Santa Barbara's Sports News and Information
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...]
SBCC defender Morgan Crumpley has been named first-team All-West Region and second-team All-American by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.Jessica Domenichelli, the second-leading scorer in the state, was a second-team All-West choice. Domenichelli set school records with 27 goals and 64 points this year. The sophomore forward from El Dorado Hills, Calif., is the career record-holder for goals (52) and points (122).Domenichelli was the WSC North Player of the … [Read more...]
After a 13-year absence, the SBCC men’s soccer team is going back to the State Final Four.The Vaqueros punched their ticket on Saturday night, beating Golden West 2-0 in overtime at La Playa Stadium.Duran Stanley broke a scoreless draw in the 100th minute, putting away a deflected free kick by Jordan Tabor. Stanley then set up Rodrigo Perez for the second goal off a counterattack in the 113th minute.This will be the first trip to the final four for the Vaqueros under coach John … [Read more...]
Kelsie Bryant of the Carpinteria girls tennis team and Santa Barbara City College soccer player Jordan Tabor have been named the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Athletes of the Week.Bryant, a freshman, helped Carpinteria reach the CIF team tennis finals for the first time in 34 years. In the quarterfinals against Aquinas, she went 3-0, helping the Warriors prevail on total games, 69-68, after the teams tied 9-9 in sets.In the semifinals she rebounded from her first loss of the season … [Read more...]
After 120 scoreless minutes, San Bernardino Valley won a dramatic penalty-kick shootout to stun No. 2 seed SBCC on Saturday in the opening round of the Southern Cal Regional women’s soccer playoffs at Westmont College.With the sun rapidly sinking into the mountains, the defending state champion Wolverines (14-5-3) won the PK battle 5-4, thanks to a save by Jennifer Keats on a second-round attempt by Katie Voss.“I’ve been making that PK for months, that was the first time I missed … [Read more...]
