Dons take three points this time from DP

Santa Barbara's Jesse Gonzalez sends a ball forward during the first half of the Dons' 2-1 victory at Peabody Stadium.

For not having played in a couple of weeks because of the rain, Santa Barbara High’s boys soccer team looked pretty sharp in the first 20 minutes of its key Channel League match against Dos Pueblos on Thursday.Running on all cylinders, the CIF Division 2 top-ranked Dons got goals from Christian Pardo and Fernando Alvarado in the first 10 minutes before cooling off and settling for a 2-1 victory over the Chargers in a rescheduled afternoon game at Peabody Stadium. (There was a problem with … [Read more...]

Royals look strong in loss to Fountain Valley

Thursday's 5-3 loss to No. 9 Fountain Valley provided a measuring stick for the improvement of the San Marcos girls water polo team. In their first game of the year, the Royals fell to the very same squad 13-5."We came out and played the best team defensive game we've played all year," said coach Brian Roth.Down 3-0 at the half, Roth challenged his players to get three goals of their own and hold Fountain Valley to under six in the game, and they did just that.Brittny Hummel had a … [Read more...]

DP wrestlers down Santa Barbara, 54-21

Dos Pueblos' wrestling squad picked up a 54-21 win over Santa Barbara's up-and-coming program on Thursday. The Dons forfeited seven matches, but won five bouts on the night."It wasn't a very good matchup for some of our younger guys in those matches. Coach (Jesse) Plowman is doing a nice job over there," said DP coach Anthony Califano.The Chargers host San Marcos in a key matchup on Tuesday.DOS PUEBLOS 54, SANTA BARBARA 21103 — Chad Lampe, DP, by forfeit112 — Shannon … [Read more...]

SBCC breaks out with upset of No. 2 Reedley

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SBCC opened the women's tennis season with an impressive 6-3 win over Reedley on Thursday at Pershing Park. Reedley, the Northern California runner-up last year with a 22-2 record, was ranked No. 2 in the Northern Cal preseason poll."Our singles did well and we showed our strength and depth," said Vaquero coach Debbie Ekola. "We did well in the middle and bottom (of the lineup). Our strength is our depth."Singles winners included No. 2 Kendra Ross, No. 3 Anna Slyutova, No. 5 Amy … [Read more...]

Dons run over Chargers, while Chargers have to run

Even if you showed up 10 minutes after Thursday's game at Girsh Park had ended, you'd know right away who won.Santa Barbara High's girls soccer team had a brief meeting before packing up and leaving.Dos Pueblos was running sprints and doing push-ups.The Dons played a rock-solid all-around game, controlling possession and getting all the good looks in a 2-0 victory which decided who would take sole possession of first place in the Channel League. Dena Slaff scored off of a cross from … [Read more...]

Warrior hoopsters take over second place

Amanda Burch scored 21 points and Caitlin Wallace added 17 on Thursday as the Carpinteria girls basketball team took sole possession of second place in the Frontier League with a 43-21 win over Malibu.Wallace added 11 rebounds, five assists and a steal, while Sierra Freeman had five steals. The win avenged an earlier home loss the Warriors suffered against the sharks."This was sweet," said coach Dan Mercer. "We've won five in a row and we're building up a lot of confidence at the right … [Read more...]

Cardinals crushed by league-leading Saints

Santa Clara had four players in double figures on Thursday, shooting down Bishop Diego's girls basketball team 63-42 in a Frontier League contest."They're at least 20 points better then everyone in our league," said Cardinals head coach Jeff Burich, who was surprised by how well the Saints shot the ball from the perimeter.Santa Clara connected on six 3-pointers, three coming from leading scorer Chanel Smith, who had 18 points.Janelle Kohler led Bishop Diego with 10 points and 10 … [Read more...]

Cardinals let flood gates open

Bishop Diego's girls soccer team may have suffered a 4-0 Frontier League loss at Santa Paula on Thursday, but the Cardinals were in the game until the final minutes.Santa Paula, also the Cardinals, scored three times in the last eight minutes to turn a 1-0 game into a rout."When we gave up the second goal, I think we just mentally collapsed," said Bishop head coach Brent Gonsalves, whose team faces league-leading Malibu on Saturday.It will be the third game this week for the … [Read more...]

Warriors’ pair ends dry spell

Carpinteria's boys soccer team overcame its recent scoring problems on Thursday, finding the back of the net twice in a 2-0 Tri-Valley League victory over Santa Paula.The Warriors failed to score in the first half, which stretched their scoreless streak to the equivalent of three-straight games.But Warriors head coach reassured his side at halftime, saying the goals would come.It took a penalty kick for the Warriors to break the dry spell, as Oscar Montes converted a PK created by … [Read more...]

UCSB’s charge turns sour

SAN LUIS OBISPO – Meagan Williams had a season-high 23 points, but it was points Nos. 24 and 25 that she’ll remember most from Thursday’s game vs. Cal Poly at Mott Gym.With 18 seconds left and the Gauchos trailing by two points, Williams drove past Rachel Clancy and made it to the hoop, her layup good as she and Cal Poly’s Abby Bloetscher collided and each fell to the floor. An offensive foul was called, erasing Williams’ bucket and UCSB’s chance for a victory.The … [Read more...]

Royals pick up first Channel League point

San Marcos got off the schneid on Thursday, picking up its first boys soccer points of the Channel League season with a 1-1 tie against Buena.Chris Olmedo assisted Scott Messier on a header in the 15th minute for Messier's first goal of the season. The match leveled out for the rest of the half, but Olmedo was red-carded for choice language right before the break and Buena got the equalizer on the ensuing kick,Despite being a man down for the second half, coach Brian Eisen said that his … [Read more...]

Kepner keeps Gauchos in the win column

SANTA CLARA - Junior Katie Kepner scored the game-winner in sudden victory overtime to propel No. 15 UC Santa Barbara past No. 18 Santa Clara, 6-5, at the Broncos' Sullivan Aquatics Center on Thursday afternoon.With the win, UCSB improves to 3-0 on the young season while Santa Clara starts its season at 0-1.After two scoreless three-minute overtime periods, Kepner was able to break the stalemate in sudden victory overtime, scoring off a pass from senior Lizzie Rouleau to give the … [Read more...]