Evan steps up for Gauchos in first win

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Miles Evans led UCSB with 19 kills in its second game of the Asics Invitational on Friday, helping the team defeat Northridge 20-15, 25-17, 25-20, 26-24 in Rob Gym.“Miles carried us on the outside, had some great swings, and blocked a lot balls, great from the service line - he did it all,” said coach Rick McLaughlin.Games one and two, Miles Evans was a major weapon at the net with a combined 12 kills for his team.In the second, a scramble play was on the UCSB side until … [Read more...]

Leah Sully leads Gauchos past Pacific in four

Leah Sully had 17 kills, 4 aces, and 18 digs in UCSB's conference victory over Pacific in the Thunderdome on Friday, 25-21, 25-18, 22-25, 25-6.After UCSB dropped the third game, Sully served fifteen straight points to put the Gauchos in control at 15-0 in the deciding fourth set. The momentum never left the Gauchos' side of the net as their lead continued to grow. The game ended with a cross-court kill from Stacey Schmidt.“It was really a good team effort, some of the plays we made … [Read more...]

No. 1 Chargers sweep Royals on Senior Night

San Marcos’ girls volleyball team was swept by top-ranked Dos Pueblos on Senior Night at the Thunderhut on Tuesday, 25-12, 25-14, 25-19.Sally Yingst had seven aces in the first set alone for the Chargers, who finished the regular season at 23-2 and 8-0 in the Channel League. Kelcey Chaffin had five kills on six attempts and setter Paige Craine dished out assists to eight different attackers. Nicki Brown had four digs and Karina Evans nabbed three blocks."Katie Spieler, Gaelen Vasquez, … [Read more...]

DP stays focused, mounts huge comeback over Dons

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Up 2-0, Santa Barbara smelled blood.Dos Pueblos found a band-aid and stopped the bleeding.Tuesday night's girls volleyball match lived up to the hype and then some, as the Chargers stormed back after dropping the first two sets to defeat the Dons 23-25, 23-25, 25-19, 25-13, 15-13 in front of a roaring crowd at Sovine Gym.Dos Pueblos could have easily said "here we go again" after losing the first two games. After all, the last time the teams met was November's CIF Finals at Rob Gym, … [Read more...]

All-Channel League, Fall 2008

FOOTBALL Offensive MVP: John Uribe, QB, Santa Barbara Defensive MVP: Patrick Peterson, Ventura Coach of the Year: Dare Holdren, San Marcos FIRST TEAM BUENA: Mike Davis, RB; James Koepke, OL; Ben White, LB; Matt Arve, DB. DOS PUEBLOS: Aaron Parsons, LB. SAN MARCOS: Cody Clark, RB; Louis Giroux, DL. SANTA BARBARA: Bryson Lloyd, TE (Receiver of the Year); Roberto Nelson, WR; Lenny Vargas, DL. ST. BONAVENTURE: Devon Blackledge, RB (Back of the Year); Isaiah Burton, WR; Dylan Davis, LB … [Read more...]

Charger spikers advance to title round

They're one win away.Dos Pueblos' girls volleyball team earned its spot in Saturday's CIF Division I-A championship match after defeating Laguna Beach on the road Tuesday 25-21, 21-25, 25-21, 25-21.It was a night of near-perfection offensively for the top-ranked Chargers (27-5), whose four kill-leaders combined for 47 put-aways with only four errors. Carly Wopat had 14 kills with one error, Caitlin Racich had 13 with no misses, Sam Wopat had 13 with three errors and Sally Yingst had a … [Read more...]

Charger reserves get plenty of court time in win

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Dos Pueblos' blue-chip starters stepped out of the spotlight at Sovine Gym Tuesday night and let the reserves and JV players get some love.Sally Yingst led the way with nine kills and the top-seeded Chargers (23-5) advanced to the second round of the CIF girls volleyball Division I-A playoffs with a 25-10, 25-18, 25-21 win over visiting Paso Robles."It's refreshing in a way to get someone new in the match," said setter Paige Craine. "When they come in you can sort of tell they have this … [Read more...]