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The city of Santa Maria has cemented itself as a place for premier prep baseball talent. While Righetti was the high school that received most of the acclaim during the year with their 28-7 overall record and second round MLB draft pick, it was Santa Maria High School that finished the season the strongest. The […]

While the AIDS epidemic is not as far reaching in America as it was in the ’80s and ’90s, those affected by the disease are still fighting just as hard against the illness. The point of the 545-mile AIDS/LifeCycle bike race is not necessarily to create competition, but rather to raise millions of dollars for […]

For many fans at this year’s Santa Maria Elks Rodeo, it was not, as the saying goes, their first rodeo. But for this humble narrator, it was, and after attending my first rodeo, I can safely say it was an experience. Driving through the sprawling Elks Unocal Event Center on a late Thursday afternoon, the […]

With graduation season starting and summer fast approaching, college will quickly become the new reality for many local high school seniors. And for some students set to receive their diploma from Allan Hancock College, the rigors of a four-year university are just around the corner. A select group of students has been chosen to not […]

While technically a team sport, the success of a track and field squad comes down to the performances of individuals. Besides the events that involve relays, the outcome of a meet is determined by a series of athletes competing independently yet together. Lompoc High School’s Braves showed the ability to come together and utilize the […]

The best softball team in this year’s Western State Conference calls Santa Maria their hometown. Allan Hancock College’s softball team has separated itself from the Central Coast’s community college competition in 2017 and hopes to carry the success into the postseason, which is set to begin in early May. Led by sweet-swinging shortstop Larissa Ostrander […]

Coming back from a season that saw the Ernest Righetti High School Warriors boys’ baseball team make it to CIF State Playoff quarterfinals, this year’s squad is out to prove that last season was no fluke. Although the team finished the 2016 regular season at 16-16, Righetti went on to win three straight playoff games […]

Coming into the season, the Cabrillo Conquistadores men’s basketball team could have easily been doubted. A young roster and a first-year head coach could have been the recipe for a transition year. But after the 2016-2017 season is all said and done, those doubts can be put to rest. Cabrillo finished the year with an […]

When the weather is right, there are few places better to be than atop the Point Sal hiking trail, staring out at Lion Rock, calves still burning from the steep uphill climb. Only a short drive from the small town of Guadalupe and adjacent to the Vandenberg Air Force Base, Point Sal at this time […]

With the building and designing portion of the season behind them, Orcutt Academy High School’s robotics team, FIRST 3512 Spartatroniks, can only wait to display their new robot in competition. Antikythera, which owes its name to the earliest known computing device, was completed in February and is gearing up for competitions later in March. More […]