Allen Geiberger will be looking to put his famous last name on the trophy at this weekend’s 53rd annual Santa Barbara City Golf Championship at the Santa Barbara Golf Club.The 54-hole amateur tournament, a Memorial Day weekend tradition, begins Saturday and concludes Monday.Geiberger, a Santa Barbara native and the son of former PGA star Al “Mr. 59” Geiberger, finished second to Andrew Perez in last year’s tournament. Perez is not returning to seek a third straight title.This … [Read more...]
Lakey’s Lines: A little help can make BIG difference
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Hello Everyone!! I hope you guys are having a great Spring and getting ready for an even greater SUMMER!!!My life has been pretty busy since February of this year. I have been doing contest after contest but now I am back home and I have a little bit of a break before I go to France in June. The past four months have been some of the best times of my life for so many different reasons.Yes, the surfing has been amazing, but I'm talking about also having the opportunity to give … [Read more...]
PHOTO GALLERY: 45th Hall of Fame Banquet
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
PHOTO GALLERY INTRO: The 45th annual Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Hall of Fame Banquet was hosted at the DoubleTree Resort on Monday, as a sold-out crowd gathered to celebrate the evening's honorees.Among them were 11 Hall of Fame inductees, four special award winners, three scholarship recipients, two coaches of the year, and 52 Athletes of the Year.The photo gallery below includes some of the night's winners.For video highlights from last night's event, CLICK … [Read more...]
Mendoza returns to football as head coach at Dos Pueblos
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Nate Mendoza was back on the baseball field Tuesday at Dos Pueblos High, but the coach wasn’t hitting ground balls or going over signs with his ballplayers. Instead he was running the football team through a spring workout.Mendoza, the successful varsity baseball coach at DP, was handed the varsity football head coaching job on Tuesday by Athletic Director Dan Feldhaus. He replaces Jeff Uyesaka, who stepped down two weeks ago for family reasons.Except for last season, Mendoza, 27, has … [Read more...]
CFS announces next MMA event for Santa Barbara
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
California Fight Syndicate (CFS), California’s premier promoter of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), announced today that it will present “The Return”, an MMA event at the Earl Warren Showgrounds in Santa Barbara on June 30, 2012. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Santa Barbara’s Primo Boxing Club, a gym that delivers much-needed afterschool activities for at-risk youth in Santa Barbara.“Santa Barbara is our home, and we are very excited to ‘Return’ and offer some … [Read more...]
SBSC U-14 White bring home National Cup title
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The next generation of prep soccer stars is coming to a local pitch near you real soon.The Santa Barbara Soccer Club’s Boys Under-14 White team last weekend captured the championship of the Cal South National Cup in San Juan Capistrano, beating the top-ranked South Bay Gunners 1-0 in the final.The SBSC won seven straight matches against some of the top youth programs in the country to win a National Cup championship for the second time in three years. The same group of players won as … [Read more...]
Eight locals getting black-belt promotion
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
SANTA BARBARA – Martial Arts Family Fitness (MAFF), a family-owned and operated school dedicated to improving lives through martial arts, announced today that Grandmaster Dave Wheaton will oversee the semi-annual black belt test and promotion in the art of Dynamic Circle Hapkido. Testing for their first dan are four adults, two teenagers and two youth students. Additionally, one student will be testing for Master, or fourth dan, 11 students will be testing for their second dan, and another … [Read more...]
Celebration of Sam Wopat’s life set for Thursday
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A local celebration of the life of former Dos Pueblos High volleyball star Sam Wopat is set for Thursday at the East Beach volleyball courts, followed by a service at the Fess Parker Double Tree Hotel’s rotunda, the family announced.The gathering at the volleyball courts is set to begin at 3:30 p.m. and the service is scheduled for 6 p.m. There also will be a sunset gathering at East Beach around 7 p.m.Everyone is invited and is encouraged to bring snacks or drinks to share.The … [Read more...]
Huffman splits top prize in Central Coast Poker Championship
Sunday, May 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By MIKE TRAPHAGEN, CHUMASH CASINO RESORT Santa Barbara’s John Pearley Huffman commanded the final table and generously opted to split the prize money with his three remaining competitors to conclude the $50,000 Central Coast Poker Championship on Saturday at the Chumash Casino Resort’s Samala Showroom. Tom West of Los Altos, John Myers of Santa Maria, and Freddy Castro of Santa Ynez joined Huffman in outlasting a field of 612 players who all paid a $180 entry fee (or $160 for … [Read more...]
Cate’s Boateng is Gatorade National Soccer Player of Year
Thursday, May 17, 2012 By 1 Comment
Ema Boateng grew up in a home with no electricity and no running water in Ghana, but his intellect, determination and soccer ability offered him a shot at a better life. The teen hit a pretty big bull's-eye Thursday when he was named the 2011-12 Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year. By CHAD KONECKY, ESPN Boateng was surprised with the news in his Cate School environmental science class by one of the most recognizable faces in American soccer, Alexi Lalas, who earned Gatorade … [Read more...]
