San Marcos' girls tennis team claimed 7-of-9 sets in both singles and doubles on Wednesday, more than enough for the victory in a 14-4 decision over Santa Ynez at Alisal Country Club.Amy Ransohoff and Christine Pearson led the way doubles, pairing up to sweep their sets for the second time this season."Amy and Christine were all over the court, hitting volley winners and backing each other up after poaches. It was fun to see them play so hard and so together," said Royals coach Jarrod … [Read more...]
No rust for Rams in late opener
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It was a late start to the season, but Cate's girls volleyball team finally got it started on Wednesday with a 25-7, 25-10, 25-12 victory over Newbury Park Adventist.Savannah Jones was the Rams' leader in kills with eight while Addie Mayfield recorded six. Rams coach Greg Novak also noted the contributions from Erin Griffin and Annie Weis as difference-makers.The victory takes the Rams into Saturday's Carpinteria Tournament on a high note. … [Read more...]
Pirates work over new-look Rams
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Santa Ynez trounced Cate on Wednesday, sending the Rams home with a 22-4 loss in their season opener.Juniors Jake Greenwald, Tim Annick and Greg Cusack accounted for all of Cate's scoring. Greenwald led the team - which lost its three top scorers from last year's team - with two.Cate falls to 0-1 but head coach Nathan Alldredge was excited for the home opener in the Rams' new pool next week. … [Read more...]
Lions ring up Midland
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Providence Hall put away Midland in three games on Wednesday, posting a 25-11, 25-23, 25-20 non-league win.Faith Emerson recorded team-high in kills with eight. Hannah Park also ended eight points, but at the service line. Park tallied eight aces on just 10 attempts.Olivia Johnson led in digs(6) and Lacey Gonzalez in assists (9). Assistant coach Laura Trudelle also gave a nod to Cielo Prischak and Dominique Harris"We played really well," Trudelle said, liking the improvements from … [Read more...]
Dunn dings Warriors in four
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Carpinteria's girls volleyball team stumbled at Dunn on Wednesday, getting tripped up in a 25-8, 21-25, 25-19, 25-22 victory for the Earwigs.Meli muffon collected a team high eight kills for the Warriors, who also got a strong performance from middle Maddie Brooks with seven kills and three blocks."They have two players that do a pretty good job of keeping the ball in play and they serve tough," said Carpinteria head coach Katie Dolge of Dunn.The Warriors host Hueneme on Thursday … [Read more...]
Rams almost tripped up by Orcutt Academy
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Cate's girls tennis team won 7-of-9 singles sets on Wednesday and needed every one of them in a 10-8 decision over Orcutt Academy.Margueritte Mannix went 3-0 in the Rams' top singles slot, cruising to victories of 6-1, 6-1 and 6-0. Marina Narain and Mady Snider collected two more wins each in singles for Cate, which is ranked No. 1 in Division IV.Sarah Cohen and senior partner Annaliese Schroeder roped in two-thirds of Cate's wins in doubles."Everyone competed well today," said Rams … [Read more...]
CIF Polls: Girls Tennis Released
Monday, September 20, 2010 By 2 Comments
The first CIF girls tennis poll of the season was released on Monday, along with polls from boys water polo, girls volleyball and 8-man football.The Cate girls tennis team starts out with the No. 1 ranking in D-IV while perennial power Santa Barbara High went unranked in D-I.GIRLS TENNIS ** GIRLS VOLLEYBALL ** BOYS WATER POLO ** 8-MAN FOOTBALLThe Santa Barbara boys water polo team ought to be scratching its head after finding itself in the same position as last week. The Dons are … [Read more...]
Aguilar, Moorhouse share snaps in Warriors win
Friday, September 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Paul Aguilar started the work and Jeff Moorhouse finished the job on Saturday as the two Carpinteria quarterbacks led the Warriors to a 27-12 victory at Nipomo.Aguilar rushed for a 5-yard touchdown in the first quarter and led another scoring drive in the second quarter that was finished off by a 1-yard run by Alex Rodriguez. On the Warriors' next possession, however, Aguilar was knocked out of the game by a possible concussion.In came Moorhouse, who connected with Jordan Robertson for a … [Read more...]
Gonzalez’s 3 TDs carries Cardinals
Friday, September 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Bishop Diego's Brandon Gonzalez had a feel for the endzone on Friday night, getting there three times in a 28-7 Cardinals victory at Mission Prep.Gonzalez accumulated 120 yards on the ground in the game and scored on separate long runs of 41, 36 and 28 yards. Vince Figueroa scored Bishop Diego's other touchdown, hauling in and running out a 68-yard TD pass from Nolan Tisdale.Gonzalez scored twice in the first quarter and again at the beginning of the second to give the Cardinals a 21-0 … [Read more...]
Davis pushes Dons to late victory
Friday, September 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Santa Barbara's boys water polo team pulled out an exciting 9-8 victory over Servite on Friday, scoring the match's final two goals for the come-from-behind triumph.Servite held an advantage by breaking a 7-7 tie with a goal at the three-minute mark to take an 8-7 lead. That's when Dons senior Mark Davis took over.Davis prevented a two-goal deficit for the Dons by blocking a shot with 1:40 left on the clock to diffuse a 6-on-5 situation. Davis went on to score twice in the final 80 … [Read more...]
Racich scores six to move Chargers into semis
Friday, September 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Dos Pueblos' boys water polo team didn't have any problems putting the ball in the net on Friday scoring 17 times in a 17-10 victory over Royal at the Riverside Poly Tournament."Our offense is just rolling," said Chargers head coach Chris Parrish, who has his team off to a 5-0 start. "It felt like we were scoring at will. It was just disappointing that we couldn't play a little better defense."Chase Racich did the most damage, collecting six goals. Derek Shoemaker contributed four goals … [Read more...]
La Jolla Country Day takes out Chargers
Friday, September 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Dos Pueblos' girls volleyball team rubbed shoulders with the No. 1 seed at the Archbishop Mitty Tournament late Friday night, falling in four games 25-23, 26-24, 23-25, 25-18 to La Jolla Country Day.The Chargers defeated St. Francis earlier in the day to reach the qaurterfinals, sweeping the opening match 25-16, 25-16, 25-20."We played some our best volleyball so far," said Chargers head coach Todd Garrett. "We just attacked the ball whenever we could and our defense was out of this … [Read more...]
