The Cate baseball team was able to use all 17 players in uniform to get ready for Wednesday's Condor League opener, thanks to a 24-0 thrashing of Santa Maria's Valley Christian on Saturday. The Rams collected 25 hits in the five innings before the game was called, including five alone from leadoff man Michael Moya. Jackson Mauza banged a home run and two doubles on the day and Michael McMahon and Nathan Vice also posted three hits each. … [Read more...]
Warriors stifled in GSAC doubleheader
Saturday, March 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Westmont baseball dropped both games to the Lancers of California Baptist (21-14, 12-12 GSAC) on Saturday at Russ Carr Field in a Golden State Athletic Conference doubleheader. The Lancers claimed the first game by a score of 10-5 before shutting out the Warriors in the second, 4-0.Six runs in the third inning gave the Lancer's an 8-1 lead and more runs that they would need in the opening game. The Warriors (9-25, 6-18 GSAC) scored one in the second off a lead-off home run by second … [Read more...]
Royals win one for the ages, 5-4
Saturday, March 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It was a long time in the making, but the San Marcos baseball team beat Dos Pueblos on Friday.So long that none of the current Royals seniors had ever done it, not even the previous senior class. San Marcos snapped a lengthy 17-game losing streak to the crosstown Chargers in a 5-4 thriller that came down to the final out. San Marcos last defeated Dos Pueblos in baseball 9-5 on April 22, 2003. … [Read more...]
Cate skates past Seraphs in 18-0 blowout
Friday, March 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Freshman Austin Lokre had a breakout match for the Cate boys tennis team Friday, sweeping his sets 6-3, 6-0, 6-1 to lead the Rams to an 18-0 blowout of visiting St. Bonaventure.Junior Cam Seo won his two sets 6-0, 6-1 while Van Som came in and nabbed a 6-0 victory. … [Read more...]
DP defense holds up in 3-0 win over San Marcos
Friday, March 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A quick three runs held up for Dos Pueblos' softball team in Friday afternoon's 3-0 win over visiting San Marcos."It can be really critical to a game getting the runs early like that, because it really sets the tone and can even put some intimidation on the field," said DP captain Ashley Herald, who went 2-for-2 with an RBI.Well, San Marcos didn't look too intimidated after falling behind, allowing just three hits in the final four innings — but the Royals couldn't cash in the runs … [Read more...]
Gauchos make some noise in Big West opener
Friday, March 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
NORTHRIDGE - Nine different UCSB players had an RBI and every starter had a hit as part of a 20-hit attack as the No. 19 Gauchos opened Big West play with a 21-12 victory over Cal State Northridge.It is the second time already this season that UCSB has scored at least 20 runs. The Gauchos, who improved to 14-5 with the victory, scored 25 runs two weekends ago vs. St. Mary's.Last year's UCSB squad also scored 20 runs twice, defeating Westmont 25-3 on April 15 and then beating USC 23-2 … [Read more...]
Cougars edge Chargers in great matchup
Friday, March 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Dos Pueblos went down to Ventura on Thursday and ended up on the wrong end of what was an outstanding high school track meet between the Chargers and Cougars. DP's girls team took a 75-52 loss, while the boys side came down to the final event — the high jump — with Ventura pulling it out by getting two jumpers to clear 6'2" while Patrick Smith was the only Charger to make the height."Some aspects of the meet weren't necessarily handled in an ideal way but it was once again an outstanding … [Read more...]
Buena busts Dons for 11 unanswered
Friday, March 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Santa Barbara baseball team quickly pushed over three runs in the first inning on Friday, sending a message to Buena that it wanted to remain undefeated in the Channel League. The Bulldogs either missed the memo or didn't listen, punishing the Dons with 11 unanswered runs to take the decision 11-4.The Dons, now 3-4 overall and 1-1 in league, had been the only unbeaten Channel League team before Friday. … [Read more...]
Club América, Morelia bring rivalry to Harder
Friday, March 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
To put it in a context local sports fans can relate to, having Mexican professional soccer giant Club America playing in Santa Barbara is like having the New York Yankees come to town.Club America is the richest team in Mexico, owned by the media giant Televisa. Recognized throughout the soccer world by their bright yellow uniforms and a team emblem of a yellow soccer ball emblazoned with the American continents and the letters CA on it, los Aguilas (the Eagles) have won 33 … [Read more...]
SBCC men capture second behind Worthge’s leaps
Friday, March 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Johnathan Worthge captured the triple jump and long jump on Friday at La Playa Stadium, helping the SBCC men's track team to a season-best second place in WSC Mini-Meet No. 4.Cuesta claimed the title in the four-team meet with 74 points. Santa Barbara was second with 45, edging third-place Santa Monica by five points.Worthge recorded a season-best 41 feet, 4 inches in the triple jump and won the long jump at 21-0. Ossie Castorena topped the shot-put field with a heave of 44-2. The … [Read more...]
Vaqueros turn around to rout Hancock
Friday, March 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Playing its second match in 24 hours didn't bother the SBCC men's tennis team as it took care of Hancock 8-1 on Friday in Santa Maria. The Vaqueros finished with a 6-4 record and have an outside shot at a playoff berth, according to coach Don Lowry."We're peaking at the right time," he noted. "We let some guys rest today like our No. 1 Ryan Sweeney and Alex Zazove (who only played doubles)." … [Read more...]
Poindexter a triple-winner at Malibu Invitational
Friday, March 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Bishop Diego freshman Nicole Poindexter won the 100-meters (13.4 seconds) and 200-meters (28.69) as well as the long jump (1:05-3) this past Saturday at the 5th annual Malibu Invitatonal.The Cardinals' 4x100 girls relay team took second with a 54.94. The team is comprised of Cynthia Trejo, Veronica Manzo, Melissa Georgi, and Poindexter. Senior Elisa Munoz took second in the girls discus with a throw of 79-8, and junior Melissa Georgi took second behind Poindexter in the 200 with a time of … [Read more...]
