Senior Austin Jaimes hammered 15 kills and served eight aces to pace the Santa Barbara High boys volleyball team to 25-11, 25-10, 25-17 sweep over Ventura in a Channel League match on Senior Night.
Senior middle blocker Parker Hann had 6 kills and 3 blocks.
Chase Holdren and Drake Young each had 15 assists.
Sophomore outside hitter Jameson Savellano provided six kills and eight digs.
Santa Barbara (19-7, 11-1 in league) plays Burbank-Burroughs Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the SBHS Karch Kiraly TOC at J.R. Richards Gym.
Dos Pueblos 3, Pacifica 0
The Chargers used a balanced attack to sweep the Tritons, 25-15, 25-17, 25-13 in a Channel League match at Sovine Gym.
Matthew Wilcox led the team with eight kills, Nick Schultz-Clifford had seven, and Ewan Richards and Micah Goss each had six.
Goss and Richards were forces at the service lined with five and four aces, respectively. Grant Hughes dished out 25 assists.
“Pacifica gave us a lot of off speed tip and roll shots tonight. I’m proud of the boys for picking almost all of them up,” said coach Ehren Hug. “Their focus defensively has been much more locked in the last two matches. It’s nice to see them still grinding and pushing themselves mentally at the end of the season.”
The Chargers (19-7, 10-3 in league) will be back in Sovine Gym Tuesday for Senior Night against San Marcos at 6:30 p.m.
San Marcos 3, Buena 0
Junior Declan McClintock played solid in the middle for the Royals in a 25-9, 25-9, 25-13 sweep of Buena in a Channel League match.
The Royals, ranked 16th in the state, improved to 23-3 overall and 10-1 in league.
McClintock had 4 kills on 5 attempts at the middle hitting position.
“Declan continues to improve and he got some quality minutes this week,” said coach Roger Kuntz.
Opposite hitter and junior Nate Loomer led San Marcos with nine kills.
“Nate got back into his groove tonight and we will need his attacking skills in the next week of play.”
Laguna Blanca 3, Cate 0
The Owls improved to 8-0 in the Tri-Valley League with a 25-9, 25-19, 25-9 sweep of Cate on Senior Night at Merovick Gym.
Thomas Couvillion had nine kills, Tyson Deveze eight (on a .700 hitting average) and Kincade Avery seven kills to pace the Owls’ attack. Setter Liam Knezevic dished out 33 assists.
“Tonight was our third game night in a row and we played our best volleyball of the week,” said assistant coach Kat Niksto.
Laguna Blanca is 17-3 overall.
Bishop Diego 3, Camarillo 1
Rylan Bohnett and Canaan Ramirez provided a spark with their passing and back-row play to lead the Bishop Diego boys volleyball team to a four-set win over Camarillo in a non-league match at the Brick House. The scores were 25-22, 20-25, 25-23, 25-10.
“Tonight was a classic example of how a team needed to win ‘ugly,’” said coach Dillan Bennett. “Camarillo was a huge team at the net and had their way with us early attacking and blocking the ball. I give a tremendous amount of credit to Rylan Bohnett, who came in and stabilized our serve reception and defense, and Canaan Ramirez, who continued to play steady in the back row while contributing from the service line tonight.
“We were a little short handed, and both guys came in and helped steady the ship.”
Anthony Eck led the Bishop attack with five kills and five blocks for 10 points. Liam Flood chipped in eight kills and an ace and Nick Malesky also had a strong performance with four kills and four blocks.
Bennett lauded the play of setter Austin Carty.
“While he doesn’t get the credit he deserves in the stat lines, Austin Carty has done a tremendous job getting us where we need to go,” said Bennett. “Like I said, we were not at our best tonight and a lot of guys served different roles. Austin moved the ball around, helped our middles have good offensive nights and kept feeding the ball to the guys who wanted to be aggressive. He also went on extended runs from the service line, which is something he’s gotten much better at as of late.”
Carty had 33 assists, two kills, five digs and a block.
The Cardinals head to the Cate to take on the Rams at 5 p.m. on Monday before hosting Laguna Blanca for Senior Night on Thursday in the Brick House at 5 p.m.