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Local college basketball, baseball and softball roundup

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Gauchos celebrate Senior Day with win over Irvine

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) -

NCAA Men's Basketball:

UC Irvine 64, UCSB 60: Colin Smith had 16 points and six rebounds to pace the Gauchos (18-12, 11-8). Zion Sensley added 14 points and Aidan Mahaney scored 12.

UC San Diego 80, Cal Poly 64: Hamad Mousa scored 19 points for Cal Poly (13-17, 9-9) who had their 4-game win streak snapped.

Point Loma 76, Westmont 66: Westmont (17-11, 14-8 PacWest) fell in its regular season finale. The Warriors will now turn their attention to the PacWest Tournament, which for the Warriors, will begin on Friday in the conference semifinals, since the club earned the two-seed and a bye to move them past the tournament quarterfinals.

NCAA Women's Basketball:

UCSB 70, UC Irvine 62: Gauchos celebrated Senior Day by knocking off the top team in the Big West. Five Gauchos (20-8, 12-7) scored in double-figures led by Zoe Borter who tallied 18 points.

UC San Diego 85, Cal Poly 61: The Mustangs drop their 14th straight game to fall to 3-25 on the year.

Point Loma 67, Westmont 58: Westmont (20-8, 16-6 PacWest) falls out of a three-way tie for second place and will be the fourth seed in next week's PacWest Tournament. The Warriors will take on fifth-seeded Dominican (21-7, 15-7) in the quarterfinals at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday.

NCAA Baseball:

UCSB 7, Utah 1: Gauchos (7-2) win their sixth straight game behind another strong pitching performance. Nathan Aceves pitched 6 1/3 innings of one-hit, shutout ball while striking out 10. Cade Goldstein and William Vasseur each knocked in two runs for the Gauchos who will go for the 3-game sweep on Sunday.

USC 16, Cal Poly 2: Mustangs (4-6) dropped their 4th straight game after allowing 3 home runs.

Westmont 7, Biola 2 (Game 1): Westmont starter Joey Rico (2-1), earned the win after throwing six and two-thirds innings of one-run ball. Rico, who at one point retired 18 in a row, surrendered only three hits and one earned run while striking out seven on the day.

Biola 9, Westmont 7 (Game 2): 7-run sixth inning by the Eagles prevents sweep.

NCAA Softball:

UCSB 7, Iowa State 5: Gauchos (9-13) make it five straight wins. Dani Rauscher knocked in 3 runs in the win.

San Diego 6, Cal Poly 1: 5-run third inning dooms the Mustangs at the Reggie Smith Invite.

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Wind Advisory issued February 28 at 11:41PM PST until March 2 at 9:00AM PST by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA

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* WHAT…Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph
expected.

* WHERE…Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast and Santa Ynez
Mountains Western Range.

* WHEN…From 6 PM Sunday to 9 AM PST Monday.

* IMPACTS…Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

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¿Quién podría reemplazar al líder supremo de Irán? No hay un sucesor claro

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Por Abbas Al Lawati, CNN

El régimen clerical de Irán ahora enfrenta la perspectiva de intentar encontrar un sucesor para el líder supremo, el ayatola Alí Jamenei, tras su muerte en ataques conjuntos de Estados Unidos e Israel.

El veterano líder, que gobernó con mano de hierro durante casi cuatro décadas, no tiene un heredero oficialmente declarado. En su lugar, un órgano electo de 88 clérigos de alto rango, conocido como la Asamblea de Expertos, seleccionará al próximo líder.

Es una tarea que ese órgano clerical solo ha llevado a cabo una vez desde que se estableció la República Islámica en 1979, cuando Jamenei fue elegido apresuradamente tras la muerte del ayatola Ruhollah Jomeini hace más de tres décadas.

El estamento gobernante querrá actuar con rapidez para mostrar estabilidad en la república, y se espera que los miembros de la asamblea se reúnan pronto para deliberar sobre posibles candidatos antes de nombrar al reemplazo de Jamenei.

Pero no está claro si siquiera pueden arriesgarse a celebrar una reunión, dado que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, prometió que la campaña de bombardeos conjunta de Estados Unidos e Israel dirigida contra el régimen continuará en los próximos días.

Los juristas tendrían que elegir a un sucesor que cumpla con los requisitos estipulados en la Constitución. El nuevo líder debe ser hombre, un clérigo con competencia política, autoridad moral y lealtad a la República Islámica. La asamblea podría interpretar las normas para excluir a clérigos reformistas que favorecen mayores libertades sociales y un mayor acercamiento al mundo exterior.

CNN analiza a algunos de los aspirantes al cargo, según expertos y analistas.

El segundo hijo de Jamenei, Mojtaba, es conocido por ejercer una influencia significativa entre bambalinas y por tener fuertes vínculos con el Cuerpo de la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica (IRGC, por sus siglas en inglés), el organismo militar más poderoso del país, así como con su fuerza paramilitar voluntaria Basij.

Pero la sucesión de padre a hijo está mal vista en el estamento clerical musulmán chiita y, en particular, en un Irán revolucionario que surgió tras derrocar a una monarquía ampliamente repudiada. Un obstáculo adicional es que Mojtaba no es un clérigo de alto rango y no tiene ningún cargo oficial en el régimen. Fue sancionado por Estados Unidos en 2019.

Una figura menos conocida, Arafi es un clérigo consolidado con trayectoria en instituciones gubernamentales y que también fue un hombre de confianza de Jamenei.

Actualmente se desempeña como vicepresidente de la Asamblea de Expertos y ha sido miembro del poderoso Consejo de Guardianes, que examina a los candidatos electorales y las leyes aprobadas por el parlamento. También es el jefe del sistema de seminarios de Irán.

Según Alex Vatanka, del Middle East Institute, la disposición de Jamenei a nombrar a Arafi en cargos de alto nivel y estratégicamente sensibles mostró que tenía “mucha confianza en sus capacidades burocráticas”. Aun así, Arafi no es conocido por ser un peso pesado político y no tiene vínculos estrechos con el estamento de seguridad.

Se dice que es hábil con la tecnología y que habla árabe e inglés con fluidez, además de haber publicado 24 libros y artículos, escribió Vatanka.

Mirbagheri es un clérigo de línea dura y miembro de la Asamblea de Expertos que representa al ala más conservadora del estamento clerical.

Recientemente se informó que justificó el alto número de muertos en la guerra de Israel en Gaza al decir que la muerte de incluso la mitad de la poblac

St. Joseph overwhelms Buchanan to repeat as CIF-CS Division 1 champs

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Malcom Price was the Player of the Game after scoring 32 points

FRESNO, Calif. (KEYT) - The St. Joseph Knights get the repeat with an exclamation point.

Malcom Price drilled five 3-pointers and poured in a game-high 32 points as the Knights routed Buchanan 62-34 to make it back-to-back CIF-Central Section Division 1 championships.

Stanford-bound Julius Price, Malcom's older brother, added 13 points while Williams Sacre pulled down 11 rebounds.

The Knights led 34-16 at the half and 54-24 after three quarters.

St. Joseph now turns their attention to the CIF-State Open Division playoffs that begin next week.

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Bike4Kids Celebration encourages kids to enjoy the outdoors

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First Bike4Kids event held at Boys and Girls Club in Goleta

GOLETA, Calif. (KEYT) Kids received new bicycles thanks to a Bike4Kids campaign.

It took place a the United Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County in Goleta.

The Boys and Girls Club Chief Development Officer Taylor Swan said it was their first Bike4Kids event.

A jog-a-thon style event helped raise the funds for the bicycles.

"We got to buy 70 bikes for kids today. there's so much excitement and hope and there's so much opportunity where i think that a lot of times they didn't think they would be able to have something like this. So for them to be able to try something new and to be a little bit nervous or to be so excited," said Swan.

They got to decorate their helmets with stickers, too.

Bike4Kids founder Kirk Greene was on hand during Saturday's giveaway.

"We put together 70 bikes yesterday that came in boxes and assembled them and made sure they were ready to go," said Greene.

Greene said it is a way to get kids off their technology.

 "Last year I committed to ride my bike 5000 miles and raise $10,000. at the end of the year, I was at 6201 miles and $20,000. I really told them, put down your smartphone, turn off the video game, get on a bicycle and go outside, enjoy the prettiest place on earth, you got sun, you got blue skies and just get out and have some fun and get some exercise," said Greene.

Children of all enjoyed took his advice and enjoyed the ride.

For more information visit https://unitedbgc.org

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