Robert Thornton, Jacob Franco and Victor Garcia III combined to pitch a 3-hit shutout on Tuesday for the Carpinteria baseball team in a 4-0 win over visiting Villanova.“Pitching-wise, we’re still trying to figure out how all the pieces go together and the guys that threw today did a really nice job,” said coach Pat Cooney.None of the three had pitched in Saturday’s season-opening double-header against Santa Ynez.Offensively, Zach Boberg went 2-for-3 with an RBI triple to lead … [Read more...]

San Marcos' Jimmy Brakka had Birmingham's number on Monday.The sophomore knocked in five runs, leading the Royals to a 12-5 non-league victory.Monday's game, a make-up from Saturday, is part of the Southern California Tournament. San Marcos is now 2-0 and hosts Arleta on Wednesday, also a tourney game.Brakka's day included a 3-run home run in the first inning and a two-run double in a 5-run fifth inning. San Marcos enjoyed a 10-2 lead at that point.David Kim started on the mound … [Read more...]

Carpinteria and Santa Ynez got all 14 innings of their doubleheader in despite two rain delays on Saturday, and the Warriors won the first contest 8-3 before falling in the second, 8-1."It was a great first day, and we were excited just to be able to play. Some of the Web sites I checked said 100-percent chance of rain," said coach Pat Cooney.Sophomore Colton Rubio went the distance for the win in the first game, giving up seven hits while striking out a pair and walking four. Diego … [Read more...]

Freshman Gabe Speier made an impressive debut as a high school pitcher, tossing four innings and getting the win on Saturday as the Dos Pueblos baseball squad defeated St. Joseph 5-3 in the Central Coast Tournament up in Santa Maria.After opening the season with a 2-1 loss to Lompoc on Friday, The Chargers improved to 1-1. Speier gave up four hits, two runs (one earned) while striking out four and walking four."He did a great job for his first time out there," said coach Nate Mendoza. … [Read more...]

San Marcos scored all five of its runs with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning on Friday, opening its baseball season with a 5-3 home win over Oxnard."It was great to see us bounce back in the sixth like that. It was a good start," said second-year head coach Rob Crawford.Nick Stathopoulos picked up the win, putting down the Yellowjackets in order in the first, third and fourth innings. He finished with three strikeouts and needed just 87 pitches.Oxnard brought in its … [Read more...]

Junior ace Danny Zandona threw a two-hitter on 77 pitches and also drove in two runs on Friday as the Santa Barbara High baseball team won a pitchers duel in its season-opener at Pioneer Valley, 4-0, in the Central Coast Tournament.Zandona held the Panthers to just two fifth-inning singles, striking out six and walking one."Early in the season we're just going to try to be mechanically sound. I think it comes down to pitching and defense with this team," said assistant coach Mike … [Read more...]

Bishop Diego announced Wednesday that Casey Cloud will be taking over the school's baseball program next year to fill the void left by departing head coach Brian Moulton.Cloud, a graduate of Santa Barbara High, played in the College World Series as a catcher at UCLA and played professionally in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization for three years. Cloud also played and is currently a coach for the Santa Barbara Foresters.Moulton guided the Cardinals to postseason births in two of his … [Read more...]

MVP – Michael Marrieta, 12, St. Bonaventure FIRST TEAM St. Bonaventure: Joe Luna, David Trejo, Cody Kurz, Drew Gibson, Nick Pann. Oaks Christian: Nick Pann, Drew Hacker, George Youmans, Travis Radke. Oak Park: Bryan Langolis, Jake Hagen. Carpinteria: Kyle Geary, Nathan Saito. Bishop Diego: Cody Yokubaitis. Fillmore: Nathan Ibarra. Malibu: Jesse Conrad. … [Read more...]

LONG BEACH — The local prep sports year concluded Friday, and virtually no one expected that the Cate baseball team would be the last Santa Barbara team standing.The seventh-seeded Rams had stampeded through the Division VII playoffs, but they lost their footing early on in the championship game — a 12-2 defeat at the hands of top-ranked Cornerstone Christian down at historic Blair Field in Long Beach. It was their second loss of the season, with both coming at the hands of the … [Read more...]