For the first time in eight years, there could be a PAC 7 wrestling champion other than Atascadero High.

The Cal Poly men’s basketball team lost for the fourth time in six games Thursday night, this time falling to Cal State Fullerton 83-61 on a night where they played arguably their worst defense of the season.

After 17 consecutive playoff appearances, and 12 Western State Conference titles since that run began in 1997, the reloaded Cuesta baseball team will enter this season with a new look, but the same expectations.

The San Luis Obispo High girls water polo team defeated St. Joseph 14-5 on Thursday afternoon behind solid goalkeeping and a potent offensive attack.

Seth Jacobs, Arroyo Grande High’s four-star football recruit, held everyone in suspense about his college destination until Wednesday night.

On Wednesday afternoon, a scorer’s table sat underneath one of the basketball hoops inside the Arroyo Grande High gym. Beginning at one end was quarterback Brent VanderVeen, kicker Garrett Owens and lineman Garrett Weinreich — all in Oregon State gear. They dressed up in similar attire for National Signing Day, the first day high school seniors can officially ink with their future college teams.

One by one, they signed.

Paso Robles High wide receiver Elias Stokes had the opportunity to play many different positions in his final season with the Bearcats.

Brent VanderVeen had 27 points and 17 rebounds, and Matt Willikomm had a big fourth quarter Wednesday night as Arroyo Grande High’s boys basketball team stayed atop the PAC 7 with a 57-50 win at Atascadero.

Calen Coleman scored 15 points, and Cuesta College’s men’s basketball team won a defensive slugfest Wednesday night with a 60-53 Western State Conference victory at Allen Hancock College.

An impressive beginning Saturday for the newest bass tournament series, Best Bass Tourney Coastal Division, bodes well for the future.

Garrett Owens, the Arroyo Grande High kicker who nailed a 57-yard field goal last fall and helped carry his Eagles to a division title, decided Tuesday night to de-commit from Air Force and agreed to a scholarship offer with Oregon State.

The Nipomo High girls soccer team defeated Templeton 2-0 Tuesday night in a Los Padres League matchup.

The Cal Poly softball team has been selected to finish sixth in the Big West Conference preseason coaches poll.

Cal Poly’s men’s basketball team will play at Northern Colorado on Feb. 19 in an ESPN BracketBuster game.

Last summer, Casey Dakin attended a football camp at Sacramento State and began to build a strong relationship with the Hornets coaching staff.

The Mission Prep girls soccer team fell 5-0 to visiting Cabrillo in a nonconference meeting Monday night. The Royals dropped to 10-7-1 overall.

Bearcats receiver had 28 touchdowns as a junior and played several positions, including QB, as a senior

Every time the Cuesta College men’s basketball team made its run, it seemed as if Ventura had the answer.

The Cal Poly men’s basketball team overcame a 17-point deficit to defeat UC Davis 67-65 and avoided handing the last-place Aggies their first Big West Conference win Saturday in Davis.