A new face has joined the Cal Poly rodeo team: Tony Branquinho. He has accepted the position of rodeo coach and will replace Frank Mello, who finished his tenure in June.
Mello will stay on as a rodeo consultant to help Branquinho, 31, make a smooth transition into the program.
Since he joined the Mustang Marching Band as a freshman in the fall of 2004, Cal Poly music junior Steven Becraft has played at dozens of home football and basketball games.
He has fond memories of each of them.
“Out of all the games I’ve already played at, I wouldn’t take back a single one,” said Becraft, who is the section leader for bassoons in the school’s wind ensemble.
Here’s a look at some of the promising incoming Cal Poly freshmen athletes looking to hone their skills and show their talent on Mustang turf.
Kyle Smith (Baseball)
Smith comes to Cal Poly from Fresno, where he hit .430 with eight home runs and 36 RBI in his final year of high school.
The 1960 Cal Poly football team will receive an honorary induction into the Cal Poly Athletics Hall of Fame on Sept. 29.
Cal Poly will host two campus events honoring the team and the unique legacy it brings to the history of the university.
A late-afternoon private ceremony will be held dedicating Mustang Memorial Plaza, a 15,000-square-foot space honoring the 18 members of the Cal Poly family who lost their lives in the tragic Oct.
The jagged coastline in San Luis Obispo County has a variety of points, rocky reefs and sandbars that produce waves appropriate for every level of surfer.
There are countless potential surfing spots dotted along the coastline, with the most frequented spots centralized around specific breaks.
For any skateboarders making a grand entrance into Cal Poly this fall, and for those returning students who picked up the addiction over the summer, you’re going to find out right away that this campus isn’t friendly territory for your passion.
It certainly is appealing to the eye – plenty of rolling hills, stairs, rails, ledges, manual pads, and all kinds of interesting and obscure terrain.
Both the Cal Poly men’s and women’s golf teams were granted major bragging rights when Golf Digest ranked each team No. 11 nationally for academics and golf in the magazine’s September 2006 issue.
The magazine said the list was “for juniors who are excellent students first, golfers second, these schools provide the absolute best education and an opportunity to play.
Three Mustang teams kick into action Aug. 25, marking the beginning of the volleyball and soccer seasons.
Cal Poly’s women’s soccer team will open its season by hosting San Diego State in a free game starting at 7 p.m. Aug. 25 at the Cal Poly Sports Complex.
Jordan Beck is making the most impact so far this preseason of any of the four former Cal Poly football players currently in NFL training camps.
Beck, a backup middle linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons, has recorded five tackles in two games. He also had a pair of stops on special teams Aug.
A poetic cockroach and his friends will make their appearance at Linnaea’s Cafe Sunday night, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. Gale McNeeley, a Santa Maria resident, presents a one-man show as “Archy, the Poetic Cockroach,” and “Mehitabel, the Toujours Gai Alley Cat” and other characters created by Don Marquis.
It is every athlete’s worst enemy. No, not jock itch, but the heat.
With this summer’s temperatures reaching extreme highs, many Cal Poly coaches and athletes training for the fall season are taking action to fight off dehydration and potential heat stroke.