Sophomore forward Dan Rasp scored a career-high 29 points and pulled down five rebounds to lead Westmont men’s basketball to an 82-67 win over The Master’s in Santa Clarita on Saturday night. Junior guard Matt LeDuc added another 16 points to help Westmont to its seventh straight victory.“It was a team win,” noted Westmont head coach John Moore. We played very good basketball with all 11 players pulling down at least one rebound.” … [Read more...]
Urbina makes heavyweight finals, Dorais takes third
Saturday, January 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Luis Urbina made quite a splash at this weekend's Nogales Super Championship wrestling tournament, which isn't hard to do when you tip the scales at 285 pounds.The first-year San Marcos wrestler made it all the way to the finals in the heavyweight division via four pins before losing by fall in the championship match.He weighed around 319 after football season, but has shed the pounds to make weight on the mat. … [Read more...]
Dons lose third straight, but not karate-kicked
Saturday, January 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Coach Andrew Butcher came home on Saturday night in a crabby mood, telling his six-year-old son that his Santa Barbara girls basketball team had had a rough night.Then came a question that put things in perspective."Did your players get hit in the face and karate-kicked?"No, which is a good thing. They did, however, absorb their third straight loss, 49-34, at Oaks Christian. … [Read more...]
Neither UCSB swim team can top Trojans
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The UCSB men's and women's swim teams suffered a pair of dual meet losses to USC on Saturday afternoon at the Trojan's McDonald's Swim Stadium. The men fell 120-85 and the USC women defeated the Gauchos, 112-88.With the losses, the men's team falls to 3-1 in dual meet action this season while the women fall to 4-2 overall.Between the two teams, the Gauchos grabbed six first-place finishes. After being shutout from the top spot in the first six events, junior Anne Marie May broke up the … [Read more...]
OUCH! Dons lose wild one to Cougars, 52-50
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The Dons and Cougars rode a roller coaster together on Friday night, and the Santa Barbara left J.R. Richards Gym with motion sickness.Ventura's Paul Batausa, meanwhile, was the kid who stayed strapped in his seat screaming "Again, again!".With 12 seconds remaining and Ventura trailing by two, the 5-foot-7 senior guard threw up a long-ball that banked in and was fouled in the process, converting on the 4-point play and lifting the Cougars to a wild 52-50 win. … [Read more...]
Whistles get plenty of use in Carp victory
Saturday, January 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Amanda Burch and Caitlin Wallace combined for 32 points in Carpinteria's 45-38 foul-festival victory over visiting Thacher Friday. The Warriors (9-5) had only five field goals in the game but made 26 of 37 free-throw attempts. The Toads committed 23 fouls on the night, while Carp was whistled for 20."It really wasn't too physical of a game," said Warriors coach Dan Mercer. "It was just a transition game with a lot of open-court fouls, particularly by Thacher."Toads star Mariah Erhart, … [Read more...]
Warriors stumble in TVL opener
Saturday, January 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Carpinteria boys basketball head coach John Ward boiled down Friday's 50-41 Tri-Valley League-opening loss at Santa Clara to one thing: rebounding."Fourteen-of-their-32 first-half points were off of offensive board putbacks," complained Ward, whose Warriors managed only six total in the first two quarters. "Once we shored that up, we did very well against them in the second half." … [Read more...]
Chargers can’t climb out of hole against Bulldogs
Saturday, January 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It was one of those night for Dos Pueblos, and it left the Chargers 0-2 in the Channel League boys basketball race for the first time since the 2005-06 season.DP went 1-for-16 from beyond the arc in Friday's 47-43 loss to Buena, falling behind 13-3 after the first quarter and never fully recovering."They came out ready to play and we had a slow start... We talked about playing as a whole team," said coach Joe Zamora. "Nobody's blowing us out, but it's just the little things." … [Read more...]
Brew, Powell sizzle in Gaucho win over Irvine
Friday, January 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Will Brew didn't walk off the Thunderdome court with a big head, although he could have.Any freshman who goes 6-for-7 from long range is bound to feel a little sense of entitlement, but his opening comments after Thursday's 68-61 Big West win over UC Irvine didn't reflect that."It was a great shooting game, but my defense wasn't really up to par, so I just tip my hat to DJ (Posely), Jaime (Serna) and Paul (Roemer) for really stepping it up," he said. … [Read more...]
Chargers tax Royals in crosstown matchup
Friday, January 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Dos Pueblos girls water polo team exhibited its superior talent on Thursday, methodically disposing of San Marcos 11-1 in the Chargers' pool.Reigning SBART athlete of the week Sami Hill recorded 16 saves in the match, a big reason why the Chargers were able to hold the Royals scoreless in the first half.Kodi HIll led Dos Pueblos scorers with three goals. Alex Hill, Tiera Schroeder and Nicole Morelos all had a pair for the No.-3 ranked Chargers. … [Read more...]
Jimenez, Aijian lift Cards past Patriots
Friday, January 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Jennifer Jimenez scored 13 points and Heather Aijian added 12 Thursday as the Bishop Diego girls basketball team won its Frontier League opener at Viewpoint, 47-35.It was closer than expected, as the Patriots did not have standout Isabel Brougham the first time Cardinals coach Jeff Burich saw them play. Bishop took a 15-1 lead into the second quarter, but Brougham would make it a game, scoring 16 points in the second and third periods. … [Read more...]
Chargers fall just short against No. 3 Cougars
Friday, January 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Channel League's biggest wrestling match-up came early this year, and it lived up to its bill as host Dos Pueblos, ranked 10th in CIF, lost to No. 3 Ventura 37-34 on the mat at Sovine Gym on Thursday night."I'm not going to cry about it, because we put ourselves in a position to win and I'm very proud of that... This is supposed to be the year when they go and win CIF and we almost got 'em," said longtime DP coach Anthony Califano. … [Read more...]
