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Bodybuilders shine on big stage
by Michael Dixon
Nov 30, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Two local bodybuilders excelled at the recent National Physique Committee Sacramento Championships. Noelle Decker, a trainer at Brentwood’s Delta Valley Athletic Club (DVAC), took second place in t...
Frosh ‘savior’ honored
Nov 25, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Jeff Kurtz, right, receives the Freedom High Don Golinveaux Athletic Service Award from the school’s athletic director, Steve Amaro, as part of Freedom’s fall sports awards night. Kurtz chose to v...
Freedom alum Borel stars at Utah State
by Justin Lafferty
Nov 18, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Two years ago, University of Utah defensive coordinator Gary Andersen’s game plan was to stop a versatile Utah State sophomore quarterback named Diondre Borel. Now, as the Aggies’ head coach, Ander...
Local Giants fans delivered from torture
by Justin Lafferty
Nov 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
After weeks of growing beards, wearing panda hats and withstanding nightly torture, East County San Francisco Giants fans were rewarded for their dedication by the team’s first World Series victory...
Roddy Ranch retains Diablo Cup
Nov 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
The third annual Diablo Cup Matches between Roddy Ranch and Shadow Lakes/Deer Ridge are now in the books. Defending champion Team Roddy Ranch won the inaugural event in 2008 and again last year. Th...
Giants win World Series
Nov 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
That roar you heard last night was thousands of Bay Area Giants fans celebrating the team's win that clinched the World Series title. Many of those fans celebrated right here in East County. To see...
Making waves in Florida
Oct 28, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Two Discovery Bay students recently took home trophies from the INT US Championships at Groveland, Fla. Ryan O’Toole, right, a third-grader at Discovery Bay Elementary, took home third place in the...
Travel ball team takes gold
Oct 14, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The Nor-Cal Demons/Valdez 14U traveling fast-pitch softball team from Oakley took first place in the National Softball Association’s recent Scholarship Tournament plus the NSA World Series’ recent ...
Foulger win caps speedway season
by Jack Menges
Oct 14, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Antioch Speedway dirt modified champion Troy Foulger comes off a good weekend of auto racing in which he posted a victory and second-place finish in two main events. After winning his specialty at ...
Checkers for 2010 season
by Jack Menges
Oct 07, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The 2010 Antioch Speedway auto racing season comes to a close Saturday night with an open competition program on the Contra Costa County Fairgrounds track. Racing under the open competition mode wi...
Tournament fundraiser tees off
Oct 07, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
East Diablo Youth Soccer League’s Impact Competitive Division recently held its first Golf Tournament and Dinner Fundraiser. More than 85 golfers from area businesses and the soccer community plus ...
Local MMA fighter sets his sights high
by Michael Dixon
Sep 30, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The advancement of mixed martial arts has opened doors for the likes of CJ LeVeque, a 2004 Liberty High alumnus. “I used to play Little League baseball and then I played football in high school,” s...
Heated Laliberte crowned champion
by Jack Menges
Sep 30, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Tommy Laliberte was forced to wait a few days before learning that he was the 2010 Antioch Speedway wingless sprint champion. Laliberte came into the final point race of the season with a comfortab...
Big fish in Bethel Island
Sep 28, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
The first Hook, Line & Sinker Bass Tournament, held Sept. 26 at Russo’s Marina in Bethel Island, saw 73 boats blast off at first safe light on one of the hottest days of the year. All but 11 teams ...
Fishy faceoff
Sep 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
More than 180 children participated in Saturday’s Oakley Kids Fishing Derby at the Oakley/Antioch Pier. In the 5U Division, Jeremiah Ruffin caught the longest fish, Violet James and Demetria Tekel...
Follow us on Twitter
Sep 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The sports section of the Brentwood Press is now on Twitter at www.twitter.com/thepress_sports . Follow us for quarterly updates of Friday night football games as well as scores and stories throu...
Close race at the top
by Jack Menges
Sep 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Although Tommy Laliberte and David Press battled for the wingless sprint car championship at the Antioch Speedway all season, culminating in the final point race last weekend, the results are so cl...
Water and air get extreme in Orwood
by Ruth Roberts
Sep 16, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
There’s still time to grab your beach chairs and head on out to the Extreme Water and Air Show on Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. at the Orwood Resort in Brentwood. The annual event raises funds for t...
Delta Patriots whip Wolfpack
Sep 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Delta Patriots Varsity West Defense set the pace as the visiting Delta Patriots Varsity West battled the Delta Valley Wolfpack to a scoreless tie through regulation before coming out on top 7-6 i...
Dal Porto Ranch makes Grand showing
Sep 09, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The girls from the Dal Porto Ranch Show Team saddled up their horses and rode their hearts out at the recent 2010 Summer Gold-N-Grand held in Rancho Murieta. Six riders from Dal Porto participated ...