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Liberty High’s wrestling team hopes to continue its string of dominance over the Bay Valley Athletic League, but the Lions’ head coach knows it won’t be easy.
Liberty lost several seniors to gradu...
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The Heritage girls soccer team entered the 2011 North Coast Section playoffs as the Bay Valley Athletic League champions and the No. 6 overall seed. The Patriots responded with a run to the semifin...
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Liberty High’s biggest basketball tournament of the season tips off Thursday, as teams from around the Bay Area – and even down under – participate in the Stonebarger Tournament.
In the boys bracke...
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Antioch High’s exciting 2010 season culminated in the school’s first boys basketball Bay Valley Athletic League banner, a title it shared with Deer Valley.
But the Panthers’ dream of a repeat face...
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In recent years, Deer Valley High’s girls basketball team has been not only the best in the Bay Valley Athletic League, but one of the best in the entire Bay Area. This year, things are a little di...
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There’s a noticeable change in Erin Asher once she steps onto the hardwood.
Heritage High’s junior point guard stops smiling. She stops joking. She stops laughing.
Asher becomes the leader the Patr...
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It’s not hard to pick Deer Valley’s Marcus Lee out of a crowd. At 6 feet, 8 inches, he stands significantly taller than even most of his fellow basketball players.
What’s scary for the rest of the ...
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The Deer Valley High boys soccer team’s 2010-11 season set a sizzling standard. Not only did the Wolverines win the league championship; they earned a No. 3 seed in the North Coast Section Playoffs...
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Ysabel Cabreira, a 2010 Freedom High alumna, recently became the first San Joaquin Delta College women’s golfer to advance to the state championship.
Cabreira placed 15th at the recent California C...
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Freedom sophomore guard Elliot Smith defends Heritage senior forward Wayne Englestad during a game last season. Freedom and Heritage are hoping to turn the table on defending co-league champions An...
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After hanging with one of the state’s top football teams for the first quarter, the flood gates opened on Freedom High.
The Falcons were bounced from the North Coast Section playoffs on Friday nigh...
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Deer Valley senior pitcher Ricky Delgado, pictured with father Rick, mother Annmarie and sister Annie, recently signed his letter of intent to attend one of the country’s premier baseball schools –...
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Freedom senior third baseman Brianna Simpson will continue her softball career at Texas Southern University. Simpson, seen with her father and mother, Greg and Tracy Pitts, signed her letter of int...
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Though no Bay Valley Athletic League cross country runner will advance to the state meet in Fresno, the future looks bright for the league after a solid showing at Saturday’s North Coast Section Ch...
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FOOTBALL
MVP: Darrell Daniels, Freedom
Outstanding Offensive Player: Fe’ao Vunipola, Pittsburg
Outstanding Defensive Player: D’hari Curtis-Webster, Pittsburg
First team offense: QB – ...
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The first round of the North Coast Section football playoffs gave Antioch a rare second chance. After losing to Pittsburg in the regular season finale, the Panthers were given another shot at their...
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You can’t blame Monte Vista High’s fans for leaving early on Saturday.
Between the pouring rain during the North Coast Section Division I playoff game with Heritage and the sizeable lead the Mustan...
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As the seconds ticked away in Friday night’s playoff game between California and Freedom high schools, Falcons head coach Kevin Hartwig could only watch.
Grizzlies senior kicker Brandon Brown, who ...
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Three local athletes recently signed their letters of intent to attend major Division I universities.
Heritage swimmer Madison Applegate, left, who finished fifth in the 100-yard butterfly event i...
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The Bay Valley Athletic League was well represented at Tuesday’s North Coast Section tennis tournament, but local teams found it a tough gauntlet to run. Freedom and Heritage were both dismissed af...