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2/7/2023 0 Comments ‘Dubson’ downs Notre Dame Prep in first round of AIA Girls Basketball Open TournamentAhdiyah Chee and Aaliyah Garcia combined for 30 of the Mustangs' 50 points
The Dobson student section showed out for the first-ever round of the AIA Open State Championship Tournament on Tuesday night. The many students and parents wearing ‘Dubson’ shirts exited the gym smiling after the team beat Notre Dame Preparatory 50-42.
“We wanted to make sure we plugged the middle, we knew we couldn’t get to the rim and our threes weren’t falling tonight either,” Dobson head coach Henry Bribiescas said. “We were trying to concentrate on getting some ball screens and midrange.” In back-and-forth fashion, it seemed every time the Mustangs scored a field goal the Saints stormed down the court to immediately answer. That was until Dobson defined the game on a 10-0 run in the fourth quarter with around six minutes left. Chee, Garcia, Jaziah Billey, Sophia Fonseca and Isabella Jensen all made baskets during the run. “We have a lot of different girls who can score and I kept trying to utilize that and run the shot clock down. In the old days we could just sit on it, but not anymore,” Bribiescas said. Billey, a sophomore point guard, finished with 10 points and described the team’s ability to excel in transition as what led to the 10-0 Dobson run. After it, the teams exchanged multiple fouls each, slowing Dobson’s path to victory. Dobson fought to comeback deficits throughout both halves. They led by three points just once in the first half and couldn’t get that lead back until 50 seconds remaining in the third quarter. No. 13 Dobson’s next game is a road matchup against No. 4 Xavier Prep at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 7. A win would lock them into the Open Tournament and send them to the quarterfinals, while a loss would mean they play in the 6A state tournament beginning Wednesday, Feb. 15. Dobson’s play of the game came in the 2nd quarter when Aaliyah Garcia drained a 3-pointer as the shot clock expired, sending the home crowd into a frenzy. Ahdiyah Chee finished with 17 points, followed by Garcia with 13. Billey stands at a modest 5’4” but she and her undersized squad boxed out the Saints to overcome their height disadvantage. “You just have to know their personnel and especially with bigs, you just gotta watch the ball. I know I’m quick enough to get to that position ... I’m not as tall, but I just have to keep fighting through that,” Billey said. The Saints will play in the 5A state tournament because they won the 5A Northeast Valley title. Notre Dame’s Ava Pautz led the Saints scoring 17 points and Olivia Frankel scored nine off of three 3-pointers. “We just couldn’t stop (Pautz), we zoned her, we manned, we just had to do what we had to do to slow her down,” Bribiescas said. The student section matched the team’s energy and tried to play mind games with Notre Dame throughout. Their colorful chants included “you-can’t-do-that” after Saints fouls, “pres-sure” during Saints free throws and of course, “notre lame.” Track athlete Avidan Hipolito’s favorite chant to yell was ‘pack-the-bus-ses’ as the game winded down. “We always come up with really creative and exciting chants to get us into the game, so I just think that’s the best part of coming out,” Hipolito said.
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Dragan Boscovic talks about how some cryptocurrencies will stay commodities, but others are now essentially synonymous to money, as banks adopt their use. We talked about many things in the interview, but I thought this was a good nugget to share.
I did a lot of research and made a lot of graphics about blockchain/crypto, but only released one piece so far. Other interviews I conducted for this project were with the spokesperson for the Arizona Attorney General's office and the (now former) COO of the CCG Catalyst Consulting firm. CCG 50/50 partnered with the Arizona Bankers Association to form the Arizona FinTech (financial technology) Council. The council's public policy partners don't have any stake in the council; they are ASU, the Arizona Commerce Authority, and others.
For some, the Arizona Fall League is a place to reminisce.
On October 27th, 2011, the St. Louis Cardinals were one strike away from losing the World Series in a game 6 matchup with the Texas Rangers. Then, David Freese belted a triple to right field igniting a rally which would extend the game, before hitting a walk-off homer to force a game 7, which the Cardinals would win the next day. On October 27th, 2021, Cardinal fans at Sloan Park, spring training home of the Chicago Cubs, recalled their anxiety, disgust, and eventual bliss of watching the game. Chris and Tina Zettek, a couple from Springfield Illinois, attended the nail biter game and were disgusted by fans leaving before the epic conclusion. Gary Pauludette, former employee at the Cardinals' ballpark, watched the game from home and received mass texts from his grandson, who was at game. Alex Franzen, Illinois native, watched the game from his dorm at Illinois State University and went crazy with his roommate, also a Cardinal fan. 11/5/2021 0 Comments How to Ollie in 90 Seconds!
This is a good, quick starting point for people wanting to learn how to ollie. This is what a beginner should do when learning because it should minimize the risk of them hurting themselves. I've been skating since 6th grade but am clearly out of practice with some of my ollies as seen in this video, but my tips and tricks can be helpful. I had to record myself by propping my phone up, which I haven't done in a few years specifically for skateboarding, which was a major throwback. Expect slow progress and make sure you work at becoming very comfortable riding at the same time you learn to ollie, if not before. Practice makes perfect, but you should compare your foot position to other riders as well to make sure your form is right.
Leo Tochterman, a sports reporter for The State Press, talks to host Judah Brody about some of his experiences in March 2020 as sports across the world paused. In early 2020, Tochterman was also an intern for Sun Devil Athletics media relations, in addition to working with The State Press. He recalled protocols changing at the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament and a reporter returning home after only a day in Las Vegas, where he had planned to cover the Men's Tournament. Like many ASU students, Tochterman felt confusion and uncertainty regarding the pandemic and left Tempe after a few weeks of Zoom classes, to return to his home in Sacramento. Excerpts are from a longer phone interview recorded on October 27, 2021.
Students, staff and families in the Santa Barbara Unified School District received an official mass text today from the district announcing school closures to begin Monday because of concerns around the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools Susan Salcido worked with district superintendents, charter school administrators and the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department to close all schools in the county by Wednesday. Districts will monitor the situation to determine when campuses will reopen. “It’s going to be looked at on a day-by-day basis, if not an hour by hour basis,” said SBUnified administrative assistant Carol Tait. The district has not commented on whether courses will be moved to online instruction or suspended entirely. “District officials are working on a plan to continue providing meals to our students during the school closure,” says SBUnified’s official statement. Santa Barbara County Public Health Director Van Do-Reynoso said, “We support the decision to close public schools. While there are no confirmed cases at this time, this demonstration of social distancing will help to slow the spread of the virus and minimize the public health impacts in our community.” The update comes one day after the halt to local high school sports, and three days after UC Santa Barbara moved courses to remote instruction. At the time of writing, Santa Barbara City College remains open. Santa Barbara City Council denied property goliath Edward St. George’s appeal to build a hotel on Montecito Street Tuesday night; still the developer has reason to stay hopeful.
A 4-3 vote of the council gave St. George one month to plan to downsize his hotel and replace the four rental apartment units which currently reside on 302 and 308 West Montecito Street. This means the saga of St. George versus local government continues. Who exactly is Edward St. George? He’s not your typical fat cat property owner in a suit, that’s for sure. He’d rather don t-shirts and baseball cap. If you ask one of the 20-so Santa Barbarians who supported him at City Hall, you might think he lives up to his name as a saint. The former carpenter, who has built his way up to power, has developed 180 units across the coast with another 160 in development. “Ed’s a visionary,” said Adam Pirozzi, on escrow across the street from where the hotel may stand. “[He has] consistently provided a need before anyone else saw it.” The proposed hotel has been in the works for over three years, and was trudging through the necessary bureaucratic hoops. Until August 22nd when the Santa Barbara Planning Commission denied it with a 5-1 vote on the grounds of “sound community planning” and “neighborhood compatibility.” In layman's terms, they wanted housing built there, which St. George claims the area is unfit for. The current apartment units are within 250 feet of the 101 Freeway, posing potential air hazards, and the area is a frequent hub for the homeless and crime. For these reasons, St. George only houses “guys who could really take care of themselves,” reports Joshua Molina for Noozhawk. Among them, a Santa Barbara City College football coach who agreed with his sentiments in front of City Council Tuesday. City Council was split. Councilmembers Eric Freidman, Oscar Gutierrez, and Kristen Sneddon sided with the commision and opposed giving St. George time to reconfigure his plan. Jason Dominguez, Mayor Cathy Murillo, Meagan Harmon, and Randy Rowse voted to give him a month to rework his plan into something smaller, and build four apartment units to offset the ones lost to the potential hotel. St. George wasn’t present for the vote. He stormed out with his wife and son seemingly assuming the council would not side with him. The meeting ran four hours, 22 minutes. Pirozzi and 21 other community members spent Tuesday night at city hall advocating for the hotel. They claimed it would reinvigorate an aging part of the city, provide needed jobs to it, and give 24/7 eyes on the streets in the neighborhood. “I spent more time on that property than anyone,” said a generational Santa Barbarian to City Council. His parents owned a restaurant on Montecito Street. “It was a dump when [St. George] got it, and it’s a dump now. It’s a great project, my grandparents would love it, I love it, you will not regret [approving it]” On the other side, community activist Anne Marie Gott gave the council an enthusiastic (so enthusiastic that Mayor Cathy Murillo had to remind her to watch her language) powerpoint presentation defending the Planning Commission's decision. She urged the council to look at luxurious room sizes, averaging 488 square feet to the nation’s 325 average, and changes to St. George’s blueprints which may have flown under the radar of some. Seven community members, including Gott and Professor Arthur Sylvester of the Coast Geological Society spoke out in detest of the new hotel. Sylvester worried the hotel may be built on top of the Mesa Fault, and excavation underneath the site could affect the groundwater table, and maybe kill the Geological Society’s trees. “The mesa fault’s location is uncertain,” said Sylvester. “It is considered an active fault and the cause of the 1925 earthquake.” The excavation would be to build a parking lift system for 33 spaces, as the plans for the hotel were shown to a packed house via projector at City Hall. 11 additional spaces would be available on the surface. Other concerns to the project included increased traffic near SBCC and a modern-style architecture might disrupt the traditional spanish buildings which surround it. Is change coming to the westside? The question remains until the council reviews a new proposal from St. George. Correction: The Planning Commission voted 5-1, denying St. George’s project, not 6-1 as previously stated. By Judah Brody Edited By Bill Woodbridge Umpires blow calls all the time, right? It's true, but this time it may have cost Dos Pueblos their game, and possibly their season. In the top of the 8th, it was a 4-4 tie game in extra innings with two outs. The Royals had runners Josh Swanson on 1st and Diego Sandoval on 2nd. SM’s Erik Larsen hits it, but the throw to chargers first baseman JJ Frausto was high, allowing him to reach first base. With the winning run Swanson racing home, Catcher Evan Steinberger attempts to block the plate, receives the throw from Frausto and applies the tag. In a controversial call, the umpire called Swanson safe. “I was safe at home”, said Swanson in an interview. “Definitely strikes and balls were...very inconsistent." Steinberger tagging Swanson on the slide home One problematic call may have decided Dos Pueblos’ season. A win would have kept DP just two games behind Santa Barbara for 1st place in channel league. Instead they are 3 games behind 1st with only 3 games left in the season. After the call, Chargers head coach George Hedricks stormed the field to dispute the umpire’s call. Aggression between fans from both sides erupted. A bat was thrown towards a crowd of SM players in front of their dugout. DP Athletic Director Dan Feldhaus had to intervene at one point, issuing a warning to an SM fan who called for Hedricks to be thrown out of the game. As the top of the 8th continued, SM’s Jack Winterbauer singled up the middle on a ground ball that barely missed shortstop Mason Boelter’s glove, scoring SM’s Sandoval and Larsen. The score was 7-4. The Chargers ended the game by stranding two runners on the basepaths in bottom of the 8th. A common theme this year for the Chargers was missed opportunities, as they failed to play competitive baseball too many times. They lost two games against Santa Barbara after they won the league opener against them. They also went 1-2 against a last place San Marcos team. Umpires are only human. The questionable home plate call could have gone either way, but this time it was extremely discouraging for the Chargers. DP Head Coach George Hedricks described, “The umpire believed he was correct and stuck with his call and that’s baseball. You don’t always agree with the calls, strike zones, or guys out at the plate… you move on and find a way to compete.” 1st base umpire calls JJ Frausto out a high throw to 1st base. DP would have clinched a CIF playoff spot with a win on Friday. There is hope... they only need to win one out of their final three games to capture a place in the playoffs. The teams with the top three records in channel league will go to the playoffs. The Chargers have six 1st place finishes in the last seven years.
Dos Pueblos in 2nd looks to get back on track after a tough loss. They face the Santa Ynez Pirates and the Lompoc Braves twice each to close the season. You can watch all of the following games through DPNews for $10, with commentary by Judah Brody. All games begin at 3:15pm
Correction 4/18/19: DP lost two games to SB. Schedule adjusted. 4/24/19: Schedule adjusted. 3/3/2019 3 Comments Live Baseball 2019 is a go!Written: 2/28/19
It had been over a month since my live team and me had live-streamed ANY sports. I was perusing the spring schedule for some time and volleyball and baseball seemed like the next to-dos. After picking a volleyball game to stream that I never ended up organizing, I realized I would much rather be pouring my energy into baseball broadcasts. This was Monday night. The schedule said the boys had games Wednesday and Friday and I said to myself (completing ignoring my busy week and the fact I had a track meet on Saturday), "We're doing both of them!" Tuesday night I researched DP's season so far, big moments, factoids, and by Wednesday I would be ready. Then the rain hit. From the morning I wasn't sure if the game would even be played, but I luckily had two friends on call ready to help me if needed. Right before 5th period rolled up (which I would leave to start setting up) I ran into Coach Hedricks in the halls, as I was on my way to the office to attempt to radio him! He told me the game would still be played through the mist and I was ready. My team and I began setting up around 2:00, first pitch was set for 3:15, when we realized we had thousands of dollars worth of equipment to protect from water damage! We settled on a pop up tent to cover the commentator (me), technical head, and our power strip and we placed the Macbook Pro in a cardboard box to protect it. We threw Santana, our camera man, on the roof in the 55 degree rain and placed a plastic bag over the camera. Also while setting up, we realized our Ethernet cable was not long enough and we needed an extender to connect two. No one knew where one was, so I phoned a friend who came in, hooked both Ethernet cables up to a school phone, and it worked! So sitting in the athletics center walkway was a phone with a trashbag on it. The broadcast appeared to have ran smoothly, but the game was called at the end of the 3rd inning when DP was losing 9-0 to Arroyo Grande and everyone was cold. We got very muddy cleaning up, I had to wipe down 4 long extension cords, but we were finally finished. When my team returned to T-3 (which a janitor opened for us), we were soggy. I'm excited to stream Dos Pueblos vs longtime rival San Marcos baseball on Friday, March 1st. You can find out how to watch, and also watch what parts of this game did get saved, at DPNews.org/live. I greatly appreciate anyone who supports me with a view. Signing out, Judah Brody
I didn't think this would be a special Friday of any sort. I just got up, threw on a DPNews shirt, and got to 1st period a bit late to take a math test.
I get to 2nd period and get asked by DPNews Campus anchor, Lindsey Fischer, if I can anchor Campus News with her! I've filled in for campus, sports, and world news this year, and love being a sub, so with little hesitation, I said yes. I was fooling around with my hat backwards and asked people in a frat bro voice if I should do the show as my alter ego "Judah BROdy" today. The only real approval I need is from my producer Elizabeth and all she said was "It sounds like you've already made up your mind." I joined Lindsey who was putting some finishing touches on the script, and I always like to spice them up so I reworked the intro, and added a good amount of awkward humor in the show, because it's a Friday and why not! The ending "Wait, your name is spelled with an e?" is based of a real moment that morning. We headed into the studio, did a run-through, I ate a quesadilla, and then did the show, which I thought was pretty great. I had a lot of fun, I also forgot that I scheduled my Spongebob segment to go on Friday, so I went on the show twice! Always more to come, Judah BROdy |