CIF POLLS: Thacher, Cate prepare for Top-10 clash

A win over No. 2 Santa Barbara  on Tuesday, coupled with a second-place finish to Archbishop Mitty at the Tournament of Champions, kept Dos Pueblos girls volleyball entrenched at No. 1 in Div. I-A in the latest CIF Polls released on Monday.Barring a huge upset in the next few days, the Chargers and Dons will enter the postseason as the division's top-two seeds, setting up a possible rematch of last year's final at Rob Gym.Cate and Thacher meet in an 8-man football game to decide the … [Read more...]

CIF Polls: No. 1 Chargers, No. 2 Dons at it again

For the second time this season, Dos Pueblos and Santa Barbara will meet as the top two girls volleyball teams in CIF Div. I-A on Tuesday. Only this time, the Chargers are the No. 1 team, having held that position since the week after defeating the Dons in their first Channel League matchup.Match time is 6:30 p.m. in J.R. Richards Gymnasium.Dos Pueblos' boys water polo, also preparing for a Channel League clash with Santa Barbara on Tuesday, was knocked down a couple of spots in … [Read more...]

CIF Polls: DP, SB water polo move up on eve of clash

On the eve of Tuesday's Channel League boys water polo clash between Dos Pueblos and Santa Barbara, both teams moved up in the latest CIF poll released on Monday.The Chargers, ranked No. 4 in Div. I all season, moved up to a season-high No. 3 while Santa Barbara improved by two spots to No. 8. DP won its only game played last week, a 13-12 overtime win at home against JSerra, the No. 2 team in D-II. The Chargers slipped past El Toro, the previous No. 3, who lost to the new No. 4, Corona del … [Read more...]

CIF polls: Top dogs stay pat

There wasn't much movement at the top of the CIF polls released Monday, as Dos Pueblos and Santa Barbara girls volleyball, Dos Pueblos boys water polo and Santa Barbara girls tennis all went unchanged.Dos Pueblos is No. 1 in Div. I-A for the second straight week in girls volleyball, directly followed by the Dons. Laguna Blanca did see some movement in Div. IV-AA, but in the wrong direction, falling from No. 3 to No. 6.Santa Barbara girls tennis maintained its No. 2 ranking in Div. II … [Read more...]

CIF Polls: Chargers, Dons flip flop top spots

Dos Pueblos' girls volleyball team took over CIF Div. I-A's top ranking on Monday, which was expected following last week's result against the former No. 1 team, the Santa Barbara Dons. The Chargers knocked the defending CIF champs from the top spot in an exciting 23-25, 23-25, 25-19, 25-13, 15-13 Channel League battle at DP's Sovine Gym on Sept. 29.The Santa Barbara boys water polo team slipped from 7th to 10th in its latest poll after an up-and-down weekend at the Villa Park Tournament. … [Read more...]

CIF Polls: No. 1 Dons, No. 2 Chargers meet Tuesday

Santa Barbara and Dos Pueblos remain No. 1-2 in the latest CIF girls volleyball polls released Monday. The two powerhouses, which met in last year's CIF Div. I-A final, meet for the first time in 2009 on Tuesday at Dos Pueblos.Dos Pueblos remained at No. 4 in boys water polo's Div. I after a fifth-place finish at this weekend's South Coast Tournament that featured all of CIF's top teams. Santa Barbara, which finished ninth, moved up in this week's polls to a season-high seventh … [Read more...]

Dons rise to top in latest CIF poll

The Santa Barbara Dons boys soccer team took over Division II's No. 1 position in the new CIF poll released Monday, moving up from No. 7 after a 16-1 preseason that included two tournament titles.Ventura, the preseason No. 1, falls to the No. 2 slot. The Cougars and the Dons clash on Tuesday in Santa Barbara's Channel League opener. … [Read more...]