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COC Freshman Wins CCCAA State Women’s Golf Championship

khts_sportsKristin Grimes, a freshman at the College of the Canyons, won the California Community College Athletic Associations women’s golf state championship at Kings Country Club in Hanford.

She shot 11-over par in the two-day tournament and won by two strokes. She shot 4-over on the first day and was 7-over on the second day. Hanna Lee of Glendale College was second at 13-over par.

Grimes made three birdies over the two days of the tournament. She was 1-over par on the six par-5 holes on the Kings Country Club course.

She also earned All-American honors by winning the state championship.

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In the CIF girls tennis playoffs, West Ranch will move on to the semifinals of the Division 3 bracket. Valencia and Hart lost in the quarterfinals.

West Ranch, the top-seeded team in the Division 3 playoffs, beat Wilson on games, 78-71, after the two teams tied, 9-9.

Hart lost to St. Margaret’s, 11-7, after making an unexpected run starting in the wild-card round. Valencia narrowly lost to Malibu, 71-58 on games.

Six players from the Cal State Northridge women’s soccer team made the All-Big West team. Two are graduates of Santa Clarita high schools.

Saugus grad Brielle Slepicoff, a senior defender on the CSUN soccer team, earned a spot on the all-conference second team. Canyon grad Katie Russ, a junior defender, was also on the all-conference second team.

Cynthia Jacobo, who played on the Santa Clarita Blue Heat soccer team over the summer, was selected as the Big West goalkeeper of the year. The junior played at Granada Hills High School.

The College of the Canyons women’s soccer team begins playoffs on Saturday against Antelope Valley College. COC is the seventh seeded team in the California Community College Athletic Associations Southern Regional playoffs

The Cougars won the Western State Conference, Southern Division championship.

Nine athletes from The Master’s College were selected to All-Golden State Athletic Conference teams. Saugus High graduate John Gilbertson and Hart High graduate Anthony Pizzo earned spots on the all-conference men’s cross country team.

Hart High graduate Fabrice Gautrat was selected to the all-conference men’s soccer team. Jorge Serrano, a transfer from College of the Canyons, was also selected to the all-conference men’s soccer team.

Bobbie Roberts and Natasha Coyle are on the all-conference women’s soccer team. Tori Callihan is on the all-conference women’s volleyball team. Holly Kopp and Sarah Pattison were selected to the all-conference women’s cross country team.

In auto racing, Canyon High graduate Greg Pursley capped his first NASCAR K&N Pro Series West championship with a 23rd place finish in the season finale at Phoenix International Raceway.

He led the most laps in the race, but crashed on lap 81 and did not finish.

Follow Tim Haddock on Twitter @thaddock.

COC Freshman Wins CCCAA State Women’s Golf Championship

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About Connie Jones

Connie and her husband, John, moved to the Santa Clarita Valley almost 30 years ago. Living in Santa Clarita for that long is the direct opposite of Connie’s childhood. She was an Army ‘brat’ who moved every two to three years. Consequently, she has lived in many states and even spent three years in Europe. All three of her kids went to Santa Clarita schools. Connie says the best thing about her job at KHTS is that she is never bored. “If I’m not smiling, Carl is sure to ask why, just before giving me a mind-boggling project.” “KHTS AM-1220 is an integral part of our community and I’m glad to be a part of it. Besides, the DJs will take my request to play Shania Twain’s ‘Still the One’ for my wedding anniversary – gotta love that!”