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Starr Joins Century Club, Cuesta Hosts Tourney this Weekend

Starr Joins Century Club, Cuesta Hosts Tourney this Weekend
Cuesta Men's Water Polo has won the past five Western State Conference titles but had reason for concern when 8th-ranked Ventura came to San Luis obispo to face #10 Cuesta.  The Cougars and Pirates swapped the first two goals of the game, but then Cuesta went on a six-goal run to take control, 7-1.  Cuesta added two more goals to their lead before halftime and closed the third quarter with the game in hand, 16-7.  The Bucs did not stop and pushed hard until the final buzzer, while outscoring the Cougars, 5-3, in the final quarter, 19-12.  The Cougars win over the Pirates should help them moved back up the rankings, however, more importantly, it put Cuesta in position to win the program's 33rd conference title since 1979. It would also mark its third straight title under Coach Greg Enloe, along with maintaining the Cougars' streak of consecutive playoff berths, which stretches back to the program's inaugural season in 1979.  The Cougars are now 10-10 on the season, while boasting a pristine 2-0 mark during Western State Conference play.  
Returning All American Johnny Starr scored three goals in the Cougars win over the Pirates, while continuing to climb up Cuesta's all-time scoring list.  Starr, with 58 goals this season, is the second-leading scorer on the team, trailing only Center Dustin Drobeck (66), and has become the 39th Cuesta player to eclipse the "Century Mark" with over 100 goals for the Cougars.   Last year, Starr helped also three teammates achieve the milestone (Oliver Finley, Austin Majus and Andonis Petroutsas).and with a dozen games left in the season he could surpass each of them on the all-time list.  Starr has tallied 113 goals in 51 games at Cuesta.  
The Cougars shall host the Cuesta II Invitational this Friday and Saturday, before heading to the Golden West Tournament next week.  The Cougars shall open this weekend's play with a WSC contest against Citrus on Friday (9:10), as the second, overall, game of the tournament.
 
Cuesta Invitational
 
Friday, October 17
8 AM-   San Diego Mesa-Las Positas
9:10-   Cuesta-Citrus*
10:20- Rio Hondo-Saddleback
11:30- Chaffey-Las Positas
12:40- Cabrillo-Citrus
1:50-   San Mateo-Saddleback
3 PM-   San Diego Mesa-Chaffey
4:10-   Cuesta-Cabrillo
5:20-   San Mateo-Rio Hondo 
 
Saturday, October 18
7 :30-  Cuesta-San Diego Mesa
8:40-   Saddleback-Chaffey
9:50-   Citrus-Las Positas
11 AM- San Mateo-San Diego Mesa
12:10-  Saddleback-Cabrillo
1:20-    Rio Hondo-Citrus
2:30-    Cuesta-San Mateo
3:40-    Chaffey-Cabrillo
4:50-    Las Positas-Rio Hondo
 
*Western State Conference contest
 

Cuesta Men's Water Polo- CENTURY CLUB (100 Career Points)

1                              Kelly Porter                                 1986-87                               221

2                              Hank Peterson                             1984-85                              188

3                              John Marsh                                 1980-81                              178

                                Hunter Hamaker                          2008-09                              178

5                              Lawrence Bardelli                         2009-10                              173

6                              Chris Lund (20)                            1996, 98                             171

7                              Jeffrey Walker (24)                       1994-95                              166

8                              Steve Long                                   1988-89                              157

9                              Steve Farrell                                 1981-82                              155

10                            Kevin Bradley                                2002-03                              154

11                            Eric Marsh                                     2010-11                              153

                                Johnny Hartshorne                        2015-16                              153

13                            Dante Ianora                                 2022-23                              149

14                           Matt Giancanelli                              2011-12                              145

15                           Alex Asta                                       1989-90                              140

16                           Erik Holsinger                                1979, 81                              138

17                           Lucas Lastra                                  2012-13                              137

18                           Johnny Northcutt                           2020-21-22                         128

19                           Eric Billington (10)                         1995-96                              123

                              Georan Meendering                        2012-13                              123

                              Oliver Finley                                   2023-24                              123

22                           Dean Moody                                  2021-22                              122

23                           Mike Rowley                                  1980-81                              121

24                           Toki Prlainovic                               1990                                   120

25                           Karl Blum                                     1985-86                               119

                               Austin Majus                                2023-24                               119

27                           Craig Erickson                              2006-07                               115

                               Luka Vukomanovic                       2010-11                               115

                               Andonis Petroutsas                       2023-24                               115

30                           Jacob Sill                                      2019-20-21                         114

31                           Sam Hyman (16)                           1996, 98                             113

                               JOHNNY STARR                            2024-25                             113

33                           Rob Petterson                                1990, 92                             112                      

34                           Marcus Wooler                               1990-91                              111

35                           Mark Stephen                                2005-06                              110

36                           Ian Starkie                                    2006-07                              107

                               Jack Felsted                                  2018-19                              107

38                           Bryan Buhagiar                              2006-07                              106

39                           Zachary Tucker                              2018-19                              101

 

Two-point goals, in parenthesis, included in total (1993-1999)