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Heritage swims to league championship
by Dave Roberts
May 17, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
Heritage made a big splash on its home water Saturday – the boys and girls teams both won the Bay Valley Athletic League Championship. It was the second year in a row for the boys, but the first ti...
Wolverines avenge losses to Patriots
by Michael Dixon
May 17, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Last week’s game between the Heritage and Deer Valley baseball squads was this season’s third meeting of the Bay Valley Athletic League’s best teams. The first two games went to Heritage, which ess...
Making it official
May 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Two more Heritage High School athletes have recently signed letters of intent. Mark Winthrop, a two-year varsity letterman named to this year’s All-BVAL First Team, will play basketball for Culver ...
Freedom softball keeps rolling along
by Michael Dixon
May 12, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The May 6 softball game between Freedom and Liberty was Freedom’s annual charity game – this year benefiting the Haitian earthquake relief fund. Instead of their traditional white and blue uniforms...
Freedom’s hydro-therapeutic diving
by Dave Roberts
May 11, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
The Freedom High invitational diving meet Saturday was nine parts aerial acrobatics by skilled athletes under pressure to qualify for the upcoming North Coast Section (NCS) championship meet and on...
Freedom baseball sweeps Liberty
by Dave Roberts
May 10, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
It’s been a challenging year for the Freedom baseball team’s young players. Their lack of experience at the varsity level meant that this would be a learning year – as in learning from mistakes. As...
Amaro named district Teacher of the Year
May 07, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Freedom High School teacher and Athletic Director Steve Amaro has been selected from more than 300 certificated employees as Liberty Union High School District’s 2009-10 Teacher of the Year. Amaro ...
Tennis champ wins for late friend
by Dave Roberts
May 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Three years ago, Deer Valley High’s number-one tennis player, Kraig Foster, capped an excellent high school career by making it to the Bay Valley Athletic League finals. Unfortunately, he lost the ...
Lone Eagle beats Falcon cast
by Dave Roberts
May 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Freedom’s baseball team fields nine Falcons, but they were trumped last week by one Eagle. As in Joshua Eagle, Deer Valley’s ace on the mound, who struck out 11 en route to a 7-2 Wolverine victory ...
Falcons fly on track
May 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Last weekend in Sacramento, the Freedom High track team put in an outstanding performance at the Sacramento Meet of Champions. All the athletes achieved personal bests and placed high against some ...
Metal bats to remain for NCS playoffs
by Dave Roberts
May 03, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
After a high school pitcher from Marin got hit in the head by a line drive on March 11, the controversy over the safety of aluminum bats, which are used in high school baseball and softball, was re...
Patriot swimmers prepare for playoffs
by Michael Dixon
May 03, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The dual meet in the Heritage pool last Friday went swimmingly for the Patriots, as both the boys and girls squads defeated Deer Valley. The Heritage boys won 132-52 while the girls outscored the L...
Eng elevates
May 03, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
In a recent Bay Valley Athletic League track and field meet, Billy Eng of Heritage High School clears 6 feet, 3 inches to set a new Patriot high jump record.
Patriots reverse history, sweep Falcons
by Dave Roberts
Apr 29, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
What a difference a year can make in high school sports. Last year Freedom’s baseball team took two out of three from Heritage en route to an amazing 23-4 season in which they won both the league a...
Heading to Tech
Apr 29, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Oregon Tech Head Women’s Basketball Coach Scott Meredith announced recently the signing of Heritage High School senior basketball star Kiana Caban. Caban, a 5-foot 9-inch guard/forward, became the...
From tee to trophy case
Apr 29, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Northern California Junior Golf Tour (NCJGT) played its first tournament recently at Roddy Ranch Golf Course, drawing 50 top players from all over Northern California. Among the 15-18-year-old girl...
Making tracks
Apr 29, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Freedom’s Carmen Martinez won the 800-, 1,600- and 3,200-meter races at the recent Mudville Challenge Track and Field Championship in Stockton. She’s seen here in the 3,200, followed by Haley Vrede...
Two Simarros better than one
by Dave Roberts
Apr 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Two heads, as the saying goes, are better than one. And when it comes to sports, it would be appropriate to point out that four arms and legs are better than two – especially when those heads, arms...
Panthers take second match over Falcons
by Dave Roberts
Apr 22, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
If Freedom’s volleyball team could limit its season play to everyone but the Antioch teams, as of last week it would be undefeated in league play. The Falcons have enjoyed a nice ride with the othe...
Freedom’s poise helps beat Antioch
by Dave Roberts
Apr 19, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
(Updated April 20) After six and two-thirds innings – with just one out to go in the game – everything was looking great for the Freedom softball team against Antioch on April 15. The Falcons were ...