SBCC digs into Glendale, 27-21

After building a 27-7 halftime lead on Saturday night, SBCC lost a pair of key offensive players and held on for a 27-21 football victory at Glendale.Quarterback John Uribe completed 10-of-13 passes for 179 yards and three touchdowns in the first half. He finished with 236 yards on 14-22 passing for the Vaqueros (4-5, 3-2), who snapped a two-game losing streak.SBCC is third in the American Pacific Conference behind L.A. Valley (4-0) and L.A. Pierce (3-1). The Vaqueros have one game left … [Read more...]

Neither Gauchos, Anteaters budge

IRVINE  —  No. 13 UCSB battled No. 7 UC Irvine to a scoreless draw on Saturday night during a match-up between the Big West Conference leaders at Anteater Stadium. With the tie, UC Irvine holds onto its first place standing in the league standings with 20 points and UCSB stays in second with 19 points. The Gauchos are now guaranteed to finish at least second in the regular season conference standings.With the tie, UCSB is now 10-4-3 on the season and 6-2-1 in conference games. … [Read more...]

Late push lifts Grace Brethren over Bishop

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The stats suggested a Grace Brethren blowout, but Bishop Diego's football team was tied with the Lancers through three quarters.Then the defending Frontier League champions, led by their MVP quarterback Max Leffler, held onto the ball for nearly 10 minutes of the fourth quarter on a 17-play, 85-yard drive before breaking the 14-14 deadlock with 2:14 to go on Kendall Rettig's second touchdown run of the night.The Cardinals blocked the PAT kick to stay within six, 20-14, and launched one … [Read more...]

TOC: Presentation tops Harvard-Westlake for title

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The 2010 edition of the Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions girls volleyball tournament is in the books, with San Jose's Presentation crowned as a first-time TOC champion.Presentation - led by tournament MVP Emily Sklar - fought off La Costa Canyon in the semifinals, then took out Harvard-Westlake in the final 25-21, 22-25, 25-18, 25-18.La Costa defeated rival Torrey Pines 25-23, 25-17, 22-25, 25-18 in the third-place match.The host Dons were happy with their result, a … [Read more...]

Regular season finale ends 1-1 for Warriors

Westmont's Jameisha Washington moves the ball upfield. Washington scored Westmont' goal in regulation.

Westmont Women's Soccer battled with the Lions of Vanguard on the final day of the Golden State Athletic Conference season and came away a 1-1 tie after two overtime periods.Jameisha Washington supplied the Warriors' goal in the nineteenth minute. A shot by Washington from five yards out started a scramble in the box that included several shots by both Washington and Melanie Greene. But it was Washington's poke that finally found the back of the net and gave the Warriors a 1-0 … [Read more...]

Rams set up league title game with Thacher

Cate and Thacher will be playing for the Condor League title next Saturday, that after the Rams turned in a 45-0 defeat of Dunn this Saturday."This is the big one," said Rams head coach Ben Soto. "This is the one the guys have been talking about since last year when we had a 21-0 lead and couldn't hold it."It's going to be a good game. We're looking forward to playing for a league championship."Thacher has won every league title but one in the six years that Cate has had an 8-man … [Read more...]

Gauchos swept up a second time

LONG BEACH – A weekend which saw the UCSB women’s volleyball team start in first place, saw them finish with a pair of losses and end the weekend in fourth place. And so it goes in the topsy-turvy Big West Conference.The Gauchos were swept for the second straight night, this time losing 25-20, 25-19, 25-23 to Long Beach State on Saturday after falling in three the previous evening to Cal State Fullerton.Santa Barbara drops to 13-11 overall and 7-4 in the Big West while … [Read more...]

Win over Owls extra special for Rams

Cate' girls tennis team clinched a Condor League championship on Saturday, and is one win from an unbeaten league season with a 14-4 victory over Laguna Blanca at Pershing Park.The doubles teams of Annaliese Schroeder/Sarah Cohen and Nikita Kokal/Lela Puckett swept their three sets as the Rams captured 8-of-9 doubles sets."Our No. 1 and No. 2 doubles teams played very clean doubles today which really set the tone for the match," said Rams head coach Barbara DeGroot.Singles players … [Read more...]

Two touchdowns for Ritter in Owls’ win

Troy Ritter threw a pair of first half touchdowns on Saturday, leading Laguna Blanca's 8-man football team to a 28-6 victory at Ojai Valley School.Ritter found Marshall Alex for a 17-yard touchdown before connecting with tight end Andrew Vignolo for a 16-yarder in the second quarter.Chase McAdams opened the scoring in the first quarter with a 17-yard scoring run for the Owls, who improve to 4-3 on the season.Freshman Joey Coleman added a 37-yard rushing touchdown in the second … [Read more...]

Providence Hall close to winning season

Providence Hall's girls volleyball team has assured itself of at least a .500 record in its first CIF season, sweeping Trinity Classical 25-19, 25-16, 25-20 on Saturday to up the Lions record to 8-7 with one match to play.The Lions can lock up a winning season with a victory in their final match on Wednesday against Midland.Saturday was Senior Day and for the Lions that means Hailey Barroca. The team's one senior recorded a kill in the match after getting the honorary start.Assistant … [Read more...]

Westmont makes it two straight vs San Diego schools

Westmont women's volleyball team completed a sweep of the Golden State Athletic Conference's most southern teams this weekend, defeating San Diego Christian by a score of 3-1 (23-25, 25-17, 25-23, 25-20) on Saturday night in Murchison Gymnasium. The Warriors defeated Point Loma in four games on Friday.Freshmen middle blockers Marie Trudelle and Ciara Turner each had 15 kills to lead the Warriors(12-13, 6-10). Trudelle also posted a spectacular hitting percentage of .650. (15 kills, 2 … [Read more...]

Warriors find tourney through back door

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It isn't the way you want to end the regular season. Westmont Men's Soccer (8-4-5, 3-4-3 GSAC) suffered a 4-0 loss to No. 18 Vanguard at Thorrington Field on Saturday afternoon. By halftime, however, the Warriors had learned that they had secured a spot in next week's Golden State Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament due to a 5-1 victory by Fresno Pacific over Point Loma Nazarene.As a result of today's win, Vanguard (10-7, 9-1) earned the GSAC regular season championship and will be … [Read more...]