'Nova surfers slighted by Pacific Palisades, 62-59

The Wildcat Surf squad competed in its third Interscholastic Surfing Federation (ISF) contest of the season on
Dec. 14 in near-perfect wave conditions at Surfer's Point in Ventura.
While the weather was cold and rainy, waves were running from 4 to 6 feet, with occasional larger sets rolling in.
In team competition, Villanova was edged out by Pacific Palisade High School by a score of 62-59.
In the individual competition, the Villanova 'Cats took advantage of surfing their home waters and advanced to the semi-finals in six events.
Cole Clary and Robert Campana both advanced in the boys' shortboard competition. Clary also advanced to the semifinals on boys' longboard, taking first in his preliminary round and fourth overall.
Courtney Ralston also advanced in the girls' shortboard finals, with a first-place win in the preliminaries and a fourth place finish overall.
Rachel Kuehn dominated in girls' longboard, advancing to the semifinals along with teammate Mitchell Kupfer in the body board division.
Cole Clary, Rachel Balderas and Jaclyn Orgel were all ranked in the top 10 of their respective short board divisions in overall standings for the ISF's Channel Section that were posted at Sunday's event.
Pro surfer Dan Malloy, formerly of Ojai, stopped by the event to cheer on Villanova's surfers.
The Wildcats will continue their season on Jan. 10 with a contest at Santa Monica.

© 2003 The Ojai Valley News

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