Morton fires 70, Dons roll past Hart

James Morton made five birdies en route to an even-par 70 at Birnam Wood Golf Club, leading Santa Barbara to a 389-434 non-league victory over Hart on Monday.Morton’s score was six shots better than anyone else. He became the fifth different Don to earn medalist honors this season.The Dons improve to 12-1.Santa Barbara 389, Hart 434Santa Barbara scores: Morton 70 Ryan Stoll 76 Alec Constantinides 79 Jonathan Collins 80 Sean Searls 84Hart: Andrew Mulhausen 86 Paul … [Read more...]

Mazziota medals in San Marcos victory

Joey Mazziota took medalist honors with a score of 74 as the San Marcos boys golf team defeated Rio Mesa 411-434 at Sandpiper Golf Club on Thursday."Joey has been playing solid golf and has been building his confidence and it was proven today he can play very well," head coach David Siordia said. "Joey is the kind of kid who shows up early and leaves late at every practice."The team will start Channel League competition on Tuesday against Dos Pueblos at Glen Annie Golf Club.SAN … [Read more...]

Stoll earns first medalist honors as Dons defeat Ventura

Sophomore Ryan Stoll led all scorers with a 75 at Birnam Wood Golf Club to help the Santa Barbara High boys golf team to a 387-398 victory over Ventura on Wednesday."The Channel League is awfully deep this year and every match will prove to be an important one," head coach James Bedard said. "Our best score can come from any one of the players on our team. I am really pleased with how Ryan played today. He has a very bright future."Every stroke counted in the match as the teams were … [Read more...]

Royals, Dons close together at Oak Park Invitational

The golf teams from Santa Barbara High and San Marcos competed at Monday's Oak Park Invitational, played at North Ranch County Club in Westlake Village.Moorpark's Thomas Lim and Drew Miller of Chaminade carded one-over 73s for the lwo rounds of the day. Miller's Chaminade was in the hunt for the team title as well but the Eagles were edged by Mira Costa.Jonathan Collins and Ryan Stoll led their threesomes with 77s for the Dons.San Marcos' Thayer White, Dylan Wright and Niels … [Read more...]

Dons team up on West Ranch in pairs

Santa Barbara's boys golf team defeated West Ranch 8-4 on Thursday in a match that featured eight golfers from each school.Four two-man teams competed against each other with the Dons prevailing at Robinson Ranch Golf Course.Alec Constantinides and Rito Armenta were the only 3-0 team. The combos of Sean Searls-Ryan Stoll and Spencer Mikles-James Morton went 2-1.Constandtinides dropped a 50-foot putt for par that halved a hole for his team."Alec really helped carry our team today" … [Read more...]

Fuller medals in Charger victory

Lane Fuller's 74 bettered the field on Thursday for Dos Pueblos, helping the Chargers to a 397-462 non-league win over Rio Mesa.Michael Yi was one stroke behind Fuller at 75. Nick DeHeras' 81, Grant Anderson's 82 and James Height's 85 closed out the round for Dos Pueblos.Rio Mesa's low score was Kyle McLay with an 83.Chargers head coach Rob Schiff noted that the pins were especially tough on Thursday and the wind added another challenging element. … [Read more...]

Golfweek Pro Tour makes stop at Sandpiper GC

Golfweek’s National Pro Tour is making a stop this week at Sandpiper Golf Course, staging the $150,000 Pacific Open.The tournament teed off Wednesday and runs through Friday at the seaside course.The Golfweek Tour is a developmental tour (without membership) designed to prepare players from the entry level to the PGA Tour. It has a two-level development system. The event at Sandpiper is part of the Gold Tour.Several players on the tour have played in PGA and Nationwide Tour events. … [Read more...]

Four birdies for Searls boosts Santa Barbara

Sean Searls' one-over 72 led Santa Barbara High's boys golf team to a 395-403 victory over West Ranch at Rancho San Marcos on Monday.The Dons were able to edge West Ranch in large part due to Searls, who was five strokes better than the next best round. Searls collected four birdies during the round.That happened to be teammate Jonathan Collins at 77. James Morton scored a 79, Spencer Mikles an 83, and Ryan Stoll at 84 rounded out Santa Barbara.West Ranch's top score belonged to … [Read more...]

Morton, Collins bring Dons good returns

James Morton and Jonathan Collins couldn't out-do each other, but out-did everyone else on Thursday at the Alisal Ranch Course in Santa Ynez to lead Santa Barbara High's golf team to a victory.Collins and Morton were both at 6-over 78 to earn co-medalist honors and the Dons were a combined 408, which was 11-strokes better than second-place finisher Clovis West.Dos Pueblos finished in third place with a 424 and San Luis Obispo was fourth with 436. The host team Santa Ynez placed last … [Read more...]

Warriors open up against Nordhoff, Hueneme

Joey Biro, Alex Warner and Ian Craddock broke 100 for Carpinteria's golf team on Thursday as the Warriors finished second out of three teams in their first competition of the spring season.The Warriors scored a 500 as a team, second to Nordhoff's 465. Hueneme came in third at 621.Carpinteria returns five players from last year's team and adds two newcomers to the game. Warner and Craddock matched each other's 92 to share the team's low round.The three schools met at Soule Park in … [Read more...]

Royals lose in tough conditions at Sandpiper

The San Marcos boys golf team battled the elements at Sandpiper Golf Course, but lost 389-414 to Mira Costa."Wind, cold and rain is never fun at Sandpiper, which even plays hard when its gorgeous out," Royals coach Dave Siordia said.Mira Costa's David Kim was the medalist with a score of 71.San Marcos was led by Thayer White who shot a 79 during the match.San Marcos (0-2) will travel to Santa Ynez tomorrow for a five-team meet at Alisal River Golf Course with Santa Barbara, Dos … [Read more...]

Dons finish second in three-team meet

The Santa Barbara High boys golf team finished ahead of Santa Ynez but behind Clovis West at a three-team meet at par-72 Alisal River Golf Course."Clovis West is a team that is always in contention as one of the best teams in California," Dons coach James Bedard said. "This was a great experience to see that we have some work to do to compete with an elite program like them."Colvis West's Brian Waterhouse shot a 66 and was the medalist for Wednesday's match.Santa Barbara was led by … [Read more...]