City golf championship set for Memorial Day weekend

Allen Geiberger will be looking to put his famous last name on the trophy at this weekend’s 53rd annual Santa Barbara City Golf Championship at the Santa Barbara Golf Club.The 54-hole amateur tournament, a Memorial Day weekend tradition, begins Saturday and concludes Monday.Geiberger, a Santa Barbara native and the son of former PGA star Al “Mr. 59” Geiberger, finished second to Andrew Perez in last year’s tournament. Perez is not returning to seek a third straight title.This … [Read more...]

Ettinger captures Women’s AA at East Beach

Former Santa Barbara High star Eve Ettinger returned home from USC and won the California Beach Volleyball Association Women’s AA Tournament with partner Betsi Metter at East Beach last weekend.Ettinger plays beach volleyball for the Trojans, while Metter plays for Loyola Marymount. They defeated Mikayla Tucker of Placerville and Nicolette Martin, a high school standout from Anaheim Hills, 21-18.The weekend also included Men’s A and B tournaments.In a battle between teams of … [Read more...]

SBSC U-14 White bring home National Cup title

The Santa Barbara Soccer Club's Boys Under-14 White won the Cal South National Cup championship. The team won seven matches in the tournament.

The next generation of prep soccer stars is coming to a local pitch near you real soon.The Santa Barbara Soccer Club’s Boys Under-14 White team last weekend captured the championship of the Cal South National Cup in San Juan Capistrano, beating the top-ranked South Bay Gunners 1-0 in the final.The SBSC won seven straight matches against some of the top youth programs in the country to win a National Cup championship for the second time in three years. The same group of players won as … [Read more...]

Scarvelis wins CIF Division 2 shot put title

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She wasn’t having her best day of throwing, but Dos Pueblos sophomore Stamatia Scarvelis kept her composure and uncorked a mark of 45-3 to win the Division 2 shot put title at the CIF Divisional Track and Field Championships on Saturday at Mt. San Antonio College.Scarvelis’ mark was the third best of all divisions and it earned her a spot in next weekend’s CIF Masters state qualifying meet. She will be joined there by DP teammates Addi Zerrenner and Bryan Fernandez, who both qualified … [Read more...]

Royals relay team takes 7th in Cerritos

The San Marcos girls 4x400 meter relay team took seventh place at the CIF Division 3 Finals at Cerritos College.The team consisted of Jill Fisher, Emily Allen, Annie Thwing and Kayling Koopmans. They completed the race in 4:01.21.The group was ranked ninth heading into the race, and while the time does not qualify the Royals for the Masters meet, it was personal best by more than four seconds."It was really a great way to finish our season," coach Marylin Hantgin said. … [Read more...]

Mackall plays tough, advances to CIF Round of 32

Cate's Blake Mackall is a gamer.Mackall pulled out a huge comeback win in the first set of his third-round match and advanced out of Friday's CIF Individual Sectional tennis tournament at home with a gutsy victory over Kevin Bondar of Oaks Christian.Mackall fought off five set points to take the first set in a 10-8 tiebreaker, took a 2-0 lead in the second set and claimed victory when Bondar was forced to retire with a back injury.He earlier defeated the Foothill League champion … [Read more...]

Dons doubles teams advance to CIF Round of 32

Two Santa Barbara High doubles teams won second- and third-round matches on Friday in Carpinteria to advance to the Round of 32 of the CIF Individual Boys Tennis Tournament next week.The teams of Logan Liddell-Morgan Hale and Mitchell Kuhn-Jack Damen each scored straight-sets victories after first-round byes.Liddell-Morgan, the Channel League champions, knocked off the Arroyo Grande team of Derek Lakowske-Jordan Hayashi 6-4, 6-1 and then defeated Zachery Resnick-Ben Gelfand of Santa … [Read more...]

Dons get revenge at Woodbridge

The Santa Barbara High boys tennis team pulled out a 13-5 victory on Friday over Woodbridge, the team that eliminated them from last year's playoffs.The Dons came into the match as the No. 5 team in CIF Division I, while Woodbridge was ranked eighth."Our team was very focused on this match as we knew Woodbridge knocked us out of the playoffs last year in a close match," coach Greg Tebbe said. "So we were determined to get some revenge."That focus led to a strong finish in which Santa … [Read more...]

Yonke stays undefeated on Senior Day

The Bishop Diego baseball team started its game against Fillmore by scoring six runs in the first inning, then cruised to an 11-3 victory ay home on Thursday.Senior J.D. Yonke pitched for Bishop Diego and on Senior Day, he earned his seventh win of the year and protected his undefeated record."He's pitched great for us all year. I've always been impressed by his mound presence," coach Kai Solin said.Four consecutive Cardinal batters were walked on the team's first at-bat, then Nolan … [Read more...]

DP’s Nguyen advances to CIF finals in 500 freestyle

Janelle Nguyen qualified for the finals in the 500 free at the CIF Division 1 swimming prelims at the Riverside Community Swim Complex on Thursday.Nguyen clocked 4:56.23 to reach Saturday's finals. She'll also be swimming in three events in the consolation finals: the 100 butterfly, medley relay and 4x100 free relay. Nguyen finished 10th in the 100 fly prelims with a time of 57.31.The Dos Pueblos boys swim team received several impressive performances.Alex Valente finished fourth … [Read more...]

Carpinteria routs Villanova to finish 10-0 in Frontier League

The Carpinteria softball team finished the year with a perfect 10-0 record against Frontier League opponents after dominating Villanova 17-0.The highlight of Thursday's game was Dakota Wilcox's two home runs in the sixth inning. The first was a solo shot and her next time up, she smakced three-run homer.When asked if he ever had a player hit two home runs in the same inning, coach Henry Gonzalez said, "This is the first time."Catalina Maldonado pitched the first five innings of the … [Read more...]

Depew takes 24th a CIF prelims

San Marcos' Dasha Depew swam the 200 yard freestyle in 1:56.61 at the CIF Division I prelims at Riverside Community College on Thursday. The time placed her 24th at the competition.The 400 yard freestyle relay team placed 34th as three of the four members swam the race in personal best times.The successful showing was a bittersweet moment for the Royals, as senior Ashely Wagner competed for the last time."She has been an inspiration to all her teammates. She has been a great leader … [Read more...]