There is a slowdown of the sports carousel when holiday shopping picks up speed, although surfers came out in droves last week when the monstrous waves smashed into our shores. You had to be a strong and capable athlete to tackle those behemoths.
High school footballers lose to Oxnard’s Santa Clara Saints in division championships.
The Gauchos are off to their best start since 1988-89.
The only reason Aaron Skinner wasn’t caked in dirt from head to toe was the artificial composition of the football field at La Playa Stadium. Skinner played every down for Bishop Diego High in the Cardinals’ 12-6 victory over the previously unbeaten Paraclete Spirits last Saturday night, grinding out tough yardage as a ball-carrier and crashing into opposing runners from the defensive secondary.
UCSB wins 1-0 against U of Washington with nearly 10,000 watching.
When Chisa Ononiwu was recruited to play on the Nigerian basketball team at the All-Africa Championships during the summer, Mark French had one concern: that she safely return for her senior year at UCSB.
The men’s basketball team surprise the Runnin’ Rebels with last second three-pointer.
Friday night lights have flickered out for all but one South Coast high school football team: the Bishop Diego High Cardinals. They successfully launched their quest for the CIF Mid-Valley Division championship by blanking Mary Star of the Sea 36-0 in their playoff opener last Friday night at La Playa Stadium. Bishop will hit the road to face Temple City in the quarterfinals this Friday night, November 23.
John Zant gives the complete rundown of the upcoming college basketball season in Santa Barbara, featuring the UCSB Gauchos, Westmont Warriors, and SBCC Vaqueros.
John Sisterson doubled his pleasure when he took up the reins of the men’s soccer team at Santa Barbara City College this fall. The 54-year-old Englishman was already coaching the Vaquero women. “I love the game,” he said. “I love what I’m doing. Why coach one when I can coach two?”
