Mission, Moorpark Run to Titles

Marisol Barajas of Mission College and Eleazar Hernandez of Moorpark led their respective teams to runaway victories Tuesday in the Western State Conference cross-country championships at Waller Park in Santa Maria.

Barajas and teammate Patricia Loera placed first and second in the women’s race to pace Mission to 29 points and the Free Spirit’s first WSC title.

Ventura was second with 63 points and Moorpark was third with 83.

Barajas is 6-0 against junior college competition this season, and her time of 18 minutes 41 seconds over the three-mile course placed her 28 seconds ahead of Loera.

Mission’s other scoring runners were Wendy Vallejo in sixth at 20:02, Yadira Estrada in ninth at 20:21 and Dena Lumel in 11th in 20:30.

Collette Davis paced Ventura with a fourth-place time of 19:44, and Katie Scherrei was eighth in 20:19 for Moorpark.

In the men’s race, Moorpark won its first WSC title since 1981, but Hernandez suffered his first loss of the season.

Hernandez, the runner-up in the state championships last year, had won his first six races of the season, but Ventura freshman Miguel Galindo clocked a course-record 20:08 over the four-mile distance to edge him by three seconds.

It was Galindo’s first victory in five races against Hernandez, who was considered a favorite to win the state championships at Fresno’s Woodward Park on Nov. 23.

Francisco Sandoval placed fourth in 20:30 for Moorpark, and teammates Juan Cortes (20:52), Sabino Betran (20:53) and Jesus Villavicencio (20:56) placed seventh, eighth and ninth to give the Raiders 30 points.

Ventura was second with 72 points and Mission finished third with 103. Defending state champion Glendale placed fifth with 116 points.

Mission was paced by Ricardo Valenzuela, who placed third in 20:12, and Glendale was led by Julio Serratos, 10th in 20:56.

MEN’S SOCCER

Mission 3, Glendale 2--Luis Mesta scored his 25th and 26th goals of the season and added an assist for the Free Spirit (8-5-6, 3-2-3) in a Western State Conference match at Pierce College.

Jorge Trejos scored his 10th goal for Mission. Jose Olvera and Jaime Tovar scored for Glendale.

Santa Barbara City 6, Moorpark 3--Flemming Sorensen scored four goals to lift the host Vaqueros (14-2, 7-1) to victory in the Western State Conference title-clinching match.

Sorensen has 28 goals for the Vaqueros, the fourth-ranked team in the state.

Mike Sanders, Joey Medaglia and Brian Tande scored for the Raiders (7-2-5, 4-2-2).

Oxnard 2, Hancock 2--Hector Mora had two goals for the Condors (5-14-3, 0-8-1) in a WSC match at Oxnard.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Ventura 4, Bakersfield 0--Allyson Munday led the Pirates (17-2-1, 12-1-1) with three goals in a Western State Conference match at Ventura College.

Munday scored her first goal in the 10th minute, off an assist by Alicia Morosic.

Her second score came on a penalty kick midway through the first half, and a shot by Randy Zinn off a Kristen Van Neuberg pass in the 32nd minute found the net and made it 3-0 at the half.

Munday rounded out the scoring in the 81st minute when she converted a pass by Pattie Sueoka.

Santa Monica 3, Oxnard 1--Shirrelle Denson scored a second-half goal for the Condors (0-14-1, 0-13-1) in a losing effort in a WSC match at Santa Monica (5-6-1, 4-5-1).

WOMEN’S GOLF

Pepperdine Wave Invitational--Candida Kim of Pepperdine shot a three-over-par 75 in the first round of the tournament at Coto de Caza Golf and Racquet Club to trail leader Eleanor Pilgrim of Northern Arizona by a stroke.

Paced by Kim, the Waves were third in team standings with 320, three strokes behind co-leaders Auburn and Northern Arizona.

Cal State Northridge was ninth with a total of 379, paced by Karen Johnston’s 81.