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YO!! Been living The Dream here!!Just about a year now …It was such a loooong time in the making and initially fueled by Frosted Flakes, the sweet Breakfast of Champions, while reading Dick Young’s New York Daily News sports column as a 10-year-old knucklehead kid living on Long Island’s (NY) southern shores -- an unreal thought danced in my cranium that would shape my life’s destiny:‘When I have my own sports column some day, it will be called ‘Weiss … [Read more...]
Edgar Perez put his stamp on a Tri-Valley Youth Football Conference Super Bowl title for the Santa Barbara Bantam Bears.Perez returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, rushed for two scores and returned an interception for a touchdown to propel the Bears to a 28-8 victory over the El Rio Vikings on Saturday at St. Joseph High in Santa Maria.Santa Barbara YFL had two other teams finish as runners-up at the Super Bowl. The Junior 1 Bears fell to the Nipomo Blue Cowboys, 24-6, and the … [Read more...]
Westmont women's basketball team had four players score in double digits on Monday, leading the Warriors to a 76-60 victory over 14th-ranked Trevecca Nazarene.The Warriors remain unbeaten on the year at 6-0. Westmont, which received a single vote in the preseason NAIA poll, has two GSAC games on its schedule before the next set of rankings are released on Dec. 6. BOX SCORE Vanessa Farias led the Warriors with 18 points off the bench. The other three Warriors to reach double digits were … [Read more...]
Turkey Day approaches, and college hoops fans are thankful for the fact that basketball season is in full gear."We're off to our usual slow start," said UCSB men's assistant coach Dave Campbell at Monday's Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table luncheon.It hasn't been too slow, however, as the defending Big West champion Gauchos are 2-2 and have already received a brilliant performance from star junior Orlando Johnson. In a home win against Fresno State on Saturday, Johnson scored 35 points … [Read more...]
Junior guard Orlando Johnson has been selected as the Big West co-Player of the Week after his dominant offensive performance in UCSB's 69-54 win over Fresno State on Saturday night.In the victory over the Bulldogs, Johnson scored a career-high 35 points, the most by a UCSB player since February of 2007, and he added a career-high 11 rebounds, three assists and a blocked shot. The Seaside, Calif., native made 13-of-19 shots overall, including 4-of-5 from three-point range.Johnson is … [Read more...]
UCSB coach Tim Vom Steeg had seen it happen before to his team in the NCAA men’s soccer tournament.In 2003 at St. John’s, the referee didn’t bother with the stadium clock and 10-second countdown and the Red Storm scored a tying goal in “extra time” and beat the Gauchos in overtime.In 2004 at North Carolina-Greensboro, forward Neil Jones was ejected after the first three minutes and the Gauchos played 106 minutes a man down and pulled out a victory.In 2007 at Ohio State, the … [Read more...]
127 Hours is the captivating true story of the five days hiker Aron Ralston spent trapped beneath a boulder alone in Blue John Canyon, Utah. Aron must fight not only the elements, but his own burgeoning dehydration and panic. His story is a deeply moving one from start to finish.The film stars James Franco as Aron and aside from a couple very short cameos by Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara as a pair of hikers Aron encounters in the canyons, that’s about it. But between Franco’s emotional … [Read more...]
Pain and anger. Anger and pain.The UCSB men’s soccer team left Cal’s Edwards Stadium with both feelings Sunday after suffering a heartbreaking and controversial 2-1 overtime defeat against the Bears in a NCAA Tournament second-round match.The pain comes from the cold, hard fact that the loss ended the Gauchos’ goal of reaching the College Cup in their home stadium.UCSB’s anger stems from a couple of dubious calls by referee Mike Kampmeinert that ended up affecting the outcome … [Read more...]
Fresno State was UCSB's featured guest at the Thunderdome on Saturday night, but it was Orlando Johnson who stole all of the attention.The junior forward scored 25 of his career-high 35 points in the first half, while grabbing 11 rebounds and dishing out three assists, to lead the Gauchos to a 69-54 victory in their home opener.The Gauchos improved their season record to 2-2, while the Bulldogs dropped to 1-2.The Gauchos opened the game with an 11-0 run, with Johnson scoring seven, … [Read more...]
