Peninsula boys beat Thousand Oaks 76-36 on Wednesday evening, in the first-round of the CIF playoffs. The game was played at Peninsula High. The Panthers combined hot shooting and a stifling defense to take a commanding 22-2 lead after the first quarter. Our Panthers dominated the play over the remaining three quarters on the way to their 40-point victory. Jordan Gazdik returned to action after being out several games due to an injury. Jordan finished the game with 14 points. Wony'a Singleton led the team in scoring with 17 points, Nick Frasso hit for 14 points, and Blake Godbold added 12 points. Peninsula's second-round game is on the road tonight against Los Altos of Hacienda Heights.

Our ladies played a thrilling game against Corona del Mar Thursday, taking it all the way to a second ten minute overtime.  Their defense held the highly ranked team to a tied score of zeros before loosing to a perfectly placed shot in the second overtime.


On the boys side of the ball, Cathedral jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first half.  In the second half our Panthers fought hard but came up short on many close goal scoring opportunities.  

 

Our girls hit the road Thursday as they traveled to La Quinta for a first round showdown!  In a sea saw game our Lady Panthers defeated the Blackhawks 6-5.  With the victory our girls earned a home match against Laguna Hills.  The game will be played at Peninsula, Saturday morning at 11:00 am.


The Peninsula Surf team had a tight contest against El Segundo in Hermosa Beach on Wednesday, Feb 15th to determine if we would remain in the Premier League next season or if El Segundo would take our place.  In what was clearly a team effort, everyone brought their A-game. In different Shortboard heats Ranger Woodland took 3rd, Adam Lazarus took  2nd and Isabel Frandsen took 1st.  Going into the second half of the competition 9 points behind Peninsula swept the Bodyboard heat with Ranger  Woodland, Roman Morelli and Patrick Woodland going 1, 2, 3 to put us one point ahead.  Skye Perranoski surfed to a victory in her Longboard heat, while Colin MacLeod and Noam Elroi went 2, 3 and Cole Yoshida took 2nd in his heat.  It went to the very last heat.  We ended in a 81-81 tie, securing our spot in the Premier League next season.