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Liberty volleyball alum honored at UC San Diego
by Michael Dixon
Sep 17, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
For Gerald Houseman, success in volleyball didn’t end when he graduated in 2005. After Liberty, Houseman attended college and played at UC San Diego. Upon completion of his senior season at UCSD, H...
Making waves in Florida
Sep 17, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Discovery Bay resident and Liberty High senior Justin Payton, 17, took third place in the Junior Men’s Division at the recent WWA (World Wakeboard Association) World Championships in Orlando, Fla. ...
Raising the curtain
Sep 17, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Karina Nowlan, who tied the world record last year at the Diablo Shores Pro Am Waterski event in Brentwood, skis up a wall of water at this year’s event held last weekend. Chris Parrish, Karen Tru...
Diablo Shores Spray
Sep 16, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
It was curtains for photographer Stacey Chance last weekend. Nothing terminal mind you, we're talking water curtains, and lots of them. Stacey's high-speed lens got a hefty workout at the Diablo S...
Golf tourney to honor fallen soldier
Sep 11, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
The third annual Joey Graves Memorial Golf Tournament will be held Monday, Sept. 21 at the Discovery Bay Country Club. The tournament is named in honor of U.S. Army Spc. Joey Graves, who died in Ir...
Now on the mound
Sep 10, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Discovery Bay resident and longtime Dodgers fan Frank Parker recently experienced the once-in-a-lifetime honor of throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at Dodger Stadium. Parker, shown here with...
Punt, Pass & Kick to help save Old River
Sep 09, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Old River Elementary School, with the help of the Delta Patriots Youth Football organization, will host the NFL Punt, Pass & Kick Competition on Sept. 20. The competition is free and open to boys a...
Elite skiers come to Diablo Shores
by Ruth Roberts
Sep 03, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
For the past eight years, Greg Badal has been quietly organizing one of the nation’s largest pro water skiing events right here in Brentwood, and this year’s forum is shaping up to be more of the s...
Gorilla Rilla inducted into Hall of Fame
by Rick Lemyre
Sep 03, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
He’s already the hairiest thing you’ll ever see a kid hug, an instantly recognizable character who appears at more than 60 events every year, benefiting everything from sick kids to soldiers. He’s ...
Champion beats tough field
Sep 03, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Jack Paton fired a 134 to pick up a one-stroke victory in the Championship Division at the recent 2009 Antioch City Championship held at the Lone Tree Golf & Event Center. Travis Taylor’s 135 was g...
Keglers roll for the record
Sep 03, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
On Saturday, Sept. 5, Brentwood’s Harvest Park Bowl will join more than 3,200 bowling centers across the nation in celebrating National Bowling Week. Harvest Park invites the community to be part o...
Water skier wins silver in world championship
by Dave Roberts
Sep 01, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
When 16-year-old Chelbe Kinslow broke her leg in eight places a couple years ago while water ski racing, you wouldn’t blame her if she decided to hang up her skis and focus on something safer – lik...
Ace in the hole
Aug 26, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Deer Valley golf star Haley Edwards recently shot a hole-in-one on the fifth hole at Lone Tree Golf Course. The fifth is a 100-yard par three, and Haley’s club of choice was a pitching wedge. For ...
Choice bowler
Aug 26, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Aaron Pawloski, owner of Bowler’s Choice Pro Shop in the Harvest Park Bowl of Brentwood, won the PBA West Region Performance Chevrolet Open in Sacramento on July 12. Aaron led wire-to-wire, qualif...
Hoop phenom
Aug 20, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Adams Middle School sixth-grader John Ketchel, 11, has been honored with the designation of Junior Phenom by Adidas, earning an invitation to the Adidas Junior Phenom National Camp at Alliant Inter...
Wrestler sets sights on Olympic qualification
by Michael Dixon
Aug 20, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
David Klingsheim, arguably the best wrestler Liberty High School history, is not resting on his many laurels. As he gets set to attend and wrestle at the University of Nebraska later this month, he...
Dwelley swims personal best in Rome
by Dave Roberts
Aug 17, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Kate Dwelley, arguably the best swimmer ever to come out of Brentwood, is back home after recently swimming her personal best time in the World Aquatics Championships in Rome. Unfortunately, her ti...
Anglers ready to Swing
Aug 12, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The Thunder Valley Outdoors/Future Pro Tour will be participating in the Delta Swing in August and September. The Delta features more than 1,000 miles of twisting sloughs and levees loaded with dou...
Gladiators win silver in Las Vegas
by Dave Roberts
Aug 12, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
There are a lot of success stories in East County sports – of athletes competing on manicured fields or in air-conditioned gyms with quality equipment, expert training, snazzy uniforms and lots and...
Right on target
Aug 06, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The Livermore-Pleasanton Rod & Gun Club JV trapshooting squad recently won the SCTP National Championships competition at the World Shooting and Recreation Center in Sparta, Ill. Robby Mariani, a s...