Santa Barbara's Sports News and Information
California Fight Syndicate (CFS), California’s premier promoter of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), announced today that it will present “The Return”, an MMA event at the Earl Warren Showgrounds in Santa Barbara on June 30, 2012. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Santa Barbara’s Primo Boxing Club, a gym that delivers much-needed afterschool activities for at-risk youth in Santa Barbara.“Santa Barbara is our home, and we are very excited to ‘Return’ and offer some … [Read more...]
By MIKE TRAPHAGEN, CHUMASH CASINO RESORT Santa Barbara’s John Pearley Huffman commanded the final table and generously opted to split the prize money with his three remaining competitors to conclude the $50,000 Central Coast Poker Championship on Saturday at the Chumash Casino Resort’s Samala Showroom. Tom West of Los Altos, John Myers of Santa Maria, and Freddy Castro of Santa Ynez joined Huffman in outlasting a field of 612 players who all paid a $180 entry fee (or $160 for … [Read more...]
Ema Boateng grew up in a home with no electricity and no running water in Ghana, but his intellect, determination and soccer ability offered him a shot at a better life. The teen hit a pretty big bull's-eye Thursday when he was named the 2011-12 Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year. By CHAD KONECKY, ESPN Boateng was surprised with the news in his Cate School environmental science class by one of the most recognizable faces in American soccer, Alexi Lalas, who earned Gatorade … [Read more...]
The U14 Girls white team had an incredible State Cup run scoring 24 goals for and only giving up 4 over their 7 games streak leading to the finals.In the finals, the U14G team was in a defensive battle with NC-Boca. Neither team was giving up many chances and it was going to come down to the wire.With 12 minutes left in the game NC Boca broke through and took the lead. The SBSC girls took to the offensive, and with surge after surge they attacked the opponents goal with narrow miss after … [Read more...]
Elite Racing Team's Lauren Capone won the women's amateur competition at the Wildflower Long Course Triathlon at Lake Nacimiento last Saturday.This year marked the 30th anniversary of the Wildflower Triathlon. Wildflower is one of the most prestigious U.S. triathlons, and it draws an international field of competitors.Capone completed the 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, and 13.1 mile run in a time of 5:04:21 to claim the overall amateur women’s title."The focus for LC today was to … [Read more...]
Santa Barbara Soccer Club's Rachel Smith, who also plays at Dos Pueblos High School, has verbally committed to play soccer at USC starting in the Fall of 2013.“I am very excited to have verbally committed to become a USC Trojan women’s soccer player and play in the Pac 12 Conference in the Fall of 2013,” Smith of Santa Barbara SC GU17 White stated.Smith was asked about the recruiting process.“I attended the College Night events at San Marcos High School and I met with the … [Read more...]
Mari Solis of the Santa Barbara SC GU16 White team has been on an amazing adventure and returned a better, stronger more experienced player and person as a result.Mari was invited to join the Mexican National Team program on a try-out basis. She made the final 25 but unfortunately not the final squad. Leo Cuellar, Mexico head coach, has requested that Mari remain in the path for recruitment. He has asked that Mari return to Mexico in the summer to train with the National Team Squad.This … [Read more...]
The Providence Hall Lions will play in the Condor League, beginning the 2012-13 school year.“We are absolutely thrilled to accept this invitation,” states Providence Hall athletic director Keith Luberto. “The Condor League schools, like Providence Hall, are academically rigorous; are similar in size; and are close by geographically. We have played the Condor teams multiple times in multiple sports and the experience has always been very positive.”For the past two years, … [Read more...]
