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McLean’s goal came seven minutes after Santa Barbara nearly took the lead on a brilliantly taken free kick by Seba Alvarez from 20 yards straight out. Alvarez’s blast cleared the wall, clanged the underside of the cross bar, bounced off the ground, hit the bar again and dropped into the arms of San Marcos goalie Sam Friedman.
In a video from a cellphone, it appeared the ball cleared the goal line. But it was such a bang-bang play that the assistant referee couldn’t make a call.
“It’s unlucky,” said Alcaraz. “That’s part of the game. We’re gonna get calls and we’re not going to get calls sometimes. You can’t complain, you just got to move on.”
San Marcos Volleyball Coach Roger Kuntz Tells Athletic Round Table He’s Excited to Play Full Season
Cade McLean, shown from a match in 2019, has been starting at middle blocker for San Marcos since is sophomore year. (Noozhawk file photo) By Barry Punzal, Noozhawk Sports Editor |
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| 9:30 p.m.
San Marcos boys volleyball coach Roger Kuntz pointed out that his team is at the same stage it was last season when the COVID-19 pandemic forced all sports activity to shut down.
“This year we’ve started out at 2-0,” he said at Monday’s Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table press luncheon at The Creekside Restaurant. “Last year we started out 2-0, and that’s how we ended because that’s all we got.”
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| 10:09 p.m.
Santa Barbara High School was defending like crazy during the last 15 minutes to hold a one-goal lead in Thursday’s boys soccer crosstown match against San Marcos.
But the visiting Royals broke through as Caden Vom Steeg buried a shot from inside the box during extra time, and the Channel League clash ended in a 2-2 draw at Peabody Stadium.
“They were on us the last 15 minutes, and it was just one of those games where you just have to weather the storm, and I thought we did that,” Santa Barbara coach Ricardo Alcaraz said. They got the goal in the very last minute, so credit to them, they worked hard.”