The Heritage High School boys basketball program hosts its eighth annual Basketball Camp for boys in grades three through eight June 11 to 15 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The camp, which focuses on fundam...
Just hours after he was named the California Collegiate Athletic Association’s Pitcher of the Week, Freedom alumnus and Cal State Stanislaus baseball player Chris Short received the honor as the We...
Deer Valley grad Andre McPhail, the 2011 Bay Valley Athletic League boys basketball MVP, has signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Buffalo.
“Andre comes to us with a background of h...
The Oakwood Water Club, comprising young athletes from around East County, recently celebrated its first anniversary. Founded by local coach Nick Araujo, the club aims to boost the sport of water p...
Freedom’s junior varsity softball team claimed an important victory at the recent HASA Tournament, held at Antioch High. Facing competition from all over the Bay Area, the Falcons emerged as tourna...
When Freedom junior Lisa Tilcock stepped to the starting line in her first run as a member of the cross country team, thoughts of failure raced through her head. “I thought cross country was really...
Janet Hannigan is accustomed to coaching successful volleyball teams at Heritage – the players usually wear ribbons in their hair and play in the fall. But when the boys take the court in the sprin...
Under the scrutiny of radar-gun-toting scouts behind home plate on Tuesday, Heritage pitcher Paul Blackburn put on a show. Blackburn threw the school’s first no-hitter, walking two, in the Patriots...
Liberty High athletes Kristina Diaz, left, and Victoria Bradshaw signed their college letters of intent on Monday. Diaz, one of Liberty’s most decorated female wrestlers, earned a scholarship to Mi...
Heritage's swimming and diving team defeated Deer Valley last week to continue their flawless Bay Valley Athletic League season. Heritage’s 200-yard medley relay team of Haley Rose Love, Rachel All...
After a standout performance at a Nike basketball camp in Minneapolis, Deer Valley’s Marcus Lee is becoming quite popular among college recruiters.
According to college sports website Rivals.com, L...
Two of East County’s top high school tennis players met Tuesday in the finals of the Bay Valley Athletic League championship. One athlete, Deer Valley senior Zahid Ahmad, was looking to cap a succe...
The Wolverines had meager incentive to give 110 percent. As they approached Monday’s Bay Valley Athletic League golf championships at Roddy Ranch, the Deer Valley team had already clinched a spot i...
After defeating Freedom earlier this month, the Antioch High softball team approached Tuesday’s matchup against league-leading Heritage brimming with confidence.
But while the Panthers are much im...
Liberty Union High School District Athletic Hall of Fame honorees Greg Patterson (baseball), Dan McLain (track), Haley Pantle (swimming and water polo), Judy Byer (basketball and softball) and Davi...
Deer Valley’s Grant Wheeler launches a shot past a De La Salle athlete in last weekend’s Deer Valley Junior Varsity Invitational. The Wolverines finished in a tie for fifth, facing tough competitio...
When Liberty swimming and diving head coach Cindi Coats looks at her roster full of swimmers with no background in the sport, she sees an opportunity.
“I would say it’s kind of an advantage,” said ...
Prior to the beginning of Heritage’s penultimate league tennis match against Antioch, head coach Michael Carmen reminded his team that the Panthers trailed the second-place Patriots by just one gam...
Freedom High soccer defenseman Gerardo Fernandez recently signed his Letter of Intent to attend Holy Names University in Oakland. Fernandez made his parents proud by earning an academic and athleti...
Just talk with coaches and players on the Heritage boys golf team, and it’s obvious what date the Patriots have circled: April 26, Roddy Ranch Golf Club, vs. Deer Valley.
A victory there would be t...