Kennedy Klusendorf tried a lot of sports before finding the right one. She gave everything a chance—basketball, tennis, softball, but none of them could satisfy her hunger. When she turned 11 years old, she found her passion and has committed 100 percent of her energy to it ever since. She has a voracious appetite for […]
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Friday Night Dances are getting in swing
Aktion Club invites dancers to bring their partners to the Veterans’ Memorial Community Center on Sept. 26, Oct. 24, and Dec. 5 for music, food and prizes from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 per dance and available at the Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Department. Aktion Club is a community group that […]
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Women and girls are running to inspire others
Between 2,000 and 2,500 girls and women will compete in the 10k and 5k She.Is.Beautiful Run on Sept. 21 at East Beach in Santa Barbara. The event benefits Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara, which offers after-school programs designed to help girls from 4 to 17 years old see their full potential. The run is […]
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Allan Hancock College will host softball clinics
This fall the Hancock softball program will host three clinics for girls from 7 to 17 years old. The clinics are scheduled for Sept. 27, Oct. 25, and Nov. 22. College players and coaches will teach offense and defense, fundamentals, and game strategies. Each clinic runs from 9 a.m. to noon, and the cost for […]
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Brianna Farley
It’s early in the season, and the Allan Hancock College women’s volleyball team is already off to a great start. Only three games in, the Bulldogs are undefeated and have already tied last season’s total number of wins. The team has taken a promising first few steps and is being helped along in a big […]
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Massage therapy helps prevent sports injuries through holistic healing
Crystal-Bianca Cabanas loves to play sports. Whether she is running track and field or in the pool swimming laps, this 15-year-old is going hard year round. When she moved to the United States from the Philippines, her father encouraged her to be apart of many activities in the community, she said. This season, Cabanas is […]
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The Hancock youth basketball league needs players
The Hancock Youth Basketball Club wants teams and individuals to register for its first fall boys’ league. The league offers divisions from sixth grade through varsity, and still needs teams for its seventh- and eighth-grade divisions, as well as freshman and junior varsity. Games begin Sept. 7, and the season runs through Oct. 12. Games […]
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Nonprofits get a shot at auctioning big game tags
Nonprofit organizations will have the chance to raise money by auctioning off big game hunting license tags for the 2015-2016 season. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is reserving 12 to 13 tags for organizations that apply. These special fundraising tags have been successful for nonprofits in the past by attracting bidders to […]
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Miller School honors former teacher
Students and staff from Isaac Miller Elementary School will celebrate the opening of their new track with a jog-a-thon fundraiser starting at 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 5. The track will be dedicated to the memory of Elaine Barnard, a former teacher at Miller Elementary School who passed away unexpectedly in March. The dedication begins at […]
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Kate Hardisty
Ernest Righetti High School girls’ tennis coach Patrick Ortiz named Kate Hardisty the varsity team captain this week. The move highlights her skill level because the newly appointed captain is just entering her junior season. “She has tennis DNA,” Ortiz said. “You have to have someone in the leadership role, and that is going to […]
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The Warriors’ water polo team dominates at an open water tournament in Oregon
The Ernest Righetti High School boys’ water polo team stepped out of the heated pools they’re accustomed to and braved the open water for a summer tournament on Foster Lake in Oregon. “Once in a while you’ve got to change it up,” head varsity coach Kyle Shaffer said. This July, it wasn’t necessarily other teams […]
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Bulldogs bite into a new season
The Allan Hancock College football team will open its season on Sept. 6, with a game against Santa Ana College. It will be the first time the Bulldogs take on the Dons. Returning head coach, Kris Dutra, begins his 14th season with the Bulldogs and has the second most victories in Hancock history. The team’s […]