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Amaro named district Teacher of the Year
May 07, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Freedom High School teacher and Athletic Director Steve Amaro has been selected from more than 300 certificated employees as Liberty Union High School District’s 2009-10 Teacher of the Year. Amaro ...
Tennis champ wins for late friend
by Dave Roberts
May 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Three years ago, Deer Valley High’s number-one tennis player, Kraig Foster, capped an excellent high school career by making it to the Bay Valley Athletic League finals. Unfortunately, he lost the ...
Lone Eagle beats Falcon cast
by Dave Roberts
May 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Freedom’s baseball team fields nine Falcons, but they were trumped last week by one Eagle. As in Joshua Eagle, Deer Valley’s ace on the mound, who struck out 11 en route to a 7-2 Wolverine victory ...
Falcons fly on track
May 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Last weekend in Sacramento, the Freedom High track team put in an outstanding performance at the Sacramento Meet of Champions. All the athletes achieved personal bests and placed high against some ...
Metal bats to remain for NCS playoffs
by Dave Roberts
May 03, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
After a high school pitcher from Marin got hit in the head by a line drive on March 11, the controversy over the safety of aluminum bats, which are used in high school baseball and softball, was re...
Patriot swimmers prepare for playoffs
by Michael Dixon
May 03, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The dual meet in the Heritage pool last Friday went swimmingly for the Patriots, as both the boys and girls squads defeated Deer Valley. The Heritage boys won 132-52 while the girls outscored the L...
Eng elevates
May 03, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
In a recent Bay Valley Athletic League track and field meet, Billy Eng of Heritage High School clears 6 feet, 3 inches to set a new Patriot high jump record.
Patriots reverse history, sweep Falcons
by Dave Roberts
Apr 29, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
What a difference a year can make in high school sports. Last year Freedom’s baseball team took two out of three from Heritage en route to an amazing 23-4 season in which they won both the league a...
Heading to Tech
Apr 29, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Oregon Tech Head Women’s Basketball Coach Scott Meredith announced recently the signing of Heritage High School senior basketball star Kiana Caban. Caban, a 5-foot 9-inch guard/forward, became the...
From tee to trophy case
Apr 29, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Northern California Junior Golf Tour (NCJGT) played its first tournament recently at Roddy Ranch Golf Course, drawing 50 top players from all over Northern California. Among the 15-18-year-old girl...
Making tracks
Apr 29, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Freedom’s Carmen Martinez won the 800-, 1,600- and 3,200-meter races at the recent Mudville Challenge Track and Field Championship in Stockton. She’s seen here in the 3,200, followed by Haley Vrede...
Two Simarros better than one
by Dave Roberts
Apr 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Two heads, as the saying goes, are better than one. And when it comes to sports, it would be appropriate to point out that four arms and legs are better than two – especially when those heads, arms...
Panthers take second match over Falcons
by Dave Roberts
Apr 22, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
If Freedom’s volleyball team could limit its season play to everyone but the Antioch teams, as of last week it would be undefeated in league play. The Falcons have enjoyed a nice ride with the othe...
Freedom’s poise helps beat Antioch
by Dave Roberts
Apr 19, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
(Updated April 20) After six and two-thirds innings – with just one out to go in the game – everything was looking great for the Freedom softball team against Antioch on April 15. The Falcons were ...
Falcon females run away with meet
by Dave Roberts
Apr 15, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
For a while it appeared that Freedom’s track team might be forced to practice at 6 a.m. – a time when it’s still so cold and dark that the football field lights would need to be on to make sure the...
Lions leave Falcons in their wake
by Dave Roberts
Apr 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
(Updated April 19) Liberty and Freedom’s first dual league swim meet of the year went swimmingly for the Lions. The varsity boys won 120-48, and it appears that the varsity girls were also victorio...
Splish-splash
Apr 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Taylor Morrow makes a splash during diving practice at Freedom High School this week. Morrow, a member of the diving team, took advantage of a break in the weather to work on her technique.
Falcon squad wins national title
by Samie Hartley
Apr 08, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
The Freedom High School varsity cheerleading squad is known for exuding a lot of spirit, celebrating Falcon football and basketball victories. But now the squad has something new to cheer about: th...
Heritage captures league lead
by Michael Dixon
Apr 08, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Through the preseason and early league season, Heritage and Deer Valley’s baseball teams separated themselves from the rest of the competition as the apparent cream of the crop in the Bay Valley At...
Surviving the swim seige
Apr 08, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The Liberty Lions swim team concluded its Survivor Week with a pancake breakfast on Friday, March 26. The swim team’s Survivor Week includes twice-a-day practices during the second week of spring ...