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Deer Valley downs Freedom in league opener
by Michael Dixon
Oct 17, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Although the game was much more competitive than the final score may indicate, Deer Valley remained unbeaten with a 49-17 win over winless Freedom to start their league schedule on a winning note. ...
Patriots take a pass on defeat versus Falcons
by Dave Roberts
Oct 15, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Many team sports have a glamor position – in football, the quarterback runs the show; in baseball, the pitcher is the center of attention; in basketball, the center is often dominant around the hoo...
Falcons outswim Patriots in rematch
by Dave Roberts
Oct 15, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The first time the Heritage girls water polo team faced Freedom, they were tied at the half, but the Falcons poured it on in the second half and won handily. So, at the rematch last week, although ...
Heritage beats Skyline
by Kenny Lee
Oct 15, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The Heritage Patriots traveled to the Oakland Hills to take on the Skyline Titans on a chilly night last Friday and came away with a convincing 39-7 victory. After a scoreless first quarter, the Pa...
Lions tie up Wildcats
by Dave Roberts
Oct 10, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Plus: BVAL wrap-up
Deer Valley stays perfect in Homecoming victory
by Michael Dixon
Oct 10, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
While it was far from their best effort, Deer Valley moved its record to 5-0 with a 28-7 Homecoming victory against the Vallejo Spartans Friday. The most significant difference was mistakes. Valle...
Golfing perfection
Oct 07, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
The Deer Valley girls golf team, which is 41-0 for the past three seasons, shot its best round recently against Pittsburg: a 204. The top six girls, from left, are Allison Isaacson, Haley Edwards,...
Costa leads Lions to victory
by Dave Roberts
Oct 07, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
You don’t need to be tall to play volleyball – Pittsburg has a player who looks like she might be 4½ feet tall in heels (not that you should play volleyball in heels) who nevertheless has a wicked ...
Lions win again
Oct 06, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Liberty’s Shawn Vasquez beats a would-be tackler to the edge in the Lions’ 32-0 victory over McNair-Stockton last Friday. Vasquez scored twice in a game sealed in the third quarter with two touchd...
Deer Valley remains perfect
by Michael Dixon
Oct 05, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Deer Valley was able to overcome a shaky start last Friday to handily defeat the visiting Rodriguez Mustangs by a score of 42-14. The Wolverines went three and out in their opening possession, then...
Falcons fall to Falcons
by Dave Roberts
Oct 03, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The good news at Freedom’s football field Friday night is that the Falcons won 27-24. The bad news is that the winners were the College Park Falcons, not the Freedom Falcons. Further bad news is th...
Freedom volleyball looking to step up
by Dave Roberts
Sep 30, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Despite her team’s 3-0 victory over Pittsburg last week – its first in league play – Freedom volleyball Coach Erin Smedley is looking for more improvement from her 2-2 squad (1-2 league) in order t...
DV golfers win again
Sep 30, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
In a grueling week of girls golf, the Deer Valley team played an 18-hole tournament at Lone Tree Golf Course – placing sixth out of 17 teams – then launching into nine-hole league matches Tuesday t...
Patriots serve up Wolverines
by Dave Roberts
Sep 30, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
High school tennis is, thankfully, a world away from Wimbledon or Forest Hills with their profanity-laced tirades in which a top player threatens to shove a ball down the throat of a line judge aft...
Deer Valley wins thriller
by Dave Roberts
Sep 30, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Deer Valley’s home game Friday night against Logan started out kind of slow (it was 7-7 at the half). But it would be hard to imagine a more exciting finish: a Logan fumble on its own 3-yard line w...
Heritage falls to powerhouse Mustangs
by Kenny Lee
Sep 27, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Facing its highest ranked opponent ever, the Heritage Patriots were overwhelmed by the Monte Vista Mustangs 54-21 last Friday in Danville. It was the first loss for the Patriots this season, and t...
This week in the BVAL
by Kenny Lee
Sep 27, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Antioch Panthers 37, College Park (Pleasant Hill) Falcons 34 Antioch’s James Lea scored four times and made a game-saving interception to lead the Panthers over the Falcons of College Park, 37-34. ...
Antioch outlasts College Park
by Michael Dixon
Sep 26, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
In a game that started out looking like an Antioch blowout, the Panthers ended up surviving a high-scoring nail biter, escaping with a 37-34 victory against the visiting College Park Falcons. Altho...
DV wins first five
Sep 24, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The Lady Wolverine golfers recently completed their fifth nine-hole league match in which they continued an undefeated winning streak. Deer Valley Coach Andria Edwards has another highly competitiv...
Patriots defeat Kennedy
by Kenny Lee
Sep 24, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
The Heritage Patriots used a strong defense and improving quarterback play to outlast the Kennedy Titans 28-9 at Tak Fudena Stadium in Fremont last Friday. The victory gives the Patriots a 3-0 reco...