Caitlin Wallace and Amanda Burch combined for 25 points as Carpinteria's girls basketball team won a hard-fought 35-28 decision over Cate in Wednesday's Battle of Carpinteria."Cate played tough," said Warriors coach Dan Mercer. "We had an 8-point lead with four minutes to go and it was an even game after that. We didn;t take care of the ball well at the end of the game." … [Read more...]

The Dos Pueblos girls basketball team ran out of clock on Tuesday night, rallying from a 13-point deficit to nearly defeat Righetti 76-75 in Santa Maria.The Chargers (5-4) were led in scoring by freshman gaurd Jessica Escalante with 20 points. Senior Meghan Murphy recorded a double-double with 12 points, 12 rebounds. Sara Crane just missed one with nine points and eight rebounds. Jasmine Mata notched a season-high 15 points to go with three rebounds. … [Read more...]

After her team suffered two key injuries on Saturday, Claudia Ochoa picked up the San Marcos girls basketball team and took the Royals to a 44-23 victory over Carpinteria in the Warriors' gym on Tuesday."Claudia had a career-best game," said San Marcos head coach Kristyn Miller of the senior guard, who had 28 points, 15 rebounds and three steals.Junior Desiree Porter-Ray also stepped up, recording seven points and nine rebounds in her first start. … [Read more...]

Brandi Blackwell had a career-best performance on Tuesday according to coach Andrew Butcher, scoring 17 points with 16 rebounds, three assists and two blocks in the Santa Barbara girls basketball team's 54-43 win over Camarillo (3-6)."She also guarded their star player (Anne Yoshimura) in the second half and held her to two baskets...She's getting to a point where she's able to accomplish a lot of things on the basketball court," said Butcher. … [Read more...]

Krysta Brown scored 16 points and Amanda Schulenberg chipped in 12 as the Laguna Blanca girls basketball team dominated visiting Coastal Christian 59-20 Monday night.The Owls won the first quarter 20-3 and took a 39-7 lead into halftime. Brown pulled down seven rebounds on the night while Megan McAlister and Kendall Hall each grabbed nine. Natalie Nomura had five steals and four assists.  … [Read more...]

If there's a common theme to Santa Barbara's 6-1 start and Saturday's 53-41 victory over West Ranch, it's a strong fourth quarter.The Dons girls basketball team did it again, outscoring West Ranch 20-9 in the final period to finish fifth place in the Gold Coast Tournament.Rebecca Griffin, who was named to the all-tournament team, scored 28 points and knocked down four of her seven 3-point baskets in the fourth quarter. … [Read more...]

They didn't make a lot of them, but they nailed them when they needed to.Jennifer Jimenez nailed a 3-pointer with 20 seconds reamining in Saturday's championship game of the Bishop Diego/Laguna Blanca Tournament, giving the Cardinals (5-2) a 48-46 win over La Reina. It was Bishop's second consecutive tournament title. … [Read more...]

Jeanette Mendoza had 12 points and the San Marcos girls basketball team had a 13-8 lead after the first quarter, but the Royals couldn't hang on and ended the Gold Coast Tournament with a 51-40 loss to Moorpark on Saturday.The Royals are now 4-5 on the season. … [Read more...]

Maddie Firestone scored 16 points as Cate picked up a huge girls basketball win over rival Thacher on Friday night, beating the Toads for the first time in over five years with a 35-30 tilt in the Bishop Diego/Laguna Blanca Tournament."It's great for our program, and just a very exciting win for our girls," said assistant coach Jim Masters.Grace Williams added seven points for the 3-1 Rams, who will play for third place in the tournament on Saturday. … [Read more...]

The Bishop Diego girls basketball team is one win away from repeating as champions in the Cardinals' own tournament after beating Villanova 48-39 on Friday night at the Brickhouse.Janelle Kohler led Bishop with 13 points, nine rebounds and three steals to lead the Cardinals (4-2) to their fourth straight victory, three of those coming in the Laguna Blanca/Bishop Diego Tournament. … [Read more...]

Championship-game bound Agoura relegated Dos Pueblos to the third-place game on Friday afternoon with an 80-52 defeat at the Thunderhut in the Gold Coast Tournament.Senior Meghan Murphy her second straight big day in the tournament, scoring 20 points to go with 18 rebounds. Sara Sessler grabbed 10 and Sara Crane 15 more rebounds as the Chargers crashed the boards but let go of 24 turnovers that got the better of the young team. … [Read more...]

The Santa Barbara girls basketball team took off like a rocket on Friday, turning a game that was close through three quarters into a 66-35 blowout win over Santa Ynez in the Gold Coast Tournament.The Dons, led by Geena Boscacci's game-high 13 and Rebecca Griffin's 12, outscored the Pirates 27-6 in the fourth quarter to earn a spot in Friday's fifth-place game against West Ranch. … [Read more...]