‘Cyborg’ silenced<\/b> Pacific Beach resident Evangelista “Cyborg”Santos was defeated by Nick Diaz in the Strikeforce MMA welterweight main event at HP Pavilion in San Jose on Jan. 29. Diaz retained his welterweight championship belt by forcing Santos into submission at 4:50 of the second round. \u2014 Lee Cornell<\/i> What to watch<\/b> \u2022 The Mission Bay High School (MBHS) girls\u2019 soccer team defeated its biggest rival, Clairemont High, on Jan. 21. The teams will meet again Feb. 16 in the Bucs\u2019 final regular-season game. Mission Bay has plans past the regular-season finale. “We are just expecting to go deep into CIF,” said senior starter Micaela Cervantes. \u2022 The MBHS boys\u2019 basketball squad takes on division foe La Jolla High School, 2010\u2019s CIF runner-up and 2009\u2019s champion, on Feb. 18 at LJHS. \u2022 The MBHS boys\u2019 soccer squad celebrated its first win over Cathedral in 12 years. The Bucs meet the Dons again Feb. 3 at Cathedral. \u2022 The MBHS girls\u2019 water polo team awaits its CIF run, starting Feb. 16. Times and locations to be announced. \u2022 Old Mission Beach Athletic Club (OMBAC) Rugby, founded in the spring of 1966, has a little bit of rugby for everyone. OMBAC Rugby offers rugby football and a wide variety of social events throughout the year to athletes of all ages, races, colors and religions. New members are always welcome, including athletes who have never played rugby before. OMBAC also sponsors a popular youth rugby league. The home matches are played at the large practice field known as “The Little Q,” located at the western corner of the parking lot at Qualcomm Stadium. All matches are played on Saturdays. More details are available at http:\/\/ombac.org\/ombac_rugby\/index.html. \u2014 Amberly Dressler<\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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