CIF Volleyball
Keller, Dons win to set up title bout against DP
There should be a hole in the floor at J.R. Richards Gym, because Katherine Keller was digging the whole night. Santa Barbara High’s junior libero tallied 33 digs and passed with a surgeon’s precision Wednesday as the Dons took down visiting Marymount 25-17, 21-25,... [Read more...]
Westmont Soccer
Westmont rises to bring home GSAC Championship
Every coach looks for ways to inspire his team to greatness. Some days that motivation comes from places he or she would never expect – and never want. Today was one of those days. Four days after his home burned to the ground as a result of the Tea Fire in Montecito, Westmont... [Read more...]
CIF Tennis
Dons’ CIF run goes back-to-back-to-back
The No. 1-seeded Santa Barbara girls tennis team completed the second leg of a three stage race to the CIF finals by defeating Newport Harbor 11-5 on the Dons’ home courts on Wednesday. The quarterfinal win means Santa Barbara has to travel to Palm Desert on Thursday... [Read more...]
UCSB Basketball
Gaucho loss lined with promise
It stings to lose a close game, but UCSB men’s basketball coach Bob Williams got some novocaine from his younger players in the Gauchos’ 61-59 loss to former Big-West foe Utah State at the Thunderdome on Monday night. “I’m as optimistic as I’ve ever... [Read more...]
UCSB Water Polo
UCSB rally falls short vs. Pepperdine, 10-9
The UCSB men’s water polo team suffered its second Mountain Pacific Sports Federation setback in as many days, this one a hard-fought 10-9 loss to Pepperdine at Campus Pool in the Gauchos’ regular-season finale. “I thought we played a great game. We were down... [Read more...]
Latest Golf
Sim’s state title carries Vaqueros
VENTURA — Asaka Sim fired a 2-over-par 74 on Tuesday and SBCC rallied to capture its second State Community College title in women’s golf in the last three years. The Vaqueros, who started the day four shots off the lead in third place, recorded a season-best 311 at Olivas Links GC to finish 15 strokes ahead of Sacramento City. [Read more...]
Latest Soccer
L.A. Times’ Bill Plaschke on Westmont soccer
Bill Plaschke, the L.A. Times’ award-winning sports columnist, attended Westmont’s 2-0 win over Azusa Pacific in the GSAC Championship game on Monday just days after the Tea Fire burned down the house of head coach Dave Wolf and housing for several players. Read his emotional column here. CLICK HERE
Westmont rises to bring home GSAC Championship
Every coach looks for ways to inspire his team to greatness. Some days that motivation comes from places he or she would never expect – and never want. Today was one of those days. Four days after his home burned to the ground as a result of the Tea Fire in Montecito, Westmont men’s soccer head coach Dave Wolf watched from the bench as his team won the Golden State Athletic Conference Championship by defeating #5 Azusa Pacific (13-4-3) by a score of 2-0.
Wolf was not the only part of the Warrior team to have suffered a loss as a result of the fire. Senior midfielder Jonathon Schoff and his six roommates loss the home they rented a mile from campus and the dorm room of freshman defender Zach George was consumed by the blaze. Sophomore Ben Gordon, who lived in the same dormitory as George, also suffered damage to his room when it was flooded as a result of fire fighting activity.
“We knew we were playing for more than just ourselves,” said senior goalkeeper Justin Etherton. “We were playing for our school, we were playing for our coach, we were playing for hope in our fans.”
Gauchos grab NCAA bye as 15th seed
The UCSB men’s soccer team received the No. 15 seed in the NCAA Tournament when the bracket was announced on Monday and the Gauchos will receive a first-round bye in the 48-team field.
UCSB will host the winner of the Cal-University of San Francisco match on Tuesday, Nov. 25 at Harder Stadium at 7 p.m. [Read more...]
CIF Water Polo
Dons fall to No. 1 Foothill
Santa Barbara’s boys water polo team went down fighting Wednesday, scoring four unanswered goals in the fourth quarter to pull within one, but top-ranked Foothill added a pair in the final two minutes to pick up a 9-6 win and end the Dons’ season in the Division I semifinals.MORE TO COME
Santa Barbara sinks Sailors to make semis
Brendan Kerwin-McElroy, son of a Santa Barbara fire captain, scored two of the Dons’ three goals, including the automatic game-winner in the second sudden-death overtime period, to propel Santa Barbara past Newport Harbor 3-2 and into the CIF Division I boys water polo semifinals.
The Dons play Foothill, the No. 1 team in CIF, in Wednesday’s semifinal at the Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine. [Read more...]
People
Four Chargers sign letters of intent
It was an exciting day for the Dos Pueblos athletic community on Wednesday as four Charger seniors signed their national letters of intent to continue their respective sports in college next year. [Read more...]
CIF Volleyball
Keller, Dons win to set up title bout against DP
There should be a hole in the floor at J.R. Richards Gym, because Katherine Keller was digging the whole night.
Santa Barbara High’s junior libero tallied 33 digs and passed with a surgeon’s precision Wednesday as the Dons took down visiting Marymount 25-17, 21-25, 25-19, 24-17 to set up a local CIF championship bout. [Read more...]
Owls season ended in semifinals
The quest for a fourth consecutive trip to the CIF finals fell one victory short for the Laguna Blanca girls volleyball team Tuesday, as the Owls (16-3) fell on the road to Calvary Chapel Murrieta 25-18, 25-22, 25-19.
“There wasn’t a dry eye in the whole bunch of ‘em,” said head coach Jim Alzina.
Four-year varsity player Katie Borden had eight kills with seven digs in her final high school match, while Annie Varni and Jackie Harvey added seven kills apiece. Jesse Ditmore notched five blocks for Laguna. [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 flawless seven kills. [Read more...]
Latest Tennis
Dons’ CIF run goes back-to-back-to-back
The No. 1-seeded Santa Barbara girls tennis team completed the second leg of a three stage race to the CIF finals by defeating Newport Harbor 11-5 on the Dons’ home courts on Wednesday.
The quarterfinal win means Santa Barbara has to travel to Palm Desert on Thursday for the Div. II semifinal, which will be its third match in as many days after their second-round match with Diamond Bar was postponed from Saturday until Tuesday because of the Southern California wild fires.
“We have a great great group of senior girls here that I know want to end strong and so does everyone else here,” said junior Hanna Grokenberger, who, with partner Kinzie McKeown, led the Dons’ doubles side to eight wins and control of the match. ”Next year we’ll be losing a couple of girls and it will be hard, so, this is the year.”
Dons triumph in matchup of fire-affected teams
After two postponements caused by two devastating fires, Santa Barbara and Diamond Bar were finally able to meet in the CIF Division-II round of 16 on Tuesday, and the Dons girls tennis team cruised to a 15-3 victory to set up a quarterfinal match against Newport Harbor 24 hours later on Wednesday.
The match, originally scheduled for Saturday, was pushed to Monday as both coaches and several players from each team were evacuated from their homes over the weekend due to the Tea Fire in Santa Barbara and the Freeway Complex Fire near Diamond Bar. Because evacuation orders were not lifted until Monday in both areas, the match was further delayed to Tuesday to give everyone time to pick up the pieces. [Read more...]
