Santa Maria Times

2 days ago | santamariatimes.com | Kenny Cress

A high school baseball player hitting multiple home runs during a season isn't exactly run of the mill. St. Joseph senior center fielder Erik Furness homered 10 times during the 2025 campaign. Furness hit .323 and had 24 RBIs for a St. Joseph team that finished 24-8, won the Mountain League championship by four games and made it to the CIF Central Section Division 1 championship game. Furness, the Mountain League MVP, is also the MVP of the 2025 Times All-Area Baseball team.

3 days ago | santamariatimes.com | Kenny Cress

St. Joseph senior Taylor Mediano is an All-Mountain League softball team MVP again, although she is sharing the honor this time. Mediano was the sole league MVP in 2023 and 2024. This time, she is the league co-MVP along with Arroyo Grande senior catcher-third baseman-outfielder Jaedyn Valdez. Mediano helped lead the Knights to a three-peat  Mountain League championship, with the last two coming under second-year coach Anthony Razo.

4 days ago | santamariatimes.com | Kenny Cress

The Orcutt National Little League 12-year-olds All-Star team had always been a pretty good defensive team - the team's offense had just overshadowed its defense. Monday night, clutch pitching and defense helped deliver the District 65 Little League 12's Tournament championship to Orcutt National. Orcutt National rallied to beat Santa Maria Westside 8-6 on field one at Nipomo Community Park, host Nipomo Little League's home site, in the first game of the championship bracket.

4 days ago | santamariatimes.com | Kenny Cress

As the first day of the afternoon session of the second Righetti softball camp went along, Righetti softball players Ember Hendricks and Audra Smith, who are also among the camp instructors, offered encouragement to the young campers. "Good!," came the exclamation when a youngster caught and threw a ball properly. "Perfect!"Hendricks told the campers at her station, "You want to catch the ball like an alligator.

4 days ago | santamariatimes.com | Kenny Cress

Santa Barbara Community Rowing's, Jacie Dingman finished seventh at the US Rowing Nationals at Sarasota, Florida. Dingman, 15, will be a sophomore at Santa Ynez High School next year. She raced in the girls U17 singles division. The championships took place from June 12-15. "This really was something to cheer about, for our club and for Jacie, especially as she was the youngest girl in the race," Santa Barbara Community Rowing coach Gracie Barbara said in a SBCR news release.