Annabelle Tate Named Santa Barbara High’s Phil Womble Award Winner

Caring about others has been a part of Annabellle Tate’s makeup since she was in elementary school. For seven consecutive years, she received the “Caring…

Sydney Naour

Sydney Naour Named Bishop Diego’s Phil Womble Ethics in Sports Award Recipient

The Bishop Diego girls basketball team kept a plus-minus statistic of each player this season. Not surprisingly, the number for junior Sydney Naour was on…

Mikayla Butzke

Three-Sport Standout Mikayla Butzke Named Phil Womble Award Winner for Dos Pueblos

There is no off-season for Dos Pueblos student-athlete Mikayla Butzke. In the fall, she’s the starting setter for the volleyball team. She plays center for…

Gabe Medel Honored as the Phil Womble Ethics in Sports Award Winner from Carpinteria High

Gabe Medel is a worker and a giver. The Carpinteria High junior plays three sports for the Warriors, carries 3.9 GPA with a class schedule…

Musically, Athletically Gifted Will Anderson is Cate’s Recipient of Phil Womble Award

Will Anderson is quite the well-rounded, talented high school student. When he isn’t making music, he’s playing four sports and getting good grades in his…

Santa Barbara’s Georgia Brace possesses same giving spirit as Phil Womble

In presenting the Phil Womble Ethics in Sports Award to Santa Barbara High junior Georgia Brace, Dave Pintard said the daughter of Billy and Meredith…

Josie Morales excels in three sports and in classroom at Dos Pueblos

It was an intense crosstown soccer match that went down to the wire. In the final minutes, San Marcos answered a late goal by Dos…

Laguna Blanca’s Margaux Murphy shows selflessness on and off the field

One of the qualities Laguna Blanca athletic director and girls volleyball coach Jason Donnelly appreciates about Margaux Murphy is how she deeply cares about others. A great…

Carpinteria’s Isaac De Alba is a leader among his teammates and on campus

Carpinteria High’s Isaac De Alba let’s his actions do the talking. Whether it’s on the field or in the classroom, De Alba gets things done…

Cate three-sport athlete Sarah Polowczak carries a positive attitude wherever she goes

Whether she’s on the tennis court, basketball court or running around the track, Sarah Polowczak always carries a positive attitude. And that attitude rubs off…