2011 ALL TRI-VALLEY LEAGUEMOST VALUABLE PLAYER Position School Name GradeDriver Malibu Michael Mitze 12COACH OF THE YEARBryan Swarm Carpinteria1ST TEAMSchool Position Name GradeMalibu 2M George Karaghossian 12Oaks Christian 2M Chris Fiala 11Oaks Christian Driver Joe Nelson 11Carpinteria Driver Ben O'Hara 11Nordhoff 2M / Driver Alec … [Read more...]
Carpinteria’s Swarm named Coach of the Year in Tri-Valley League boys water polo
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Van Alphen named Channel League’s top player
Thursday, December 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Dos Pueblos' Sjors Van Alphen has been named the Channel League's MVP for boys water polo, helping lead the Chargers to a league title.Van Alphen, who will be playing for the UCSB Gauchos next season, made the leap from last year's second team to league MVP by providing leadership, scoring, and defense for the Chargers. Senior teammates Nic Lum and Philip Bates were named to the All-League First Team.San Marcos' Shane Hauschild is the youngest player to be named to the First Team. The … [Read more...]
MPSF, NCAA tourney teams full of SB Aquatics alums
Saturday, December 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Santa Barbara Aquatics Club was well represented at the 2011 MPSF water polo championships held at UCLA this past weekend.The club also has a presence at this weekend’s Division I NCAA Championships at UC Berkeley.Danny White (SBAC/Rio Mesa) and Parker Peterson (SBAC/SBHS) are juniors at Pepperdine who both played for the Waves at the MPSF tournament. White was Pepperdine’s leading scorer as a sophomore. Pepperdine, seeded 6th, faced third-ranked UCLA in the opening game of the MPSF. … [Read more...]
Late surge not enough to push Chargers past Dana Hills
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A long bus ride for visiting Dana Hills seemed to have no effect as the Dolphins jumped on Dos Pueblos and scored in the first minute of the first and second quarters en route to a 7-5 victory.Dos Pueblos never led, but was never far behind and found ways to score despite being pushed out of its comfort zone by Dana Hills.During the regular season, the Chargers went 7-1 in the Channel League, and earned a share of the title with Santa Barbara. The top seed from the league was given to … [Read more...]
Los Al knocks Santa Barbara from postseason
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Just because Los Alamitos had lost four straight games entering Wednesday's first-round CIF playoff match with Santa Barbara, didn't mean the Griffins were going to lay down.Los Alamitos was getting beat up towards the end of the regular season but bounced back in a big way with a 10-6 opening round victory in the Dons' pool."So out here, it was a big confidence booster to get that first goal on the first possession. Thank god everybody got feeling that momentum," said Los Alamitos head … [Read more...]
Pre-coinflips decided for boys water polo second round
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The pre-coinflips for Saturday's second round of CIF have been decided for boys water polo.If Dos Pueblos were to win on Wednesday, the Chargers would have to travel to face top-seeded Mater Dei.If Santa Barbara advances and so does Servite, then the Dons automatically travel south. If El Toro defeats Servite, however, then the Dons would stay in Santa Barbara for Saturday's match because they won the coin flip.Both the Dons and Chargers are at home for their first-round matches on … [Read more...]
Royals fall to 26 goals from Tritons
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
San Clemente racked up 26 goals on Tuesday, more than enough to put away visiting San Marcos in a Division I CIF wild-card contest.The final was 26-10 and San Clemente moves on to play tomorrow against second-seeded Newport Harbor.Shane Hauschild scored eight of San Marcos' goals."San clemente came out firing and we looked a little shell shocked to start the game," said Royals head coach Jeff Ashton. "Shane was the only thing we could really get going offensively and we struggled … [Read more...]
Chargers drop regular-season finale to Royal
Friday, November 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Dos Pueblos lost key player Sjors Van Alphen to a game ejection midway through the third period and Royal scored with 1:20 to go in the game and held on for a 9-8 non-league win over the Chargers on Friday.DP drew an ejection with 18 seconds left in the match but it couldn’t get off a shot with a man advantage.Charger goalie Phillip Bates had a huge game, making 16 blocks against the No. 3 team in Division 4.Grant Schroeder scored three goals, Blake Parrish added two and Nick Lum, … [Read more...]
PHOTO GALLERY: Dons-Chargers Channel League water polo
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
PHOTO GALLERY INTRO: Santa Barbara High's boys water polo team upended Dos Pueblos 11-5 on Tuesday in a pivotal Channel League matchup. The Chargers would have won the league title outright with a victory but the Dons had other plans...CLICK HERE for more game coverage and box score … [Read more...]
