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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - To the victor goes the spoits.

CIF-Southern Section Division 7 girls volleyball champion Cate High School swept the major individual honors.

Senior Oyin Opawumi was named CIF-SS D7 Player of the Year while the Rams Jordon Dyer is awarded Coach of the Year.

Opawumi was joined by fellow Cate seniors Fallon Erickson and Evangeline Little as All-CIF D7.

Here are other local players to receive All-CIF recognition:

Division 2: San Marcos senior Samantha Fallon

Division 4: Ventura senior Gigi Scaglia, Ventura junior Mia Howard

Division 5: Santa Barbara junior Blake Saunders, Santa Barbara junior Paylin Marcillac

Division 8: Foothill Technology senior Emily Turner, Foothill Technology sophomore Fiona Holt

Division 9: Nordhoff sophomore Wren Zimmerman, Nordhoff freshman Audrey Churpek

Division 10: San Luis Obispo Classical senior Madi Blasingame, San Luis Obispo Classical senior Sibylia Ridley, Thacher senior Cata Brown, Thacher Ori Ouermi

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - Internationally acclaimed musician Jake Shimabukuro performed a free ukulele concert for school kids at the Arlington Theatre Wednesday morning. Hundreds of 4-6th graders were bussed in from around the area, and they joyfully sang along to a number of songs.

Shimabukuro told the students he began playing ukulele at age four and his mom was his first teacher. He showed them the first chords he learned, and how easy the instrument is to pick up and strum a tune. The event was put on by UCSB Arts & Lectures with Shimabukuro returning to the stage a few hours later for a ticketed event dubbed "Holidays in Hawai`i" which is where he's from.

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LEXINGTON, Kentucky (KEYT) - Emma Fredrick tied for match-high honors with 11 kills but Cal Poly saw their surprising postseason run end in a 3-0 sweep at Kentucky (25-19, 25-18, 25-7) in an NCAA Regional Semifinal.

Lizzie Carr had 11 kills for the Wildcats(28-2) who advance to the Regional Final versus Creighton on Saturday.

The Wildcats defense was the story as they held the Mustangs to a .114 hitting percentage and Cal Poly had 19 hitting errors.

Cal Pol ends the season at 27-8 with NCAA Tournament upset wins against BYU and USC.

The Mustangs were the only unseeded team to reach the Sweet 16.

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