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Freedom hoops hot out of the gate
by Dave Roberts
Dec 17, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
At first glance Freedom did not have a particularly impressive season last year, finishing at 9-18 overall and 7-8 in league play. But, on the plus side, the Falcons made it into the NCS playoffs, ...
Serious at Ceres
Dec 17, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Deer Valley’s Erik Dwyer, left, was the 171-pound Division champion in the recent Ceres High School Invitational Tournament. Teammate Barry Harper was the 215-pound champion. Other Deer Valley plac...
Wrestlers shoot it out at Freedom tournament
by Dave Roberts
Dec 10, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The Lou Bronzan Gym at Freedom High School resembled a six-ring circus Saturday as scores of wrestlers from 16 schools arm-barred, backpointed, brokedown, bridged, cross-faced, ducked-under, escape...
Logan defense handcuffs Liberty girls
by Dave Roberts
Dec 10, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Other than golfer Lauren Conder at Heritage, there was probably no East County high school girl athlete who was more dominant this fall than Liberty volleyball player Corinne Costa. The 6-foot-4-in...
Panthers don Straw Hat
by Michael Dixon
Dec 10, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
A season ago the Antioch High boys basketball team lost in the final round of the Straw Hat Classic and went on to a 12-14 season, finishing fifth in the Bay Valley Athletic League. Looking to sign...
Lions bite, but unable to finish off Eagles
by Dave Roberts
Dec 10, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
If Liberty’s boys basketball team is able to play this season as it did in the first quarter in its season/home opener against American last week, it should have no problems. The Lions chewed up th...
Running for a rematch
Dec 10, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Pittsburg quarterback Julius Mozee runs away from the Washington defense Saturday to secure a 39-24 win. The Pirates get a rematch with De La Salle in the NCS title game Saturday night at Dublin Hi...
Falcons outgunned by Colts in opener
by Dave Roberts
Dec 02, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Freedom’s girls basketball team is looking to rebound this year from a disappointing 11-14 (3-11 in league) record last season. But the Falcons must play better than they did in their season opener...
Heritage soccer wins home opener
by Dave Roberts
Dec 02, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
There’s no greater contrast in high school sports than that between football – with its packed stands, roaring bands, dancing cheerleaders, sonorous PA announcer, fundraising raffle, signs, paid ad...
It’s official
Dec 02, 2009 | 1 1 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Four Heritage High School seniors recently confirmed their undergraduate scholarships by signing a Letter of Intent. From left are Cole Wells, who will play baseball for Fresno State; Megan Larmour...
Riding to Mustangs
Dec 02, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Freedom High School senior Kim Westlund recently received a scholarship to play softball for the Big West champion Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo Mustangs next fall under Head Coach Jenny Condon. Westlun...
Deer Valley’s magic season ends in shutout
by Michael Dixon
Nov 27, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
In October Deer Valley went to Pittsburg and beat the Pirates 35-33 in the most exciting game of the BVAL regular season. The Wolverines were not so fortunate in Friday’s playoff rematch, as they w...
Heading to SF
Nov 25, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Heritage volleyball player Megan Larmour fell in love with volleyball at Bristow Middle School under the guidance and inspiration of coach Patrick Rockenbaugh. Megan played junior varsity as a fres...
Heritage golf star hatches birdies
by Dave Roberts
Nov 25, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
When Heritage High senior Lauren Conder was 5 she took her first swing at a golf ball at Brentwood Golf Club – and the two-time MVP and three-time champion in the Bay Valley Athletic League and Nor...
Monta Vista wins Nor-Cal
by Dave Roberts
Nov 25, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
The Monta Vista High girls tennis team won the CIF-USTA Nor-Cal Team Tennis Championship at Diamond Hills Sports Club in Oakley Saturday. Monta Vista’s 4-3 victory over Saratoga was aided by the wi...
Costa wins MVP
by Dave Roberts
Nov 25, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Corinne Costa, Liberty’s 6-foot-4-inch volleyball star, has been awarded the MVP trophy of the Bay Valley Athletic League, capping one of the most dominating seasons by a girl volleyball player in ...
New Bulldogs
Nov 25, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Heritage High students Cole Wells and Jordan Heald-Mullins sign letters of intent to receive athletic scholarships to play baseball for the Fresno State Bulldogs.
Heritage ties in scrimmage
by Dave Roberts
Nov 25, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
In fall after the end of football season, a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of basketball. Such was the case Saturday morning in the Heritage gym, where the boys basketball team scrimmaged to a...
Freedom honors athletes
by Dave Roberts
Nov 25, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Although it was a mixed fall season for Freedom High sports teams, the main sport in high school is, of course, mental gymnastics: the four-year academic marathon comprised of semester-long dashes ...
Lynn swims to MVP
Nov 25, 2009 | 1 1 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
The Freedom boys water polo team returned to the NCS Championship tournament for the first time in three years, this time as a 23rd seed facing 10th-seeded Washington High. The Falcons fell behind ...