It’s Basketball Heaven at Bishop Diego these days.The success of the boys and girls teams in the postseason has the campus and the community buzzing.The Cardinal girls will play in the CIF Division 5A semifinals on Saturday against second-seeded Chadwick. The game is at 7 p.m. at Santa Barbara High.The Bishop boys could have played their 6AA semifinal against Orangewood Academy on Saturday, but the school declined because it wants full support for the girls team that night. … [Read more...]
Amazing prep careers to end at CIF water polo final

Whether she’s playing two meters in front of the goal or on the perimeter, Dos Pueblos senior Kiley Neushul can make life miserable for an opposing girls water polo team.On Saturday, Neushul and her Charger teammates will be going for their fourth straight CIF championship (third in Division 1), a second straight undefeated season and their 67th win in row since 2009. They’ll take on the upset queens from Foothill in the Division 1 final at 6:30 p.m. at the Woollet Aquatics Center in … [Read more...]
Cate regains finishing touch, rolls to 10-0 win
Cate must have worked on its finishing in practice Thursday after missing on several chances in its second-round win.The Rams' offense was running on all cylinders Friday as they demolished the Grove School 10-0 in a CIF Division 7 boys quarterfinal soccer game in Redlands.Avery Schwartz scored four goals and assisted on another, and Ema Boateng added three goals and an assist. Teddy Mauze, George Luo and Shuta Kobayashi scored goals and Matthew Firestone collected an … [Read more...]
Vaqueros’ offense comes alive in 7-3 win
SBCC used an 11-hit attack to down Cypress 7-3 on Friday in a nonconference baseball game at Cypress.Eli Michaels, Robert Vickers and Zach Pecyna all had two hits for the Vaqueros (4-7), who took a 4-0 lead in the second inning. They were up 4-3 in the fifth when Michaels walked and Tommy White reached on an error. After a groundout moved the runners up, Shay Maltese drilled an RBI single and White scored on an infield error to make it 6-3.The Vaqueros had four extra-base hits, including … [Read more...]
Requejo, Soriano combine in 2nd OT to put Warriors in semis
The players were sloshing, slipping and sliding all game long, but in the fourth minute of the second golden-goal overtime period, Carpinteria's Johnny Requejo and Ismael Soriano somehow were able to keep their feet on the rain drenched Memorial Stadium turf and combine for the biggest goal of the season.Requejo, the precocious freshman, dribbled across the field, stopped and floated a left-footed diagonal cross to the far post, where Soriano leaped up, got his head to the ball before the … [Read more...]
Ward breaks 20-year-oid UCSB swim record
LONG BEACH – Freshmen Andrea Ward and Sophia Yamauchi set school records in the 500 freestyle and 200 individual medley, respectively, on Thursday at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Swimming and Diving Championships, which are being held at Belmont Plaza.Andrea Ward opened Thursday’s finals by winning the first individual event of the meet – the 500 freestyle – and posted a new UCSB record in the process. Her time of 4:48.60 is a NCAA ‘B’ qualifying time and breaks a … [Read more...]
Cabuling blanks Sunbirds; Warrior split twin bill
Westmont opened the Golden State Athletic Conference baseball season by splitting a doubleheader with No. 15 Fresno Pacific on Thursday afternoon at Russ Carr Field.The Warriors' Dan Cabuling pitched a complete game shutout as Westmont took the first game of the twin bill by a score of 3-0. Fresno Pacific (6-5) won the second game by a score of 6-5.Cabuling allowed just five hits in his second win of the year. The left-hander struck out two and allowed just one walk."I've never had a … [Read more...]