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BVAL Notebook: Powerful Wolverines spiking through tourneys
by Justin Lafferty
Apr 14, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Though Deer Valley High’s varsity boys volleyball prowess has long been known to Bay Valley Athletic League foes, the Wolverines are showing this season that they can take on tough competition from...
Patriot's rehab on track
by Michael Dixon
Apr 14, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Near the end of the 2009 cross country season, Heritage High senior runner Eric Morford was stricken with an injury to his right knee that caused him to miss most of the following spring’s track se...
Patriots out-slug Falcons in league opener
by Michael Dixon
Apr 13, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
The Bay Valley Athletic League softball season got underway Tuesday with a match-up between two of the top teams in the league. Boosted by three home runs and strong pitching from junior Lisa Rodri...
Big inning lifts Wolverines over Panthers
by Justin Lafferty
Apr 13, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
In his first start of the season, Deer Valley High sophomore pitcher Tyler Vistalli was tasked with facing crosstown rival Antioch in Tuesday’s Bay Valley Athletic League opener. While Vistalli ros...
Panthers a growing force in the pool
by Michael Dixon
Apr 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Antioch High fields a team of only 18 swimmers and two divers, leaving the Panthers significantly short-handed against league rivals. Defending Bay Valley Athletic League champion Heritage, by cont...
BVAL Notebook: DV win streak survives Liberty
by Justin Lafferty
Apr 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Led by junior Jaskaran Sihota’s par, Deer Valley High’s boys varsity golf team kept its unblemished record intact on Tuesday, beating Liberty 198-240 at the par-36 Golf Club at Roddy Ranch. Wolveri...
Falcons cheer repeats
Apr 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
At the recent United Spirit Association’s High School Spirit Nationals in Anaheim, Freedom High School’s varsity cheer team earned the title of National Champion for the second year in a row. The ...
Wolverines keep cool, ace Patriots
by Justin Lafferty
Apr 06, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
In a heated matchup between two undefeated boys tennis teams in the Bay Valley Athletic League, it was cool-headed and steady-handed Deer Valley that came out on top over Heritage. Playing on their...
Making the grade
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
On- and off-campus coaches work differently to keep teams in the game
Heritage's Guernsey a quick learner
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Oliver Guernsey has been called the smartest guy at Heritage High, but the title has nothing to do with grades. Guernsey, a senior middle blocker for the Patriots volleyball team, showed off some o...
Water can't stop DV
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Despite wet surfaces and cold air on Saturday, Deer Valley High’s track and field team took first place in 21 of 62 events at the Deer Valley Invitational. The Wolverines appeared to have a strangl...
Lions build from top to bottom
by Michael Dixon
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The last two seasons have not been pretty for the Liberty High varsity baseball program. In that stretch, the Lions are 7-41 overall and 5-25 in Bay Valley Athletic League play. They haven’t posted...
Splash for cash
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Freedom High School swimmer Courtney Curran was one of 40 members of her team to participate in a car wash fundraiser at Les Schwab in Brentwood. The students washed more than 130 cars in an effor...
Falcons get mixed results
by Michael Dixon
Mar 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
At the beginning of the season, Freedom High head softball coach Jeff Jonas expected his team of six sophomores and four freshmen to experience some growing pains through a tough preseason schedule...
All-BVAL athletes announced
Mar 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
The MVPs of girls and boys basketball, as well as boys soccer, all attend Deer Valley.
Freedom bounces back in victory over Antioch
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
What has been a bumpy start for Freedom High’s boys varsity tennis team got smoother on Tuesday, as the Falcons claimed an 8-1 victory over Antioch. At the head of the winning effort was junior Jus...
Young Pats trump Falcons
by Michael Dixon
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Facing constant wind and overcast skies threatening rain, Freedom and Heritage’s boys golf teams got their league season underway on Tuesday. Fortunately, the rain didn’t hit Brentwood’s Creekside ...
Lions, Falcons to be inducted into Hall of Fame
Mar 23, 2011 | 2 2 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Six former Liberty Union High School District athletes and one team will be honored on April 16 as part of the district’s Hall of Fame induction night, held at Heritage High. The 1979 Liberty High ...
Wolverines hang with tough teams at home tourney
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
The brackets of Saturday’s Logan Bailey Memorial Invitational looked more like the playoffs than the preseason. The tournament set the stage for clashes between boys volleyball powerhouses such as ...
Sky's the limit for Antioch's Smith
by Michael Dixon
Mar 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
In his first three years on Antioch High’s varsity baseball team, shortstop Sean Smith’s combined batting average stands at an impressive .296. He hit .338 as a junior, and now, early in his senior...