Dos Pueblos' Connor Dorais won his first match on Saturday at the CIF Masters wrestling meet in Temecula to qualify for next week's state tourney in Bakersfield. After the win, Dorais decided to forfeit the rest of his matches due to a sore neck.San Marcos' Zach Belway ended up with a stellar fourth-place finish. The 4.7-GPA student went 5-2 with a pair of pins and a technical fall on the weekend, including a 10-5 win over Sultana's Jeremy Fillingame, who had pinned Belway in the CIF Finals the … [Read more...]
Gauchos held to 3 hits in loss to Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS - UC Santa Barbara's baseball team lost the first game of its three-game weekend tournament in Minnesota, 13-3, to the host Golden Gophers.Starting pitcher Mario Hollands (1-1), fresh off eight shutout innings against Cal State Bakersfield on Sunday, allowed six earned runs on nine hits in six innings as Minnesota led 6-0 after the first three innings. Hollands, a sophomore left-hander, struck out eight batters.UCSB, which plays Hawai'i today, falls to 3-2. Minnesota improves … [Read more...]
UCSB swimmers nab seven event titles on 3rd day
LONG BEACH - The UC Santa Barbara swim teams continued to break records and win titles on Friday at the Big West Conference Swimming and Diving Championships being held at Bellmont Plaza. Junior Naomi Javanifard led the group picking up two individual titles and a relay crown on the third day of the four day meet.In the first event of the evening, Jessica Schwalb took second in the 400 individual medley with a personal best time of 4:22.09. Teammate Kelsey Lewis finished third in 4:23.08 and … [Read more...]
DP’s Dorais one win away from state tourney
Dos Pueblos' Connor Dorais fell to top-ranked Patrick Martinez in the quarterfinals at the CIF Masters wrestling meet in Temecula on Friday, but sits a win away from placing and making the state tournament. His match is slated for around 11 a.m. Saturday morning.CIF heavyweight champion Nick Wagner went 2-2 for the Chargers and was knocked out."Masters is tough. It's a meat grinder," said coach Anhony Califano. ""No one cares of you're a CIF champ." … [Read more...]
Miraculous finish lifts Santa Barbara into semis
Coach Todd Heil was in a crouch on the sidelines, his chin resting in his hands in what appeared to be a state of semi-despair. His Santa Barbara High boys soccer team was down 2-1 in the CIF Division II quarterfinals, and the clock was frozen with two minutes on the board... Stoppage time.The Dons were praying for the equalizer and instead they got more, scoring twice in the span of a minute to break Montebello's heart, 3-2, at Peabody Stadium.You really couldn't have scripted it any better.PHOTO … [Read more...]
SBCC drops WSC opener to Oxnard
Joey Juarez tossed a four-hitter on Thursday, guiding Oxnard to a 3-1 baseball win over visiting SBCC in the WSC North opener for both teams.Jeremy Peterson turned in his second straight solid start for the Vaqueros (11-6, 0-1), who've dropped three in a row and five of their last six. Peterson allowed three unearned runs on four hits in 4 2/3 innings with four strikeouts and two walks.Oxnard scored all of its runs after a one-out error in the fifth. The Condors (4-6, 1-0) got three straight … [Read more...]
Lady Vaqs fall victim to last-second free throws
After leading for most of its Southern Cal Regional playoff opener Wednesday night, the SBCC women's basketball team suffered a heartbreaking 72-71 defeat at Cerritos on Maleta Daughtery's free throw with 3.3 seconds to play.The 17th-seeded Vaqueros finish the year at 22-13 while the No. 16 Falcons, champions of the South Division of the South Coast Conference, improved to 21-12. They'll play at top-seeded Mt. SAC on Saturday. … [Read more...]
Gauchos fall to Trojans on the road in four sets
LOS ANGELES – Despite a strong second set, the No. 13 UC Santa Barbara men’s volleyball team was defeated in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) play Thursday, losing 3-1 against fifth-ranked USC at the Galen Center. Scores went 30-20, 21-30, 30-25, and 30-18 as the Trojan victory tied the all-time series between the two teams at 45-45. Jeff Menzel led UCSB (4-10, 2-9 MPSF) in kills with a match high 24 while adding eight digs and three blocks. Cullen Irons had 10 kills and libero … [Read more...]
Gaucho swimmers continue to dominate Big West
LONG BEACH — The UC Santa Barbara swim teams took three first place finishes, set two meet records, set one school record and posted numerous career best times to highlight action on the second day of the Big West Conference Swimming and Diving Championships being held at Bellmont Plaza Olympic Pool through Saturday evening.The first event of the evening was the 500 freestyle. Sophomore Lindsay Gaudinier was the Gauchos' top finisher in the event, taking third with a personal best time of … [Read more...]
Owls shock No. 1 Animo to make CIF semifinals
Laguna Blanca's girls soccer team pulled off a stunner at home on Thursday, knocking off top-seeded Animo Leadership Academy 2-1 to advance to the semifinals of the CIF Division-VII playoffs."Right now the girls are flying high," said coach Gregg Luna. "We're not calling it a team of destiny yet, but they certainly play with a lot of 'corazon'."Playing with heart is something that Luna was reminded of when he visited with local soccer-guru Rudy Ybarra at Santa Barbara High after the first … [Read more...]
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