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SBART holds 43rd annual banquet

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 By
2010 Athletes of the Year

The Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table closed out the year with another packed-house affair at Fess Parker's Doubletree for the 43rd annual Hall of Fame Banquet on Monday night.The inductees as well as Coaches and Athletes of the Year were honored, with highlights including a video acceptance speech from Dodger Stadium by Hall-of-Famer Ryan Spilborghs, who plays for the Colorado Rockies. Another great moment was when Ryan Brown, son of the late Kevin Brown, accepted for his father.The … [Read more...]

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Platt, Perry, Ward on right side of cut

Monday, May 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Laguna Blanca's Niall Platt, San Marcos' Dodge Ward and Santa Barbara High's Jack Perry will among those competing for an SCGA individual title next week after the trio made the cut at Monday's CIF-SS Individual Final at La Purisma Golf Course.Servite's Patrick Cantlay bested the field by four strokes to take the CIF title. Cantlay's four-under 68 beat out St. Joseph's Chris Blystone and Estancia's Jake Knapp, each with 72s.Platt had the best round of the local threesome, carding a … [Read more...]

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Summer Slam set for World Cup weekend

Monday, May 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment

PresidioSports.com is happy to announce the opening of registration for this year's Santa Barbara Beach Soccer Summer Slam.The 2010 Summer Slam is an official Semana Nautica event, to be held Saturday, July 10th on West Beach. It is also conveniently scheduled on the same weekend as the FIFA World Cup final, when soccer fever will be at its highest pitch.The beach soccer tournament, which will feature 5-on-5 play in the sand, will feature brackets consisting of an Open Division, plus … [Read more...]

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WeissCrax: Running in Maddie’s world

Monday, May 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Maddie and Randy were running

It’s a compact model with personality plus! Comes with a BIG heart and most incredible smile.We’ve been friends for half her life.  And a tiny fraction of mine.Maddie is ten.We keep in touch via Messenger Mom – both Laura and Dad, Jeff – are my wonderful colleagues at our great community bank. Whenever asked, they share her snapshots of her life. Always fun to hear the updates!But the personal visits with Maddie are rare — usually just once per year.And the good … [Read more...]

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Introducing SBART Hall of Fame Class of 2010

Monday, May 24, 2010 By 2 Comments

The Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table is hosting its annual awards banquet on Monday night, recognizing a number of local athletes and sports figures important to Santa Barbara's athletic community. Here's some background on this year's Hall of Fame inductees and special award winners. HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2010 ALAN EVEREST, Outstanding Athlete Everest was a standout football, baseball and basketball player at San Marcos High School. A top-ten academic graduate in 1968, Everest was the MVP … [Read more...]

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SBSC Banquet celebrates talented senior class

Monday, May 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Santa Barbara Swim Club senior class.

Over 200 swimmers and their families gathered at the Santa Barbara Cabrillo Arts Pavilion to celebrate the graduating Senior Class and a year of tremendous success for the swim club.“We are all glad to be swimming fast and swimming well, but the healthy and inclusive culture of our club is what I am most proud of,” said Head Coach John Dussliere.It was apparent that all were welcome as the room was filled with swimmers from 5-19 years old celebrating their success, in and out of the … [Read more...]

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Salas, Allen top runners at Dream Mile

Monday, May 24, 2010 By 2 Comments
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Approximately 400 students and faculty at La Colina Junior High showed up to cheer on a group of 35 runners in the school’s annual Dream Mile.Emily Allen was the top finisher in the girls race at five minutes, 59 seconds while San Marcos-bound Eric Salas was the boys winner at 5:00 flat. … [Read more...]

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CIF tennis, baseball, softball back on for Tuesday

Monday, May 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment

As CIF playoff draws progress, the competition naturally gets stiffer and the pressure rises.Santa Barbara High's tennis team can attest to that, as the Dons anxiously await Tuesday's semifinal clash with third-seeded Corona del Mar. Santa Barbara, the No. 2 seed, won the coin flip and will host the Sea Kings on the Santa Barbara High courts.The baseball and softball postseason began a week later than tennis and Tuesday's action is only the second round.Santa Barbara High's baseball … [Read more...]

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Missouri Valley in McCracken’s future

Monday, May 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Marshall, Mo. — Dos Pueblos High School senior William McCracken has signed a letter of intent to play volleyball for the Missouri Valley College Vikings next season.In high school, William was a three-year varsity starter and two-year captain for the Chargers. He received all-league honors and was named Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table 2010 High School Player of the Year. In addition to volleyball, William was involved in Leadership, Endowment for Youth, Spectrum Volleyball Club, and … [Read more...]

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Davis collects the series sweep

Sunday, May 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The UCSB baseball team scored eight quick runs in the first five innings on Sunday, however UC Davis rallied, scoring all of its runs in the final five innings for a 9-8 victory in 10 innings to complete a three-game sweep over the Gauchos.UCSB falls to 21-29 overall and 7-14 in the Big West after suffering its first weekend sweep of the season. UC Davis improves to 25-27 overall and 8-13 in the Big West.BOX SCOREThe Gauchos struck early and often against UCD starter Scott Lyman, … [Read more...]

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Rested Rogers-Dalhausser win gold in Italy

Sunday, May 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment

A week off did wonders for local pro beach volleyball stars Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser.The 2008 Olympic gold medalists rebounded from a fourth-place finish in a SWATCH-FIVB World Tour tournament in Shanghai, China two weeks ago by winning the $600,000 Foro Italico Grand Slam in Rome on Sunday nightRogers-Dalhausser, the tournament’s top-seed, defeated Brazil’s Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego, 23-21, 21-11, in a 47-minute final at the Parco del Foro Italica center … [Read more...]

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UC Davis’ Lyman liquifies Gaucho lead

Sunday, May 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Scott Lyman had four hits and six runs batted in as UC Davis rallied past UCSB in a Big West baseball game on Saturday afternoon at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, 11-6. It was Lyman's 3-run home run in the top of the seventh inning that turned a 6-4 Gaucho lead into a 7-6 Aggie advantage and they never looked back.BOX SCOREAfter falling behind 1-0 in the top of the first inning, UCSB (21-28, 7-13) tied the score in the bottom half and then scored a pair in the bottom of the second to take a 3-1 … [Read more...]

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