Carpinteria High lost a football game Friday night, but could well have found the missing ingredient for a successful season – a powerful heart beat.Trailing Nipomo 22-0 and barely registering a pulse for the first half, the Warriors emerged a different team from the locker room, rallying for four touchdowns before falling 36-29 in a non-league game at Memorial Field. It was a display of determination that had been missing in the Warriors' two opening losses, said quarterback Paul … [Read more...]
Lopez’s late goal draws Dons even with Royals
Thursday, February 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Brianna Lopez scored with seven minutes to play to earn Santa Barbara a 2-2 draw with San Marcos in the Channel League finale for both teams.Sarah Leads also scored for Santa Barbara while Eva Roodenrijs and Lizzy Willett scored for the Royals. … [Read more...]
Dons, Royals play to a clean draw
Thursday, February 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
No trouble. No goals. No problem.Santa Barbara High and San Marcos battled to a 0-0 tie Wednesday night at Valley Stadium in a Channel League soccer game that wrapped up the regular season for both teams.A scoreless draw usually begs more questions than it answers and often leaves both teams unsatisfied.Wednesday's game was no exception, though San Marcos had to take some solace in shutting out the highly ranked Dons. That the game was played without any untoward incident, however, … [Read more...]
Ventura tames the beast, beats Dons 1-0
Thursday, January 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
For four years, Ventura High sweeper Omar Aranda has been predicting that 2009 would be the year that the Cougars won the Channel League soccer championship.And his coach kept reminding him that, to do that, the Cougars would have to “go through the beast,” by which he meant Santa Barbara High.On Thursday evening at Peabody Stadium, in a battle between the No. 1 and No. 3 teams in the CIF, the Cougars tamed the beast, at least for one game, and took a huge step toward turning Aranda … [Read more...]
Charger football goes out on top
Saturday, November 15, 2008 By Leave a Comment
VENTURA - With time winding down and the weight of his world on his shoulders, Hayden Dow reached up and made a play to lighten the load of a troubled football community.Dow broke up a fourth-down pass in the end zone with 2.9 seconds left Friday night to hold off a frantic comeback attempt by Buena and preserve a 17-9 Channel League football win for Dos Pueblos at Buena.“It was just man defense,” said Dow. “The throw was perfect. It was right in (receiver Shane Bridge’s) hands. … [Read more...]
Seraphs sour DP’s Friday night
Friday, November 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment
There is never a good night to play a bad game in football, but when you do it and the opponent is Channel League powerhouse St. Bonaventure, the results can be truly painful.St. Bonaventure's Troy Hill returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown and the Seraphs scored on every possession but one Friday night in a 56-9 drubbing of Dos Pueblos at Valley Stadium."It was not our best effort and it was not a game to play one of our worst games," said DP coach Jeff Uyesaka after seeing the … [Read more...]
Royals spooked by Davis, Bulldogs
Friday, October 31, 2008 By Leave a Comment
On a night known for scary things, San Marcos High found itself living a Halloween nightmare Friday at Valley Stadium.Bulldog running back Mike Davis busted loose for 242 yards and three touchdowns, scoring on runs of 58, 40, and 4 yards during a 35-10 Channel League win over the Royals. Davis narrowly missed a fourth score only after the ball was pried loose on the goal line at the end of a 39-yard run. "Mike Davis was really good tonight," said Buena coach Cliff Farrar, whose team … [Read more...]
Santa Paula wears down Bishop
Friday, September 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Preparation met desire in the second half of Santa Paula High's non-league football game against Bishop Diego Friday night at La Playa Stadium.Santa Paula quarterback Max Moreno profited from the preparation when he rolled right and found a wide-open Mike Vera in the corner of the end zone for a two-point PAT pass with eight minutes to play, leading the visiting Cardinals to a 14-13 win after a 13-0 deficit. … [Read more...]
Dons stumble in opener
Monday, September 15, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Sam McCowan scored four touchdowns in the first quarter Friday night at Peabody Stadium.The way the game was going, and the way the Oxnard High offense was clicking, it did not seem improbable that he might finish with some silly-sick numbers. As it was, McCowan touched the ball on offense only once in each of the next two quarters, finishing with 85 yards on eight carries and two catches for 27 yards.But the rest of the Oxnard offense was far from done. Jamel Smith made two electric … [Read more...]
