Christie Delgadillo captured the first win of her young career on Wednesday, blowing by the field at the season's first Frontier League meet hosted by Grace Brethren.The Bishop Diego sophomore wasn't even sure she was going to race until just before the start, but was glad she did."What she's got inside her you just can't coach," raved Cardinals coach Ray Vazquez, saying she was near or in the lead the entire race.Nicole Poindexter gave Bishop another top-10 finish by coming in … [Read more...]
Royals can dig it in loss to Pirates
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Losing stinks, but it's still possible to feel better after a loss than before it.San Marcos' girls volleyball team felt that way on Wednesday night after putting together what coach Courtney Preston said was the best effort of the young season, losing to a strong Santa Ynez squad 25-18, 21-25, 25-20, 25-19 at the Thunderhut."We definitely competed more in this match than we have in past ones," said Preston.The 4-set showdown took a full two hours to complete, and long rallies due to … [Read more...]
Rams get caught by Wildcats
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Cate girls volleyball team was swept in only its second full-length match of the season, falling 25-20, 25-20, 25-23 to Villanova on Wednesday. "We lost in three but we put up a good fight," said Rams coach Dan Terry, happy to see his team challenge the Wildcats after giving up large early leads. Addison Mayfield recorded a team-high five kills with four digs and sophomore Emma Birrell collected four kills and three digs. Senior Grace Williams posted four solo blocks. Cate is now 1-1 in … [Read more...]
Royals’ doubles doing the dominating
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The San Marcos girls tennis team hasn't lost a doubles set in three matches and has three straight wins to show for it after a 14-4 defeat of Cate on Wednesday.Christine Pearson and Amy Ransohoff have won nine sets over that stretch that includes wins over Santa Ynez and Buena.San Marcos improves to 5-3 with the non-league win while Cate falls to 1-3.Cate's Marguerite Mannix gave the Royals trouble, sweeping her three sets. Madison Snider captured the Rams' other set.The Amy … [Read more...]
Quick Hits: Indiana-UCSB match has it all
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It’s UCSB vs. Indiana, two of the premier programs in the country. It’s a national TV game. And it’s a celebration of the 2004 team that rocked the college soccer world and stamped the Gauchos as a national powerhouse in the sport.What other reasons do you need to be in attendance at Harder Stadium on Friday night?“My plan is this place is going to be full,” UCSB coach Tim Vom Steeg said about the 8 p.m. clash between national championship programs. Indiana has won seven … [Read more...]
“Timo” takes gold for Presidio Fencing Club
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Presidio Fencing Club opened the Scholastic League with a big win in Saturday's Middle School foil competition. After going undefeated all day, Timothy "Timo" Stanton took home the gold in the men's event at Chaminade High School in West Hills.Teammates Sophie Russo and Amanda Chung went undefeated in the pool round of the women's event, with Russo ultimately earning the silver medal and Chung finishing fifth.In the High School division, Presidio's Keric Moore took sixth place in … [Read more...]
Chargers rough up Bulldogs
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It wasn't much of a contest, but the Dos Pueblos girls tennis team will take a Channel League win any day. On Tuesday, the Chargers easily defeated Buena 17-1.Shelbi Nigh swept her sets 6-0, 6-2, 6-0. The doubles teams of Katie O'Brien/Rachel Amspoker and Sophia Rasmussen/Hanna Schmidt also took down three sets for the Chargers.Dos Pueblos is now 6-2 overall, 2-1 in league.DOS PUEBLOS 17, BUENA 1DP Singles: Warriner 2-0, Pitzer 1-0, Redford 2-1, Nigh 3-0. DP Doubles: Kim … [Read more...]
Nineteen Dons pitch in against Ventura
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Steve Geremia used a small army against Ventura on Tuesday, finding matchtime for 19 players in a 11-7 Channel League victory.Taryn Mjelde took two sets in singles without a loss, as did all three starting doubles teams. Grace Flintermann and Laurie Spatz each won the only set they played in singles.Geremia called Mjelde's set against Ventura's Allison Meyer as the match of the day. Mjelde, having never led, caught Meyer at 5-5 and went on to win 7-5.Of Flintermann, he said, "we … [Read more...]
Bullemer tops Chargers in season-best display
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Nicole Bullemer turned in an even-par round at Buenaventura Golf Course on Tuesday, setting an example her team followed as the Dos Pueblos girls golf team recorded its season-low in a 191-233 Channel League win over Buena.Vanesa Villa scored a 2-over 37 and freshman Bekah Beveridge lowered her career best by a handful of strokes with a 38. Emily Fox also broke 40 with a 39 and Grace Jeong rounded out the top-5 with a 42."We're really happy with where we're at," said Chargers coach Dan … [Read more...]
DP stays focused, mounts huge comeback over Dons
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 By 3 Comments
Up 2-0, Santa Barbara smelled blood.Dos Pueblos found a band-aid and stopped the bleeding.Tuesday night's girls volleyball match lived up to the hype and then some, as the Chargers stormed back after dropping the first two sets to defeat the Dons 23-25, 23-25, 25-19, 25-13, 15-13 in front of a roaring crowd at Sovine Gym.Dos Pueblos could have easily said "here we go again" after losing the first two games. After all, the last time the teams met was November's CIF Finals at Rob Gym, … [Read more...]
