John Zant: ‘Silky’ Erica Schroeder surprises with State Championship

  A state track-and-field champion from Santa Barbara comes along about as often as a winner of horse racing’s Triple Crown. Since the first … [Read more...]

John Zant: Basketball icons make night about Carbajal

On a night of heartfelt but lengthy speeches, a man who did not utter a word drew an outpouring of affection and applause at the second annual dinner … [Read more...]

John Zant: UCSB baseball enters home stretch

  UCSB’s Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, despite its inadequacies, was a rocking place to watch college baseball this season. The Gauchos, playing in … [Read more...]

John Zant: Honoring Santa Barbara hoop dreamers

  Award Season Features Basketball Court of Champions and Athletic Round Table’s Hall of Fame In the coming weeks, the sports awards season … [Read more...]

John Zant: Track & field races worth watching

  For reasons both salutary and pecuniary, I missed out on two of the most hyped events of the year: the NFL Draft and the Fight of the … [Read more...]

John Zant: Gauchos are Golden on the Mound

The word is out in the Big West Conference standings, national rankings, and NCAA statistics: UCSB is armed and dangerous on the baseball … [Read more...]

John Zant: UCSB’s forgotten football history

UCSB’s Harder Stadium is rightfully called “Soccer Heaven,” where Gaucho soccer teams have set NCAA attendance records and won the 2006 national … [Read more...]

John Zant: Cachuma Lake hosts weekend fish derby

Cachuma Lake is down but not out, and it still teems with recreational opportunities. That’s the message the caretakers of Santa Barbara’s major water … [Read more...]