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Even after closing out the regular season on a two-game win streak, Dos Pueblos lost the second-place CIF playoff position in the Channel League to Buena.On Thursday, the Chargers finished out the regular season with a 9-3 win over San Marcos, tying them with Buena in league at 8-4. Buena, which beat Ventura 9-1 on Thursday, takes the much-desired second-place playoff spot based on winning the head-to-head series. DP will be the league's No. 3 team."We wish things went a little … [Read more...]
The last time Kees t’Sas started on the mound for the Santa Barbara High baseball team it was on the road in the second round of last year’s CIF playoffs. He shut out Chaminade that day.t’Sas was making his 2011 starting debut in Friday’s crucial rubber game of the three-game Channel League series at Dos Pueblos and he was struggling in the third inning. Dons pitching coach Mike Cooney visited the mound and reminded t’Sas of that Chaminade game.He went on to retired eight of … [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...]
It wasn’t Senior Day at Santa Barbara’s Eddie Mathews Field, but it might as well have been.In the opening game of a pivotal three-game series against Dos Pueblos, upperclassmen Danny Zandona, Collin Dewell and Spencer Fraker made it Santa Barbara’s day, leading the Dons to a 7-0 shutout on Tuesday.Zandona struck out 10 in pitching his third shutout in a row; Dewell gave his teammate a lead to work with by blasting a mammoth two-run homer in the first inning and doubled home … [Read more...]
Dos Pueblos pushed its baseball win streak to eight games after beating a tough Tucson High team 5-2 at the Chris Moon Memorial Classic at Cherry Field in Tucson.For the Chargers, it was the second game of the day, and proved to be their biggest win in Arizona so far. Tuscon is the host team for the tournament.Joe Huthsing started as pitcher for Dos Pueblos and went six innings while giving up only two runs on seven hits. He had six strikeouts, and is now 3-0. Colin Cole stepped in … [Read more...]
Dos Pueblos continued its hot play in Tucson, Ariz., Wednesday, pounding three home runs in a 9-2 baseball win over Pomona of Arvada, Colo. in an opening-round game at the Chris Moon Memorial Tournament.It was the sixth straight win for the Chargers.Johnny Corazza got the enslaught going for DP with a two-run homer in the second inning. Kyle Richardson blasted a solo shot in the third and Joe Huthsing belted a two-run homer in the fifth, as the Chargers built a 6-0 lead.Corazza added … [Read more...]
Joe Huthsing did it all for the Dos Pueblos baseball team in its Channel League opener at Ventura on Tuesday.Huthsing belted a three-run homer in the first inning and then pitched a one-hit, 3-0 shutout.“He’s just a competitor,” DP coach Nate Mendoza said. “He mixes competitiveness with composure, and that’s a good mixture on the mound.”It was the fifth straight win for the Chargers (5-2).Huthsing didn’t allow a walk and the one hit he allowed was a close play at … [Read more...]
