Presidio Sports founders Blake Dorfman and John Dvorak stepped up to the plate last year to provide Santa Barbara with more sports coverage, and they’re hoping to score in a tough market.

The former Santa Barbara News-Press sports reporters co-founded the Web site of sports news and features in September 2008, knowing that starting an online publication of any kind would be difficult. They have since built a following among athletes, coaches and parents between Carpinteria and Goleta.

“We felt that local sports coverage could be improved,” Dorfman said.

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