gone Sprinter was Lucy Zuniga (girls/7-8) who has been blazing a trail in every single event she races. This week she placed first in the 100m, 200m, and 400m Dash, putting her in the top rankings for Ventura County. Also placing first in the 200m Dash, was Vincent Halcon 38.86 (boys/7-8); Leah Barragan 29:50 (girls/11-12); and Albert Penuelas 28.50 (boys/11-12). In the 400m Dash, HV Blazers had four in a row across the finish line in the (girls/9-10) with Jasmine Gonzalez 75.98, Sarah Cedillos, D’Andra Amezcua and Aliana Manzano, in order. Leah Barragan, first with a PR of 68.93, also PR’s right behind her were Destiny Cardona in 3rd 76.39 and Jaelyn Castro, 4th with 76.96 (girls/11-12); Kaliz Perez PR of 66.03 for first (girls 13-14); and John Paul Mohun 57.80 also first (boys/15-16). In the 4x400m relay, Jacob Martinez, Evan Ramirez, Isaiah Morales and Rodrigo Castillo took the win with a time of 5:18.49 (boys/9-10). Long Jump leapers impressed with jumps of 16-09.50 for Diego Amezcua; John Paul Mohun 16-02.00 and Joseph Collins all in (boys/15-16). Throws saw Carlos Esquivel PR with a throw of 17-01.50 (boys 9-10); Nathan Alcantar threw 28-06.25 in (boys/11-12) for first; and continuing to dominate the field were Celeste Velazquez, with a distance throw of 31-03.50 in (girls/13-14) and Kade Larson first 34-04.50 (boys/13-14). Next on the schedule sees the Blazers traveling to Oxnard High School to compete in the 10th Annual Southern California Youth Invitational on Saturday, April 13th and Sunday 14th, 2019. The Heritage Valley Blazers is the only local youth track and field club covering Fillmore, Santa Paula, and Piru that provides training in running and field events for both first time and experienced youth athletes ages 6-16. Please join us for our next local event on May 4, 2019, when the Heritage Valley Blazers host the Ventura County Youth Track Conference Finals (West) at the Fillmore High School. Racing begin at 8:30am! Please visit our website http://www.hvblazers.org. You can also follow us on Instagram @hvblazers and on Facebook at HV Blazers. |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019
Youth Track & Field
FILLMORE, CA - This past weekend saw the return of the Heritage Valley Blazers to the Fillmore High School Track for their second of four scheduled home meets. The Blazers went foot-to-foot with a strong team representing The Newbury Park Panthers. A day’s worth of events started off early with Blazer athletes taking over the 3200m run with victories by Niza Laureano (11-12/girls) in 12.22.97 and by Carolina Garcia (13-14/girls) with a time of 13.00.37. One of track and field’s most challenging events, hurdles, saw victory for Noah Halcon (11-12/boys) who pulled out the win in a time of 17.06 in the 80m Hurdles 30” as well as for Benedict Collins (13-14/boys) in the 100m Hurdles 33” in a time of 20.06. Blazers girls dominated the 100m dash by holding tight to victories in nearly all age groups. First place finishers include Destina Guzman (7-8/girls) in 21.44; C’Enna Uribe (9-10/girls) in 15.86; Leah Barragan (11-12/girls) in 14.12; and Jennifer Castillo (13-14/girls) in 14.27. Middle distance saw outstanding performance and victory in the 1600m run for Lucy Zuniga (7-8/girls) in 7:19.33; Paola Estrada (9-10/girls) in 5:51.18; Niza Laureano (11-12/girls) in 5:47.87; and Ayden Marquez (9/10/boys) with a time of 6:01.76. Field event long jumper, Jasmine Gonzalez (9-10/girls) went the distance to take first with a jump of 8-11-00 and Diego Amezcua (15-16/boys) went 15-11.00 for the victory. Each week Blazer athletes train hard and bring forth their best in competition, team spirit, sportsmanship, and in reaching for their personal goals. The Heritage Valley Blazers would like to congratulate all athletes who competed this weekend. Next on the schedule sees the Blazers on April 6th at home to take on the Thousand Oaks Flyers. Come support! |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, March 27th, 2019
 Pictured above are Fillmore Flashes Ana Cuvarrubias and Andrea Marruffo who made the All-County Soccer Team. For the second year in a row Fillmore has two players on the All-County Team. Ana Covarrubias, a 5’2 junior striker, scored 16 goals and had 9 assists. Ana was on the All-County Team last year as a sophomore. She was named 2019 Citrus Coast League Offensive Player of the Year. Ana has scored an impressive 76 goals through her junior year. Andrea Marruffo of Fillmore, 5’4 also made first team all league as a junior, and returns as a senior with 7 goals and 14 assists, with 31 assists overall in the last two seasons. After high school Andrea plans to play for College of the Canyons. Congratulations to these two young ladies, you have made our community very proud! Photo Courtesy Coach Omero Martinez. Enlarge Photo |
 Congratulations to the California United FC 2006 Girls Silver team for taking second place in their division at the Premier Cup 2019 which took place March 16th & 17th in Oxnard. Pictured is the team after their win. Top row: Alexis Piña, Gabriela Martinez, Mikayla McKenzie, Lizbeth Mendez, Jadon Rodriguez, Athena Sanchez, Kim Manriquez, Jessica Rodriguez, Brooke Núñez, Miley Tello. Bottom Row: Coach Cip Martinez, Coach Jr Lomelí, Isabel Hernandez, Jazleen Vaca, Luvia Cabral, Karissa Terrazas, Victoria Piña, Coach Tony Hernandez. Photo courtesy Nancy Vaca. Enlarge Photo By Anonymous — Wednesday, March 27th, 2019
Submitted By Nancy Vaca Premier Cup 2019 game results: 2006 Girls Silver Saturday, March 16 - Game #1 California United 1-0 Barbara S.C. G06 White. Goal: Jadon Rodriguez, Assist: Karissa Terrazas, and Shutout: Gabriela Martinez. Game #2 California United 0-4 FFSC G06 AC Sunday, March 17 - Game #3 California United 1-1 Central California Aztecs G06. Goal: Jadon Rodriguez and Assist: Isabel Hernandez. Final California United 1-2 FFSC. Goal: Lizbeth Mendez and Assist: Jadon Rodriguez. Overall Tournament Record: 1-2-1 |
 Last week the FHS Swim Team competed at the Ventura County High Swim Championship. Pictured are some Flashes in the midst of their race while their teammates cheer them on. Photo courtesy Katrionna Furness. Enlarge Photo By Cindy Blatt — Wednesday, March 27th, 2019
Submitted By Coach Cindy Blatt Fillmore Varsity Boys and Girls participated in the very competitive Ventura County High School Swim Championships last week at the Ventura Aquatic Center. Varsity Girls placed tied for 12th (out of 17 teams) beating Buena, Santa Paula Channel Islands and St. Bonaventure. Kat Furness placed second in the 50 yd. freestyle with a personal best time & new school record and she placed third in the 100 yd. backstroke. The Varsity Girls 200 yd. Medley Relay swim to a CIF Consideration time (Kat Furness, Yazmeen Gonzalez, Karen Trujillo & Zoe Avila). They also swim to a CIF Consideration time in the 200 yd. Freestyle Relay (Zoe Avila, Natalie Couse, Yazmeen Gonzalez & Kat Furness). Varsity Boys placed 15th out of 17 teams beating Villanova and St. Bonaventure. All the boys swim well especially the final swim in the 400 yd. Freestyle relay dropping 14 seconds from their time. (Ricky Cadena, George Mooradian, James Chandler & Ethan Gray). |
 On Saturday March 16th the Heritage Valley Blazers kicked off their 2019 Track and Field season at the Fillmore High School Track. Pictured are the Fillmore runner’s leading the pack is Timothy Pillado II (9-10yr/boys) who won the 100m and 400m races. Photos courtesy Erika Arana. Enlarge Photo By Anonymous — Wednesday, March 20th, 2019
The Heritage Valley Blazers track and field club kicked off their season opener, Saturday, March 16, at the Fillmore High School Track. With laces tied tight and anticipation high, The Blazers welcomed the Ventura Tigres and saw youth participants of all skill levels, ages 6 to 16, taking part in running events, hurdles, relays, shot put, long jump, and high jump. After weeks of conditioning and training, the hard work paid off and the Blazers saw outstanding effort and performance by all. This week’s event highlights include: The boys 100m dash (7-8yr) which saw all three top positions taken by Blazers (1) Aiden Arias 18.15; (2) Jacob Vazquez; (3) Vincent Halcon 19.21. Double individual victories were seen for several athletes in the running events including Leah Barragan who took home two first place finishes in the 100m dash (11-12yr/girls) with a time of 14.24 and in the 200m dash (11-12yr/girls) with a time of 30.62. Aiden Arias ran to a first place finish in the 100m dash (7-8yr/boys) with a time of 18.15 and in the 400m dash (7-8yr/boys) with a time of 1:27.40. Likewise, Timothy Pillado II took home double individual victories in the 100m dash (9-10yr/boys) with a time of 14.97 and in the 400m dash (9-10yr/boys) in 70.96. Albert Penuelas took over the 100m (11-12yr/boys) with a time 13.94 and the 200m (11-12yr/boys) in 29.75. Paola Estrada gave an outstanding performance to win the 800m (9-10yr/girls) in a time of 2:46.22 and as well as the 1600 (9-10yr/girls) in 5:58.88. Peter Kuebler demonstrated his running skills in the 800m (15-16yr/boys) by running to victory in 2:29.67 and then in the 1600 (15-16yr/boys) in 5:33.77. Blazer’s showed strong representation in fielding events with long jump victories for Isaiah Morales (9-10yr/boys) with a distance of 11-08.00 and for John Paul Mohun (15-16yr/boys) with a distance of 15-06.50. Shot Putters Celeste Velazquez (13-14yr/girls) threw a winning distance of 30-07.25 and Kade Larson (13-14yr/boys) grab victory by throwing 36-04.75. The focus and design of the program is to see athletes throughout the Fillmore, Santa Paula, and Piru reach their full potential through positivity, sportsmanship, respect, and love for the sport. The Heritage Valley Blazers would like to thank all the volunteers and coaches for their support in achieving this goal. Next on the schedule sees the Blazers traveling to Ojai on March 23rd to take on the Ojai Roadrunners. |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
 Fillmore High School Senior Andrea Marruffo participated at the Ventura County vs L. A. County Senior All Star Game on Friday, March 8, at Oaks Christian High School. Andrea saw 40 minutes of game time in the 80 minute game where Ventura County came up on top in a close game with a score of 1-0. Way to go Andrea!!! Photo courtesy Coach Omero Martinez. Enlarge Photo |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, March 6th, 2019
 Fillmore High’s Katrionna Furness took 1st place in the 50 yard free prelims with a 25.33 time, and 3rd place (above) in the finals with a 25.50. The Q Meet was held at the Santa Clarita Aquatic Center, where Kat swam with her club team, Bueanaventura Swim Club. About a thousand girls participated in the February 16-17 meet. Enlarge Photo |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, March 6th, 2019
 Fillmore High Swim Team attended their first meet at Hueneme High on Friday, March 1, 2019. Fillmore High took 3rd place overall. Enlarge Photo  Pictured (l-r) is the Fillmore High Girls Relay Team: Daisy Santa Rosa, Katrionna Furness, Natalie Couse, and Erin Berrington. Enlarge Photo |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, February 27th, 2019
 This past weekend at the Veterans Memorial Building, the Fillmore Youth Recreation Basketball Program participated in the End of Season Pizza Party, official last games of the season, and the Fillmore vs. Santa Paula Recreation Program Basketball games! For the record, all of Fillmore’s Youth Recreation Players that we’re able to attend the pizza party on Friday had a great time we hear! Saturday February 23rd was full of excitement as the last official games of the season were played & on Sunday. Santa Paula came to Fillmore. Fillmore won all games against Santa Paula on Sunday, but at the end of the day, all children who played in those games showed sportsmanship & had a morning of fitness. This Sunday, March 3rd, will be the all-stars games at Fillmore Middle School Gym starting at 9am. Be sure to go show your support to the youth this Sunday. Photos courtesy City of Fillmore Instagram page. Enlarge Photo |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, February 20th, 2019
 Pictured is the Fillmore Raiders Youth Cheer Team which competed in the State Championship in Bakersfield, hosted by JAMZ. The team took 2nd place in the Division 10 Showcheer 1 limited. Photo courtesy Xilo Ochoa. Enlarge Photo |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, February 13th, 2019
 On Friday-Saturday, February 8 -9 2019, Fillmore wrestlers competed in the Individual SSCIF Wrestling Tournament at Citrus Hill High School in Perris, Ca. Nine Fillmore wrestlers qualified to compete and took 4th place and 2nd moving on to Masters on February 15 – 16 at Cerritos Community College. Pictured (l-r) are Marco “Tony” Ochoa 8TH place at 126 lbs; Abraham Santa Rosa 3rd place at 160 lbs; Adrian Bonilla 5th place at 195 lbs; and David Rivas 6th place at 182 lbs. Abraham and Adrian moved onto Masters. Photos courtesy Coach Jorge Bonilla. Enlarge Photo |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, February 13th, 2019
Submitted By Coach Javier Alcaraz, Jr. Thursday February 7th the Flashes played in the first Round CIF Game Flashes fell short with a final score of 1- 3 Culver City. Goals: Yobany Figueroa 1. |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, January 30th, 2019
 On January 25th the Flashes hosted the Malibu Sharks and beat them with a final score of 7 – 0. The Flashes were led by Andrea Marruffo with 3 goals, 3 assist, Ana Covarrubias with 2 goals, 2 assist and Aaliah Alfaro, Breanna Lopez with goal each. Also the Lady Flashes recognized 7 seniors this year pictured above (l-r) seniors Breanna Lopez, Susie Garcia, Cecilia Cisneros, Sophia Garibay, Aaliyah Alfaro, Andrea Marruffo and Aaliyah Lopez. Thank You lady’s for all the memories. Submitted by Head Coach Omero Martinez. Enlarge Photo |
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By Anonymous — Thursday, January 17th, 2019
The Fillmore Flashes youth football and cheer formerly known as the Fillmore Bears will have sign ups this Friday January 18th at Ameci Pizza from 5-8pm. We are excited to truly represent our community and our high school alma mater by changing our nickname to the Flashes. We are the first youth organization to truly embrace our Fillmore mascot and we look forward to working alongside the current high school coaching staff and all those that have wanted a program that matches the name and colors of our beloved flashes nickname that started in 1913. Ram Medina, President |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, January 16th, 2019
Submitted by Coach Javier Alcaraz, Jr. Friday, January 11th League Game vs. Nordoff – Flashes Varsity 3-0 Nordhoff - Goals: Yobany Figueroa 2, Alberto Ceja 1; Assist: Ricky Calderon 1, Eric Torres 1; Shutout by GK Eric Lopez. *** Wednesday, January 9th League Game vs. Malibu - Flashes Varsity 1-0 Malibu - Goals: Yobany Figueroa 1; Assist: Ricky Calderon; Shutout by GK Eric Lopez. |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, January 16th, 2019
Submitted by Coach Mark Blankenship Citrus Coast League Games 1-9-19 - FHS 68, Nordhoff 63: The Flashes visited Nordhoff for their second league game. It took two overtimes before the Flashes came away with the Victory. Nordhoff player hit a desperation 3 pointer as time expired to send game to OT. In the first OT it was back and forth with score being tied again after first OT. 1-11-19 - FHS 41, Santa Paula 47 1-14-19 - FHS 62, Malibu 43: The visiting Flashes lead the entire game, playing with a renewed focus after dropping Fridays home league game. The contest was fairly close for the first half, then the Flashes turned it on in the second half to bring home the victory. |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, January 9th, 2019
Submitted by Coach Javier Alcaraz Jr. On Friday January 4, 2019 the Flashes played in their first league game against Carpinteria. |
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By Anonymous — Wednesday, January 9th, 2019
Submitted By Coach Kim Tafoya The held their first Citrus Coast League opener against Carpinteria on Thursday, January 3rd with a final score of Fillmore 77, Carpinteria 28. Fillmore Stats: Record Overall 4-10 |