For the Santa Barbara High boys’ basketball team a stellar 2018-19 season will always be tainted by what could have been.
The Dons battled back from an early deficit and took command of the game in the fourth quarter only to falter in the final moments of a 57-55 loss to Palm Springs in the CIF-SS Division semifinals on Saturday night.
“I’m really proud of them. They just kept battling. They kept playing hard and made plays that kept us in the game when we were down,” said Santa Barbara coach David Bregante. “A couple plays here and there and we would have won it.”