Two dribblers and a blast helped knock Dos Pueblos out of the CIF baseball playoffs on Thursday.Trabuco Hills found the holes in the DP defense and scored three runs in the top of the fourth inning, and that was enough to beat the Chargers, 3-2, in a Division 2 first-round game at Scott O’Leary Field.The loss spoiled a solid pitching performance by DP senior Joe Huthsing, who was making his first start of the season. The Azusa Pacific recruit played catcher for most of the year to rest … [Read more...]
Local baseball teams learn CIF matchups
Monday, May 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
CIF brackets were released on Monday for baseball and Channel League champion Dos Pueblos and Frontier League champion Bishop Diego are both host opening-round CIF baseball games on Thursday.The Chargers (18-9) take on the winner of a Division 2 wild-card game between Trabuco Hills and Loyola. The Chargers won a playoff game a year ago before falling to eventual CIF champion Mission Viejo. With a win this year, DP could end up playing Pac-7 league champion San Luis Obispo in the second … [Read more...]
Nakano-West nails down Chargers
Thursday, May 10, 2012 By 1 Comment
San Marcos denied Dos Pueblos the opportunity to close out an undisputed Channel League championship on Wednesday by becoming the only team to beat the Chargers twice this season in a 4-2 decision.A win would have given the league title to Dos Pueblos outright. Now a win for Buena against Ventura on Thursday would allow the Bulldogs a piece of it.Royals starting pitcher Sean Nakano-West threw four innings. The San Marcos freshman was making one of his few starts this season and allowed … [Read more...]
Kei puts in work to become a golfing success story at UCSB
Monday, May 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The story of hard work paying off is the story of senior Kei Kita’s golf career at UCSB.A walk-on four years ago, Kita played in just one tournament for the Gauchos as a freshman, coach Steve Lass told the crowd at Monday’s Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table press luncheon at Harry’s Plaza Cafe. He played in two events during his sophomore season and this year he competed all 10 events.“By the second half of the season, he was our go-to guy. His nickname now is ‘Chief,’” … [Read more...]
Buena holds back league-leading Chargers
Thursday, May 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Runs have been hard to come by for Dos Pueblos' baseball team this week as the Chargers scored just one run for the second game in a row in a 5-1 loss to Buena on Thursday.The Chargers scored just one run on Tuesday but won 1-0 to clinch at least a share of the Channel League title. A win on Wednesday against San Marcos or a Buena loss to Ventura will give Dos Pueblos the title outright.Buena's Charlie Brooks kept the Bulldogs in the hunt by pitching a complete game for his fifth win of … [Read more...]
Chargers sweep Dons for first time since 2009
Friday, April 27, 2012 By 1 Comment
The power balance in the Channel League continued to shift as Dos Pueblos defeated Santa Barbara 9-4 on Friday and completed its first sweep of the Dons since 2009.Nolan Soto pitched six and one-third innings and kept a shutout all the way until the seventh against Santa Barbara, who has won five of the last six league titles. The one championship the Dons missed out on was in 2009, which the Chargers went on to win after blanking Santa Barbara in league competition.The victory also … [Read more...]
Chargers keep quiet in loss to Righetti
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Colin Cole pitched seven solid innings for Dos Pueblos on Wednesday, but Righetti still got the upper-hand on the Chargers in a 3-0 non-league win for the Warriors."We were unable to provide any run support today," explained Chargers head coach Nate Mendoza.Dos Pueblos' lineup produced a season-low four hits.The loss drops the Chargers to 16-7 overall, although Dos Pueblos took over sole possession of first-place in the Channel League by virtue of a loss by Buena to Santa Barbara on … [Read more...]
Chargers, Loggins impose will on Dons
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Luke Loggins settled in after a spotty first inning on Tuesday, keeping the Dons at bay for the rest of the way as Dos Pueblos' baseball team rallied for a 7-2 Channel League victory at Scott O'Leary Field.Loggins gave up his only two runs in the first inning but finished with a complete-game for his eighth win of the season. Loggins allowed three hits to the Dons after the first inning and finished the game using just 79 pitches."He's been Mr. consistent all year," Dos Pueblos coach … [Read more...]
Chargers roll by Ventura in rematch
Friday, April 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
After losing 2-1 to Ventura earlier in the week, the Dos Pueblos High baseball team exacted its revenge in a 12-0 rout of the Cougars.Brett Patton broke the game open in the second inning with a grand slam to cap off a six-run, two-out rally that put the Chargers up 8-0.The team never looked back from there and cruised to a commanding Channel League victory.Patton finished the game 2-for-4, as did James Savage and Dylan Rohde for Dos Pueblos.The Chargers (15-6 overall, 5-2 CL) … [Read more...]
Chargers fall in extra innings at Ventura
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Dos Pueblos High baseball team was locked in a pitchers' duel at Ventura on Tuesday and the home team scored the decisive run in the eighth inning to hand the Chargers their second Channel League loss.Luke Loggins continued his stellar season by starting the game for Dos Pueblos and taking a no-hitter all the way into the sixth inning. Joe Huthsing relieved him in the seventh and pitched well despite giving up the game-winning run.For Ventura, Reed Nothwang earned a complete game … [Read more...]
Tedeschi earns first varsity win at Righetti Classic
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dos Pueblos' Josh Tedeschi was called up from the junior varsity squad for the Righetti Class and led the Chargers to a 4-3 win over Pioneer Valley."We were hoping to get three, maybe four innings from Josh and he went six and one-third," head coach Nate Mendoza said.Tedeschi allowed five hits, three runs and threw three strikeouts and two walks."All in all, it was an outstanding outing by Josh," Mendoza added.Tedeschi's hard work put the Chargers in position to win, but Nolan … [Read more...]
Doherty, San Marcos hand Chargers their first league loss
Thursday, April 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Channel League teams are discovering that San Marcos is not a team to be taken lightly in baseball.The Royals put themselves in playoff contention with a solid all-around performance in handing Dos Pueblos its first league loss, 11-3, Thursday at Scott O’Leary Field.Evan Doherty pitched a complete game and contributed to the offense with two hits and an RBI. Jimmy Brakka had two hits and two RBIs, Paxton Ridgway drove in a pair of runs and collected two hits, and leadoff hitter Travis … [Read more...]
