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State leader Nick Scarvelis should get pushed Friday in the shot put at the CIF-Southern Section Masters Track and Field Meet at Cerritos College.The Masters is the final step before the CIF State Meet. The top five finishers in each event advance to next week’s state championships in Clovis.Friday’s meet will be streamed live at foxsportswest.com: http://www.foxsportswest.com/pages/video_live/Scarvelis leads the list of local athletes who qualified for the Masters.The … [Read more...]
Ryan Thompson has resigned as baseball coach at Santa Barbara City College after just one season.Thompson guided the Vaqueros to the Western State Conference North Division championship, their first postseason series win and their first Southern California Super Regional appearance. He was named the WSC North Coach of the Year.His team went 24-17 and 15-5 in the conference."I had a blast with the student-athletes and was very proud of their accomplishments," Thompson said in an email … [Read more...]
Cam Widoff made it 4-for-4 on Wednesday, winning the aquathon at Nite Moves for the fourth straight week on Wednesday.Widoff, 41, completed the 1k swim/5k run in 36 minutes and 17 seconds, beating out Norbert Hoehne's race of 37:15. Widoff and Hoehne were the only two with sub-40 minute times.Zach Campbell was tops in the 5k run while Cameron Whiting recorded the fastest time in the ocean swim. Mary Jones cames in fifth place in the 5k run as the fast female.Adrienne Binder, a … [Read more...]
Irvine — The depth of the Big West track & field clubs is on display in the major awards as six different clubs claimed an award with three schools picking up a pair of honors.On the men’s side, the Track Athlete of the Year was split between UC Irvine’s Charles Jock and UC Santa Barbara’s Ryan Martin, the 800-meter rivals. The Field Athlete of the Year went to Colin Dunbar of Long Beach State, with his coach Andy Sythe winning the Coach of the Year award. The Freshman of the … [Read more...]
Chris Keet was in the zone at the National Scholastic Surfing Association’s West Coast Championships last week at the Huntington Beach Pier.Keet, the owner of Surf Happens surf school in Santa Barbara, won three division titles at the competition, taking top honors in the Explorer Men’s, Masters and Seniors categories in excellent 4- to 6-foot conditions.He hopes to carry the momentum into the NSAA Nationals next month, but he may pass on the event because he and his fiance are … [Read more...]
Anthony Califano, the wrestling coach at Dos Pueblos, is the California director of grappling (submission wrestling) through California/USA Wrestling. On Sunday, Califano hosted the state championships at DP. e. Below are the results.http://youtu.be/tz-yAt82lX0 Cadet Boys - Feather - Light 1st Place - Bradley Bothelio of NC Bruins 2nd Place - Malcolm Cellard-Farrall of Anacondas 3rd Place - Jeo Avila of Gracie Barra 4th Place - Anthony Padilla of SBRound 1 - Bradley Bothelio … [Read more...]
Just because we're based in Santa Barbara, California, doesn't mean we don't know fantasy.Presidio Sports loves fantasy. We conduct several local fantasy leagues as a fun, competetive way to raise money for local sports charities and organizations in the Santa Barbara community.Here's our top-75 MLB fantasy list, which we update every week throughout the baseball season. Bookmark this page now and check back whenever fantasy moves are being considered. Feel free to agree or disagree … [Read more...]
Local wrestlers Chad Lampe and Howie Dougherty found success for Anacondas Wrestling Club at the California State Tournament, with Lampe qualifying to represent California at Junior Nationals in Fargo, North Dakota this July.Dougherty took first place in Schoolboy Greco-Roman (12 and 13 year olds).Lampe was third in the Cadet division amongst 14 and 15 year olds. He reeled off 6 straight wins and lost in his pool finals. He beat the second-place finisher in the other pool to secure … [Read more...]
Regardless of your soccer club allegiance, the match-up between FC Barcelona and Manchester United for the European Champions League title on Saturday (FOX, 11:30 a.m.) is about as attractive as it gets for afcionados.Just look at the lineup of stars in this game: Messi, Villa, Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol for Barça; Rooney, Giggs, Scholls, Chicharito, Van der Sar for Man U.The storylines are intriguing: How will Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson deal with the magic of Messi and … [Read more...]
