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SBSC finishes short-course season strong

Friday, March 27, 2009 By 1 Comment
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Santa Barbara Swim Club has completed the short-course swimming season with over 75% best times in the various championship meets attended.  At the Southern California Junior Olympics, SBSC qualifying swimmers had multiple best times and were faced with extremely challenging competition from the rest of Southern California's swim clubs.SBSC’s Age Group Team headed north to Bakersfield to compete in the Central California Championships, where the team finished strong with multiple … [Read more...]

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Oaks Christian crushes Bishop 17-6

Friday, March 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Nothing much went right for the Bishop Diego boys baseball team in Friday's 17-6 mercy-rule loss against visiting Oaks Christian."Honestly I was kind of shocked at how good they were," said coach Brian Moulton. "That team is made up of almost all sophomores, but if they are indicative of what the rest of the Tri-Valley League is made of we have our work cut out for us." … [Read more...]

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Dons use plenty of players to down feisty Royals 12-6

Thursday, March 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Santa Barbara got a lot of different players on the court Thursday against visiting San Marcos, but coach Steve Geremia said it wasn't necessarily a cake-walk in the mighty Dons' 12-6 win over the Royals."We were able to have a lot of fresh legs continually put into the match, so they had a fatigue factor. I give them a lot of credit for fighting out every single point," he said.Geremia said that San Marcos' Garret Timmons' match against Santa Barbara's Andy Busch, which Timmons won in a … [Read more...]

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Chargers sweep Bulldogs in league opener

Thursday, March 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Everyone got to play for the Dos Pueblos volleyball team in Thursday's 25-18, 25-16, 25-17 victory at Buena."The nice thing is that I've got 12 guys who really know how to play volleyball," said coach Chris Hughes of his deep squad. "Buena is much better than they've been in the past, and this was just a good team win for us."Robbie Mestas had seven kills in the middle and Joe Lemons tallied three kills with a pair of blocks. Will McCracken had four aces and Evan "Indiana" Hamilton had … [Read more...]

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Bishop passes well but can’t take down Lions

Thursday, March 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Passing had been a problem for the Bishop Diego boys volleyball team over the past week. Well, the Cardinals' passing was outstanding on Thursday night against visiting Oaks Christian, but it was the offense that struggled in the 25-13, 25-22, 25-20 loss."It was the opposite problem tonight. I have a potpourri of feelings about this match," said coach Joe Reiken. "Our passing was so much better than Tuesday (a loss to Oak Park), We made several changes to the lineup after that match and it … [Read more...]

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Cervantes sets the pace in Carp win over Oregonites

Thursday, March 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Isacc Cervantes hit a 3-run homer in the first inning and Carpinteria exploded for 14 hits in Thursday's 12-2 baseball win over visiting Marist from Oregon.Nathan Saito had two hits, including a double, while pitching a complete-game 3-hitter, striking out five while walking only one. Diego Carrillo had a pair of doubles, as did Kyle Geary who had three hits and three runs scored. Trevor Madden also had a pair of hits on the day. … [Read more...]

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Bowles takes third, Warriors take fifth at TVL meet

Thursday, March 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Dalton Bowles took third place overall with a round of 77 as the Carpinteria boy golf team took fifth in the season's second Tri-Valley League meet, held at Montecito Country Club Thursday.Erik Price was close behind with an 81 for the Warriors, who shot a cumulative 495 on the day and are fifth overall in the league standings. Oak Park won the meet with a score of 392. … [Read more...]

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Cards go cold in final round at Villanova

Thursday, March 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Up 8-7 with three doubles sets to go, the Bishop Diego boys tennis team won only four games on the rest of the day, suffering a 10-8 Frontier League loss at Villanova on Thursday. Jordan Ekola and Matthew Grimes each went 2-1 in singles for the Cardinals (3-4, 2-1) and the doubles team of Art Gonzalez and R.J. Escamilla also went 2-1."We're disappointed, but we're ready for the next one," said Ekola. … [Read more...]

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Warriors get pinched in seventh, 4-3

Thursday, March 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment

The Carpinteria girls softball team endured a demoralizing defeat on Thursday, losing 4-3 in the bottom of the seventh inning to Grace Brethren in a Frontier League contest.Dani Mendoza led the Warriors at the plate by going 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI in the fifth inning that gave Carpinteria a brief 3-2 lead. Lily Perez had started the rally in the previous inning by knocking in two runners to even the score. … [Read more...]

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Late rally pays off in tenth for Vaqs

Thursday, March 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment

SBCC scratched and clawed its way out of a 5-2 hole in the bottom of the eighth on Thursday and went on to beat visiting Moorpark 6-5 on Brad Marasco's bases-loaded walk in the 10th.It was the third straight baseball win for the Vaqueros (15-14, 4-9),  who were down to their final out in the ninth with nobody on. Rorry Nakayama walked, pinch-hitter Chris LoPiccolo was hit by a pitch and Chavez delivered a single to right on a 2-2 pitch that tied it at 5. … [Read more...]

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Early lead slips away in Warrior loss to No. 24 Sunbirds

Thursday, March 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Despite three hits from both shortstop Zeke Torres and third baseman Jordan Bottenfield, Westmont baseball (9-23, 6-16 GSAC) suffered an 11-2 loss at the hands of the Sunbirds of #24 Fresno Pacific (20-9, 14-8 GSAC) on Thursday afternoon in Fresno.Both of Westmont's runs came in the bottom of the second inning. Taylor Maddox extended his hitting streak to six games with a one-out single and took second base when Taylor Grace grounded out to third. Torres, whose has safely hit in the last … [Read more...]

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WSC-leading Pirates don’t break for Vaqs

Thursday, March 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment

SBCC won six more singles games than it did in the first meeting with Ventura but the Pirates still posted a 9-0 men's tennis victory on Thursday. The visiting Vaqueros fell to 5-4 with one WSC match remaining at Hancock on Friday.Santa Barbara boosted its win total from 12 to 18 singles games the rematch with the defending state champions, who have swept every WSC opponent this season. Ventura is 10-1 and 8-0 in conference. … [Read more...]

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