SBCC splits doubleheader with visiting Oxnard
Amanda Sharp had a pair of RBI singles in a 5-4 second-game win on Tuesday at Pershing Park as the SBCC softball team gained a WSC split with Oxnard. The Condors won the first game 1-0 on a six-hitter by Courtney Checky.
Sharp and pitcher Lauren Gniadek were both 2-for-3 in the opener. SBCC hurt its [...]
McFarland shines with shutout for Vaqueros
Blake McFarland turned in SBCC’s best pitching performance of the year on Tuesday — a four-hit shutout at Ventura. He limited the Pirates to four singles in a 10-0 victory and didn’t allow a hit after the third inning.
It was the first shutout and first complete game for the Vaqueros (16-15, 5-10), who are two [...]
No. 21 Aztecs hand Gauchos third consecutive loss
The UC Santa Barbara baseball team dropped its third straight game on Tuesday, this one a 7-4 loss to No. 21 San Diego State at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. It is the first time the Gauchos have lost three in a row since May 4-10 last season.
UCSB, 14-8, will have a chance to exact revenge on [...]
Russo wins medal at fencing tourney in San Jose
Four fencers from Presidio Fencing Club (www.presidiofencing.com) competed in the Paul Pesthy Memorial Super Youth Tournament in San Jose last weekend. It was a very difficult tournament, drawing some of the top youth athletes from around the country.
Sophie Russo, who is currently ranked 25th nationally in her age group, triumphed with the bronze medal in [...]
Third-place finishes highlight SBVC’s weekend
This past weekend the Santa Barbara Volleyball Club 18’s, 15’s and 12’s teams competed in Anaheim at a regular Mandatory tournament. The 18 Blue and 15 Blue, after coming off a 3-day intense tournament the weekend before, both took 3rd for the day in division 1 of their age brackets.
Coach Liz Towne-Gilbert was pleased with [...]
Goldstein on track in Toro Canyon
Today was the second stop on my comeback tour, a CCCX race this time at Toro Cyn Park, which is right across Hwy 68 from the Sea Otter course. Again, 5 laps, but this time is was a pure mountain bike course, up 800 feet, then down a tricky single track decent. Good times. Same class [...]
Every stroke counts in Vaquero losses
The scenario was frustratingly familiar for the SBCC men’s golf team on Monday as the Vaqueros finished third — just two shots behind the winner — for the second straight WSC meet.
Canyons captured WSC No. 5 with a 9-over 369 at par-72 Brookside GC in Pasadena. Ventura, last week’s winner, was one shot back and [...]
Bishop takes fourth at Frontier Meet
Bishop Diego’s boys golf team finished fourth out of six teams at the Frontier League Tournament #2 at Soule Park in Ojai, par 71 on Thursday.Bishop was led by Anthony Pell’s 89, followed by a strong showing from from Scott Grimes (90) and Garrett Garcia (91).
Pell and Garcia have both been pleasant surprises for the [...]
Cate netters fall to Arnold’s Tigers
Highly ranked star Julian Arnold did what he had to do for the San Luis Obispo tennis team Monday, sweeping his singles sets as the visiting Tigers defeated Cate 11-7.
The Rams, however, saw Max Sabel, Geoffery Mak and Cam Seo each go 2-1 in singles sets while Wyatt Geiger and Blake Mackall picked up the [...]
Gaucho rally for naught in 4-3 loss to Pacific
No. 13 UCSB fought back from a 3-0 deficit to tie the score in its Big West women’s water polo game against visiting Pacific, but the Tigers scored a goal with 1:25 remaining in the fourth period to earn a 4-3 win on Sunday at Campus Pool.
Trailing 3-0, the Gauchos got on the scoreboard with [...]