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Elizabeth Winterhalter has been elected to serve another term as president of the Santa Barbara Tennis Patrons. Celebrating its fortieth anniversary, the nonprofit organization fosters growth and improves the quality of junior tennis throughout Santa Barbara. The Patrons leverage the sport of tennis to teach important life skills and the value of education to the youth of Santa Barbara.“I am honored and excited to continue as president, continuing to work with our dynamic board … [Read more...]
Bishop Diego pulled out a narrow win in the first game and that sparked the Cardinals to a sweep over Nordhoff in a Tri-Valley League boys volleyball match on Tuesday. The game scores were 26-24, 25-11, 25-18.Outside hitter Robert Connolly led a balanced Bishop attack with eight kills and six digs. Nic Mon added six kills and six digs as the Cardinals improved to 8-4 on the season and 1-1 in league.Bishop returns to action on Thursday at Malibu. … [Read more...]
Bryan Swarm, who guided Carpinteria to one of its best water polo seasons in school history, was honored as coach of the year in the Tri-Valley League.The Warriors went 8-2 in league play, finishing second behind perennial power Malibu.Two Carpinteria players were selected to the all-TVL first team. They are senior 2-meter player Carter Grant and senior driver Roxanne Hugo.Cate, which finished third in the league, had senior 2-meter player Kate Montgomery named to the first … [Read more...]
Bishop Diego and Carpinteria each landed two players on the All-Frontier League girls soccer first team.Elisa Bernardi, a junior forward, and freshman midfielder Annalisa Morando were the first-team picks from Bishop.Junior defender Tayla Muise and sophomore midfielder/defender Kelsey Drain earned top honors from Carpinteria.Warriors on the second team were junior goalkeeper Sally Lam and junior defender Shirley Benitez.Sophomore forward Lauren Underwood and sophomore midfielder … [Read more...]
Luis Ortiz, a sophomore midfielder at Bishop Diego, was named to the All-Frontier League first team for boys soccer.The Cardinals had three other players received all-league honors: junior goalkeeper Vince Werthman was picked to the second team and junior defender Nic Mon and freshman defender Jonathon Miranda were chosen honorable mention. … [Read more...]
Carpinteria senior forward Ismael Soriano, one of the leading goal scorers in the CIF, was named the Offensive MVP for the Tri-Valley League in boys soccer.Soriano scored 27 goals in leading Carpinteria to the CIF Division 5 finals.Daniel Torres, who guided the Warriors to the TVL title in only his third year at the helm, was honored as the league’s coach of the year.Carpinteria went 10-2-0 in the tough league. The Warriors had one stretch where they played six straight matches on … [Read more...]
Two teams from the Santa Barbara Volleyball Club moved up in divisions after their performances at Southern California Volleyball Association tournaments over the weekend.The club’s 17-Smack elevated to Division 3 by winning the Division 4 competition in Anaheim on Saturday.On Sunday, the 16-Smack won a Division 3 tournament to earn a promotion to Division 2 for the next event.The 16-Smack suffered only one game loss in 11 sets played at El Camino College. In pool play, the team … [Read more...]
SBCC had just four hits and five errors on Tuesday in an 8-1 WSC North baseball loss to Oxnard at Pershing Park.The Condors (10-10, 3-5) broke open a 2-1 game with five runs on five hits in the seventh. The Vaqueros (11-11, 5-3) commited three errors in the inning.Oxnard right-hander Jesus Valdez went the first six innings to improve to 6-1. He allowed three hits with seven strikeouts and no walks.“We hit some balls hard but we didn’t get enough runners in scoring position,” said … [Read more...]
Hannah Harris pitched a five-hit shutout, and Dos Pueblos ended a seven-game losing streak against Buena, beating the Bulldogs 2-0 in a Channel League softball game Tuesday in Ventura."This is the first win against Buena in two years," said DP coach Donn Roberts. "And, it's the first time in three years Buena has not been in first place."Agnetta Cleland drove in Chloe Madill in the first inning with a deep double to left, and DP scored its second run in the fourth on some aggressive base … [Read more...]
Carpinteria's Catalina Maldonado pitched a no-hitter against Mission Prep in San Louis Obispo Tuesday, winning 16-0. The game lasted only 5 innings due to the mercy rule. Maldonado struck out nine of the 15 hitters she faced. "They just couldn't hit against Catalina," said head coach Henry Gonzalez. She also went 4-for-4 at the plate.Carpinteria started the game out strong, scoring seven runs in the first inning, capitalizing on several walks and a combined four hits. The … [Read more...]
Due to rain delays and a recent spring break, the Cate School baseball team played its season opener on Tuesday, winning 5-2 against Camp Kilpatrick.Robert Fairbanks pitched four innings for Cate, allowing only one run in the second and fourth innings, along with 7 strikeouts and 2 walks for the day. Jackson Mauze took over in the sixth to finish off the game.Cate scored three runs in the third to take the lead 3-1. Zach Ell brought in two of those runs, while the third was scored off an … [Read more...]
Bishop Diego's tennis team dealt with a shortage of players in a 11-7 loss at Oak Park on Tuesday.Although one player short due to educational reasons, Bishop Diego's Mick Mathis and Matt Grimes stepped up big by playing their first singles matches with each coming out on top 2-1. Typically, Mathis and Grimes are a strong doubles team for Bishop Diego, but Tuesday they proved each can play singles successfully. "We were down a player so I had to mix up the line-up. Mick Mathis and … [Read more...]
