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Volleyball clinics at HHS
Jun 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Diablo Valley Volleyball Club holds two of its summer clinics Monday, June 18 through Thursday, 21 from 9 a.m. to noon at Heritage High in Brentwood. The fee is $175. One session is designed for pl...
Heritage ace drafted by Chicago Cubs
by Justin Lafferty
Jun 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
Heritage High pitcher Paul Blackburn, the Bay Valley Athletic League baseball MVP, will head from the East Bay to the North Side. Blackburn was drafted Monday night by the Chicago Cubs in the first...
Clark not thrown by separation from family
by Michael Dixon
May 31, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
This story originally appeared in the Feb. 10 issue of The Press. Kyle Clark is one of the most accomplished members of Antioch High’s football and wrestling squads, but a certain accomplishment ...
Falcons end season admirably
May 31, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Freedom freshman third baseman Marissa Gasca takes a sizeable lead off first base in a game earlier this season. The No. 5 seed Falcons flew though their first matchup in the North Coast Section pl...
Track, field stars compete in Clovis
by Justin Lafferty
May 31, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
After a strong showing at the North Coast Section Meet of Champions, three of the six Bay Valley Athletic League schools will be represented at the state track and field meet this weekend in Clovis...
Liberty grad maintains golden hopes
by Michael Dixon
May 31, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Brittany David’s wrestling career got its start when she was tagging along with her older brother Andrew at his practices. It was there she discovered that girls could wrestle. Once she began wrest...
Freedom hosts golf, tennis
May 31, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Freedom High School will host a golf tournament at June 11 at Shadow Lakes Golf Course in Brentwood. The event starts at 9 a.m. and costs $110 per golfer or $400 for a foursome. Lunch, range balls...
Applegate a natural in the water
by Kyle Szymanski
May 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Something changed for Heritage senior swimmer Madison Applegate at the age of 6 when she first entered the pool as a member of the Brentwood Dolphins. All the other sports she had tried didn’t matt...
BVAL honors the best spring athletes
May 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Scholar-athletes of the Year Zach Irwin, Freedom and Ashleigh Reed, Heritage. Boys volleyball MVP: Derrico Kwa, Deer Valley. First team: Derrico Kwa, Noah LaBonte, Marcus Lee, Deer Valley; ...
Early NCS playoff results
May 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Baseball Deer Valley 10, San Leandro 1 Deer Valley faces California at home on Saturday. Granada 6, Liberty 2 Softball Freedom at Monte Vista, Friday California at Heritage, Friday Volleyball ...
Holy Names to see double
May 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Twins and Liberty soccer stars Mikayla, left, and Brianna Farber recently signed their letters of intent to attend Holy Names University in Oakland. Accompanying them at the signing were parents Sa...
League honors academic superstars
May 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
For the first time, the Bay Valley Athletic League presented awards to its top male and female scholar-athletes. The inaugural winners were Heritage volleyball player Ashleigh Reed and Freedom wate...
Locals ready for NCS
by Michael Dixon
May 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
When the North Coast Section Meet of Champions comes to Berkeley this weekend, athletes from all over the Bay Valley Athletic League will be vying for a spot in the state meet the following weekend...
Section meet goes swimmingly for Heritage
by Kyle Szymanski
May 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The Heritage High boys and girls swimming and diving teams might not have placed as well as they hoped at the North Coast Section swimming championships – but their performances were right on targe...
Wolverines block Dons in playoffs
by Justin Lafferty
May 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
After earning a first-round bye, the Deer Valley boys volleyball team dismissed Amador Valley from the North Coast Section playoffs in Friday’s second round. The No. 2 seed Wolverines beat the No. ...
Guiding the future
May 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Freedom High School head varsity football coach Kevin Hartwig gives directions to a group of young East County football players during an NFL High School Player Development camp earlier this week. ...
Heritage dominates league track meet
by Kyle Szymanski
May 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
The Heritage boys and girls track and field teams entered the Bay Valley Athletic League Championships Saturday at Deer Valley High as the favorites to take home league titles. From start to finish...
Athlete of the Week: Marcus Wise
May 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Marcus, a junior centerfielder for Deer Valley, went 2-for-2 with two walks, a double, a stolen base and a run on Tuesday in the Wolverines’ 3-2 win over Freedom. The victory ensured that the BVAL ...
Zeroes lead to Heritage league title
by Michael Dixon
May 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The last time a team other than the Freedom Falcons won a Bay Valley Athletic League softball title, the oldest girls on the current team were in the early stages of elementary school and Heritage ...
DV golf run ends at NCS
May 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
After a fourth consecutive year of holding the Bay Valley Athletic League golf title, Deer Valley saw its successful season end Monday at the North Coast Section Tournament of Champions. The last B...