Kraig Pakulski / Tuesday, April 14, 2026 / Categories: Regions, California; Santa Barbara County Soldiers invade Thunderdome to showcase talented club Entenza DesignThe Soldiers had a full Sunday of basketball events at UCSB UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - Some of the top talented high school basketball players in the country took the court at the Thunderdome for the Oakland Soldiers AAU Showcase. Highlighting the afternoon was the jersey retirement of NBA top prospect AJ Dybansta. The former Soldier starred at BYU as a freshman this past season. Last October the club expanded and opened up a Central Coast Soldiers branch led by coach Darnell Campbell. (AJ Dybansta (second on the left) shared his journey with the youth players during a Q&A session. Entenza Design). He also judged a slam dunk contest won by professional dunker Chris Staples over high school player Brevyn Montana. In the three-point contest final high school player Trevor Dickson edged UCSB senior guard Aidan Mahaney 9-8. The post Soldiers invade Thunderdome to showcase talented club appeared first on News Channel 3-12. Previous Article Trump and Putin just lost their ‘poster boy’ in Europe. What now for Hungary? Next Article Elecciones parlamentarias fortalecen la posición del primer ministro de Canadá, Mark Carney, para contrarrestar a Trump Print 22 Rate this article: No rating Tags: Local NewsNewsSanta Barbara - South CountySportsMore Sports Please login or register to post comments.