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"In Southern California, there's no equal to DP right now."Santa Barbara High head coach John Gannon said that to the audience after the girls volleyball Tournament of Champions wrapped up on Saturday night.He may be right, but when it comes to the state — no, the whole country — Archbishop Mitty is the biggest pumpkin in the patch, and on Halloween night the Monarchs spooked the Chargers into some key passing breakdowns to win the tourney title 25-21, 25-19, 23-25, 25-21."It's … [Read more...]
Cate's 8-man football showed a new wildcat formation on Saturday with the purpose of getting the ball into the hands of Randy Person.It's easy to see why after Person rushed for four touchdowns and added another on a 78-yard kick return in a 56-6 mercy-rule decision at Laguna Blanca."He's a pretty talented runner. He makes things happen and he can also throw the ball," explained Cate's head coach Ben Soto, detailing the options it gives the Rams heading into a de facto Condor League … [Read more...]
Maybe, just maybe, the UCSB women's volleyball team will wake up on Monday morning and finally find themselves ranked in the AVCA Top-25.In one of the Gauchos' best matches in recent memory, UCSB swept Long Beach State 25-23, 25-20, 25-16 on Saturday night in the Thunderdome, snapping an eight-match losing skid to the 49ers.GAUCHOS TEAM PAGEDespite already winning four matches vs. Top-25 teams this season, UCSB (18-5 overall, 8-3 in the Big West) hasn't cracked the top-25 and … [Read more...]
There were lots of treats in Saturday afternoon's Halloween football bash between SBCC and West L.A. in Culver City but the Vaqueros were foiled in the final minute when a potential game-tying 2-point PAT pass was ruled incomplete.After recovering an onside kick, the Wildcats (2-6, 1-4) ran out the clock for a 42-40 American Pacific Conference victory that snapped a five-game losing streak. Cale Carson, making his first college start at quarterback, completed 14-of-22 passes for 209 yards … [Read more...]
Playing in the final game of the regular season, Hugo Pizano and Doug Harrell each scored twice as Westmont men’s soccer shutout Vanguard 4-0 on the Lions’ home field.“It was and incredible performance. The best regular season performance I’ve seen in probably 10 years,” said Westmont Head Coach Dave Wolf. “They didn’t put a foot wrong the entire evening. It was a great way to end up the regular season.”Westmont’s first goal came in the tenth minute of the game when … [Read more...]
Four Warriors scored in double figures but Westmont women’s basketball opened up the exhibition season with a 72-61 exhibition loss to the Waves of Pepperdine.Senior post Alisha Heglund led the Warriors with 14 points while senior point guard Amber Stevens tallied 12. Junior forward Angel Blanco scored 11 points and sophomore guard Angel Blanco contributed 10 to the Warrior cause.WARRIORS TEAM PAGE“Today was a good example of our balanced offensive attack,” noted Westmont Head … [Read more...]
For the fifth time in seven years, the Gaucho women's cross country squad captured the Big West team championship. Saturday's meet was held at UC Riverside's Agricultural Operations course.The Gauchos scored 51 points to capture the crown, ahead of second-place UC Davis (61 points) and third-place Cal Poly (74 points). The top runner for UCSB was Crystal Reed, who was competing in her first Big West Championship meet. Reed's time over the 6k course was 20:43.5, which was good for fourth … [Read more...]
For the final regular season game of the 2009 season, Westmont women’s soccer traveled to Costa Mesa to take on #6 Vanguard (11-1-4, 5-1-4 GSAC). The two teams struggled for 110 minutes, but the game ended in a time when neither team found a way to put the ball in the net.The Warriors finished tied with Fresno Pacific for seventh place in the Golden State Athletic Conference standings and will be the eighth seed in next week’s GSAC Tournament. Westmont will match up with top-seeded and … [Read more...]
Senior middle blocker Katey Lowry recorded 12 kills and posted an attack percentage of .556 as the Warriors notched their second Golden State Athletic Conference sweep of the weekend by defeating San Diego Christian 25-19, 25-22, 25-18. The Warriors (15-11, 6-10 GSAC) tallied a team attack percentage of .333.With an 8-9 advantage in the first set, Lowry delivered a kill and Kristin Schroeder served two aces to give the Warriors a 12-8 lead. After a kill by San Diego Christians’ Courtney … [Read more...]
The Laguna Blanca girls volleyball team maintained its dominance over the Condor League this season, posting a 25-15, 25-17, 25-15 sweep at Cate on Halloween.The Owls, 5-0 in league, haven't dropped a set in those five wins. Laguna, owners of a six-match win streak, close out the season at Dunn on Wednesday.OWLS TEAM PAGERAMS TEAM PAGECate can clinch second place in league on Wednesday if it beats Thacher for a second time this season."We put up a good fight," said Rams coach … [Read more...]
STANFORD — A strong second quarter propelled No. 3 Stanford to a 13-8 victory over No. 9 UCSB on Saturday afternoon at Avery Aquatics Center.With the loss, UCSB falls to 10-10 on the year and 0-3 in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play. Stanford improved to 16-1 and 4-0 in MPSF games.Junior Milos Golic was the first to strike when he scored the first goal just 30 seconds into the game on a six-on-five. During the next possession, Jacob Smith tied the game during a Stanford power … [Read more...]
