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Boys soccer

The Los Padres League championship race will come down to the final day of the season after Cabrillo prevented Santa Ynez from wrapping up the title Tuesday by handing the visiting Pirates a 2-0 loss.

The game went to the wire, as the Conquistadores led 1-0 until finally adding an insurance goal to seal the victory during extra time following the second half. The loss was just the second of the season for Santa Ynez (13-2-4).

The result put Santa Ynez and Cabrillo into a three-way tie for first place in the league with Nipomo. All three teams are 9-2 with one game each remaining in league play. The Pirates, whose other loss was against Nipomo, were slated to travel to Templeton on Thursday, Feb. 9, and looked to win a share of the league title. Nipomo and Cabrillo will face off against each other the same day for the other share of the championship.

Girls soccer

Santa Ynez had its five-game win streak snapped Tuesday evening as visiting Cabrillo handed the Pirates their first Los Padres League loss of the season, 3-1, and clinched the league�s regular-season championship in the process. A season after sharing the league title with Santa Ynez, Cabrillo jumped to a 3-0 lead early in the second half before Kat Rocha scored the lone Pirates goal on a penalty kick in the final 10 minutes.

Santa Ynez had momentum going into the game, as it had won five straight, including a 4-0 victory at Santa Maria on Feb. 2, and a pair of 1-0 wins, at San Marcos on Jan. 27 and against Morro Bay on Jan. 31.

In the victory over the winless Saints, the Pirates got one goal apiece from Anouk Aumont, Ariel Johnston, Rocha and Aimee King, who also had an assist. Julia Callow and Natalee Yamasaki also assisted on goals in the win. Santa Ynez (10-8-3 and 7-1-3 Los Padres League) will wrap up the regular season Thursday, Feb. 9, at home against Templeton.

Rider Magazine Favorite Ride: Central California's Morro Bay Loop

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One of my favorite rides includes a road loaded with demanding curves and fantastic Pacific Ocean views, a road through peaceful and solitary farmland, and a road meandering over the sweeping curves of rural back country on the central coast. This ride starts at Morro Bay, California, heads north on Pacific Coast Highway (PCH 1) to Monterey, California, then turns south on the back roads of the Salinas Valley and Paso Robles area to end up at—surprise—Morro Bay.

By pushing hard I could do this whole loop in one day, but I usually ride it over two days and take an overnight in Monterey. I like to stop occasionally to smell the flowers, enjoy the beautiful vistas and, of course, take care of those things that old guys occasionally have to.

Since I live 150 miles south of Morro Bay, I start out at zero dark hundred and push my Guzzi past Santa Barbara as fast as possible. This has two benefits—I miss the heavy morning commuter traffic through Santa Barbara, and I have a chance to get a great breakfast at Kay’s Country Kitchen in old town Orcutt. Their raisin-walnut-cinnamon French toast is unsurpassed by any other breakfast place! Also, this early start puts me on PCH 1 before the tourists head out and lumbering motorhomes and trailers break camp.

The first stretch from Morro Bay to San Simeon is mostly straight two-lane with some gentle curves. Beyond Hearst Castle and the elephant-seal viewpoint, the curves start to become more demanding and numerous. About 1.5 miles north of the San Luis Obispo county line past Ragged Point, there is a sharp curve into Salmon Creek canyon. I like to stop here and see how the Salmon Creek waterfall is flowing. This is a bifurcated waterfall with the top spill easily seen from the road, but a short walk on the marked trail south of the creek takes you to the falls. Back on the road you are served more and more curves interspersed with beautiful ocean vistas. In the spring you get the occasional field of flowers backed by the blue Pacific.

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