The Santa Barbara Volleyball Club's 15-Blue team claimed 3rd place overall in Division 1 again this past Saturday in Anaheim.K.C. Collins subbed in to coach and recapped the fun day of play:“Amanda Harvey and Tristan Racich did a great job setting, distributing the ball well to all the hitters. Taylor Racich and Dani Rottman led in kills for the day. Danae Theiler made some key passes and digs in the back row. And Katie Spieler and Nicki Brown were digging machines keeping many … [Read more...]
Griggs Cup champs handle San Marcos 15-3
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
With all but one starter in action and fresh off of an unprecedented fifth-consecutive Griggs Cup victory, the Santa Barbara High boys tennis team had all the momentum heading into Tuesday's 15-3 win over San Marcos."We played them when we were pumped up, and it's easy to be pumped up when you're winning," said Dons coach Steve Geremia. "But when you're not winning and you keep battling for every point it shows who really likes to play tennis. You've gotta give San Marcos a lot of credit for … [Read more...]
Dons nearly topple first-place Bulldogs
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Rebecca Nielsen-Robbins gave the Santa Barbara softball team a lead against Channel League-leading Buena with a third inning home run, but the Bulldogs came back in the end to take the 4-3 decision.Neilsen-Robbins also pitched a complete game for the Dons and struck out four in the process. Her home run came off Buena's freshman rifler Hannah Roberg, who tallied 10 strikeouts. … [Read more...]
Arutian gets in the kill column in DP sweep
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Jordon Dyer had 10 kills on 12 swings and Brian Schoneberger had 10 put-aways on 13 attempts to go along with three blocks, carrying the Dos Pueblos boys volleyball team to a 25-13, 25-21, 25-15 sweep of Buena on Tuesday.The big story of the night, however, was that 5-9 libero Cole Arutian tallied the first kill of his career on a beautiful dink.The Chargers host San Marcos on Senior Night Thursday. … [Read more...]
Owls lose to flashes, fall into third place
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Freddy Williamson's five kills and three digs couldn't save Laguna Blanca's boys volleyball team from slipping down to third place in the Condor League with a 23-25, 25-22, 25-18, 25-22 at Fillmore."All of the games were pretty close and it was exciting volleyball, but we were unfortunately on the short end of the stick," said coach Bobby Sanchez. "We had a good start to the season, but it seems all of our opponents are getting better and we are at a standstill... We're treading water, and … [Read more...]
Spartans know Spanish, beat DP 403-426
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Carson Curtis fired a 75 Tuesday at par-71 Spanish Hills Golf Course, but it wasn't enough for the Dos Pueblos boys golf team to get past Rio Mesa as the host Spartans prevailed 403-426."We just didn't have a good day and everybody was kind of out of it," said co=captain John Yi. "The course wasn't familiar and it was kind of windy."Next up for DP (7-6) is a big match against Santa Barbara at Glen Annie on Thursday. … [Read more...]
Dons need four games to take out Cougars
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Austin Reiter had 12 kills while Tyler Worley and Alex Biedul each added nine as the Santa Barbara boys volleyball team picked up a less-than-stellar 25-21, 26-28, 25-23, 25-12 win at Ventura Tuesday."In our second game we were a little sloppy. Most of our reserves haven't had much experience together but they need to step it up to another level if they're going to get on the court," said coach Chad Arneson."Sometimes we tend to rely too much on Taylor (Fauntleroy and Chris (Pratt) and … [Read more...]
Bishop boys clinch first title since 1972
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Coach Ray "Slash" Vazquez was in pre-school the last time Bishop Diego won a league title in boys tennis.The Cardinals breezed down at St. Bonaventure on Tuesday, dominating the Seraphs 14-4 to take the Frontier League crown — their first since 1972.Freshman Max Heitmann got in the match and took a quick 5-2 lead in his set before making it exciting in a 7-5 win. Tim Illgen and Nick Lensander went 2-1 to pick up their set wins in about a month, and the team of Aaron Rubio-Daniel Helkey … [Read more...]
Royals chomp Bulldogs on home track
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Sophomore Shane Rowen continued his steady improvement as San Marcos' top triple-jumper Tuesday, picking up a personal-best mark of 43 feet, two inches Tuesday as the Royal boys tracksters defeated visiting Buena 82-44.Elysia Hodges won the 200 in 25.91 seconds as the San Marcos girls pulled out a narrow 55-51 win on the day. Other highlights included Jansen Dahill and Scott Clark each running 2:01 in the boys 800 and Jason Stevens taking the 100 hurdles in 16.56 seconds. … [Read more...]
Two-out hits fuel 9-1 DP win over San Marcos
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
San Marcos has turned from baseball bottom-feeder to league-title contender in Rob Crawford's first year as coach, but that didn't take any sting out of Dos Pueblos' home loss to the Royals back on March 27th.Johnny Corazza and the host Chargers stung back on Tuesday, dominating the Royals 9-1 to become the first Channel League team to reach five wins. With the race for the conference crown tighter than Albert Pujols in a little league jersey, that's a big deal.Corazza, a sophomore who … [Read more...]
