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DAVIS — The Cal Poly football team has unfolded this story enough times to make it seem like a self-fulfilling prophecy.

DAVIS — Just as it has in its past three road games, the Cal Poly football team went into the half with the lead.

The Cal Poly volleyball team snapped a seven-match losing streak with a 23-25, 25-22, 25-18, 25-18 Big West Conference win over first-place UC Santa Barbara on Saturday night in Mott Gym.

Playing in his final football game for North County Christian High, senior Josh Feld had 16 carries for 148 yards and three touchdowns and added a touchdown reception as the Crusaders beat visiting Alpaugh 66-6 in a game that was stopped at halftime because of the 8-man mercy rule Saturday.

In mid-October, there were questions about the Atascadero High football team.

Paso Robles’ Robbie Burbank scored four touchdowns for the Bearcats and ran for 165 yards on 41 carries Friday night in a 62-7 PAC 7 football win at San Luis Obispo.

Memories are always a bit sharper when it comes to recalling rivalry games.

Cuesta College’s Kelly Barmann finished second overall Friday at the Southern California Community College Cross Country Championships at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut.

The San Luis Obispo High girls tennis team swept the singles and doubles titles at the PAC 7 finals Friday in Nipomo.

It was almost as if Julianne Grinstead was laying low.

Independent of each other, the Arroyo Grande and Atascadero high school football programs have been far from historical strangers to success.

Playoff scenarios and configurations are usually complicated messes of contingencies.

As the two best boys cross country runners in the PAC 7 league, Andrew Garcia and Hugo Gutierrez have crossed paths before.

Mackenzie Sullivan had 17 kills, and Kayla Kribbs added nine kills Thursday day as Cuesta College defeated Ventura 25-16, 14-25, 25-20, 25-17 in a Western Stat Conference volleyball match.

San Luis Obispo High’s Tori Troesch won both of her singles matchups at the PAC 7 girls tennis prelims Thursday, defeating Nipomo’s Bianca Grant 6-0, 6-0, and Arroyo Grande’s Hayley Veal 6-2, 6-1.

The Cal Poly men’s soccer team is one of three guaranteed to play in the Big West Conference’s postseason tournament, an automatic qualifier for the NCAA Tournament.

Morro Bay High won the girls team title at the Los Padres League cross country finals at River Park in Lompoc on Wednesday afternoon, while Templeton’s Savannah Camacho finished first individually.

Cal Poly’s Joe Gatel, Mark Conover and Kayleigh Tyerman have been honored by the Big West Conference for their cross country successes.

“I’ve fished in bass tournaments for more than 40 years, but this one was the most fantastic event of them all.”

The Arroyo Grande High boys water polo team got four goals apiece from Eric Marsh and Luka Vukomanovic in an 11-10 PAC 7 win over San Luis Obispo on Tuesday in Arroyo Grande.