Sports Shorts

The Santa Maria Valley Bike Run will hold its 11th annual Toys for Tots Bike Run to benefit children in the Santa Maria Valley on Nov. 9. The run begins at the Santa Maria Elks Lodge at 10 a.m. and will go up Highway 1 to Avila. The run concludes back at the Santa Maria […]

Hand cycles, recumbent bikes, tandems, and road bikes will set off on a 465-mile ride from Palo Alto to Los Angeles on Oct. 5 for the United Healthcare Ride 2 Recovery. More than 200 injured veterans and their supporters will ride down the Pacific Coast Highway and make stops in Carmel, San Simeon, Pismo Beach, […]

Allan Hancock College will host Military Appreciation Night at its home football game on Oct. 11. The Bulldogs take on Long Beach City College at the Ernest Righetti High School stadium, and it will be the 11th consecutive year Hancock has paid tribute to the military. The first 200 military personnel, veterans, and their families […]

Thursday, Oct. 2 Girls’ Volleyball     St. Joseph vs. RHS @ SJHS, 6 p.m.     Santa Ynez vs. SMHS @ SMHS, 3:30 p.m.     Nipomo vs. Templeton @ NHS, 5:30 p.m.     Pioneer Valley vs. Arroyo Grande @ PVHS, 6 p.m. Girls’ Tennis     RHS vs. Paso Robles @ Passo Robles, 3:30 p.m.     Santa […]

The mayor of Solvang, Jim Richardson, handed a key to the city to officials from the Special Olympics World Games Los Angeles 2015 on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at Solvang Park.  Solvang will join 100 other communities from San Diego to San Luis Obispo in playing host to athletes from around the globe for the 2015 […]

Oct. 3 is the final date to sign up for the 2014 fall season of the YMCA Youth Arena Soccer. The registration fee is $60 for members and includes an eight-week season and team jersey. All games are on Saturdays and the season runs from Oct. 18 to Dec. 6. Practices will be held once […]

The Santa Maria Youth Basketball League continues to sign up participants for its 2014 season. There are three remaining dates to sign up: boys and girls, grades first through eighth. Sign-ups will be held Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Santa Maria High School football field snack bar from 9 a.m. to noon; on Tuesday, Oct. […]

Thursday, Sept. 25 Girls’ Tennis      Nipomo vs. Templeton @ NHS, 3 p.m.      RHS vs. St. Joseph @ SJHS, 3:30 p.m.      SMHS vs. Santa Ynez @ Minami, 3:30 p.m. Girls’ Golf      Lompoc Tournament @ La Purisma, 2 p.m.      Arroyo Grande Tournament @ Cypress Ridge, 2 p.m. Girls’ Volleyball      Nipomo vs. […]

The San Luis Obispo American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) will implement new beverage and snack standards in its 2014 fall season that encourage coaches and players to hydrate with water only. The new standards were released at the coaches meeting in August with the help of Healthy Eating Active Living San Luis Obispo. AYSO hopes […]

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is offering hunting opportunities on three different properties through its Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) program. SHARE is holding eight wild pig-hunting periods at Rush Ranch in Solano County from November to February, with two permits per period good for two hunters each. Hunters will have […]

Thursday, Sept. 18 Girls’ Tennis       St. Joseph vs. Paso Robles @ SJHS, 3:30 p.m.       RHS vs. Pioneer Valley @ RHS, 3:30 p.m.       Santa Ynez vs. Cabrillo @ CHS, 3:30 p.m.       Lompoc vs. SMHS @ LHS, 3:30 p.m. Girls’ Volleyball       St. Joseph vs. Pioneer Valley @ SJHS, 4 p.m.       RHS […]

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 […]