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Golf clubs needed
Aug 11, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The Heritage High School physical education department is looking for donations of unwanted golf clubs for the school’s new golf unit. The school is mainly looking for irons, but all clubs in worki...
Booster truck raffle tickets still available
Aug 11, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The Liberty High School Athletic Booster Club hosts the 32nd annual Truck Raffle Dinner Fundraiser on Aug. 20 at 6 p.m. in Veterans Hall, 757 First St. in Brentwood. Only 125 tickets will be sold (...
BVAL graduates get feet wet in NFL
by Justin Lafferty
Aug 04, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Two local athletes recently lived out their lifelong dreams, signing undrafted free agent contracts with National Football League teams. Former Freedom High quarterback Diondre Borel is now a wide ...
Antioch’s Miles finds groove with Dodgers
by Justin Lafferty
Jul 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Two men, separated by 60 feet, 6 inches of Kentucky bluegrass and volcanic rock dust, are closer together than they imagine. When Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Aaron Miles, a 1995 Antioch High...
Heritage's Conder takes skills to Pebble Beach
by Michael Dixon
Jul 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
It’s not often a girl who hasn’t even begun her sophomore year in high school gets to play with the pros at Pebble Beach. It’s even rarer that someone who gets that opportunity wouldn’t call it the...
DV alumnus shines on national stage
by Michael Dixon
Jul 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Jason Agopian graduated last month from Deer Valley High, where he dominated Bay Valley Athletic League volleyball courts as a middle blocker. Recently, he showed his skills on a national level. Ag...
Discovery Bay native signs college letter
Jun 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Discovery Bay resident Travis Pacos, a De La Salle graduate, recently signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Northwest Christian University in Eugene, Ore. Pacos averaged 15 points per gam...
Male Athlete of the Year: Baldazo continued Lions’ proud history of champion grapplers
by Justin Lafferty
Jun 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
When Liberty High head wrestling coach Greg Chappel looks back at Jesse Baldazo’s career as a Lion, he’ll remember many things. He’ll remember his dominance of the 145-pound class. He’ll remember t...
Female Athlete of the Year: Deer Valley’s Fox quick on the basketball court and the track
by Michael Dixon
Jun 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Deer Valley High’s girls basketball team has emerged not only as a Bay Valley Athletic League power, but a force throughout the Bay Area. The Wolverines have won five straight BVAL titles and advan...
Athletes of the Year: Honorable mention
Jun 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The following athletes were considered for the Athlete of the Year award: Boys Jason Agopian, Deer Valley volleyball; Abid Ahmad, Deer Valley tennis; Paul Blackburn, Heritage baseball; Joey Cecch...
Volleyball camp at Deer Valley
Jun 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Deer Valley High School welcomes all levels of players, beginning through advanced (grades six and up), to its co-ed volleyball camp, which runs from Aug. 8 to 12. The camp is organized into three ...
Liberty alumni drafted by MLB teams
by Justin Lafferty
Jun 09, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
A pair of Liberty High baseball alumni recently felt one of the greatest rushes an amateur athlete can experience – the draft call. Drew Gagnon, class of 2008, was drafted on Tuesday in the third r...
Successful Heritage season ends in loss
by Justin Lafferty
Jun 08, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
In the seventh inning of Heritage High’s 23rd softball game of the year – the semifinals of the North Coast Section playoffs – the Patriots felt that one of their best seasons ever wasn’t quite rea...
Locals impress at state meet
by Justin Lafferty
Jun 08, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
The Bay Valley Athletic League was well-represented at the recent California Interscholastic Federation track and field meet in Clovis, as two athletes and two relay teams made it to the finals. Th...
Top spring athletes announced
Jun 06, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Top Bay Valley Athletic League spring athletes announced: SOFTBALL MVP: Malena Padilla, Freedom. First Team: Lisa Rodrigues, Aliciana Ramirez and Malia Rivers, Heritage; Madison Williams and Kat...
Field specialists move on
by Justin Lafferty
Jun 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Two of East County’s top track-and-field athletes – who happen to be close friends – recently signed letters of intent to Division I colleges. Heritage shot putter Jake Rounds will attend Northern ...
Panthers happy with playoff run
by Michael Dixon
Jun 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Antioch High’s softball season can be viewed in a few different ways. The initial negative is that its 2011 team advanced only as far as the 2010 team – the second round of the North Coast Section ...
Falcons excel at next level
Jun 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Freedom High School’s baseball team made a mighty run from 2007-09, first knocking off Clayton Valley and De La Salle to win the BVAL in 2008 and taking the NCS championship crown in 2009. Several...
Wind, Spartans end Patriots playoff run
by Justin Lafferty
Jun 01, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Riding an upset win over top-seeded San Ramon Valley, the Heritage High varsity baseball team was confident heading into Tuesday’s North Coast Section semifinal playoff game against De La Salle. Th...
BVAL athletes await state meet
by Justin Lafferty
May 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Alex Horncliff called it a miracle throw. The judges called it good enough for first place. At the recent North Coast Section Meet of Champions, the Heritage High senior uncorked a discus throw of ...