Lompoc Girls Basketball raises funds for Templeton's Shelby Sudbrink Scholarship
The loss of Templeton's Shelby Sudbrink made the Lompoc Girl's Basketball team want to help out their fellow Los Padres League members. Especially because they had just played Shelby and the Eagles. During their rivalry game versus Cabrillo, the Braves held a bake sale and sold 50/50 tickets to raise funds for Shelby Sudbrink Memorial Scholarship. The winner of the 50/50 tickets donated the money back. In total, Lompoc raised over $600. "It affected us because we just played
Community celebrates life of Shelby Sudbrink
Friends, family, classmates and teammates celebrated the life of 17-year-old Shelby Sudbrink at a ceremony Sunday in Santa Margarita. The Templeton High School student and basketball team captain died earlier this month after a car crash. The celebration of life was open to the public and the community came out in large numbers; Shelby’s uncle estimated more than 750 attendees in total. The service had to be delayed to give shuttle busses more time to transport all the guests
Shelby Sudbrink: The call no parent can imagine and every parent fears
With a teenage driver on the brink of licensehood, I followed the recent death of Shelby Sudbrink with a newfound sense of urgency and trepidation. Sudbrink, a happy-go-lucky 17-year-old from Atascadero with a luminous smile, was killed in a car crash on Jan. 6. She was on her way to pick up a friend for a day at the beach on a Friday morning near the end of winter break. It’s not clear what happened, but she lost control of her Toyota 4Runner on a curvy stretch of Templeton
Shelby Cora Sudbrink, Obituary
Shelby Sudbrink Shelby Cora Sudbrink was born November 27, 1999, in Templeton, Calif. She went home to be with The Lord and become our angel on January 6, 2017. Shelby was a senior at Templeton High School. She attended Templeton schools and played Templeton sports since the age of 5, the perfect compromise for her Bearcat dad and Greyhound mom. From the moment Shelby was born she was the light of our lives. She was always smiling and laughing and truly enjoying every day of
Templeton girls basketball team wins first game since Shelby Sudbrink's death
It was clear from the beginning that Shelby was at the game in spirit. Her teammates wore blue - her favorite color - with her number 12 on the back. Fans supported the team by also wearing blue. They came in droves to watch the Lady Eagles play the biggest game of their lives. "There's no playbook for this," said head coach Shawn Koehler. "We got together as a team last night. A tragic accident. We just try to focus on the positives and positive memory of Shelby and go forw
Emotion fills gym as Templeton High basketball player Shelby Sudbrink honored
Michael Sudbrink sat on the sidelines Tuesday night with his youngest daughter, Kiley. As they waited for the girls varsity basketball game to start, Michael stroked Kiley’s hair, kissed her forehead and held her close. Kiley, 7, a spitting image of her older sister Shelby when she was that age, wore a Templeton High School basketball jersey with a No. 12 — her sister’s number. Kiley and her father were preparing for a moment neither had ever imagined. The gym was packed, and
Atascadero family remembers teen killed in Templeton Rd. crash
An Atascadero family is remembering the life of 17-year-old Shelby Sudbrink, a Templeton High School student who was killed Friday in a car crash. A collage of photos from Shelby's life fills a room at Templeton High School for students to pay their respects. One picture shows a young, smiling, bright blonde - the only girl on her youth basketball team. "She was determined to play with those boys and she would make them pass her that ball. She did not want to look like a girl
Family, friends remember Atascadero teen as ‘full of life’
“She really lived fearlessly,” said her sister Hailey Sudbrink, 20. “She didn’t care what other people thought, and she thought it was crazy that I cared.” On Monday, Shelby’s family and friends gathered to remember the Atascadero girl who always had a smile on her face. Shelby, 17, was killed Friday morning when her car crashed into a tree on a winding back road surrounded by horse pastures. She was on her way to pick up a friend to go to the beach. “She really enjoyed life,
