Barry Punzal
Sports Editor at Noozhawk
We are the sports section for @noozhawk, covering local sports in the Santa Barbara area. Contact us at [email protected]
Articles
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5 days ago |
noozhawk.com | Mark Patton |Barry Punzal
Overview: Michael McGreevy still making his pitch to stick in the big leagues after making his third quality start on Thursday Baseball has become the National Pause-time for three of the best players to ever grace the diamonds of Santa Barbara. Shane Bieber, James McCann and Michael McGreevy were all forced into a timeout of their Major League Baseball careers during the first half of this season … and for completely different reasons.
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1 week ago |
noozhawk.com | Mark Patton |Barry Punzal
A sports news feature video chronicling the bond between former UC Santa Barbara basketball player J.D. Slajchert and young Gaucho superfan Luc Bodden has been nominated for a Los Angeles Area Emmy. Bodden died of sickle cell disease at age 10 in 2016. “Luc Strong” — a 12-minute, “Beyond the Sport” segment produced by Spectrum News 1 — is one of three finalists in the sports feature category named by The Television Academy.
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1 week ago |
noozhawk.com | Mark Patton |Barry Punzal
Overview: Gaucho chief must wear many hats in recruiting and training next season’s group of Gauchos Joe Pasternack is amid Finals Week, although there’s no real finality to his work as the UC Santa Barbara men’s basketball coach. One season merely turns to the next in the blink of a shooting eye. “It’s constant,” he told Noozhawk.
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2 weeks ago |
noozhawk.com | Eric Boose |Barry Punzal
Sophomore pitcher Jackson Flora of the UC Santa Barbara baseball team has been invited to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp in Cary, N.C., this summer. Flora is the fourth Gaucho pitcher in three years to receive an invitation from USA Baseball. He follows Matt Ager and Hudson Barrett in 2023 and Tyler Bremner last summer. Ager and Bremner were selected to the national team roster.
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2 weeks ago |
noozhawk.com | Barry Punzal
San Marcos senior-to-be Cora Loomer earned her “AAA” beach volleyball rating by winning the California Beach Volleyball Association women’s “AA” tournament in Huntington Beach in mid-April. Loomer and Redondo Union High standout Addison Junk defeated Alanna Shields/Jasmin Suarez, 21-14, in the final. Loomer and Junk went 6-0 in the tournament to claim the highest rating for an amateur beach volleyball player.
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