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It was a chance meeting that would forever change his life …Had he left minutes earlier on that hot August afternoon, he would have missed that golden lead of a ‘temporary’ sports reporting gig for a local paper.Now almost 44 years later we celebrate ‘The Dean’ of local sports writers –- award-winning and much-beloved John Zant, as our first 2012 Presidio Sports 'Sports Figure of the Month' in recognition of a near-lifetime of outstanding local sports reporting and feature … [Read more...]
Santa Barbara High kept its Channel League title hopes alive on Tuesday with a 1-0 defeat of visiting Dos Pueblos, setting up a Thursday showdown with Ventura that will decide the league championship."It was a really important game to win," said Dons senior captain Alberto Hernandez. "We're really tight right now in league going for first place."Santa Barbara can claim its second league championship in three years with a victory on Thursday. A loss would hand the Cougars the league … [Read more...]
Dos Pueblos' boys basketball team wielded the free throw as its most dangerous weapon on Tuesday, sinking 13 of them in the fourth quarter of a 58-55 Channel League victory over visiting Santa Barbara.The free throw is not something that has been in Joe Zamora's team's arsenal."Our team has had a lot of struggles this year and to step up down the stretch - because one of our biggest weaknesses is free throws - to make our free throws down the stretch just made it that much more … [Read more...]
A moving and inspirational success tale that just happens to be about sports, “Rise and Shine: The Jay Demerit Story”, winner of the Rising Star Award at the Canada International Film Festival premieres in Santa Barbara on Thursday at the Lobero Theater.Showtime is at 7 p.m. and tickets can be purchased from the Lobero Box Office by calling (805) 963-0761. All proceeds will support our local Santa Barbara Soccer Club.“Rise and Shine” traces Jay DeMerit’s heart-tugging … [Read more...]
Ivette Gil's stepped up in a big game for Santa Barbara High on Monday. Gil's 22 points, nine rebounds, and four steals were a large part of the Dons' 56-47 Channel League victory over visiting Dos Pueblos.Gil made eight of her 14 shot attempts in the game."It was probably her best game of the year if you look at all she did," said Dons head coach Andrew Butcher.As a team, the Dons converted 19 of 22 free throws. Sylvia Hoover paved the way for Santa Barbara in that department by … [Read more...]
Dos Pueblos can earn a share of the Channel League title this week at homeThe third-ranked Chargers (5-1 in league) play a hungry Santa Barbara on Tuesday and host perennial champion Buena (6-0) on Thursday. They’ve twice lost one-goal games against the Bulldogs: 1-0 in a tournament a 2-1 in their first league meeting.Buena, meanwhile faces a hot San Marcos team on Tuesday. The Royals have won two in a row.In the Los Padres League, Cabrillo (9-0-1, 28 points) holds a four-point … [Read more...]
Ventura’s potent offense overpowered Dos Pueblos, 60-32, in a Channel League boys basketball game Friday night.Mansai Conner scored 20 points for the ChargersIkaika Batausa sank four 3-pointers en route to 16 points to lead the better-balanced Cougars (20-5, 11-0). Zach Gwin scored 15 points and Connor Neary added 10."Ventura started fast and never really looked back," DP coach Joe Zamora. "We struggled at times to convert on the offensive end but the guys competed for 32 … [Read more...]
