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Flooring the judges
May 27, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
DK Dancers from Brentwood’s Fabulous Feet Dance Studio earned several top honors at the recent Jump/Break the Floor Competition in Santa Clara, including Best of Jump, third overall, and selection ...
Wingless Sprint racer repeats
by Jack Menges
May 27, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Tom Laliberte can hardly wait to get back into action again in the Wingless Sprint Division at the Antioch Speedway. However, he’ll need to wait until the middle of next month, as the track will be...
Antioch honors 49er center Newberry
by Dave Roberts
May 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
When Jeremy Newberry was just 9, he already had the makings of a future football great, according to Steve Camitz, head coach of the Antioch Youth Football League Cheetahs, the team Newberry played...
Cattle-PAC Challenge comes to Antioch
May 20, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Saddle up and tee off this weekend at the California Cattleman’s Association Cattle-PAC Statewide Challenge on May 21 and 22 at Roddy Ranch and the Golf Club at Roddy Ranch in Antioch. The events i...
Dark horse victorious
by Jack Menges
May 20, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Two of the top drivers to ever race dirt modifieds at the Antioch Speedway lined up in the front row last weekend, making the main event appear a shoo-in for either Kellen Chadwick or Kenny Neu. Bu...
Bowling legend comes to Brentwood
May 19, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Walter Ray Williams, Jr., the highest-earning professional bowler of all time, will be competing in the 2010 PBA Northern California Senior Classic on Memorial Day weekend at the Harvest Park Bowl,...
Grappling with greatness
May 17, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
From left, Golden State Wrestlers Jeremiah Zamora, Gianni Sing-Harath, Michell Malone and Joseph Roman have won a total of 14 wrestling medals this season. Sing-Harath won the Rookie Division whil...
Tardy driver wins
by Jack Menges
May 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Tom Laliberte wasn’t able to make it to his heat race in the Wingless Sprints at the Antioch Speedway the past weekend. As a result of missing the heat, he was required to start last in the main ev...
Paragon of pitching
May 11, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
The Oakland A’s Dallas Braden has nothing on the Brentwood PONY Baseball League’s Mets Kole Babo, who threw a complete seven-inning no-hitter last month. He faced 22 batters and struck out 12. Mets...
Freedom tourney time
May 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Freedom High School will be holding its seventh annual Athletic Director’s Golf Tournament on May 14 at the Brentwood Golf Club. Event organizers are aiming for a tournament field of 144 golfers in...
Hansen roars at Speedway
by Jack Menges
May 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Melissa Hansen is two-for-two at the Antioch Speedway this season. After sitting out the 2009 campaign to concentrate on schoolwork, the two-time champion returned to action last month and won the ...
Falcon alumna lauded
May 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Congratulations to 2009 Freedom High School graduate and softball star Chrissy Stalf, who was recently named to the All-CCAA First Team. A freshman at Humboldt State University, Stalf led the Lumbe...
World Cup comes to East County
by Dave Roberts
Apr 29, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
When Alex Kos was growing up in Europe there were few things more exciting than soccer, which might be as popular over there as football, baseball, basketball and hockey combined are in the U.S. Ko...
Pan American punch
Apr 22, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
At the recent Jiu-Jitsu Pan Americans, attracting more than 2,800 athletes from all over the Americas, Brentwood’s Crosley Gracie Academy fielded a team of seven and brought home five medals; one g...
Speedway adds qualifier
Apr 22, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Qualifying rounds have long been a thing of the past at the Antioch Speedway. However, last weekend promoter John Soares Jr. decided to put the dirt modifieds through two laps of time trials. Forme...
LUHSD Athletic Hall of Fame welcomes Furgurson
Apr 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Allison Furgurson 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 Hig...
Mello makes the grade
Apr 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Rick Mello 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 Schoo...
Volleyball star enters Hall of Fame
Apr 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Shannon (Thomas) McBroom 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 Libe...
Freemer to inducted into Hall of Fame
Apr 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Jordanna Freemer 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...
Hall of Fame honors Joseph Lilley
Apr 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Joseph Lilley 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 Sc...