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Ron Schwitters family enters Hall of Fame
Apr 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Ron Schwitters family will be honored at the Liberty Union High School District Athletic Hall of Fame’s 19th annual awards dinner on Saturday, April 24 in the Stonebarger New Gym Complex at Liberty...
Charles Willis enters Hall of Fame
Apr 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Charles Willis will be honored at the Liberty Union High School District Athletic Hall of Fame’s 19th annual awards dinner on Saturday, April 24 in the Stonebarger New Gym Complex at Liberty High S...
Newberry to be honored by Legends
Apr 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The Antioch Historical Society’s fourth annual Sports Legends picnic, held Saturday, May 22, salutes San Francisco 49er All-Pro and Antioch native son Jeremy Newberry. In addition to the family pic...
Speedway stocks up
by Jack Menges
Apr 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Brentwood’s Melissa Hansen returned to action with a winning effort this past weekend at the Antioch Speedway. A two-time champion at the track, Hansen won the pure stock main event after missing t...
Big Bass Challenge lured by Delta bounty
Apr 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The Berkley Big Bass Challenge comes to Russo’s Marina on Bethel Island May 22 and 23, providing anglers an exciting and inexpensive event on a body of water known nationwide for producing big fish...
Getting a jump start
Apr 08, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Iron House Elementary third-grader Ruben Padilla, 9, recently returned from the JumpStart National Team Training Camp in Huntsville, Ala., where he and Coach Yoshi Nakayama worked with members of t...
Holy Rosary champs
Apr 08, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
The Holy Rosary eighth-grade American girls CYO basketball players finished off their stellar CYO careers with a basketful of awards, claiming trophies at the St. Isidore of Danville Select Thanksg...
Antioch motorcycle racer to turn pro
by Dave Roberts
Apr 08, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
It’s been a tough three years for Frank Rundall since injuring his back while driving a truck for a beer company and struggling to get by on a $1,000/month worker’s compensation check. He underwent...
Allard crowned
Apr 08, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Forty-four race drivers in two divisions turned out for the special weekend program last Saturday at the Antioch Speedway, where Jonathan Allard and Ricardo Rivera took top honors. Allard won the 3...
Hearts of champions
Apr 08, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The Immaculate Heart of Mary sixth-grade boys American Division team won the East Diablo Championship for the third consecutive year. The team went 10-0 in league play and advanced to the Diocese ...
Venerable scribe sports vivid replays
by Dave Roberts
Apr 05, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Life is a game. There are rules you must follow, a limited time of play, winners, losers, good sports, bad sports, lucky breaks, bad calls, the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. So what be...
King comes to raceway
Apr 01, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
After two weeks of hosting the wingless and 360 winged sprint cars, the Antioch Speedway will provide the stage for the powerful King of California 410 sprint cars this Saturday night, April 3. One...
Antioch Speedway kicks off golden anniversary
by Michael Dixon
Mar 25, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
East County racing fans of all ages packed the bleachers of the Antioch Speedway Saturday night for nearly four hours of racing action, marking the start of the 50th season of racing on the dirt tr...
Martial mastery
Mar 25, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Givans Taekwondo Academy is a force to be reckoned in the world of sports taekwondo. The academy is grooming several athletes for places on future U.S Olympic teams – athletes such as Black Belt Ch...
Diamonds shine
Mar 25, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The Black Diamond All Star Cheer and Hip Hop teams made a triumphant return to the JAMZ 2010 National Championships in Las Vegas in February. The young ladies hit the jackpot, earning two second-pl...
Flying Pan Am
Mar 25, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Seven students from Ricardo Barros Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu recently traveled to Carson, Calif. to compete in the first-ever Pan American Jiu-Jitsu Championships for kids. The tournament attracted comp...
Belting it out
Mar 25, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Andrew Wagenaar, center, recently competed in the Pan American Championships – the most prestigious Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition in North America one of the most prominent such events in the wor...
CYO meet gives Freedom track a workout
by Dave Roberts
Mar 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Normally it’s the athletes on the Freedom High track who get the workout as they run around it. But on Saturday it looked like it was the track itself getting a workout as it did its best to suppor...
Immaculate championship
Mar 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The Brentwood boys fourth-grade American Division CYO Basketball Immaculate Heart of Mary team competed in the Diocese of Oakland and walked away with the A Division title. Fielding two third-grad...
Distinguished sting
Mar 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Congratulations to Adams Middle School’s sixth-grade basketball team. The Yellow Jackets just wrapped up an impressive 14-0 season, demonstrating outstanding sportsmanship and teamwork and maintain...