Brian Medel and family

Athletic Round Table Luncheon: Westmont Basketball Coaches Share Holiday Travel Stress

Westmont basketball coaches Kirsten Moore and John Moore were comparing notes on whose team had the more challenging road trip during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend:…

Angus Goodner and Marc Gamberdeall

Athletic Round Table Luncheon: Santa Barbara Water Polo Refused to Lose in CIF Quarterfinals

Santa Barbara High’s boys water polo coach Mark Walsh felt his team was on the verge of having its season come to an end in…

CIF girls water polo title made it a 3-for-3 day for coach Chuckie Roth

The pressure was on for San Marcos coach Chuckie Roth on that Saturday his girls water polo team played No. 1 Dos Pueblos for the…

Santa Barbara’s fun times together result in a CIF Division 1 soccer title

It was all about having fun. That was the secret to the Santa Barbara High boys soccer team’s success this season. The Dons won the…

Carpinteria soccer team dedicates CIF regional title to critically injured teammate Marco Villarreal

There was extra motivation for the Carpinteria High boys soccer team when it stepped on the wet, slippery pitch to play Rubidoux for the CIF…

Soccer team’s CIF championship brings sense of balance to Carpinteria community

It was a difficult ending to 2017 and a tough start to 2018 at Carpinteria High. Athletic Director Pat Cooney described it like getting a bad report…

San Marcos’ amazing water polo playoff run inspired by Olympic champion

When it came to playing in a CIF water polo final, San Marcos girls coach Chuckie Roth figured it would be the usual scenario: a…

Bishop Diego football finally has its day to celebrate at Round Table luncheon

The Ranchero Room at Harry’s Plaza Cafe was washed in a sea of red Monday as the CIF Southern Section- and State-champion Bishop Diego football…

Public service leaders credit athletics with helping them in their careers

Before Lori Luhnow and Cathy Farley became leaders in law enforcement and Erin Alexander Brown a fire fighter, they played high school and college sports….

Fires, hurricanes, floods, missile scare, UCSB’s Louis Reynaud has experienced it all

UCSB men’s basketball assistant coach Louis Reynaud was feeling like he was jinxed. Before arriving in Santa Barbara, he was working as an assistant coach…