Santa Barbara's baseball team remained undefeated, as it put on a power display in its last at-bat to walk off against Santa Ynez, 3-2, on Friday.Trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh, Trey Barrett led off with a triple past the diving right fielder. Designated hitter Pepe Gil followed with a booming double to dead center field that nearly cleared the fence as it hit off the base of the wall, scoring Barrett to tie the game."I was praying for that ball to go out," Gil said.After … [Read more...]

Danny Zandona continued his dominance on the mound on Tuesday, as the Santa Barbara Dons squeaked by the visiting Ventura Cougars 3-2 in their Channel League opener.The sophomore right-hander has earned all of Santa Barbara’s three wins this year, throwing at least six innings in each start.Zandona struggled early, allowing two runs in the first two frames, but settled down to blank Ventura (3-6, 0-1) the rest of the way. … [Read more...]

On paper, Danny Zandona’s pitching line wasn’t going to amaze anyone. But according to coach Fred Warrecker, it was one of the best games he’s ever seen pitched at Santa Barbara High. Considering Warrecker's seen over three decades worth of Dons baseball, Zandona’s performance was pretty impressive. … [Read more...]