Cyclist Adam Duvendeck interview from late July, READ MORESoon-to-be UCSB golfer Russell Boring qualifies for U.S. Amateur Championship in Oklahoma. SBCC's Andrew Perez will also compete next week, READ MOREBen Howland forced to take a pay cut as UCLA head basketball coach, READ MORETodd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser win sixth AVP event of season in San Francisco, READ MORE … [Read more...]
Riptide wraps up with 5-1 record in N.Y.
Friday, August 14, 2009 By 1 Comment
The Santa Barbara Riptide, a 12-and-under club team, capped a successful season and two years of fine play together by traveling to Cooperstown, New York, recently to compete with teams from across the nation.Santa Barbara squared off against teams from the East, South and Midwest during a week of tournament play held in the Cooperstown Dreams Park, a kind of twelve-year-old baseball heaven, with its collection of 22 perfect diamonds plus dormitories where the boys and coaches stayed.The … [Read more...]
Freeman finishes second to WR in 100 breaststroke
Thursday, August 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
UCSB alum Katy Freeman continued her impressive work at the U.S. Open Swimming Championships with a personal-best time in the 100-meter breaststroke Friday night.Freeman, a former UCSB swimmer now competing for Santa Barbara Aquatics, placed second in the race with a finish of 1 minute, 5.35 seconds.Jessica Hardy won the race in a world-record time of 1:04.45, her second world record in two days. … [Read more...]
Coaches declare Gauchos Big West favorites
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
In a vote of the Big West men's soccer coaches, UCSB was tabbed the favorite to claim the league championship it was announced today.UCSB claimed the top position after collecting 45 points, which included four first place votes. Seniors Martin Hedevag (3 g, 2 a) and David Walker (3 g, 1 a) return to lead UCSB in its quest for the conference crown. The Gauchos also have the services of talented sophomores Danny Barrera (1 g, 5 a), Luis Silva (1 g, 4 a) and Michael Tetteh (2 g, 1 a) … [Read more...]
Local players lift underdog Fusion to PDL title
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A fusion of local collegiate soccer standouts was a big factor in the Ventura County Fusion’s championship season in the United Soccer League’s Premier Developmental League. The Fusion, an underdog which came into the tournament seeded No. 20, played with a man down for 55 minutes but still defeated the Chicago Fire 2-1 last weekend.It was recently graduated UCSB captain Alfonso Motagalvan that played the role of hero, netting the winning goal deep into injury time to send the sellout … [Read more...]
Foresters make annual hospital visit in Wichita
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
More important than any of the baseball being played at the NBC World Series in Wichita is the work that was done by the Santa Barbara Foresters Friday, as they visited pediatric patients at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital bearing gifts and smiles.The team, which has been making the visits for 15 years, delivered teddy bears, books and toy cars to children of all ages with all sorts of serious illnesses. … [Read more...]
Charger spikers take Oxnard tourney title
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The power-packed Dos Pueblos girls volleyball team made an early statement last weekend, taking down Harvard-Westlake 25-23, 25-20, 18-25, 25-23 to win the Oxnard Summer Invitational.The Chargers, last year’s Channel League champs and CIF runners-up, took down Long Beach Wilson in a hard-fought semifinal match 25-18, 22-25, 25-10, 17-25, 15-7.“The girls showed a lot of poise in the tight games and everyone played extremely well all weekend,” said first-year head coach Todd Garrett. … [Read more...]
Nguyen, Simon, Stratman seek national titles
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Daniel Nyugen and Spencer Simon are still in the hunt for a junior tennis USTA Hardcourt National Championship this week in Kalamazoo, Washington, and Lauren Stratman is in San Diego vying for a girls national title. Nguyen, a Santa Barbara High graduate who is currently playing at USC, and partner JT Sundling have defended their No. 1 seed in the boys 18s well so far, winning two matches in straight sets to reach the Round of 16. … [Read more...]
Foresters fall to Broncos 4-3
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
WICHITA — The Santa Barbara Foresters lost their first game of the National Baseball Congress World Series, falling to the El Dorado Broncos 4-3 Monday night at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium."It was a great baseball game and our guys battled, but we just came up short. I'm proud of our guys," said manager Bill Pintard.The team now has two days off before playing in an elimination game on Thursday.The game endured a two-hour rain delay after the first inning as heavy lightning storms … [Read more...]
