Santiago Spring Sports Update

Larkin Flemming, Treasurer

March 27, 2025

As the weather gets warmer and the days get longer, winter sports end, and spring sports begin. Soccer, basketball, boys’ water polo, and wrestling are approaching the end of the season, while spring sports are making their way into the season. Boys and girls’ lacrosse, track and field, softball, baseball, boys’ golf, boys’ volleyball, and swim are all spring sports now beginning this season. Let us dive into how these sports are doing this early in the season at Santiago High School!

To start, the girls’ lacrosse team is doing a fantastic job. With five games in, they have won 4 of them. Beating El Dorado, Portola High School, El Toro, and Canyon, with a close loss against Huntington Beach High School. According to MaxPreps, the team currently has an overall turnover rate of 70% and a total of 59 goals scored already! The team looks forward to their upcoming pre-league games against Chaparral, Corona Del Mar, Edison, Newport Harbor, and Murrieta Mesa, before the first league game against Centennial on Thursday, March 13th. Stay tuned!

Moving on to the boys’ lacrosse team, they are four games into their season. They struggled against teams like Vista Murrieta High School, Canyon, and Temecula Valley but had a close win against Beckman High School, which was their most recent game. With Segerstorm and Tesoro coming up in the first two weeks of March, league games are following closely, with the battle of Rimpau (Centennial) on March 13th as well!

Next is baseball. They have only had two games so far into the spring season: one against Dana Hills High School and the other against El Rancho High School. Both of these games resulted in a Santiago win of 4-1! They are clearly off to a great start. The next few games are against Chino Hills, Santa Fe, Campo Verde, San Juan Hills, and Centennial on the 17th and 18th to mark the first league games. This season is already looking very positive.

Boys’ volleyball has stepped into its season as well. With some rough games against University High School, Yorba Linda High School, and Marina High School, they have managed to get equal wins and losses.MaxPreps says they are currently 4-4, with an upcoming match against Poly High School on March 3rd. A lot of games to go! And look out for their first league match against Centennial on March 6th! https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS5RjKwbNyMxYMKlZk73B_RJdw1skfCQPTLVA&s

Our girls’ softball team has already had 10 games, with wins against Elsinore High School, Sultana High School, and Liberty Christian High School. Stay tuned to see how well they do going forward. Again, their first league game will be against Centennial on March 20th.

The golf team had one close match against Temecula Valley High School, which unfortunately ended in a loss of 198-200. However, there are still 14 matches to go. The next game is against Linfield Christian on March 6th.

While all of these spring sports are beginning, it is essential to note that the girls’ soccer team has made it to CIF and has a good chance of making it to state. They have one last CIF game against Santa Margarita High School on Friday, February 28th. If they win this game, they will proceed to the state! Go and show support.

Stay tuned to see how all spring sports progress throughout the season! Go sharks!!!

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About the Contributor

Larkin Flemming, staff writer

Larkin Flemming (12) is a current senior at Santiago High School. Larkin loves to play lacrosse and exercise. She has plans on attending a four-year university, aiming for San Diego State University. After college, she is not entirely sure on what she wants to do, although she has interest in becoming a lawyer or some sort of detective. In the past 17 years of her life, Larkin has participated in several acts of volunteerism, sports, and activities. She has done gymnastics, soccer, dance, and currently lacrosse. Not only that, but she has done many acts of community service including girl scouts, making food for those in need, and donating supplies. Larkin enjoys to write on the side of her other extra curricular activities.