Emily Fox broke forty at Santa Barbara Golf Club on Tuesday, scoring a 2-over par 39 to lead four other Chargers in the low forties over cross-town rival San Marcos 210-257. Freshman Vanessa Villa's 41 was followed closely by junior Nicole Bullemer's 42, Sami Hill's 43 and Kiley Neushel's 45. San Marcos' Brianna Wiley scored a 45 to lead the Royals. Cat Lefemine and Alexandria Peretiako broke 50 with 48 and 49 respectively. … [Read more...]
Chargers roll over Royals 13-5
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The Dos Pueblos High girls tennis team, ranked No. 6 in Division II in the latest CIF polls released on Monday, rode the strength of its singles to a 13-5 Channel League victory over rival San Marcos to improve its record to 8-1. The Chargers' top three singles players — Erica Cano, Hayley Edwards and Lauren Stratman — swept all their sets including a hard-fought victory for Edwards over San Marcos No. 1 Julian Mannix."I knew they were going to be a tough team," said Cano while … [Read more...]
Van Wagner honored; Women’s final has local flavor
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 By 2 Comments
There are no tickets sold or bleachers set up for the U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball.It harkens back to tournaments of old, so it was appropriate that there was a tribute to a guy who's, well, old.Bob Van Wagner, 82, has been on East Beach serving the sport as a player, tournament director, referee and historian since the 1950s. He was surprised Sunday afternoon when Karch Kiraly presented him with a lifetime achievement award. … [Read more...]
Royals are double trouble for Rams
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San Marcos went undefeated in doubles play Wednesday as the host Royals took down the visiting Cate Rams 13-5. Amy Kinsella and Shelby Zylstra teamed up to go 3-0, as did Amy Ransohoff and Christine Pearson. Liz Morris-Annie Battles were 2-0, and Jackie Gregoire-Kelsey Fernandez won their only set."It is always nice to get a lot of people out there playing and having them all come away with wins is a big boost of confidence... Our subs coming in and beating their No. 1 doubles team was the … [Read more...]
Wopat twins lead DP defensive effort
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Carly Wopat had a whopping nine blocks and sister Samantha had nine digs in Dos Pueblos' 25-7, 22-25, 25-13, 25-11 win over visiting Buena on Tuesday at Sovine Gym."Defensively, Samantha contributed on a level that can't be reflected in the box score," said coach Dwayne Hauschild.The coach also noted that Catelyn McDonald came in for the third and fourth sets and played a strong match all-around. … [Read more...]
Cards remain undefeated in Frontier League
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The doubles pairings of Brooke Czuleger-Julia Rios and Mary Breen-Brenna Linehan each went 3-0 as the Bishop Diego girls tennis team beat host Santa Clara 13-5 Tuesday to improve to 3-0 in the Frontier League. "I think our girls had some challenges in singles with their No. 1 because she's a state-ranked player, and it gave them a little heads up as to what is to come. The girls had a great day and kept saying how nice the other girls were," said Cardinals coach Suzanne Petrie, whose team … [Read more...]
Reserves shine for SBHS spikers
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Jordan Fuller once again had her own cheering section as the No. 1 Santa Barbara girls volleyball team swept visiting Buena 25-15, 25-17, 25-19 on Tuesday night at J.R. Richards Gym.According to assistant coach Lee Carlander, Fuller did well in the match as did reserve libero Sarah Mendoza."She passed on serve receive at a very good clip," said Carlander of Mendoza. … [Read more...]
Younger Dons chomp Bulldogs, 15-3
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 By Leave a Comment
A lot of younger players got to strut their stuff for the top-ranked Santa Barbara High girls tennis team on Tuesday in a 15-3 road win at Buena. Freshman Aurora Garrison was 2-0 and classmate Taryn Mjelde was 3-0 in singles play for the Dons, who went a perfect 9-0 in doubles thanks to the teams of Taylor Toner-Stephanie Thornton, Savannah Fox-Caitlyn Macker, Caitlyn Macker-Aubrey Macker, Camille Phillips-Erica Singer and the twin duo of Thalia and Ariana Hudson. … [Read more...]
Fanaro fans Dons’ fiery golf start
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The Santa Barbara girls team continued to thrive with freshman Olivia Fanaro leading the way.The Dons kept all their scores under 50 — led by Fanaro's 44 — and were three shots off their season low in a 236-248 win over Buena at par-35 Buena Ventura GC on Tuesday.The victory pushes Santa Barbara's record to 8-1, the best start that coach Ryan Throop has seen in his five years of coaching. The win also puts the Dons at 2-0 in the Channel League with a matchup against San Marcos set … [Read more...]
Chargers win sloppy one
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Ian Kistler became an example of just how physical water polo can be on Tuesday, sustaining a concussion from an elbow to the face in Dos Pueblos' 6-5 win at Ventura."He got hit in the upper lip while playing defense and came out for a two-minute break," said coach Chris Parrish. "He went back in and got hit again with an elbow and couldn't remember what he was doing or where he was." … [Read more...]
No good for Vaquero spikers at Canyons
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SANTA CLARITA — SBCC couldn't get the job done at the end of games on Tuesday night and was swept by Canyons 25-22, 25-21, 25-19 in a nonconference women's volleyball match. "We played well, just too many unforced errors down the stretch," said Vaquero coach Ed Gover. Sam Potter led SBCC (1-7) with 12 kills while Angelica Smith and Tara Ahern contributed three blocks apiece. The Vaqueros will be at home Friday and Saturday night against Bakersfield and Cuyamaca, respectively. … [Read more...]
Vaqueros blank tough Raider side
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MOORPARK — Laura Spivack got SBCC going with a goal in the third minute and the Vaqueros added two more goals on Tuesday to blank defending WSC North champion Moorpark 3-0 in their WSC women's soccer opener. Kila MacNaughton booted the ball into the top right corner in the final minute of the first half and Chelsea Nielson tallied the third goal on a free kick from 30 yards in the 77th minute. SBCC, ranked ninth in the state, snapped the six-game winning streak of No. 4 Moorpark … [Read more...]
