It could’ve been a long night for the Dos Pueblos football team.  Cabrillo, showing off a variety of offensive weapons, drove 93 yards down the field and scored a touchdown on its second possession of the game. But Dane Limosnero and the Chargers’ special teams gave them a huge confidence boost. … [Read more...]

John Hazelton's Carpinteria Warriors improved to 2-1 on the year thanks to a defensive effort that made their coach proud."Defensively, it was essentially a shutout," said Hazelton after his team's 33-6 win at Nipomo.The Titans' only points came after a long opening kickoff return which resulted in an easy Nipomo score that made it 6-0. It was all Warriors from there. … [Read more...]

Luther Tarver-Burks scored four touchdowns in the first half Saturday as the Laguna Blanca 8-man football squad picked up a 47-0 win over visiting Valley Christian of Santa Maria.It was a much-needed result after opening the season with a 50-0 loss at the hands of powerhouse Windward."It was definitely a confidence-builder. We needed it because we opened up with the number two team in all of 8-man, and we came out flat. It was disheartening and the kids were just crushed," said coach Ray … [Read more...]

BEVERLY HILLS — The stars are in Beverly Hills, but they weren't aligned with the Santa Barbara High football team on Friday night.  "We made some bad decisions on offense," said Santa Barbara head coach Will Gonzales. "We stopped executing in the second half."A 28-17 third quarter lead quickly turned into a 37-28 loss for the Dons, as the Beverly Hills High Normans avenged last year's defeat at Peabody Stadium. … [Read more...]

 The Bishop Diego football team had a rough night in Fillmore on Friday, losing 42-3 to the Flashes. The Cardinals were able to move the ball on offense, as senior quarterback Anthony Martinez completed several passes downfield for big yardage. But Fillmore capitalized on four red-zone turnovers by Bishop, turning turnovers into points all night long. … [Read more...]

An opportunistic defense and a dramatic 32-yard field goal by senior Alvaro Garcia helped San Marcos High win its football season opener and send Valley Stadium into a frenzy Friday night.  With 21 seconds remaining, Garcia, … [Read more...]

  Plagued by too many miscues and dominated by St. Joseph's massive defensive line, Bishop Diego's football team turned in a lackluster performance in its home opener Friday night at SBCC in a 31-13 loss to the visiting Knights.   One week after an encouraging narrow loss on the road to Arroyo Grande, the Cardinals (0-2) came out "tentative and flat" according to head coach Tom Crawford. "We acted like we were overmatched," Crawford said. "We were tentative with what we we doing. It was … [Read more...]

   Dos Pueblos coach Jeff Uyesaka said his Chargers "got beat by a better team" on Friday night, losing their first game of the season 27-13 on a visit to the Tigers of San Luis Obispo.   "It wasn't quite a mauling like it might seem," he pointed out. "We didn't have our game plan put together well enough. We had some opportunities."    Junior linebacker Shane Taylor had "a gang of tackles," according to Uyesaka, who also praised the play of running backs Dane Limosnero and Anthony … [Read more...]

   Once Morro Bay's speedsters broke into the secondary, they were gone.  Three sizable scoring scampers lifted the visiting Pirates over Carpinteria (1-1) at Memorial Stadium Friday, 29-11, in a contest much closer than the bizarre final score indicated.  "You musn't play great defense for 28 plays and then not for two," said Warriors head John Hazelton.  The lengthy scoring runs — an 86-yarder by Wyatt Gerbracht in the first, a 53-yarder by Gerbracht in the fourth and a … [Read more...]

   A stubborn Santa Ynez High defense and a nagging case of leg cramps wouldn’t deny Carpinteria quarterback R.J. Rosborough during his football team’s season opener Friday.    The 6-foot-4 junior broke free for a 44-yard run in the third quarter, limped to the sidelines to sit out one play, then re-entered to score the game’s lone touchdown and help the Warriors secure a 7-0 victory at Santa Ynez.    His 44-yard run keyed a 92-yard scoring drive for Carpinteria (1-0). On the … [Read more...]