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The Liberty boys basketball team might be winless in its first five league games, but it’s getting closer. The Lions lost by seven points to Pittsburg – also previously winless in BVAL play – Frida...
Jan 21, 2010 | 0 | 4 |
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The Antioch girls basketball team upset Heritage Friday with a 48-41 win for the Panthers’ second league victory of the season.
The Patriots, who have gotten off to slow starts previously this seas...
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For a squad such as the Liberty Lions wrestling team, elite competition is an indispensable part of preparation for the annual run at a North Coast Section championship and a strong showing at the ...
Jan 21, 2010 | 0 | 6 |
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Heritage’s boys basketball team staged a furious rally on their home court against Antioch last Friday to determine sole possession of first place in the Bay Valley Athletic League. The comeback ca...
Jan 18, 2010 | 0 | 10 |
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Freedom’s wrestling team beat Heritage 47-27 in the league opener last week, but the match wasn’t quite as lopsided as the score indicates, according to Falcon Coach John Parsons.
“The dual meet we...
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The Heritage Patriots continued their winning ways, coming back from a five-point halftime deficit to defeat the Pittsburg Pirates 67-57 before a sparse crowd Friday night at Pittsburg. The victory...
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One of the biggest challenges in high school athletics is maintaining a strong, winning program year after year after year when every year you lose most of your best players to graduation. It’s not...
Jan 14, 2010 | 0 | 10 |
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High school basketball games, which consist of only 32 minutes of playing time, are usually low-scoring affairs in comparison with the longer college and pro contests. So when two high school teams...
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Freedom’s girls soccer team dropped its first game of the season last week against Antioch, but bounced back in a come-from-behind tie with Heritage in its next contest.
Antioch scored first in the...
Jan 11, 2010 | 0 | 10 |
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In Liberty’s league home opener against archrival Freedom, the Lions’ girls basketball team opened up a 10-point first-quarter lead and never looked back, downing the visiting Falcons 49-35.
The ga...
Jan 04, 2010 | 0 | 8 |
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If their 10-1 preseason record is an indication of how good they are, the team to beat in Bay Valley Athletic League girls basketball this season just might be Heritage. The Patriots won the champi...
Jan 04, 2010 | 0 | 6 |
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One of the most impressive teams – if not the most impressive team – in East County high school sports last season was the Deer Valley girls basketball team. The Wolverine juggernaut plowed throu...
Jan 04, 2010 | 0 | 10 |
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Experience won out in Saturday’s boys basketball league opener between Deer Valley and Liberty. The Wolverines’ starting lineup of four seniors and one junior beat the Lions’ starters – two seniors...
Dec 30, 2009 | 0 | 10 |
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It’s been an exciting year of high school sports in East County, and every school has something to brag about. Here’s a look back at some of the highlights – and we emphasize “some” (feel free to a...
Dec 24, 2009 | 0 | 11 |
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The Heritage girls basketball team had an excellent season last year, going 19-9 overall, 10-5 in league and making it into the second round of the NCS playoffs. And this year’s team, with a 7-1 pr...
Dec 24, 2009 | 0 | 11 |
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Freedom’s Nick Blount scores two of his 24 points in an 83-70 win over Hercules last week. Andrew Garner scored 17 as the Falcons continued an excellent preseason run, winning their first seven gam...
Dec 17, 2009 | 0 | 12 |
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The Liberty girls basketball team got a wake-up call in its season opener, losing to a tough James Logan team by 12 points. As a result, the Lions came out like a team possessed in their next game,...
Dec 17, 2009 | 0 | 12 |
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After a three-win weekend, the Heritage boys basketball team tasted its first defeat of the season, losing 54-41 in a sluggish home opener against the San Ramon Valley Wolves.
“I just don’t think w...
Dec 17, 2009 | 0 | 9 |
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Last season the Liberty girls soccer team won the BVAL championship, finishing with a 15-2-2 overall record and 11-0-2 league record. If last week’s 3-0 victory over Antioch is any indication, the ...
Dec 17, 2009 | 0 | 9 |
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Last weekend’s Stonebarger Tournament for the Liberty boys basketball team was a lot like its first game this season: a strong start the players were unable to sustain. The Lions won their first ga...