Written by Epi Torres
Over the last couple of weekends former Fillmore Harriers have competed for their respective collegiate cross country teams.

On September 8th, Rey Laureano, a member of the Westmont Cross Country squad competed in the Biola Invitational. This meet was run at Craig Regional Park in Fullerton, over an 8 kilometer course, approximately 4.971 miles. In this race, Rey captured 45th place in a time of 27:19.4. In the team competition, Westmont placed among the top schools with a third place finish.

Two of our former athletes, now competing for the University of Northridge, traveled to Riverside on September 16th and ran in the Riverside Cross Country Invitational. Their races were run on the UCR Agricultural Operations Course. The Men’s Invite competed over an 8 kilometer course. Camilo Torres was second man for his team and ran to a 105th place finish to help his team secure 21st place. In the women’s six kilometer race, Vanessa Avila helped the Northridge team secure 15th place by finishing in 143rd
place in a time of 23:23.5.

On Friday, September 15th, Alianna Tapia, a member of the Moorpark College women's cross country team, traveled to Long Beach to compete in the SoCal Preview Meet. This meet was held on the El Dorado Park course. Alianna led her team over the 5K course to an 11th place finish. She was Moorpark’s top finisher by placing 10th in a personal best time of 19:09.6.

On Saturday, September 23rd, all 4 athletes will come together on their respective teams and compete at Central Park in Santa Clarita at the Master’s University Invitation. First race of the day starts at 7:30 a.m. This would be a perfect time to support our alumni athletes. Hope to see you there.

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Courtesy California United FC

Congratulations to Fillmore’s California United FC 2008 Girls team for being Camarillo Cup finalist over Labor Day weekend. These girls went undefeated three straight games, were down 1-0 in the final, and tied 1-1 in the last five minutes of the game. They went into penalties and came up short. We are PROUD of these girls despite all the obstacles thrown at them this weekend, they never gave up! Game scores are as follows:

Game 1: California United 4-0 Eclipse
Goals: Nata Vigil, Maryann Rebollar (2), Lizbeth Mendez
Assist: Mia Ruiz
Shut Out: Alina Juarez

Game 2: California United 0-0 LA AYSO United
Shut Out: Alina Juarez

Semi-final: California United 1-0 Torino
Goal: Lizbeth Mendez
Shut Out: Alina Juarez

FINAL: California United 1-1 AYSO United LA
Goal: Sara Diaz
Overall Record: 2-1-1

Pictured above is a Flashes JV player making a tackle in last Friday’s game against Hart High School. Photo credit Crystal Gurrola.
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On Friday, September 1, 2023, the Fillmore Flashes hosted Hart High School. The Flashes played hard but unfortunately fell short with a final score 43–0. The Flashes will play next Friday, September 8, 2023, hosting Burbank High School at 7pm; JV 4pm. Courtesy https://www.max preps.com/ca/fillmore/fillmore-flashes/football/schedule/.

This past Saturday, September 2, 2023, FHS Cross Country team traveled to Santa Barbara to compete in the Gaucho Invitational. Pictured above are Fillmore Cross Country teams top performers for the day Joseline Orozco and Martin Manzo.
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On Saturday, September 2, 2023, the Fillmore Cross Country teams traveled to Santa Barbara and ran in their first meet this season. The meet was contested on the UCSB Campus near and around the Campus Lagoon. Athletes ran over a 1.43 course or a 3 mile course.

The girls 3 mile race was the first event contested by the Flashes. Leading the Fillmore girls team was sophomore Miley Tello. Miley finished in 48th place in a time of 24:20.71. She was followed by Jacqueline Olivares 50th in 24:25.45 and Jannet Vega 71st in 25:38.72.

In the boys’ 3 mile race, Nicholas Cabrales a first year cross country runner for Fillmore finished in 56th place in 19:14.60. He was followed by teammates Juan Cumatz 61st in 19:30.97, Vicente Lopez, 73rd in 19:30.97, and Juan Castro 146th in 22:48.11.

Our largest group of competitors and our only scoring team, ran in the girls 1.43 mile race. The girls finished 7th in the team competition. They were led by newcomer Joseline Orozco who finished in 7th place and posted a time of 9:48.92. Joseline was our lone medal winner for Fillmore in this race. She was followed by Julissa Mendoza 28th in 10:54.69, Michelle Setty 52nd in 11:40.26, Natalie Perez 61st in 11:52.53, Xitlaly Guerrero 70th in 12:07.67, and Cassandra Mendoza 76th in 12:25.84.
The final contestants were the boys in the 1.43 mile race. First year cross country runner Martin Manzo led the three Fillmore finishers by capturing 7th place in a time of 7:55.15. He was followed by Damian Castaneda 75th in 10:26.35, and Alexander Diaz 95th in 11:18.14. Martin was the lone medal winner for the boy team.

The Fillmore Cross Country teams will next travel to Oxnard and compete in the first of 3 Citrus Coast League meets. This meet will be run at College Park on September 12, 2023, and will commence at 3:30p.m.

On Friday, August 25, 2023, Fillmore Flashes Football took on Burroughs High. Above is the Flashes stopping a Burroughs player in his tracks at Friday’s game. Inset, Flashes Varsity #41 as he makes his way to end zone to score for the Flashes. Photos courtesy Crystal Gurrola.
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Flashes JV #9 as he makes a tackle to stop a Burroughs player from advancing in last Friday’s game. Photo courtesy Crystal Gurrola.
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On Friday, August 25, 2023, Fillmore Flashes Football hosted Burroughs High for the first home game of the season. Varsity fell short with a final score, 41–14. This week Fillmore will take on Hart High School at home, Friday, September 1, JV 4pm; Varsity 7pm. Info courtesy https://www.max preps.com/ca/fillmore/fillmore-flashes/football/.

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Congratulations to our California United Fillmore 2014 Boys team for winning the Oxnard United Invitational Tournament this past weekend July 15 and 16, 2023. Game scores for the weekend are listed below:

Game 1: CU 3 - 0 Antelope Valley
Goals: David Prado 1; Noah Jimenez 2.

Game 2: CU 5 - 1 Legends FC
Goals: Noah Jimenez 2; David Prado 2; Santiago Negrete 1.

Oxnard United Invitational Championship Game
FINAL: CU 3 - 1 Gundo
Goals: David Prado 3 (Hat Trick); Shoutout to our goalkeeper Michael Oritz.