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What Melky’s mistake really means
by Richard Daugs
Sep 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 91 91 recommendations | email to a friend
As the wan sun abruptly broke through the clouds on that Thursday morning, as a former professional baseball player long ago sidelined by age, I was in the depths of depression as to why it had hap...
Antioch sports legends announces 2012 class
Aug 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The Antioch Sports Legends Hall of Fame has announced its 2012 class. The new inductees are Randy Autentico, Sharon Christianson, Perry Anderson, Rudy Viramontes, Jesse Smith, Vanessa Selden, Norm ...
Golfers tee off on competition
Aug 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Antioch’s own Terry Foreman is now the senior match champion of the Northern California Golf Association following his amateur win at Spyglass Hill Golf Course in Pebble Beach. Foreman works hard o...
Outlaws cruise to Antioch
Aug 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The World of Outlaws sprint car racing’s top professional tour returns to Antioch Speedway on Monday, Sept 10. Back by popular demand, the event was presented to Bay Area race fans for the first ti...
Undead Bettys come alive
Aug 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The Undead Bettys Roller Derby team faces matchups against the Central California Area Derby and SVRG KillaBytes at the Antioch Indoor Sports Center. The clash with Central California gets underway...
Local skater relives Olympic moments
by Ruth Roberts
Aug 09, 2012 | 2 2 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
At the Tickner house in Discovery Bay, family photographs and mementos compete for wall, shelf and table space inside the comfortable waterside home: collections of handsome smiling boys, action sh...
Gymnast soars above competition
by Kyle Szymanski
Aug 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Gymnast and Oakley resident Ruben Padilla wants to win an Olympic gold medal, and doesn’t want to wait to be old enough to qualify. At the conclusion of the U.S. Olympic trials in San Jose in June,...
Young runner on track for big things
by Michael Dixon
Aug 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
running and training goes back to his days in a stroller, when Benita took him out for runs in Las Vegas early in the morning to beat the heat. He’s come a long way. This week the 9-year-old compet...
Texas bound
Jul 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Amarion Antonio, an honor roll student at Cornerstone Christian School in Antioch, will compete in track and field events next week at the AAU National Junior Olympics in Houston. He’ll run in the ...
Renslow bowls over competition
by Kyle Szymanski
Jul 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
At the end of day one at the Junior Gold Championship in Indiana, things were not going well for bowler Robyn Renslow. The Brentwood bowler had hoped to finish in the top 16, but as the tournament’...
Local swings to victory
Jul 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Local amateur golfer Mark Miller of Antioch paired with Casey Boyns to win the recent Northern California Golf Association Senior Four-Ball Championship at Poppy Hill Golf Course in Pebble Beach. M...
PBA senior flattens pins, opponents
by Dennis Biles
Jun 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
It makes sense, no matter the sport, that the highest-ranked competitors square off in the finals to determine the ultimate winner. And the Senior Professional Bowling Association Northern Californ...
Falcon soars to new heights
Jun 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Freedom centerfielder Joseph Olmos Jr., joined by brothers Joel and Noah, recently signed his Letter of Intent to play at Sonoma State. Olmos will study kinesiology. During his time at Freedom, Olm...
Warriors Tyler holds court at hoops camp
by Kyle Szymanski
Jun 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Golden State Warriors center Jeremy Tyler visited Warriors Basketball Camp at Freedom High School.
Flamboyant fans
by Tom Cusack
Jun 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Local photographer Tom Cusack came across some colorful characters as he roamed the greens at the U.S. Open in San Francisco over the weekend. The quartet of Rickie Fowler fans above came dressed a...
Troy Foulger driven to succeed on dirt
by Michael Dixon
Jun 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Sprint car driver is a dirt modified champion at the Antioch Speedway
Williams wins Senior PBA classic in Brentwood
Jun 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
PBA seniors crown Northern California Classic champ
PBA seniors knock ’em down
by Jerry Schneider
Jun 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Bowling fans at Harvest Park Bowl in Brentwood saw Walter Ray Williams Jr. average 242 in Tuesday’s qualifying to surge into the second-round lead of the Professional Bowlers Association Senior Nor...
Gruler switches to pitching products
by Kyle Szymanski
Jun 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
Former Liberty pitcher Chris Gruler grew up pitching baseballs, but a series of injuries has him pitching something of a different sort these days. Gruler, who was drafted third overall by the Cinc...
Local nearly gets a shot at US Open
by Michael Dixon
Jun 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
When you watch the U.S. Open this weekend, held at San Francisco’s Olympic Club, know that you almost saw a local golfer compete for a national championship. Zack King, who works at Deer Ridge and ...