Seventh-seeded UCSB used a four-goal fourth quarter to blow open a 4-4 deadlock and advance to Sunday’s fifth-place game with an 8-5 win over No. 6 seeded Pacific at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center.The teams traded goals over the first half, playing to a 2-2 tie. UCSB scored the first two goals of the second half to go up 4-2 in the third quarter before Pacific struck with two of its own to tie the game at 4-4 heading into the fourth … [Read more...]
Sushchikh 5th, Chargers 10th at state cross country
Saturday, November 27, 2010 By 2 Comments
Sergey Sushchikh placed fifth to lead the Dos Pueblos boys to a 10th-place finish in their division at the CIF State Cross Country Championships Saturday at Woodward Park in Fresno.Sushchikh ran the 5-kilometer course in 15 minutes, 21 seconds — the 24th fastest time overall.Two-time defending champion Elias Gedyon of Loyola won the Division 2 individual title with a time of 14:52. He becomes only the third runner in history to win three straight championships. The others were Bryan … [Read more...]
Hornbuckle, Rasp carry Warriors
Saturday, November 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Westmont used a balanced attack with five players scoring in double figures to defeat Cal State Stanislaus 68-57 on Friday at the Lamont Ramsey Classic held at Menlo College in Atherton.Dan Rasp and Matt Hornbuckle led the Warriors (4-1) with 14 points point each. Rasp was 10 for 11 from the free throw line."Matt Hornbuckle was the player of the game," said Westmont head coach John Moore. "He had three steals that led to layups. He played a really nice game. He was five for seven from … [Read more...]
Lakey’s Lines: Black Friday surfer style
Thursday, November 25, 2010 By 2 Comments
Hi everybody!!! Hope everyone is doing great and getting ready for the holiday season! As some of you might know, last year around this time I made a list of the top ten best items to get a surfer for Christmas. So I thought I would give you some more ideas this year! Hope you like it!!EQUIPMENT --Wetsuit --Channel Islands surf board --Leashes and stomp pads --Tide watch... I always like knowing the tides just by looking as my wrist. FOOD --Backyard Bowls gift card. its the best … [Read more...]
Gauchos follow through with fourth straight
Thursday, November 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
PHOENIX, AZ – The UCSB women’s club soccer team made history this past weekend, placing the team in a class all its own.The Gauchos became the first to win the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) national soccer tournament four times, while also establishing an unmatched stretch of dominance by doing it in four straight years.“It feels great to be the first women’s team to win four national championships, not to mention four in a row,” said head … [Read more...]
Stocking Stuffing for the Sports Movie Fanatic
Thursday, November 25, 2010 By 2 Comments
With Halloween already behind us, all signs of candy corn and ghouls have been abandoned in favor of—not the turkey, as our calendar dictates—but jingle bells, twinkling lights, and glorious amounts of fake snow. That’s right, it’s holiday season already. So today I’m going to take a break from our regularly scheduled programming in order to bring you a compilation of new releases, re-releases and old classics perfect to stuff this year’s stockings.SPORTS MOVIES MAKE FOR … [Read more...]
SB Soccer Club scores a big goal on Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 25, 2010 By 2 Comments
After hearing that the Food Bank of Santa Barbara was short on turkeys for Thanksgiving, players from Santa Barbara Soccer Club decided to help.This past weekend, in an effort to ensure as many people as possible enjoy Thanksgiving, boys and girls from Santa Barbara SC decided that for every goal they managed to score they would donate a turkey to the Santa Barbara Food Bank.The result was a donation of $525 that will see 26 more tables graced with the Thanksgiving bird this … [Read more...]
