Golden State is on

Second stop of the Red Bull Riders Cup in Ventura at C St. promises to be exciting, as we will see a few return players and the Number 3 team in the nation, Carpenteria, defend their Golden State Title.

Carpenteria High’s Team is lead by Conner Coffin and Kokoro Tamatsuri.

They are up against newcomers Santa Barbara High School, who prove to be quite worthy challengers.  Coached by Mr. Tamatsuri (Kokoro’s dad), SB High comes out of the gates swinging!

Everyone was very impressed with SB’s will to win.  All 4 starters surfed well and they may have beaten the other teams with their scores.  But it’s just too hard when you have a world class surfer on your team with Conner Coffin.  He’s on his way Thursday to Ecuador for the Junior World Titles and has a serious chance of coming back with that title.

The game was won with 5 minutes remaining in the 3rd period.

Carpenteria moves to the Regional Final Thursday.

Thanks to everyone for helping out.  Thanks OES for setting it all up and working on the scoreboard to make it easy to follow.

See ya tomorrow.