SINGLES MVP — Patrick Lenz, Freshman, Villanova. DOUBLES MVPs — Wyatt Oroke-Aaron Chen, Villanova. FIRST TEAM SINGLES Bishop Diego: Jordan Ekola St. Bonaventure: Austin Garcia FIRST TEAM DOUBLES Bishop Diego: Sean Stratford-Jones-Nick Mathis St. Bonaventure: Jake Ackerman-Mike Aston … [Read more...]
All-Tri-Valley League Boys Volleyball 2009
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MVP – Eric Varney, Senior, Oak Park FIRST TEAM Bishop Diego: Garrick Vanderfin, Connor MacGillivray. Oak Park: Jeff Sakaida, Whitney Warren. Oaks Christian: Oliver MacPherson, Alani Fua. Malibu: Ben Apstein. Carpinteria: Derek Castile. … [Read more...]
All-Tri-Valley League Baseball 2009
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MVP – Michael Marrieta, 12, St. Bonaventure FIRST TEAM St. Bonaventure: Joe Luna, David Trejo, Cody Kurz, Drew Gibson, Nick Pann. Oaks Christian: Nick Pann, Drew Hacker, George Youmans, Travis Radke. Oak Park: Bryan Langolis, Jake Hagen. Carpinteria: Kyle Geary, Nathan Saito. Bishop Diego: Cody Yokubaitis. Fillmore: Nathan Ibarra. Malibu: Jesse Conrad. … [Read more...]
All-Frontier League Softball 2009
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MVP – Kassy Dunn, Soph., Grace Brethren FIRST TEAM Grace Brethren: Danielle Fletcher, Rhianne Topp, Brianne Lundgren. Nordhoff: Ashley Pulido, Kelsey Endo, McKenna Myers, Alex Thorp. Carpinteria: Nicole Pearce, Dani Mendoza. Bishop Diego: Jennifer Jimenez. Malibu: Jamie Samuel, Lauren Haag, Sanja VanSoelen. … [Read more...]
Barons beat out “underachieving” Foresters in tenth, 4-3
Saturday, June 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
COMPTON — Casey McMurray was running at full speed, but the Santa Barbara Foresters aren't quite up to speed yet in their young season.McMurray legged out an infield single with two outs in the top of the ninth inning Friday and pinch-runner Michael Liberto eventually came around to score and tie the game at 3-3, but the Foresters ended up losing to the Urban Academy Barons 4-3 in 10 innings down in South Los Angeles."That was a huge play, and I thought for sure that it was an … [Read more...]
72nd Semana Nautica covers lots of ground
Friday, June 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The 72nd edition of Santa Barbara's longest running sports festival, Semana Nautica, is fast approaching, with events beginning on Wednesday, July 1 and running until Sunday, July 12.A vast array of popular summer sporting competitions fall under the Semana Nautica umbrella, including the 15k run, the 73rd Santa Barbara Tennis Open and the Krazy Kardboard Kayak Race.There are two new events to this year's program, including 3, 6, and 12 mile standup paddleboard races on Saturday, … [Read more...]
San Luis gives Foresters the Blues, 4-1
Thursday, June 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Santa Barbara Foresters had played their last two series against rather rag-tag squads with small rosters and high school players.Walking into Caesar Uyesaka Stadium during batting practice Thursday, it was clear that the San Luis Blues were no such team. Decked out in matching warm-ups and carrying 36 players from top college programs throughout the country, the Blues got ahead early and defeated the similarly structured Foresters 4-1.Though it was not a California Collegiate … [Read more...]
Vickers, Warren, Mauze make All-CIF first team
Thursday, June 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Dos Pueblos' Robert Vickers and Cate's John Warren and Jackson Mauze were recognized as first-team All-CIF selections after stellar baseball seasons, with Warren and Mauze leading the Rams all the way to the CIF Division VII title game.Carpinteria's Nathan Saito was named to the second team in Division IV and Cate added two more All-CIF selections in second-teamers Michael McMahon and Michael Moya. Mauze and Moya, who will both be juniors next season, return to a Rams team that went 19-2. … [Read more...]
DP’s Harris earns All-CIF nod as freshman
Thursday, June 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Dos Pueblos freshman Hannah Harris was the lone Channel League player named to an All-CIF team for the 2009 season, making the second team in Division IV. Harris led DP to a 14-14 record and a CIF playoff berth while batting .333 on the season and allowing only 1.35 earned runs per nine innings as the Chargers' ace pitcher. … [Read more...]
Morgan named Honorable Mention All-American
Thursday, June 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
UCSB senior Gillian Morgan was named an Honorable Mention All-American by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches it was announced on Thursday. The utility player led the Gauchos and the Big West Conference in goals during her final year in the blue and gold.Morgan is the first UCSB player since the 2006 season to earn All-American honors. She also earned First Team All-Big West honors following the 2009 campaign.Morgan, who hails from Sacramento, led the Big West with an … [Read more...]
McDaniel leads Club West at USATF Junior Olympics
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Eight members of the Club West Youth Track team traveled to Cerritos this past weekend for the 2009 USATF Southern California Association Junior Olympics Track and Field Championships. A total of 20 events were entered and after three days of competition one new meet record and nine personal records were established. "These kids have worked very hard for four months,” said coach Rob Thayer. “It is so exciting to see each one of them realize that the last four months of hard work can … [Read more...]
Harris brings the lumber in Foresters’ 8-4 victory
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
David Harris is a quiet guy, but his bat did a lot of talking on Wednesday.The Pepperdine Wave went 3-for-4 with a triple, two doubles and four RBIs as the Santa Barbara Foresters played what coach Bill Pintard called their best offensive game of the season, downing the Fontanetti's Athletics 8-4 at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium."Everyone was really into the game today, and there were a lot of intense at-bats," said Harris. "There are a lot of great guys getting to know each other on this team … [Read more...]
