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Heritage offense runs strong at home
by Justin Lafferty
Sep 14, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Though there are still a few tweaks to make before Bay Valley Athletic League play, Heritage High’s varsity football offense looks like it’s in midseason form. Putting up 357 yards on the ground, t...
Liberty volleyball rebuilds post-Costa
by Dave Roberts
Sep 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Last year the strategy for the Liberty girls volleyball team was pretty simple: set the ball up for 6-foot-4-inch Corrine Costa and watch her slam it over the net for a guaranteed point. On defense...
Lions break through against Clayton Valley
by Dave Roberts
Sep 08, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Will this be the year that Liberty’s football team turns things around? Could be, judging by the Lions’ 13-3 victory over Clayton Valley in the season opener Friday. The victory broke a six-game lo...
Lady Falcons make big splash in opener
by Michael Dixon
Sep 07, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Freedom’s girls water polo team got its season off to a good start last Wednesday, defeating Liberty 10-7. Liberty’s Lindsey Hull played up to her high expectations, notching six goals. Unfortunate...
Turnovers hurt Panthers in opener
by Michael Dixon
Sep 07, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
At every level of football, for as long as the sport has been played, teams that lose the turnover battle generally lose the game. In Friday night’s season opener, the Antioch Panthers lost the tur...
Liberty boys water polo team sinks Freedom
by Dave Roberts
Sep 07, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Liberty High School’s boys water polo team had an OK season last year, finishing third in the Bay Valley Athletic League. But the Lions were greatly encouraged by a victory in the last game of the ...
Falcons set to serve up victories
by Dave Roberts
Sep 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Freedom’s girls tennis team is rebuilding after eight seniors graduated in June, including No.1 singles player Sarah Osborn. “Last season was a good season,” said Coach Steve Amaro of the team’s 12...
Ready to score
Sep 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Freedom’s boys water polo team beat Newark Memorial 18-3 last week in the first match of the season. Zach Irwin is seen here scoring one of his five goals.
Patriots win opener
by Michael Dixon
Sep 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The Heritage girls volleyball team is setting its sights on a fourth consecutive trip to postseason play. To those who saw the first game of the Patriots’ opening match against Rancho Cotate, a Pat...
USA picks Patriots
Sep 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Heritage High School varsity baseball teammates Ryan Atlas and Paul Blackburn have been selected by USA Baseball to attend the National Team Identification Series – one of the most heavily-scouted ...
Patriots look to make another splash
by Nate Smith
Aug 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Coming off a 2009 league championship season, hopes are high for the Heritage Patriots’ boys water polo team. Last season the Patriots recorded a 7-1 mark in league play, going 17-8 overall, before...
Heritage looks to build on success
by Dave Roberts
Aug 24, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
For a new school, the Heritage football team has posted a remarkably good record, winning seven games in each of the last three seasons, including two or three league victories. But head Coach Jeff...
DV seeks to repeat as BVAL champs
by Dave Roberts
Aug 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
It would be tough to have a much better season than Deer Valley’s football team had last year: 11-1 overall, an undefeated 5-0 in league, winning the BVAL championship and making it to the second r...
Falcons hope that experience means more wins
by Michael Dixon
Aug 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
It might seem overly optimistic for a football team that went 1-9 last season to be excited about the this season. But for the Freedom football team, which showed improvement toward the end of last...
New Antioch coach seeks more wins
by Dave Roberts
Aug 19, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Antioch High football, a powerhouse back in the Jeremy Newberry days, has not quite enjoyed the success in recent years that many Panther fans would prefer. The team is 19-41 overall and 8-28 in le...
Liberty looks to break BVAL drought
by Dave Roberts
Aug 19, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
It’s been so long since Liberty’s football team won a Bay Valley Athletic League game that no current student has attended one. But Head Coach Nate Smith is confident that this year’s more experien...
A team effort
Aug 19, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Bill Brandt Ford joined the effort to keep freshman sports alive at the Liberty Union High School District this week with a donation of $425. For each car sold between July 15 and 31, Brandt Ford ...
‘Sixth man’ gets schooled in the rules
by Dave Roberts
Aug 12, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The focus in high school sports is on the student athletes on the field, court and track. But there’s another group of players who aren’t on the roster but might be just as vital to the success of ...
Mouthguard a must for high-contact sports
by Dr. Dikran Deragopian
Aug 12, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
A mouthguard is a flexible plastic appliance worn during recreational and athletic activities to protect the teeth from trauma or loss and to prevent jaw fractures, neck injuries and concussions. I...
Liberty truck raffle on a roll
Aug 12, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Liberty High School Athletic Boosters Club is holding its 31st annual Truck Raffle Dinner on Aug. 28 at Veterans Hall in Brentwood. This is the Booster Club’s premier event and the primary resource...