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Nearly two dozen drivers brought their cars, courage, intelligence and teammates to the Antioch Speedway Saturday night in search of racing glory on a packed clay quarter-mile oval under clear skie...
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With four events now in the books, anglers participating in the Thunder Valley Outdoors/Future Pro Tour are happy about receiving a much-needed break in the action from the high-profile, seven-even...
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Jennifer Craw-Uresti of Brentwood is one of five athletes who will be inducted into the Reedley College Tiger Athletic Hall of Fame on Aug. 1, having starred in volleyball in 1990-91.
Craw-Uresti i...
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In the ninth week of the 2007 season the Pittsburgh Steelers, with a 5-2 record and their sights set on making a run for the playoffs, brought on board as a backup linebacker Antioch resident Antho...
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Paul With is hoping to be the next Caitlin Cardoza, the Heritage High student who won the gold medal last year in the U.S. Junior Olympics 12-to-13-year-old girls soccer competition.
Paul, an 11-ye...
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Football, they say, is a game of inches, which also could be said of golf, tennis, baseball and a lot of other sports. But when it comes to speed sports, especially at the world championship level,...
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When it comes to football defense, there’s no substitute for speed. The Alameda County All-Stars confirmed that axiom Saturday at Los Medanos College as they swarmed over the Contra Costa County of...
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Three participants in Summerset’s annual golf trip to Carson City, Nev. not only came away winners; they came home with a hole-in-one.
The July trip marked the first time in the group’s nine-year ...
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Oakley resident Ruben Padilla, 8, won gold in all three events of the recent USAG Level 6 Tumbling & Trampoline (T&T) National Championship held at San Jose’s McEnery Convention Center.
The competi...
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On most spring, summer and fall evenings as well as weekend mornings and afternoons nearly year-round, the most happening place in Brentwood is the Sunset Park Athletic Complex.
With six baseball/s...
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Antioch residents Chris and Denise Whittle recently competed in the Uechi Ryu Karate World Cup Tournament in Clearwater, Fla.
Chris, the sensei (head instructor) at Hillside Karate Kai at Hillside...
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If George Romero, director of “Night of the Living Dead” and its sequels, should decide to make a sports film, he might end up at Paradise Skate rink in Antioch filming the Undead Bettys: East Coun...
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Liberty High School student Robby Mariani shoots with the Scholastic California Trapshoot Program (SCTP) JV squad in Livermore, which recently won the JV state championship in Kingsburg.
Beating th...
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At the first hybrid show (Muay Thai/MMA) sanctioned in California, Crosley Gracie fighter Taylor McCorriston kept his undefeated record intact by defeating yet another Cung Le fighter, Andrew Valla...
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Local karate practitioners from The Bamboo Village Martial Arts in Brentwood – Junior Black Belt Justin Ruehlig, Third-level Brown Belt Jeffrey Inouye (who will be testing for Black Belt in Novembe...
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Heritage High graduate and climbing sensation Scott Cory, 19 took two first-place finishes at the recent USA Climbing Division 1 Championships held in Sacramento. The Division 1 Championships draws...
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A group of fifth-grade students at Brentwood Elementary recently sang the National Anthem at the Stockton Ports game on Sunday, June 7.
The Stockton Ports are a minor league affiliate of the Oakla...
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The Leopard Pride Chorus from Lone Tree Elementary, and the Boy Scout Troop 247 Color Guard displayed their patriotism at the SF Giants game on May 14.
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Sandwiched between a much larger city like Antioch and a more upscale city like Brentwood, little ol’ Oakley often has an inferiority complex. But it’s been making great strides on the sports front...
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Oakley is famous for its bass fishing tournaments, which have been nationally televised; but until last weekend, Oakleyites did not have any other professional sports to boast about. Now it’s “Look...