In their quest to be a basketball team for all seasons-preseason, regular season, and postseason-UCSB’s Gauchos have taken care of the first part. They were the most successful Big West team in non-conference competition (11 wins, 2 losses). Now they must stow away that record like a box of holiday ornaments.
If you see Roberto Nelson on the street, chances are he’ll be dribbling a basketball.
UCSB pulls out win on The Waves with Chisa Ononiwu’s jumper.
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.
