Coach Ward tribute to be at Memorial Stadium

A public tribute for John Ward has been scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 10 at Carpinteria High’s football stadium. The community event for the longtime … [Read more...]

Warriors win it for Ward

OXNARD — This one was for Coach Ward. The Carpinteria football team traveled to Oxnard with heavy hearts on Friday, but were able to turn the grief … [Read more...]

Emotional Warriors struggle on golf course

Carpinteria girls golf coach Chris Gahan knew the first moment she saw her players on Thursday that playing a match the day after athletic director … [Read more...]

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

Carpinteria will be playing football with heavy hearts on Friday when it travels to Oxnard to face Santa Clara at Hueneme High. “Our guys are … [Read more...]

Legendary basketball coach John Ward dies

John Ward, the dean of high school boys basketball coaches on the South Coast, died Wednesday afternoon after a battle with colon cancer. He … [Read more...]

Athletic community readies to rally around Ward

Sometimes bad things happen to the best of people, and the local sports community was given an unfortunate example during Monday's Santa Barbara … [Read more...]

Athletic Directors working to avoid the crunch

Running a high school athletic program these days is like being a yoga master, an artist and a bean counter. You need to be flexible, creative and … [Read more...]

Basketball teams trying to embrace the pressure

Jarrod Bradley is the San Marcos boys tennis coach as well as the boys basketball coach, so he used the title of legendary netter Billie Jean King's … [Read more...]