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OK, the truth is…I suck at golf.Total hacker!!But, that doesn’t stop me from playing every chance I get.In fact, it’s so bad … I don’t keep score … liberally use mulligans (free do-overs) … move my ball for a better lie in the ruff, much to the horror of real golfers around me… take provisionals (hit a second ball) in the likely case my first is lost anywhere near trees or out-of-bounds (often) …So on the recent MLK holiday, it’s La Cumbre Country Club … [Read more...]
Fresh off of finishing her fabulous Dos Pueblos High School tennis career -- one punctuated with an unprecedented 135-0 league record and a ‘4-peat’ as Channel League singles champion -- Lauren Stratman has been named Presidio Sports Sports Figure of the Month for November 2011.Equally amazing, perhaps, with this Columbia University-bound senior is her 4.8 scholastic GPA that underscores the same grit, determination and total commitment in her classes … as on the courts.It’s all … [Read more...]
“I’m a lucky guy,” he says. “I could have easily died or been paralyzed forever.” ---Andre BarbieriThe Grand Finale of our inaugural 2011 Presidio Sports Sports Figure of the Month series celebrates the indomitable positive power of the human spirit -- especially following one of life’s darkest moments.Nine months after a horrific Mammoth snowboarding accident damn near killed him and claimed most of his left leg, Andre Barbieri -- our December Sports Figure of the Month … [Read more...]
New Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table president Rich Hanna has been awarded the Presidio Sports Sports Figure of the Month for October, 2011 for his stewardship of and commitment to the community’s expansive sports activities and programs.On the heels of again leading Semana Nautica – SB’s ever-growing, premier summer beach festival and athletic competitions over a two-week period, Hanna just dove headfirst into his new two-year SBART leadership post.It follows five years of … [Read more...]
Under clear, sunny and cool skies, 'Ster Nation came together at the Montecito Country Club on Wednesday, about three months after winning their third National Baseball Congress (NBC) Championship in five years.The 12th Annual Santa Barbara Foresters/Hugs for Cubs Turkey Day Shootout was again sold-out with a full field of 144 golfers.Included in the 36 foursomes playing a scramble format were former Forester players including some still playing in both the minor and major leagues … [Read more...]
It came early this year …September, actually.And it was a gift many years in the making – 36 by last count.Three-missed calls one night in rapid-fire succession on my cell phone nearly a year before that, unknowingly, set things in motion.All three calls from same number. Area code 9-1-9.No clue where that was …So, immediately after next morning java – there was only one thing to do.It rang twice, then this after hello …Me: Ah, yes, hi, er …I had … [Read more...]
She’s a Midwest girl at heart.Mt. Prospect, where she grew up, is a 40-minute northwest ride from Chicago.Her dad, Bob was an electrician and mom, Donna, a waitress.Adrienne Hengels is the last of four kids – there’s Steve, Jeff and Denise before her.“We were, and still are, a very close knit family,” she said.This Hengels played basketball, volleyball and track.She gave 110% in practice.Got A’s in her classes.And dreamed like all kids do … [Read more...]
It’s been a year in the making …Every painstaking detail.Changes. Enhancements. Some surprises. Even a little pizazz.Entertainment, too!And for Rusty Snow, Santa Barbara International (SBI) Marathon & Half Marathon race director, along with his wife, June, who serves as the expo and finish-line coordinator and Dan Campbell, uber-experienced logistics coordinator, the moment has arrived.“We’re ready!” Snow stated.Saturday is their third year orchestrating the … [Read more...]
Friends for 15 years, Naomi Reeves and Jenny Klein started running on a lark four years ago …While together pushing their second kids in strollers around their San Roque neighborhood, Reeves asked Klein, both 38, if she wanted to run the Santa Barbara Half-Marathon four months out.“Sure,” said Klein. “But we’re NOT runners.”But, sharp and resourceful they are!So, they downloaded a training schedule from cyberspace and with surgical-like precision, they sliced precious … [Read more...]
OK, it was only an exhibition game.So, let’s not get too excited here.This preseason, nonconference opener doesn’t even count in the record books.So, let’s keep things in perspective, please.This game, that meant ‘absolutely nada’, had no bearing on anything, really.Except, on the other hand …It’s the public unveiling and first real sighting of the 2011-12 Gaucho women’s basketball team.And, of course, ( … do that drum-roll-in-your-head-thing here … [Read more...]
October is a busy month for Pink.No, not the singer.The color.National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and its flagship color is in full bloom.“THINK PINK.”Especially here at J.R. Richards Gymnasium — deep in the heart of green and gold territory on the Santa Barbara High School campus.Here, there’s pink everywhere – even food, like cupcakes and ice cream. Balloons, too!For the Dons, it’s a statement of sorts on Senior Night – the last home regular season … [Read more...]
Jeff Zamora knows a thing or two about inspiration.And he doesn’t have to look very far to get it.That’s because he carries it around with him every day.Wears it actually!On his arm.In his heart.In early 2008, his son, who captured the heart of the Santa Barbara community, died after a courageous battle with cancer.Little Jeffrey Zamora was only 2 years old.So today, Dad Jeff, with his son’s face forever tatted in his left bicep, has a little extra … [Read more...]
