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Antioch athletes aiming Down Under
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Two Antioch football players are trying to raise money for a trip of a lifetime – to Australia. Panthers linemen Nic Reyes and Tory Ramirez, both seniors, have been invited to compete in the Down U...
Young Lions jell on golf course
by Michael Dixon
Mar 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
At the beginning of Liberty’s golf season, second-year head coach Bryan Beaver knew he had his work cut out for him following the departure of 2011 first-team all-league athlete Paul Krey. What he ...
BVAL title an arms race
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
An indispensable factor for success in Bay Valley Athletic League and North Coast Section baseball play is pitching. And East County has pitchers in droves. The BVAL champions from last season – He...
Community helps wrestler go cross-country
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Kyle Clark’s wrestling skills earned him a spot on the roster in Antioch, a championship at the section tournament in Newark and a bronze medal at the state meet in Bakersfield. Now, the East Count...
Heritage runners aim to pace track pack
by Michael Dixon
Mar 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
While it would be impossible for Heritage to improve on its 2011 track-and-field record in the Bay Valley Athletic League, the recent Marsh Creek Invitational showed that the Patriots are well on t...
Freedom to host soccer camp
Mar 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
A soccer camp for boys and girls 6 to 13 runs March 26 to 29 from 9 a.m. to noon at Freedom High School, 1050 Neroly Road in Oakley. The camp emphasizes fundamentals such as dribbling, passing and ...
BVAL boys volleyball preview: Wolverines seek sixth straight title
by Kyle Szymanski
Mar 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
If Bay Valley Athletic League championships came with rings, Deer Valley boys volleyball coach Lou Panzella would be starting on his second hand this season. The Wolverines have been the class of ...
Local basketball teams end run at state tournament
Mar 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The Bay Valley Athletic League experienced one of its most successful basketball seasons in recent history, as four teams qualified for the California Interscholastic Federation tournament. The boy...
Panther goes dancing
Mar 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
St. Mary’s College forward Tim Williams, an Antioch High grad, goes for the two-hand jam. The No. 7 seeded Gaels qualified for the NCAA Tournament and face No. 10 seeded Purdue on Friday at 4:27 p....
Hair-raising returns
Mar 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Freedom tennis player Jarrelle Tramble returns a shot against Riordan’s Martin Smoltz during the recent Freedom Round Robin Tournament. The Falcons claimed victories over Liberty (in Freedom’s firs...
Soccer stars ink college futures
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Two local high school soccer stars are ready to move on to greater challenges, but want to stay close enough to visit family. Freedom High forward Catherine Carter, a three-year varsity soccer play...
BVAL picks winter’s best athletes
Mar 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Basketball most valuable players all hail from Deer Valley, while a Pirate is named boys soccer's MVP and a Liberty Lion was girls soccer's MVP.
Basketball teams finish run at state playoffs
Mar 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Deer Valley's boys and girls teams, as well as Heritage's girls squad, ended successful seasons in the second round of the NorCal tournament.
Soccer community mourns loss of star
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Neto Corona, all of 16 years old, had a decision to make. In October, doctors told him the cancer that had wreaked havoc on his body for about a year was terminal. One of East County’s brightest yo...
Patriots, Wolverines advance to NorCal second round
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Deer Valley's boys basketball team overcomes Bethel in OT. Heritage girls pull off big upset over Oakland Tech. Deer Valley girls defeat Armijo. Freedom boys fall to Piedmont Hills.
Heritage to host volleyball clinic
Mar 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The Heritage High School’s spring volleyball clinic, for girls and boys in grades three through eight, runs Monday, March 26 through Thursday, March 29 from 9 a.m. to noon. Space is limited, so pla...
Heritage’s Elder picks Penn State
Mar 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
One of the most decorated water polo athletes in Heritage history will continue his career at Penn State-Behrend College in Erie, Pa. Goalie Ty Elder recently signed his letter of intent to become ...
Wolverines aim to maintain dominance
by Michael Dixon
Mar 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Ever since the departure of De La Salle from the Bay Valley Athletic League in 2008, Deer Valley has been the dominant force in BVAL boys golf. The Wolverines have won every league title in that pe...
Antioch’s Clark earns medal at state meet
by Leland Gordon
Mar 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The far East Bay Area brought home only one medal from the California Interscholastic Federation State Wrestling Championships, but it was hardly an unsuccessful two days of competition for Liberty...
Deer Valley can't keep up with Berkeley, De La Salle
by Justin Lafferty
Mar 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Deer Valley's girls basketball team falls to powerful Berkeley in the North Coast Section Div. I title game. The Wolverines boys team also takes tough loss to No. 1 seed De La Salle.