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The Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table closed out the year with another packed-house affair at Fess Parker's Doubletree for the 43rd annual Hall of Fame Banquet on Monday night.The inductees as well as Coaches and Athletes of the Year were honored, with highlights including a video acceptance speech from Dodger Stadium by Hall-of-Famer Ryan Spilborghs, who plays for the Colorado Rockies. Another great moment was when Ryan Brown, son of the late Kevin Brown, accepted for his father.The event … [Read more...]

Considering we live along the planet's largest body of water, it sure is tough to find a place to swim in this town.The pools at Santa Barbara High and Dos Pueblos are out-of-order this week, so everything aquatic — including the Channel League swimming prelims — has been moved to San Marcos High."We're just waiting for UCSB's pool to go down so we can have everybody in the whole town coming to swim with us," joked Royals girls coach Brian Roth at Monday's Santa Barbara Athletic Round … [Read more...]

There have been some pretty impressive statistical performances being turned in by local athletes lately.Take Hannah Harris, for example. The Dos Pueblos softball sophomore went 3-1 in the pitcher's circle last week. Through the 25 innings, she had 28 strikeouts while only giving up one earned run. With the bat, she hit .667 with an on-base percentage of .742.As a result, she was named Female Athlete of the Week at Monday's Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table luncheon, which featured a small … [Read more...]

Home runs never get old, and while the Major League Baseball season was just getting underway on Monday, our prep players have been sending 'em over the outfield wall for a month.One of the reasons Santa Barbara High first baseman Trey Barrett was honored as Athlete of the Week at Monday's Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table luncheon is because he did something that has only been achieved by 51 players in Big League history — two home runs in the same inning.Barrett, a junior, hit a pair … [Read more...]

What a tangled web the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table can weave.Let's take Monday's luncheon in the Ranchero Room at Harry's as an example:- The Sportsperson of the Month was Retta Slay, who founded the Dos Pueblos Little League Challengers Division, which provides children with special needs the opportunity to play baseball.- Round Table board member Cara Gamberdella will be running the Boston Marathon with her sister next month to raise money for the Challengers Division.- Luncheon … [Read more...]

Did you know that there are two local basketball players who will be starting for their respective college teams heading into March Madness?Jeff Lavender quizzed the audience at Monday's Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table luncheon, and no one was able to come up with both answers. Lavender was there to talk about the Santa Barbara High boys golf team (he's an assistant coach for the team), but as a former Westmont basketball player and coach for the Dons and San Marcos, he couldn't help but slip … [Read more...]