Bishop basketball is the talk of the town

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...]

Slaughter paces Gauchos past Pacific

UCSB took its hot streak on the road and beat Pacific 25-17, 20-25, 25-18, 25-19.The Gauchos (10-6, 7-5) have now won five of its last six matches dating back to their win over Hawai'i on Feb. 4. Pacific dropped to 2-8 in conference play and 6-10 overall.The Gauchos secured the win despite having only two players finish with hitting percentages over .280. Senior middle blocker Scott Slaughter, the MPSF leader in hitting percentage, did not disappoint with nine kills and an error on 16 … [Read more...]

Amazing prep careers to end at CIF water polo final

Neushul has committed to playing at Stanford next season. The Cardinal are currently the No. 1 team in the country.

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...]

Benskin has strong outing in SBCC 5-set loss

After losing the first two sets on Friday afternoon, SBCC captured the next two before coming up short in a 3-2 nonconference men’s volleyball loss to Golden West in Huntington Beach. The scores were 25-21, 29-27, 21-25, 20-25, 15-12. “The second set was really close and we should have won that one,” said first-year coach Armen Zakarian. “The guys fought hard and did a great job of coming back.”Kyle Benskin had 15 kills and hit a sparkling .833 with no errors for the Vaqueros … [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...]

Alfaro’s 50-yard free kick in 2nd OT puts Dons in semis

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO - With a berth in the Final Four on the line, bodies were flying all over the field and some times slamming into each other during Santa Barbara's Division 1 quarterfinal boys soccer game at JSerra on Friday.Senior center back Tony Alfaro ended the slam-bam contest, scoring a golden goal in the second overtime period to put the Dons in Tuesday's semifinals. With just seconds away from a penalty-kick shootout, he hit a free kick from 50 yards that floated over a scrum of … [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...]

Gauchos can’t hold lead, fall to surging Northridge

NORTHRIDGE  — Orlando Johnson had a double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds, but it wasn't enough as Lenny Daniel scored 23 points to lead Cal State Northridge to a 68-60 Big West win over visiting UC SB on Thursday night.UCSB (14-12, 7-7) led 44-35 early in the second half, but the Matadors (12-16, 8-6) wore a path to the free throw line and took a 62-56 lead into the final 2:27. A pair of free throws by Johnson and a bank shot by Jaimé Serna pulled the Gauchos within 62-60 with … [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...]

Big 2nd half sparks Gauchos past Long Beach St.

The way UCSB played in the second half, you’d never have guessed that the majority of the group was terribly ill all week.And, with the performance the Gauchos had in the final 20 minutes, it no doubt left Long Beach State feeling sick.Down by eight at halftime, the Gauchos shot 51.7% in the second half and ran over the 49ers to grab their fifth victory in a row, 74-70, on Thursday night in the Thunderdome.The victory clinches a first-round home game in the Big West Tournament on … [Read more...]