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Liberty wrestlers go to nationals
by Nate Smith
Jun 17, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Five Liberty High School athletes will head to Fargo, N.D. in July to compete in the Asics/Vaughan Junior and Cadet National Wrestling Championships. Nico Serrano, Jesse Baldazo, Xavier Johnson, Ty...
AD: historic year for Antioch High sports
by Dave Roberts
Jun 14, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
When it comes to high school sports, all that most people know and care about is football, which packs the stands with cheering fans for 10 weeks every fall. By that measure, it was not a great yea...
Freshman sports funding falls $48K short
by Dave Roberts
Jun 10, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Freshman sports will be eliminated from the Liberty Union High School District lineup starting this fall unless $48,000 is raised privately by August. The elimination of the stipend for freshman co...
BVAL athletes make tracks to state finals
by Nate Smith
Jun 10, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Despite finishing the 2010 track and field championships without winning any state titles, the Bay Valley Athletic League was well represented in Saturday’s finals action at Buchanan High School in...
Freedom loses championship heartbreaker
by Michael Dixon
Jun 07, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Last year, those arriving late at Freedom’s NCS softball championship game would have missed all the scoring (the Falcons lost to Livermore 0-2). In Saturday’s championship game at St. Mary’s Colle...
Freedom dominates Heritage in semifinal
by Nate Smith
Jun 07, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
For the Heritage softball team’s third consecutive post-season game, freshman Aliciana Ramirez drove in the Patriots’ only run. But unlike her RBIs in the previous two contests, her homer in the to...
Freedom shakes off rust, advances
by Michael Dixon
Jun 03, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
As the top seed in the NCS playoffs, Freedom’s softball team earned an opening-round bye, setting up Saturday’s second-round clash with Monte Vista in the Falcons’ playoff opener. The bye seemed a ...
Heritage wins pitcher’s duel
by Nate Smith
Jun 03, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Everyone expected runs to be a precious commodity in Saturday’s quarterfinal playoff matchup between BVAL softball powers Heritage and Antioch. With Lisa Rodrigues on the mound for the Patriots, an...
Wolverines ride Eagle to first-round win
by Nate Smith
Jun 03, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Second-round thriller ends superior season
Heritage rallies to win opener
by Michael Dixon
Jun 03, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Foothill Falcons bump Patriots in round two
Athletes of the Year
Jun 03, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Kim Westlund, left, and Sarah Osborn are Freedom’s girls Co-athletes of the Year. Keaton Lynn was selected as the boys Athlete of the Year.
Swimmers, divers take BVAL awards
Jun 03, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
At the recent Bay Valley Athletic League swimming and diving championship meet, the following athletes earned first-team, all-league awards: 200 Freestyle: Clint Freeman (Heritage) and Madison Ap...
Local swimmers get feet wet at NCS
by Michael Dixon
May 27, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
In the past, the NCS Championships has hosted future Olympic champions such as Natalie Coughlin. Last week, a group of swimmers from Heritage, as well as Freedom’s Justin Stafford, made their prese...
Track stars strut their stuff
by Nate Smith
May 27, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
When the four leagues that comprise the Tri-Valley area in track and field get together for the North Coast Section Championships, each league seems to showcase the events in which they bring the g...
Patriots win baseball championship
by Dave Roberts
May 24, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
The Heritage baseball team captured the Bay Valley Athletic League championship last week, finishing 14-1 in league play and 20-4 overall (as of last week). The competition for the crown came down ...
Best divers rise to the top
by Dave Roberts
May 24, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
The cream rises to the top, as the saying goes. And the cream of East County divers, Liberty’s Jake Tickner and Heritage’s Kat Kiba, who both won the Bay Valley Athletic League (BVAL) championship ...
Deer Valley golfers repeat
by Dave Roberts
May 20, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
There must be something in the water at Deer Valley High that causes tee shots to land in the middle of the fairway, chips shots to cozy within 10 feet of the cup and putts to find their way to the...
Kiba, Tickner win diving championship
by Dave Roberts
May 20, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
The defending boys champion, Jake Tickner from Liberty, and a senior in her first year of competition, Kat Kiba from Heritage, won the Bay Valley Athletic League diving championship at Antioch High...
Freedom ready to don league crown
by Dave Roberts
May 20, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The Freedom softball team’s 8-0 victory over Pittsburg last week was a regulation league game, but it looked more like a sparring match, a tune-up for the Falcons’ North Coast Section playoff run. ...
DV, Heritage make tracks
by Michael Dixon
May 20, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Saturday’s BVAL Track Championship at Deer Valley was dominated by Deer Valley and Heritage. The Wolverine girls nearly doubled the point total of their nearest competitor, Heritage. The Patriot bo...