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Athletes of the Week: Shannon Slaught and Chris Grant

Monday, May 16, 2011 By
Santa Barbara High's Chris Grant

Athletes of the Week: Shannon Slaught of Bishop Diego is the female winner. She was a runner-up in the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke at the CIF Division 4 swimming finals at Belmont Plaza. In one of the races, she finished .19 seconds out of first. The male award winner is Chris “Booie” Grant of Santa Barbara High tennis. He sparked the Dons to a 10-8 win over Marina in the second round of the CIF Division 1 playoffs, coming from behind to beat a highly ranked Southern California junior … [Read more...]

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Athletes of the Week: Thayer White and Emily Rose Williams

Monday, May 9, 2011 By
San Marcos' Thayer White

Athletes of the Week: Thayer White, San Marcos: White shot back-to-back rounds of 1-under par 70 to win the Channel League Individual Golf Championship last week. White turned in the best round for the Royals in 8 of their 11 matches this season. Emily Rose Williams, Dos Pueblos: The Texas-bound Williams won the 50 and 100 freestyle races in CIF automatic qualifying times and swam on victorious 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams at the Channel League finals. … [Read more...]

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Athletes of the Week: Collin Dewell and Dasha Depew

Monday, May 2, 2011 By
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Athletes of the Week: San Marcos swimmer Dasha Depew is the female winner. She broke a 25-year-old school record in the 100 butterfly, posting a time of 1:02.26 to beat the previous mark of 1:02.51, set by Jo Wallschlaeger in 1985. The male winner is Santa Barbara High baseball player Collin Dewell. The Arizona-bound pitcher-center fielder blasted three home runs — one in each game — in the crucial three-game series against Dos Pueblos. He also hit two doubles, drove in eight runs and … [Read more...]

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Athletes of the Week: Elysia Hodges and Jeff Menzel

Tuesday, April 26, 2011 By
San Marcos' Elysia Hodges

Athletes of the Week: Elysia Hodges worked like an ironwoman for the San Marcos track team in its dual meet with Dos Pueblos. She won the 100, 110 hurdles, 300 hurdles and ran in the 800 meters. On Saturday, she earned county championships in the 100-meter dash and 300 hurdles, and was the opening leg of the Royals 4x400 relay team, which established a county record. Jeff Menzel was on fire for the UCSB volleyball team on Friday night, blasting a match-high 27 kills to lead the Gauchos to … [Read more...]

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Athletes of the Week: Jessica Escalante and Danny Zandona

Monday, April 18, 2011 By
Dos Pueblos' Jessica Escalante

Athletes of the Week: Santa Barbara baseball player Danny Zandona won the award for boys. In a Channel League game against Buena last week, the senior hit a grand slam and pitched a complete-game shutout.” Junior Jessica Escalante of Dos Pueblos was the girls winner. She had a big week on the track, winning the 100 and 200 in a dual meet win over Buena and anchoring the Chargers 4x100 relay team to a school record of 49.56 at the Mt. SAC Relays. The record stood for 20 years. … [Read more...]

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Athletes of the Week: Hannah Harris and Nick Scarvelis

Monday, April 11, 2011 By
Dos Pueblos' Nick Scarvelis

Athletes of the Week: Nick Scarvelis of Dos Pueblos, improved his state-best shot put mark to 64-1.75 to win the invitational shot put competition at the 44th annual Arcadia Invitational on Saturday. The UCLA-bound Scarvelis defeated two of his closest rivals in the state, Stephen Boals of Sacramento-Jesuit and Ryan Andrews of Newport Harbor. Hannah Harris was the female AOW winner. She pitched the Dos Pueblos softball team to three wins, including an 11-inning, 1-0 win over Camarillo and … [Read more...]

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Athletes of the Week: Kailey Snyder and Michael Spiritosanto

Monday, April 4, 2011 By
SBCC's Kailey Snyder

Athletes of the Week: SBCC’s Snyder won three games and posted a save last week and set a school record with a 15-strikeout performance the week before. In a 10-0 win over L.A. Pierce, she struck out 12, allowed two hits and hit a run-scoring triple. She pitched a doubleheader sweep over Hancock and hit a home run and a double. She notched her first save on Saturday against El Camino and came back to fan 11 in a win over Pasadena. Spiritosanto had monster week, leading the Dos Pueblos … [Read more...]

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Athletes of the Week: Cody Yokubaitis and Elisabeth Bransgard

Monday, March 21, 2011 By
Bishop Diego's Cody Yokubaitis

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Bishop Diego's Cody Yokubaitis tossed a beauty of a game for the Cardinals in their Frontier League opener on Friday. The senior threw a complete-game one-hitter while striking out 10 batters against only one walk to lead the Cardinals to a 5-1 victory over Santa Clara. Yokubaitis was on hand to accept the award with teammate Sam Kwock and head coach and father Dan Yokubaitis. SBCC track & field athlete Elisabeth Bransgard won three events for the Vaqueros at the … [Read more...]

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Athletes of the Week: Orlando Johnson and Ghazaleh Sailors

Monday, March 14, 2011 By
San Marcos' Ghazaleh Sailors

Athletes of the week: Orlando Johnson, who averaged 28 points in UCSB’s three wins en route to its second straight Big West Tournament championship and NCAA Tournament berth, was named the male winner of the award. The female winner was San Marcos baseball player Ghazaleh Sailors, who won her first game as a varsity pitcher. She didn’t walk a batter and struck out three in five innings of work in a 6-3 win over Grace Brethren on Saturday. … [Read more...]

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Athletes of the Week: Teddy Mauze and Mekia Valentine

Monday, March 7, 2011 By
UCSB's Mekia Valentine

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Cate School freshman Teddy Mauze, who scored a hat trick in the Rams’ CIF Division 7 boys soccer championship victory over Mammoth on Saturday, was the male winner. The title was the first in school history for Cate. The female winner was UCSB basketball player Mekia Valentine. She had a monster game against Cal Poly on Saturday, scoring 27 points, grabbing 20 rebounds and blocking five shots, to lead the Gauchos to a 78-64 win and a share of the Big West regular … [Read more...]

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