Santa Barbara's Sports News and Information
NEWPORT BEACH - Seeded No. 2 at Newport Harbor's Holiday Cup, Dos Pueblos' girls water polo team made sure everyone knows who is really No. 1.The Chargers, ranked No. 1 in the CIF preseason poll to the Sailors' No. 2, brought down the No. 1-seeded host 7-4 on Thursday for the tournament title.Dos Pueblos improves to 11-0 after four tournament wins, including a 6-4 victory over Corona del Mar in the tournament's semifinals earlier on Thursday.PHOTO GALLERY"I think this is … [Read more...]
NEWPORT BEACH - As if the numbers were mocking it, Santa Barbara's girls water polo team struggled in 6-on-5 situations on Thursday and ironically lost to Palos Verdes 6-5 in the Newport Harbor Holiday Cup seventh-place game.Santa Barbara managed to score just once on 10 man-up opportunities while allowing the Sea Queens to convert on four-of-six on theirs. "If you do that you're going to lose," said Dons head coach Mark Walsh, frustrated that 6-on-5 situations have been a … [Read more...]
San Marcos' girls basketball team is happy to say good-bye to 2009 after a 60-36 loss to Moorpark on New Year's Eve at the Thousand Oaks Tournament."We just didn't really show up," said Royals coach Kristyn Miller, who was still happy with San Marcos' 10-8 preseason record despite what she thought was a lackluster final week of the calendar year. "This whole tournament, we didn't play up to our potential." The Royals put themselves at a disadvantage early by staking Moorpark a 23-5 … [Read more...]
Arsema Berhane recorded career highs with 13 points and 16 rebounds off the bench Wednesday night, leading SBCC to a 66-37 women's basketball victory at Long Beach City College. Berhane, a 5-7 freshman from Stockholm, Sweden, grabbed 13 of her team's 37 offensive rebounds."We played really well," said coach Sandrine Krul, after her club improved to 8-9 with its second win over the Vikings this season. "Arsema was an animal on the boards. Everyone we put in was very productive."Francesca … [Read more...]
The San Marcos offense and defense pulled the ol' switcheroo at halftime of Wednesday's third-place game of the Holiday Classic, and it led to a 50-47 win over Troy."We played great defense and only scored 18 points in the first half, while in the second half our offense got going but we couldn’t stop them," said coach Jarrod Bradley, whose team is now 12-3 heading into Channel League play.All-tourney selection JP Dodson went 6-for-7 from the charity stripe down the stretch to seal the … [Read more...]
Chuy Lopez was named the lower-weight MVP at the Blackhawk Invitational on Wednesday as the Dos Pueblos wrestling squad finished fifth out of 32 teams in the tournament. The 140-pounder won all of his matches by pin.Mario Elias was the runner-up among the 135-pounders.La Quinta Blackhawk Invitational 112 - Shannon Dixon - 5th 125 - Harrison Solomon - 7th 130 - Richard Case - 4th 130 - Max Ross - 6th 135 - Mario Elias- 2nd 140 - Chuy Lopez - 1st 160 - Abraham Lizama - 5th … [Read more...]
SPOKANE, Wash. - Gonzaga jumped out to a double-digit lead less than five minutes into the game Wednesday night and didn't stop from there, handily defeating UC Santa Barbara 88-52.The Gauchos lost for the fourth straight time and fall to 3-9 overall while Gonzaga, which is receiving votes in the Top-25 poll, improves to 11-4.Last season UCSB defeated a Gonzaga team that made the second round of the NCAA Tournament at the Thunderdome and it seemed that the Bulldogs were bent on getting … [Read more...]
The theme for the Westmont men's basketball team this year is depth, and Wednesday night's Tom Byron Classic championship game was a testament to that. For the fourth straight game, the Warriors had five players in double figures as Westmont overcame Central College 80-75 in Murchison Gym.It was the Warriors' third straight win in the tournament, and their 20th in the Classic's 34-year history."??We expect to win,"? said senior guard Matt LeDuc.The score was close in the beginning … [Read more...]
After seven quarters with little offensive production on Tuesday, Elias Munoz scored seven points in the fourth quarter of a win over Morro Bay. The Bishop Diego sophomore carried it over to Wednesday, scoring 11 of his 20 points in the first quarter as the Cardinals finished the Valley Christian Tournament with a 68-27 win over Kern Valley."He's still young. He always guards the other teams best defender for us and rebounds hard, so he has to learn that even when the shots aren't falling he … [Read more...]
Rebecca Griffin erupted for 27 points and the Santa Barbara girls basketball team dominated San Francisco’s El Camino 74-48 in its final pool play game at the Righetti Tournament on Wednesday. Griffin struggled in the nightcap, however, going just 3-for-23 as the Dons fell to the host Warriors 46-43.Griffin tossed in five 3-pointers in the first game, while Tess Emerson added 16 points and Jackie Kerns chipped in 10 for the Dons, who led 45-33 at halftime.Freshman sensation … [Read more...]
Luther Tarver-Burks has been carrying the offensive load for the Laguna Blanca boys basketball team all season, but the Owls received a much more balanced effort on Wednesday in a 62-50 win over Grace Brethren at the Valley Christian Academy Tournament.Four Owls reached double-figures, including 16 points from Logan Elder. Tarver-Burks finished with 19."Logan's getting better and better each game. The thing I like about him is that he plays with a lot of heart. He runs his butt off," … [Read more...]
“You lose a lot of hairs when you coach a team of sophomores and freshmen,” said Maynard Pilapil.It’s a good thing the Dos Pueblos girls basketball coach keeps his head closely shaved.The Chargers had blown out Lompoc a few weeks ago thanks to 35 points from Jasmine Mata, but it was a little different on Wednesday. Dos Pueblos trailed for the first 30 minutes before winning the fourth quarter 14-6 and pulling out a 47-45 win over the Braves at the Righetti Tournament.Mata had … [Read more...]
