Santa Barbara's Sports News and Information
James Kiffe plays on the back line for the UCSB men’s soccer team, but he’s really an offensive player in disguise.The former San Marcos and City College star demonstrated his offensive prowess Wednesday night, assisting on a goal and scoring one in the Gauchos’ 3-0 domination of Cal State Fullerton in a Big West match before 2,889 at Harder Stadium.“I’m kind of a converted defender, originally a forward,” Kiffe said. “(The coaches are) just letting me attack more and … [Read more...]
KERAMAS, Bali/Indonesia — It was a barrel bonanza at the Oakley ASP World Pro Junior, event no.1 on the ASP World Junior Tour (WJT), in Bali today, with the world’s top young bloods going tube-for-tube in clean 5-6ft (1.5m) barrelling conditions at the host venue of Keramas.With supreme conditions on offer, Contest Director, Beau Emerton, opted to start Round 4 of the men’s division at 6.30am in the best conditions seen for the event.Santa Barbara's Conner Coffin, 17, unleashed a … [Read more...]
Jordan Lund was the difference maker.She dug deep and pulled out an improbable victory in the final set of the day to boost San Marcos to a 10-8 win over Dos Pueblos in a Channel League girls tennis match on Tuesday.Lund saved two set and match points to complete a rally from a 5-1 deficit.“She won six straight games. It was impressive, very impressive,” said San Marcos coach Jarrod Bradley.Had Lund lost to DP’s Lea Tran-Le the match would have ended in a 9-9 tie in sets, … [Read more...]
Former UCSB soccer star Eric Avila has played a key role in a record-tying unbeaten streak by FC Dallas of Major League Soccer.Avila has been a spark plug off the bench late in matches during Dallas’ streak of 18 straight matches without a defeat.“I’m trying to help the team as much as possible,” he said in an interview after a recent 2-1 win over New England in which he assisted on a dramatic game-tying goal in stoppage time. “I want to be first off the bench, try to help the … [Read more...]
SBCC football coach Craig Moropoulos is a Santa Barbara native, and his program is a reflection of it.At Monday's Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table press luncheon, he expressed his hometown pride regarding Saturday's wacky 26-21 win over visiting L.A. Southwest. The Cougars seemingly had the game in hand up 21-19 and were trying to kill the clock on the SBCC 10-yard line with 1:25 remaining. In the span of 24 seconds, the Vaqueros recovered a fumble and found the end zone."In 26 years … [Read more...]
Santa Barbara's Conner Coffin and Lakey Peterson are making surfing history right now, in Bali for the first ever ASP World Junior Tour contest.Peterson, who just turned 16 on Thursday, has already assured herself of at least a quarterfinal result by winning two heats and surfs again against Australian Tyler Wright. Peterson and Wright have already met in the quarterfinals of a major contest this year, with Peterson reaching the semifinals of the U.S. Open at Wright's expense.Coffin, 17, … [Read more...]
A public tribute for John Ward has been scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 10 at Carpinteria High’s football stadium.The community event for the longtime coach, teacher and administrator at Carpinteria and Bishop Diego High Schools will be at 5:30 p.m. at Carpinteria Valley Memorial Stadium.Coach Ward died on Wednesday, Sept. 29 after a battle with colon cancer.He was the athletic director, coach of the boys basketball and boys golf teams and the head of the math department at Carpinteria … [Read more...]
Doug Harrell provided Westmont with the scoring it absolutely needed to get past San Diego Christian on Saturday, recording a goal and an assist in a 2-1 overtime victory on homecoming weekend.Harrell set up Harrison Hill in the first half before scoring the game winner himself in the first minute of overtime off of a rebound.GSAC STANDINGSHill's goal came in the fifth minute, putting San Diego at an immediate disadvantage.San Diego Christian put only two shots on goal the entire … [Read more...]
Five different Owls scored touchdowns in the first half of their Condor League opener on Saturday, but it was a Joey Coleman solo act in the second half that cemented a 50-20 victory over Dunn in Hope Ranch.The freshman fullback converted two long runs for touchdowns in the final 14 minutes of the game after Dunn had cut a 34-6 halftime deficit to 34-20 with 1:24 remaining in the third quarter. They were the first touchdowns of Coleman's high school career, helping the Owls stay unbeaten … [Read more...]
OXNARD — This one was for Coach Ward.The Carpinteria football team traveled to Oxnard with heavy hearts on Friday, but were able to turn the grief of losing beloved coach and teacher John Ward into a 28-0 win over Santa Clara.Jovan Saenz rushed for two 1-yard touchdowns, as the Warriors scored all of their points in the first half.Quarterback Paul "Munchie" Aguilar returned to the lineup after a two-week absence and picked up big chunks of rushing yards throughout the night, … [Read more...]
Let the record show that center Nick Okpysh scored the winning touchdown for the Dos Pueblos football team in its 27-17 non-league game against Rio Mesa on Friday night at Scott O’Leary Stadium.Okpysh’s play showed what hustle can do for a team. After blocking at the line of scrimmage, he followed quarterback Michael Spiritosanto down the field on a 36-yard run to the end zone. Spiritosanto had the ball knocked out of his hands at the 2-yard line, but Okpysh was right there to recover … [Read more...]
Early in the 19th century, good old Yankee ingenuity came up with a system of interchangeable parts for machinery that became known as the "American System."Nordhoff High's football Rangers are keeping that tradition alive as they continue to roll through an unbeaten season. The Rangers switched out a couple of parts Friday night and remained a perfect model of efficiency, improving to 5-0 with a 38-14 win over Santa Barbara at Peabody Stadium.Isaac Seymour rushed for 70 yards and three … [Read more...]
