Santa Barbara's Sports News and Information
Two teams from the Santa Barbara Volleyball Club will start the Southern California Volleyball Association regular season in the highest division after taking first in their final qualifying pool in the gold bracket.The 18-Smack and 15-Smack both went 3-0 over the weekend to earn spots in Division 1.The 18-Smack beat Tustin VBC 17-Mark, Club Troy 17-Leslie, Coast 18-2 all in two set matches.“We reached our goal of starting in Division 1," coach Jason Donnelly said. "While we … [Read more...]
An under-12 boys All-Star team from Santa Barbara’s AYSO has advanced to the section finals in Bakersfield.The team, coached by Ron Heller and Roy Kuklinsky, won the Area 10W tournament in Camarillo, beating Santa Paula 6-1 and another Santa Barbara team 1-0.The section tournament is March 3-4.Members of the team are Alex Furukawa, Stefan Kuklinsky, Trey Tank, Frankie Doyle, Alan Monge, Bernardo Arrequi, Frank Gamberdella, Oscar Duran, Michael Palmer, Aiden Douglas, Armondo Gama … [Read more...]
The 16-Blue team of the Santa Barbara Volleyball Club worked itself back into the Gold Bracket for the final qualifying round for the Southern California Volleyball Association season.Coach Dillan Bennett’s squad swept its three opponent on Sunday at the American Sports Center in Anaheim. The team beat Sports Shack 15-SK, Mavericks 16-Green, and Orange County 16-Blue, all in two set matches.“The girls came out with confidence and served tough, played great defense, and hit smart; … [Read more...]
Marymount captured all three titles at the recent Christian Athletic League basketball tournament held at Bishop Diego High School.A.V. Bennett was named MVP for leading the Marymount varsity past St. Raphael in the championship game. Marymount jumped out to a big lead in the first half and held off the Chargers in the second half to record a 54-41 victory. Mt. Carmel finished in third place thanks to a 49-41 victory over Laguna Blanca.Gianni Montesano was MVP in the junior varsity … [Read more...]
The Santa Barbara Volleyball Club 16s took to the court for Southern California Volleyball Association qualifying round action.The 16-Smack won its Gold Bracket pool and earned a bye for the second qualifying round. The team swept Rancho Valley 16-Select in two sets 25-15, 25-16 and then won back to back 3-set matches against SCVC 16-Roxy (25-19, 16-25, 15-13) and Goldenwest 16-Asics (16-21, 25-21, 15-9).“It was a great experience for the girls to play in tight games,” coach Jake … [Read more...]
Three Santa Barbara Volleyball Club 15s teams opened their seasons in impressive fashion, with two of them earning byes in the second qualifying round in the Gold Bracket and the other going unbeaten in the Silver Bracket.The 15-Smack team steam rolled through its Gold bracket pool on the first round of the qualifying matches at El Camino College. Using six different lineups in its six games of the day, the team provided a versatile and solid performance all day. The day started with a win … [Read more...]
The San Marcos High girls 4x400 relay team, which rewrote the school record book several times last spring and capped the track and field season by winning a bronze medal at the CIF State Meet, was honored as the High School Female Athletes of the Year by the Club West Track Club.Bryan Fernandez of Dos Pueblos was named the High School Male Athlete of the Year.The Club West Junior High Athletes of the Year were Natalie Klapp of Goleta Valley and Jack Randmaa of La Colina.The San … [Read more...]
The Santa Barbara Riptide 11u baseball team participated in its first tournament last weekend in Oxnard. The Riptide is comprised of 11 year olds ranging from Santa Barbara to Santa Maria.The Riptide took the field in their first ever contest against the Westlake Stars. Santa Barbara jumped out to a 2-1 lead thanks to a leadoff walk by Toby Spach followed by an RBI double to leftcenter by Mason Boelter. Trevor Garcia followed that up with an RBI single to left. Westlake proved to be too much … [Read more...]
The Spartans, an under-12 boys AYSO soccer team, recently completed a stellar 2011 season. After winning the U12B AYSO season-ending mini tournament in Santa Barbara, they went undefeated in Area 10W pool play in Camarillo en route to a second place finish in the Area 10W U12B playoffs.The Spartans now advance to Sectionals in Bakersfield on Feb. 25-26.The team members are Michael Brown-Fiedtkou, Kyle Cekada, Samuel Chase, John Herrera, Samuel McGolpin, Nicholas Meaney, Isaia Morones, … [Read more...]
The Santa Ynez Heat won four games in a row to take home the championship trophy in the 16U division at the first Maple Mash Tournament held at the Santa Maria Elks Field last weekend.“With only a total of four runs allowed in four games, our pitching was dominant this weekend,” said Heat coach Gino Filippin. “And our pitchers were well supported by the way we swung those wood bats.”In the opener of the wood bat tourney, the Heat downed the Santa Maria Baseball Club 8-1.A … [Read more...]
