Chargers win “ugly, ugly, ugly” game to move on
Coach Tovi Eliasen wasn’t particularly impressed with the Dos Pueblos soccer team’s performance on Tuesday, but the Chargers are moving on nonetheless after a 1-0 victory at Stockdale in Bakersfield.
DP (16-6-7) will play at San Fernando High School (19-2-2) on Thursday in the semifinals of the Division I SoCal Regional Tournament.
“It was an ugly, ugly, [...]
Sun still shining on Dons’ perfect season
Transitioning from Friday night’s monumental CIF Championship game against Dos Pueblos to Tuesday’s Division II SoCal Regional contest against Arleta was a bit strange for Santa Barbara’s boys soccer team.
One was played under the lights at Harder Stadium in front of a roaring crowd of 8,000, while the other was on a chilly, windy afternoon [...]
DONS WIN TITLE OVER DOS PUEBLOS
Call it Dons domination.
Playing on the big stage in front of a huge crowd, Santa Barbara High’s boys soccer team put on a dazzling performance to cap an incredible season.
The Dons scored three goals in a 10-minute span in the first half and controlled the tempo from start to finish to overwhelm crosstown rival Dos [...]
Table is set for Friday’s Dons-Chargers CIF final
For the soccer players from Santa Barbara High and Dos Pueblos, Friday night is the dream game.
After years of playing with and against each other as kids on AYSO and club soccer teams, the crosstown rivals will meet in the biggest match for a prep player: the CIF Championship.
The Dons and Chargers clash for the [...]
Castillo stops three in shootout, DP to play Dons
Once, twice, three times a hero.
Dos Pueblos had its first shot blocked in Tuesday’s penalty-kick shootout with Bell Gardens at Scott O’Leary Stadium, but Chargers goalie Chris Castillo stopped three of the next four shots that came his way as DP won 3-2.
He didn’t know it until afterwards, but Castillo’s efforts in the CIF Division [...]
Dons dance past Katella into CIF Final
There would be no what-ifs in the semifinals this time.
Santa Barbara High made sure of that by finishing its shots and playing sound defense in a 4-1 romp over Katella in a CIF Division 2 semifinal match at Peabody Stadium on Tuesday.
Christian Pardo, left, and Katella's Uriel Rebollar fight for possession in Tuesday's CIF semifinal.
The [...]
Bench boosts Dons into CIF semifinals
One of the many strengths of the Santa Barbara High boys soccer team is its depth of talent.
Dons coach Todd Heil tapped into that wealth of talented players on his bench Thursday and they made a huge difference in a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over Saddleback in a CIF Division 2 quarterfinal game at Peabody Stadium.
Forward [...]
Tangel’s header has DP heading to semis
Branden Tangel’s dad, Andy, won a CIF title with the Dos Pueblos boys soccer team over a quarter century ago.
Thanks to his son, the Chargers are now two wins away from repeating what they accomplished way back in 1983.
The younger Tangel scored his second goal of the day with a header off a free kick [...]
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