UCSB Dominates All-Big West Baseball; Coach Andrew Checketts, Freshman Ryan Gallagher Honored

HONOLULU — Coach Joe Pasternack swears that Ajay Mitchell makes game-winning shots with his eyes closed. Mitchell’s running bank shot in the final seconds of UC Santa Barbara’s dramatic, 65-64 basketball victory at Hawai’i is actually part of a daily routine. “I work on that shot...

Season tickets and single-game tickets for the UC Santa Barbara baseball season are now on sale. The Gauchos have 29 home games at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, including nonconference series with Oregon, Xavier and Seton Hall. UCSB, the defending Big West champion, is looking to win the program’s fifth conference championship...

Katie Peterson and Riley Roggero each scored two goals to carry the Dos Pueblos girls soccer team to a 5-1 Channel League win over Santa Barbara on Saturday at Scott O’Leary Stadium. Taylor Hayes added the fifth goal for the Chargers, who are now 3-5-4 in league and 5-7-4...

Bishop Diego couldn’t overcome a 25-11 first quarter deficit and lost a Tri-Valley League showdown against St. Bonaventure at home Friday, 67-47. The Cardinals tried to make a couple of runs, but couldn’t manage to threaten the Seraphs. “We just didn’t have the energy or heart we needed...

Lily Simolon scored 15 points — including 10 in the decisive fourth quarter, and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Bishop Diego to a 43-36 Tri-Valley League win over St. Bonaventure Thursday. Galilea De La Cruz added 10 points for the Cardinals, who improved to 4-1 in league play and...

Giulia Piccoletti led the way with seven goals as the Carpinteria girls beat Hueneme 12-1 Thursday to remain undefeated in Citrus Coast League play. Taylor Classen and Lilli Nemetz each scored twice for the Warriors and Kate Isaac scored once. The Warriors next their 6-0 league record, 13-4 overall, to...

Ava Stryker powered in six goals and drew three ejections to lead a balanced San Marcos girls water polo team to a 19-13 win over CIF-San Diego Section power The Bishop’s School of La Jolla at the Newport Elite Eight Tournament on Thursday at Newport Harbor High. Sophia Panossian...

Santa Ynez’s Jackson Ollenburger scored 26 points to lead the Pirates in a 70-39 win at Paso Robles in an Ocean League game Friday. Caleb Cassidy had a double-double with 15 points and 20 rebounds, and Landon Lassahn added 13 points and eight rebounds. The Pirates are now 6-3...

San Marcos jumped out to a 10-4 first-quarter lead and went on to defeat Santa Barbara High, 47-39, in a crosstown Channel League girls basketball game on Thursday at the Thunderhut. Mia Martinez-Tomatis led three Royals in double figures with 13 points, Riley Welch scored 11 points and Mariia Shytkova...

The Dos Pueblos boys opened the scoring two minutes in, but Pacifica came back for a 2-1 win over the Chargers in a Channel League match on the road Thursday. In the second minute, Fin Silver and Noe Piña Duarte played a ball back and forth from a corner kick before Duarte crossed it in the middle to Matthew Sillers, who then scored the opening goal.

Gabriella Wilcox scored a looping shot over the Pacifica goalkeeper to give Dos Pueblos a key 1-0 Channel League win against visiting Pacifica. Maggie Gallup filled in at GK for the Chargers and recorded the shutout. “It was a fast & physical game tonight,” Dos Pueblos coach Marco Medina said....

The Dos Pueblos boys lost a lopsided game at home against Channel League leader Oxnard, 74-18. “Oxnard jumped out on us hard, and we struggled to get out of their traps,” Charger coach Joe Zamora said. “They converted on the offensive end while we had a hard time getting open looks. They are a very good team that will go far in the playoffs this year.”

The Carpinteria girls battled to the end Thursday against Citrus Coast League undefeated leader Santa Paula, but the host Cardinals posted a 50-43 win in overtime. The Warriors led 21-16 at the half, after both teams came out playing aggressive defense. Carpinteria held Santa Paula to five points in the second quarter.

The San Marcos boys soccer team clinched its third straight Channel League title with a 4-1 rivalry win over Santa Barbara High on Thursday night at Warkentin Stadium. The Royals improved to 12-0-0 (36 points) and 13-1-2 overall. They hold a seven-point lead over second-place Oxnard (9-1-2, 29 points) with two league games remaining.

Another member of the Greatest Generation is gone. Willard O. “Bill” Allen passed suddenly but peacefully in March 2019 in Santa Barbara. He was born in Chicago in 1928. Bill was survived by his wife Dorothy of 65 years; sister Priscilla Dial of Santa Rosa; stepdaughter Patricia Kerkis (Robert) of Thousand Oaks; daughter Lori Beth Isherwood (David) of Incline Village, Nevada; son, Mitchell K. Orr (Lori) of Lompoc; and six grandchildren. He is also remembered by many other nephews, nieces, stepchildren and relatives.

The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara honored 23 student artists during a presentation and reception at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art Jan. 26. Annabel Contreras from Dos Pueblos High School was awarded the Schall Family Best of Show Prize. The students, who were named winners of the foundation’s 2023...

Noozhawk’s top story merits far more reporting — and commentary — than our news team and I were able to get to this past week. No matter how you look at it, the chain of events is an outrageous atrocity, the consequences of which our community must confront honestly and head on.

B. DeWayne Holmdahl, a former Santa Barbara County supervisor and longtime Lompoc City Council member who also served as a judge for wine competitions, died Sunday at age 84. With roots in ranching and agriculture, he served on a number of elected and appointed boards spanning several decades in Lompoc and beyond.

Allen Forest Morgan died January 23, 2023, at his home. Allen and his wife, Jennifer, thoroughly enjoyed life on their beautiful ranch in Buellton, California. Allen was born on March 1, 1971, in Burbank, California, to Peggy and Alfred Morgan. Since he was born a week early, his father, Al,...

Abel Reyes of Santa Barbara passed away on Dec. 26, 2022, at Lompoc Valley Hospital. Born on April 11, 1966, Abel was a Santa Barbara native, and attended local schools, including Santa Barbara High School. Before his passing, Abel worked for San Roque Pet Hospital and Advance Veterinary Specialists of...