Santa Paula plays at home against Carpinteria next Tuesday, with the frosh starting at 4:00 p.m. Next Friday Santa Paula will host Fillmore for the first Frontier League match-up of the season.
Cardinal varsity boys play in annual Kiwanis tournament at Ventura High
The Cards met up first with Hueneme High and came away with a 53-42 loss. Juan Martinez hit for 13 points. Santa Paula missed 19 lay-up attempts. Santa Paula lost their next game to Pacifica, 65-57. Coach David Urias said, “We did not play well at all against Pacifica.”
He said they played better against Oak Park, even with the 65-34 loss. Eduardo Jimenez had 13 points and 5 rebounds for Santa Paula. The Cardinals were doing well against Santa Clara, but a bad third quarter set them back and they ended up losing 68-46. Juan Martinez hit for 15 points. Taylor Casas and Jimenez each had 10 points. Kameron Klein recorded 4 rebounds.
The Cards played a close game against Malibu Wednesday, but lost 59-52. Urias said they were tied 44-44 in the 4th but fell short in the end.