Boys

1.  Heritage        (30) League Champions*

2.  Rubidoux      (29) *

3.  Beaumont     (23)*

4.  Banning         (22)*

5.  San Jacinto   (16)

6.  Tahquitz       (11)

7.  Notre Dame (9)

8.  Citrus Hill     (4)

Girls

1.  Beaumont     (32) League Champions*

2.  Tahquitz        (27)*

3.  Rubidoux      (23)*

4.  Heritage        (22)*

5.  Banning         (12)

6.  Notre Dame (7)

7.  Citrus Hill     (5)

8. San Jacinto    (0)

*Advances to CIF

Mt. Pass CrossCountry Finals

Diamond Valley Lake

11/04/09

Rubidoux’s Mueen Ghoury and Angel Perez Dominate  Mt. Pass Final

Cross Country is an interesting sport. Unlike other sports every race, contest,  can produce different Individual results as well as team standings.  The Mt. Pass CrossCountry League Finals took a wicked turn for Rubidoux last Wednesday at DiamondValley.   Mueen Ghoury and Angel Perez turned in stellar performances, especially since they are underclassmen, placing first and second in the Mt. Pass finals.  The Rubidoux team however who had lead the league for the first three cluster meets lost the league title by one point to Heritage.  Some of the falcon runners had been sick in bed with the flu earlier in the week and were not able to perform well enough to bring home the league title. A huge disappointment since the team goal all season had been to win the Mt Pass league tile. On the positive  side there are no seniors on the team and next year in a new league the Falcons will again be favorites for the league title.  Mueen Ghoury who has dominated the league all season won easily.  Sophomore Angel Perez ran his most improved race of the year as runner up.  The Lady falcons, pre season fifth or maybe fourth place team picks, surprised the league with their performances all year.   Lead by senior Dulce Pliego  the team finished the  season as the  third Place team in league and a trip to CIF.  Rubidoux Boys and Girls teams will run in CIF Pre Lims next Saturday (11/14) at Mt. Sac in Division III. 

Boys Team Results:  (1) Heritage 45 (2) Beaumont 65 (3)Rubidoux 65 (4) Banning 75 (5) San Jacinto 100 (6) Tahquitz (7) Notre Dame203 (8) Citrus Hill 237

Rubidoux Boys results:

(1)Mueen Ghoury  15.43

(2)  Angel Perez 15.59

(16)Raymundo Rodriguez 16.58

(19)Juan Salas 17.22

(27)Antonio Sanchez  17.52

(30)Francisco Rojas 18.07

(40)Marvin Nogueda 18.52

Girls Team Results:  (1) Beaumont 22 (2) Tahquitz 58 (3) Heritage88 (4) Rubidoux 106 (5) Notre Dame134 (6) Banning 166 (7) Citrus Hill 211 (8) San Jacinto NS

Rubidoux Girls results:

(12)  Dulce Pliego 20.31

(17)Jennifer Diaz 21.08

(22)  Mayte Gonzalez 21.54

(26)  Esbedi Ochoa 22.17

(29)  Analilia Ortiz  22.30

(30)  Sonia Lopez 22.44

(37)  Ana Lopez 23.25

Mt. Pass #3 ClusterMeet

Banning HighSchool

10/28/09

Ghoury WinsAgain; League Tightens Up

Just when it seemed Rubidoux would run off with their first Mt. Pass team title,Heritage pops up and wins the Mt. Pass 3^rd cluster meet  placing both teams within one point going into the finals next Wednesday at Diamond Valley Lake. Mueen Ghoury continued to dominate the boy’s competition winning easily on a chilly windy day in Banning.  Beaumont, with a depleted varsity was still able to dominate the girls competition,  however it is a dogfight for the next three spots between Rubidoux, Heritage and Tahquitz who seem to change positions each race.  All will advance to CIF since the Mt.Pass sends four teams; in what place still needs to be determined.  In the Junior Varsity races Rubidoux boys lead by Francisco Rojas placed in the top three again.  Sonia Lopez running down in the Junior Varsity race won easily outdistancing her closet rival by almost a minute.  As a team the girls placed second to the powerful Beaumont team who traditionally dominate the Mt. Pass league.  Next Wednesday (11/4) the Mt. Pass League will hold their finals on the Hemet cross country course near Diamond Valley Lake.  The top four teams will advance to CIF Prelims at Mt. Sac November 14 according to their Division;Rubidoux is Division III and should qualify both teams.

 Varsity Boys Results

TeamResults:  (1) Heritage 47 (2)Rubidoux 55 (3) Banning 64

Rubidoux results:

(1)Mueen Ghoury (16.22)

(3)Angel Perez (16.52)

(11)Antonio Sanchez (17.20)

(19)  Raymundo Rodriguez (17.58)

(21)  Juan Salas (18.01)

(33)  Marvin Nogueda (18.55)

(35)  Juan Campos (19.02)

Varsity Girls Results

TeamResults:  (1) Beaumont 23 (2)  Tahquitz 43 (3) Heritage 99

(4)Rubidoux 103

Rubidoux results:

(16) Dulce Pliego (22.15)

(21)  Mayte Gonzalez (22.42)

(22)  Jenny Diaz (22.51)

(24)  Esbedi Ochoa (22.58)

(30)  Analilia Ortiz (23.37)

(38)  Ana Lopez (24.13)

(39)  Stephanie Gomez (24.13)

Junior Varsity Boys results

Teamresults:  (1)  Banning 38  (2) Beaumont  51  (3) Rubidoux  65

Rubidouxresults:

(2)  Francisco Rojas (18.39)

(7)  Martin Velasquez (19.12)

(13)  David Garcia (19.37)

(18)  Imran Zaman (20.05)

(30)  Jair Castillo (21.26)

(34)  Eduardo Avila (22.00)

(36)  Angel Garcia (22.18)

Junior Varsity Girls results

TeamResults: (1)  Beaumont 28 (2)Rubidoux 47 (3)  Heritage 60

Rubidouxresults:

(1)    Sonia Lopez (22.49)

(6)    Katherine Rivas (24.49)

(11)  Jessica Rodriguez (26.11)

(13)  Thalia Diaz (26.45)

(37)  Paricheher Aryafar (34.20)

Rubidoux’s Ghoury Impressive inSweepstakes, other Falcons place in Top Ten

Rubidoux’s , Mueen Ghoury, stepped up in class as he racedsome of the top teams and top Individuals in the Division III Boys sweepstakesrace at Mt. Sac last Friday. Ghoury did not disappoint as he continues to improve off coach Chann’straining which has him aiming at CIF in November.  On a  95 degreeday against not only the best teams in California but also in Louisiana andAlabama,  Ghoury came charging downthe “runway”, closing the gap on the top runners he has been chasing allseason, and crossed the finish line in 8^th place with a time of16.03.  Coach Chann was heardcommenting, “We’re right on Track”! This performance is bound to turn some heads as Mueen is only a Juniorracing against some of the top Seniors in the division. Rubidoux’s InlandEmpire Championship Sophomore boys team also fared well as they raced to afourth place finish with only one California team beating them; the other teamswere from out of state.  AngelPerez and Antonio Sanchez, Rubidoux’s top soph’s placed in the top ten with sub18 times.  The Lady Falconscontinued to look good as Senior Dulce Pliego turned in a stellar performanceand also placed in the top ten going under  22 minutes on the tough hills of Mt. SAC.  Freshman Jennifer Diaz also raced to atop ten finish and a medal in the Freshmen girls race as she also continues toimprove. Next Wednesday (10/28) the Falcons will run in the 3^rd Mt.Pass league cluster meet at Banning High school.

Division III BoysSweepstakes

(8) Mueen Ghoury (16.03)

(127) Marvin Nogueda (18.47)

(145) Angel Garcia (24.13)

Division IIISophomore Boys

Team Results: (4)139 Rubidoux

(6) Angel Perez (17.48)

(9) Antonio Sanchez (17.56)

(30) Francisco Rojas (18.50)

(55) Juan Campos (20.15)

(63) David Garcia (20.47)

Division IIIFreshmen Boys

Team Results:  (9) Rubidoux

(52) Marti Velasquez (21.17)

(60) Gerardo Rios (21.46)

(67) Jair Castillo (22.08)

(69) Javiar Garcia (22.35)

(110) Jose Cardenas (NT)

Division IIIVarsity Girls

Team Results:  (7) Rubidoux  224

(10) Dulce Pliego (21.47)

(31) Mayte Gonzalez (23.32)

(49) Analilia Ortiz (25.41)

(66) Ana Lopez (26.24)

(78) Sonia Lopez (26.53)

(113) Stephanie Gomez (NT)

Division IIIFreshman  Girls

(10) Jennifer Diaz (23.15)

(26) Esbedi Ochoa (25.13)

(49) Katherine Rivas (27.10)

(52) Jessica Rodriguez (27.51)

The4^th Annual “Rockin” Rubidoux Invitational cross country meet got under way last Saturday with Music in the air and 95 degree weather at Ed Hawkins stadium.  The flat and fast course through the Rubidoux campus produced many Personal records for the 700+runners who competed.  Brandon Pina(15.42), Temecula Valley and Brianne Gonzalez (18.18), Ontario had the fastest times of the day and received plaques for their efforts.  Most of the Rubidoux runners worked the meet; looking forward to Mt SAC next Friday.  The number of teams grew this year from 15 to 20 as did the runners from 500 to 700.  Rubidoux’s Campus and Castillo had fine races and received medals .  Rubidoux’s Ana Lopez was a medal winner for the Lady Falcons.

Sophomore Boys

(26)Campus (R) 18.51

 Freshman Boys

(15)Castillo (R) 19.35

 Junior/Senior Girls

(27)Lopez (R) 22.11

 1.  Beaumont (16)

2.  Rubidoux (13)

3.  Tahquitz (13)

4.  Heritage (10)

5.  Banning (4)

6.  Citrus Hill (3)

7.  San Jacinto (0)

8.  Notre Dame (0)

Mueen Ghoury Wins the Boys Race Again 

Lastyear the Rubidoux girl’s team had only five runners on the whole team.  There was no Junior varsity.  They were in the bottom of the MountainPass League.  The was the thirdyear since the separation from Patriot where most of the varsity runners hadstayed to run in the Sunkist.  Theseason didn’t even start out good as no head coach could be found for the summertraining.  This did not deter thegirls from recruiting and building a team on their own which after yesterdaysrace placed them in tie for second place in he Mt. Pass League.  Four weeks ago Rich Torbert, well knowncoach in the area, stepped in as head coach.  In the Mountain Pass League second cluster meet, with girlswho were suffering from flu and various other ailments; Rubidoux ran to  a third place finish and a tie for therunner up slot in the Mt. Pass. The Rubidoux boy’s team maintained their lead in the Mountain PassLeague as Mueen Ghoury won the race and Angel Perez and Antonio Sanchez placedin the top ten; all underclassmen. Rubidoux this Saturday will put on the 4^th Annual RubidouxCross Country Invitational at Rubidoux High School.  Over 20 schools are expected to participate.  The following Friday (10/23) the teamwill travel to Mt. Sac for the largest Cross Country Invitational in the UnitedStates.  Mueen Ghoury will race inthe Sweepstakes race against the best in Southern California.

Team results:  (1) Rubidoux 50 (2) Heritage 60 (3)Beaumont 63

(1)Mueen Ghoury (15.46)

(4)Angel Perez (16.14)

(8)Antonio Sanchez (16.36)

(16)Juan Salas (17.16)

(21)Raymundo Rodriguez (17.36)

(29)Marvin Nogueda (18.11)

(31)Francisco Rojas (18.26)

Rubidoux Girls Results:

Team results:  (1) Beaumont 22 (2) Tahquitz 51 (3)Rubidoux  80

(6)  Dulce Pliego (20.46)

(16)Mayte Gonzalez (21.38)

(20)  Jenny Diaz (22.25)

(26)  Analilia Ortiz (23.04)

(27)Esbedi Ochoa (23.11)

(36)  Ana Lopez (24.02)

(37)  Sonia Banda (24.34)

Boys Inland EmpireSweepstakes

(16)  Mueen Ghoury (Rubidoux) 15.13

Boys Frosh/Sophomore

Team Scores: (1) Rubidoux 41 (2) Arlington 127 (3) GraniteHills 131

(1)  Angel Perez (Rubidoux ) 16.23

(3)Antonio Sanchez (Rubidoux) 16.28

(5)Raymundo Rodriguez (Rubidoux) 16.49

(6)Juan Salas (Rubidoux) 16.53

(31)Francisco Rojas (Rubidoux) 18.06

(41)David Garcia (Rubidoux) 18.32

(48)Gerardo Rios (Rubidoux) 18.41

(52)Jair Castillo (Rubidoux) 18.56

Boys Varsity

(58)Marvin Nogoueda (Rubidoux) 18.11

(60)Imran Zaman(Rubidoux) 18.21

(77)Angel Garcia (Rubidoux) 21.04

Girls Frosh/Sophomore

Team Scores: (8) JurupaValley 175

(32)  Esbeidi Ochoa (Rubidoux) 23.00

Girls Varsity

(22)Dulce Pliego (Rubidoux) 20.10

(69)Sonia Lopez(Rubidoux) 22.40

Mt. Pass CrossCountry Girls Standings

1.  Beaumont (8)

2.  Rubidoux (7)   

3.  Tahquitz (6)    

4.  Heritage (5)     

5.  Banning (0)      

6.  San Jacinto(0) 

7.  Notre Dame(0) 

8.  Citrus Hills(0)  

Boys team win,Girls team runner up in Mt. Pass Opener 

TheRubidoux Cross Country team, long known as one of the top programs in SouthernCalifornia, is back on track.  Aftera transition period, out of their control, in which they were placed in  freelance status and then the MountainPass League without their upper classmen. This did not deter coach Keith Chan who traveled back to the Rubidouxcampus and patiently worked with the underclassmen. In a short two years theFalcons are back on top.  Lead byAll Riverside County Junior Mueen Ghoury and Sophomore Angel Perez; the Falconsopened the 2009 Mountain Pass League season with a winning performance.  Ghoury and Perez were one-two as thefalcons beat runner up Heritage by 11 points in the first cluster meet of theseason.  The Beaumont boys, 2008League champion had to settle for third place.  Everybody knew the Falcon boys were on the rise however theshock of the day was when the Falcon girls; last year’s 5^th placeteam, rose up and ran to an eye opening second place finish.  Lead by Dulce Pliego the girls lookedlike they are also back on track. Before the move back to Rubidoux campus the girls had been SunkistLeague Champions back to back lead by Individual League champion KatherineGomez who now is running for the Riverside Community College state championteam.  Tired of being under theshadow of the boys the girl’s team throughout the summer, without a coach;pulled together.  During thisperiod the girls developed as a team on their own with rising internalleadership and developed goals for the season;  placing in the top three in League, and going to CIF.  Many who observed quietly thought maybe4^th would be more realistic but third was really reaching after lastyears finish of 5^th.   Coach Chan observing the race said ”Iwas totally shocked as I watched them finish”! The girls now have a coach inRich Torbert, Rubidoux’s head Track coach. What a way to start for the newcoach!  Beaumont was expected towin but nobody was ready for the Lady Falcons as they chased the top team andplaced second in the first cluster meet of the Mountain League season.  The girls validated that cross countryis an 70% mental and 30% physical sport as their focus lead them to thisimpressive finish. 

Saturdaythe Falcons will travel to the Hi-Desert Classic in Yucca Valley.

VarsityBoys team scores: 

(1)Rubidoux 52 (2) Heritage 63 (3) Beaumont 69

(1) Mueen Ghoury (16.29)

(2) Angel Perez (16.43)

(11) Juan Salas (17.29)

(15) Antonio Sanchez (17.49)

(23) Raymundo Rodriguez (18.29)

(28) David Garcia (19.17)

(29) Marvin Nogueda (19.20)

VarsityGirls team scores:

 (1) Beaumont 17 (2)Rubidoux 66 (3) Tahquitz 68

(5) Dulce Pliego (21.26)

(11) Mayte Gonzalez (22.47)

(12) Jennifer Diaz (22.54)

(20) Analilia Ortiz (24.20)

(23) Ana Lopez (24.38)

(25) Sonia Lopez (24.51)

Novice Girls

Jessica Rodriguez (25.32)

Frosh Girls

(29)    Jennifer Diaz (21.18)

Varsity Girls

(67) Dulce Pliego (20.27)

(113) Mayte Gonzalez (21.43)

(114) Sonia Lopez (21.44)

(140) Stephanie Gomez (22.37)

(142) Ana Lopez (22.46)

(147) Analilia Ortiz (22.55)

(323) Meliza Cervantes (29.25)

Frosh Race

(5)Juan Salas (11.28)

(33)Jair Castillo (12.59)

Sophomore Race

(5)Angel Perez (11.00)

(9)Antonio Perez (11.15)

(43)David Garcia (12.15)

(46)Francisco Rojas (12.19)

Junior Race

(2)Mueen Ghoury (10.26)

(40)Marvin Nogueda (12.05)

(62)Imran Zaman (12.50)

 Girls Results (2 miles)

Frosh Race

(27)Jennifer Diaz (15.02)

Junior Race

(52)Mayte Gonzalez (15.22)

(54)Sonia Lopez (15.35)

(56)Stephanie Gomez (15.41)

(78)Analilia Ortiz (16.47)

Senior Race

(19)Dulce Pliego (14.06)

(35)Analilia Lopez (15.23)

Rich Torbert Named Rubidoux Girls Cross Country Coach

Rich Torbert, Rubidoux’s head Track and Field coach has been named the new Rubidoux girl’s cross country coach.  The team has been without a coach this summer as the search for a new coach has been underway.  Torbert was a scholarship athlete at Arizona State in both Football and Track and has coached many athletic programs in the area.  He is a World History teacher at Rubidoux.  Tolbert’s mission will be to rebuild the Lady Falcons into a competitive team.  It has been most difficult for the ladies the past few years as most of the Rubidoux runners have elected to go to Patriot to run cross country. Torbert will have a few runners who have run this summer with the boys program. Senior Dulce Pliego could be something special.