Santa Barbara's Sports News and Information
Dos Pueblos had a number of quality performances at Saturday's Division 2 CIF Prelims at Moorpark College, but none bigger than Stamatia Scarvelis' winning shot put throw.Scarvelis, a sophomore, threw 49 feet, 5.5 inches to win the event with the best throw in the state so far this season. It was a personal best for Scarvelis, making it also a new Dos Pueblos school record.Alemany's Nia Britt held the previous best of 48-09 set on March 8th.Scarvelis also finished second in the … [Read more...]
Alex Valente placed third in the 100 butterfly at Saturday's CIF Finals in Riverside, giving the Dos Pueblos freshman the Charger boys team its best individual result.Valente entered the finals as the No. 4 seed but moved up one place with a time of 49.86.Classmate Blake Parrish finished eighth in the 100 breaststroke in 57.93.Valente and Parrish were the only freshmen to qualify for the finals in their respective events.Two Dos Pueblos relay teams clocked top-20 results. The … [Read more...]
San Marcos' girls 4x400 relay team made the cut at Saturday's CIF Division 3 Prelims for the chance to compete at next week's CIF Finals at Mt. SAC.The team of Jillian Fisher, Kaylin Koopmans, Annie Thwing and Emily Allen posted a season-best time of 4:05.10 to finish ninth overall at Prelims. Harvard-Westlake's quartet recorded the fastest time of 3:56.20.The Royals' 4x400 boys team just missed qualifying by finishing 12th. It was still a good race for Cole Erickson, Davey McBride, … [Read more...]
PHOTO GALLERY INTRO: Carpinteria High School hosted the Division 4 CIF Prelims on Saturday for the eighth year.This collection of photos includes many of the big winners from Saturday's meet.For complete results, CLICK HEREAll Photos by Presidio Sports. … [Read more...]
A soon-to-be James Naismith Basketball Hall-of-Famer was at Santa Barbara High on Friday. And he is one of the Dons' very own.Jamaal Wilkes joined fellow Dons basketball legends Don Ford, Victor Bartolome, Holly Ford Emerson and Jack Trigueiro in JR Richards Gymnasium to commemorate a fundraising campaign underway that will enable the school to completely renovate the aging gym.It is a joint project between the Santa Barbara High Education Foundation and the Unified School District. The … [Read more...]
Dos Pueblos couldn’t match the efficiency of fourth-seeded Servite and was swept, 25-19, 25-13, 25-17, in a second round CIF Division 1 boys volleyball playoff match on Thursday at Sovine Gym.The Chargers kept the score close in the first set, but the Trinity League champions stepped up their game and took control of the match with a nearly unstoppable middle attack.“What ended up killing us is their one (attack),” DP coach Chris Hughes said. “Their two middles were absolutely … [Read more...]
The Bishop Diego baseball team started its game against Fillmore by scoring six runs in the first inning, then cruised to an 11-3 victory ay home on Thursday.Senior J.D. Yonke pitched for Bishop Diego and on Senior Day, he earned his seventh win of the year and protected his undefeated record."He's pitched great for us all year. I've always been impressed by his mound presence," coach Kai Solin said.Four consecutive Cardinal batters were walked on the team's first at-bat, then Nolan … [Read more...]
Janelle Nguyen qualified for the finals in the 500 free at the CIF Division 1 swimming prelims at the Riverside Community Swim Complex on Thursday.Nguyen clocked 4:56.23 to reach Saturday's finals. She'll also be swimming in three events in the consolation finals: the 100 butterfly, medley relay and 4x100 free relay. Nguyen finished 10th in the 100 fly prelims with a time of 57.31.The Dos Pueblos boys swim team received several impressive performances.Alex Valente finished fourth … [Read more...]
The Carpinteria softball team finished the year with a perfect 10-0 record against Frontier League opponents after dominating Villanova 17-0.The highlight of Thursday's game was Dakota Wilcox's two home runs in the sixth inning. The first was a solo shot and her next time up, she smakced three-run homer.When asked if he ever had a player hit two home runs in the same inning, coach Henry Gonzalez said, "This is the first time."Catalina Maldonado pitched the first five innings of the … [Read more...]
