Santa Barbara's Sports News and Information
The Santa Barbara Water Polo Club produced four medal-winning girls teams at the National Junior Olympics in Orange County last week.The 12-under and 16-under teams captured gold medals while the 18U and 21U squads came home with silver medals after four days of competition.Coach Brian “Chuckie” Roth’s 12U girls set the pace, beating Laguna Beach in the “A” final, 11-5, at the William Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine. The title capped an undefeated season for Roth’s … [Read more...]
In its biggest league game of the year, the Dos Pueblos softball team put together a solid performance and beat visiting Buena 3-0 to put itself in the driver’s seat for a Channel League title.Amber Altavilla scored on a wild pitch and Agnetta Cleland singled home two runs in the third inning as the Chargers improved to 9-0 in league (15-8 overall) and took a two-game lead over the second-place Bulldogs (7-2, 13-1) with three games to play.The teams play again on Thursday at … [Read more...]
San Marcos was one-hit by Joey Contreras in a 9-0 loss to Buena in a Channel League baseball game Friday at Joe Mueller Field.Corey Dodge hit a two-run homer, and Jeff Schwartz and Matt Burke each had two hits for the Bulldogs, who are 16-4, 4-3 in Channel League.San Marcos fell to 0-8 in Channel League. … [Read more...]
Spencer Fraker and Collin Dewell did it to Dos Pueblos again, opening the game with a single and home run to stake Santa Barbara to a 2-0 lead.But this was a different DP team than the one that was blanked 7-0 in the opener of the big Channel League three-game series. The Chargers that took the field on Wednesday were scrappy and aggressive, and that made a difference in a come-from-behind 10-6 victory over the visiting Dons.Down 5-4, the Chargers scored six runs in the sixth inning to … [Read more...]
San Marcos swept the doubles sets for the fourth time this season in a 12-6 Channel League tennis win over Buena on Thursday.The Royals improve to 11-4, 5-2 in league and maintain sole possession of second place.Owen Lincoln paired with Burke McComb to win their first set together on varsity by an impressive score of 6-0."Owen and Burke have worked hard to improve their game and it showed today,” San Marcos coach Jarrod Bradley said. “They returned serves consistently, returned … [Read more...]
Dos Pueblos completed its second straight perfect regular season by beating San Marcos 15-4 in the Channel League girls water polo finale at the Elings Aquatic Center.On Senior Day, senior Lauren Shackelford led the league-champion Chargers (27-0, 8-0) with four goals, and senior goalie Chandler Vilander had five saves.Their winning streak is now 63 games. They'll begin their run to a fourth straight CIF title next week.Seven DP seniors, who have been part of the CIF championships … [Read more...]
Jay Larinan made his Senior Night game one to remember.The Dos Pueblos forward hit a 3-pointer with 3.8 seconds left in regulation to send Tuesday night’s game against Buena into overtime, and the Chargers carried that momentum into the extra period to a 74-68 Channel League basketball win.Larinan finished with 24 points and hauled in 18 rebounds to help DP (12-11, 5-6) stay in the hunt for third place and a CIF playoff spot. The Chargers play at San Marcos on Thursday in a battle for … [Read more...]
A change in formation helped San Marcos fight off Dos Pueblos and hold the Chargers to a scoreless draw in a Channel League girls soccer match on Tuesday.“We got our first point in our last game,” said a happy San Marcos coach Lloyd Biggs. “It was a great performance by the girls as a team.”Biggs had the Royals playing in 4-1-4-1, with Caroline Vance playing in a sweeper-type role behind the four midfielders and in front of the back line.“The formation helped. We were … [Read more...]
