The quality of girls volleyball in this town is off the charts. If you don’t believe it, then check out next Tuesday’s (Sept. 29) epic match between crosstown rivals Santa Barbara and Dos Pueblos at DP’s Sovine Gym. You won’t be disappointed.These extraordinary student-athletes possess tremendous skill. Their jump serving, hitting, blocking and digging will have you going oooh, ahhh and wow!Santa Barbara has dynamic players like Emily Rottman, Eve Ettinger and Katherine Keller … [Read more...]
DP volleyball looks to make title memory of its own
Sunday, September 13, 2009 By 3 Comments
The players were stone-faced, dazed and numb, some even felt sick to their stomachs as they painfully watched their rivals across the volleyball net jumping up and down and screaming with joy as delirious fans mobbed them.That was supposed to be our team celebrating, they thought. We had beaten this team twice during the regular season and won the Channel League title.But in the match for the CIF 1-A championship, before a packed house at UCSB’s Rob Gym, the Dos Pueblos girls … [Read more...]
DP makes a better memory at Rob Gym
Thursday, September 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It was a lot different the last time Dos Pueblos played in Robertson Gym.Back in November, thousands of people were there to see the top-ranked Chargers swept by Santa Barbara in the CIF title game. Paige Crane was a starter that day, and when she heard that Thursday's match against Valencia had been moved over to Rob Gym, it definitely rung a bell."I think everyone was thinking about it," she said after Thursday's sweep of Valencia. "We ended last season in this gym and now we started … [Read more...]
DP spikers win tiara at Queen’s tourney
Monday, September 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The school year has barely started, but the Dos Pueblos girls volleyball team is already racking up the accomplishments.The Chargers swent undefeated over the weekend to win the Queen's Court Tournament at Saddleback Valley Volleyball Club in Orange County, taking down Corona del Mar 25-22, 25-21 to win the event's grand prize, a tiara."Everyone contributed to the win and each girl can wear the tiara with a sense of pride and satisfaction," said head coach Todd Garrett.The coach … [Read more...]
Local track athletes move on to CIF from Channel League
Saturday, May 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Numerous local tracksters put up big performances in Thursday's Channel League Championships, which were moved from San Marcos' Valley Stadium to Buena High School due to the Jesusita Fire. A handful of athletes from Dos Pueblos, San Marcos and Santa Barbara were not able to compete due to the ongoing situation.Dos Pueblos' standout season kept chugging along, as the 4x100 relays on both the boys and girls sides picked up wins to advance through to CIF competition in Moorpark next … [Read more...]
Chargers dominate, win county’s grand sweepstakes
Saturday, April 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
"Fulfilling."That's the word an exhausted and relieved Dave Kuderka used Saturday night after his Dos Pueblos track program won the whole shebang at the Santa Barbara County Track and Field Championships held at Carpinteria High School.The Chargers took the top spot in the grand sweepstakes with 495.5 points, while St. Joseph came in second with 410.5."It's been eight years of rebuilding the program from scratch and having a school district that gives you nothing... $400,000 of … [Read more...]
DP track is back on top after beating Royals
Friday, March 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Dos Pueblos' girls track team became the best in the city once again Thursday, beating San Marcos for the first time in four years, 80-46.The Charger boys won their side of things 97-31."This was kind of a changing of the guard in the Channel League that everyone was aware of," said DP coach Dave Kuderka. "San Marcos graduated a huge group of outstanding girls last year, so this is something we were kind of waiting for."PHOTO GALLERY DP juniors Samantha and Carly Wopat combined … [Read more...]
DP falls to powerhouse Mavericks
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The DP girls volleyball team had a very short stay in its first-ever visit to the state tournament."I'd say for me the state tournament was like icing on the cake," said Chargers head coach Dwayne Hauschild. "After such a great season it was really cool that we actually qualified for the first time."The Chargers travelled down to San Diego to face a team that was ranked No. 1 in the country for most of the season, La Costa Canyon, and fell 25-15, 20-25, 25-20, 25-10.Carly Wopat had … [Read more...]
Dons sweep DP at Rob Gym for CIF title
Saturday, November 22, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Jimi Hendrix played there in February of 1968.Forty years later, ol' Robertson Gym proved it can still get electric.Santa Barbara High's second-ranked girls volleyball team swept top-seeded Dos Pueblos 25-22, 25-22, 25-19 Saturday in front of a capacity crowd of about 3,000 to win the CIF Division I-A title. It was the first time two local girls teams have played each other for the crown."This is the happiest moment of my life. I'm just so full of emotion right now," said Santa … [Read more...]
