When the high school football season wrapped up, Michael Santini of Leland High School in San Jose got to work putting together his best football film to distribute to 15 college football programs.
It wasn’t until early January that he noticed serious calls coming in from scouts.
Kyle Shotwell’s days of fighting for an NFL roster spot are over. The 2006 Buck Buchanan Award winner and former Cal Poly linebacker reunited with his alma mater’s gridiron squad earlier this month when new head football coach Tim Walsh welcomed him back to the Mustang family as an assistant coach.
People don’t usually end up living the life they dreamed about when they were young. There just isn’t enough room for everyone to become a doctor, astronaut, actor, athlete or any other title that made the lofty list of possibilities. However, there are those select few who ignore that reasoning, stick to the initial plan and prevail anyway.
Cal Poly had a dominating performance at home against the Cal State Northridge on Saturday with a decisive 7-0 victory.
The Mustangs (2-0, 1-0 Big West Conference) won all six singles matches and two out of three doubles matches. At No. 1 singles, junior Suzie Matzenauer easily defeated Evgeniya Vertesheva 6-2, 6-0.
Students and community members crowded the stands of the Sinsheimer Park swimming pool Saturday to cheer on the Cal Poly men’s and women’s swimming teams as they overwhelmingly defeated the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs 183-104 and 170-118.
Cal Poly freshmen Amy Morales, Lacey Buck and Kylie France won two races each on the women’s side contributing to the Mustangs lead.
It’s back to the road for the Mustangs (5-13, 2-6 Big West Conference) after losing to Cal State Northridge (9-10, 6-3), in a lopsided 79-68 nationally televised game Saturday night.
The Mustangs came into Mott Gym with two consecutive away victories, but were put away by the Matadors led by Josh Jenkins’ 18 points.
Women’s basketball Cal Poly (12-7, 4-3) vs. CSUN (5-15, 2-5) The Mustangs are riding their first three-game winning streak this season as they take on the Matadors at 4 p.m. Saturday in the Matadome. Cal Poly faced one of their toughest non-conference games earlier this week when they beat Cal State Bakersfield (13-8) on Tuesday.
Cal Poly men’s basketball head coach Kevin Bromley acknowledged it was nothing short of incredible.
After being left for dead just over a week ago, sitting at 0-5 in the Big West Conference and hitting the road for two more conference games, things were looking grim for the Mustangs.
She has played for the Republic of Ireland National basketball team since age 13, captained the national team at the U-16, U-18 and U-20 levels and received Basketball Ireland’s National Under-20 Player of the Year award two seasons in a row (2004-2005 and 2005-2006).
Led by a career-high 29 points from sophomore forward Kristina Santiago, the Cal Poly women’s basketball team defeated Cal State Bakersfield 76-67 at the Icardo Center.
The Mustangs (12-7) were without the services of junior guard Tamara Wells who was out with a groin injury.
The Cal Poly women’s basketball team hadn’t won two consecutive Big West Conference games this season until last weekend’s defeats of Pacific and UC Davis.
The Mustangs (11-7) may have finally found their stride in conference. Now they step away from the Big West for the final time this season as they take on Cal State Bakersfield at 7 p.
