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Synergistic champs
by Dave Roberts
Feb 11, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The best name for a sports team just might be “synergy.” The word comes from the Greek “synergos,” meaning “working together.” It’s evolved into the teamwork concept of a whole being greater than i...
Brentwood offers tennis
Feb 11, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Whether you’re looking for lessons for your 5-year-old or want to hone your skills as an intermediate player, the Brentwood Parks and Recreation Department has the right class for you. New classes,...
DWC goes to the mat at state tourney
Feb 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
The Delta Wrestling Club sent 10 members to Selma, Calif. for one of the most challenging tournaments of the year. The tournament featured the state’s best wrestlers ages 6 to 12. In the 60-pound D...
Miles packs ’em in at baseball academy opening
by Dave Roberts
Feb 01, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
Baseball star and Brentwood resident Aaron Miles isn’t known for his long-ball prowess, but he hit a home run answering questions and signing autographs at the grand opening for the East Bay Baseba...
Wrestling club grapples with future greatness
by Dave Roberts
Feb 01, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
As Malvalio observed in Shakespeare’s “Twelth Night,” “In my stars I am above thee; but be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ...
Liberty student makes U.S. taekwondo team
by Dave Roberts
Jan 28, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
There must be something in the Delta water that creates great young martial arts fighters in East County. Antioch boasts 12-year-old kickboxing champion Katrina “The Storm” Nahe, who was recently f...
Dynamite’s fuse lit at Nor Cal tourney
Jan 28, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Playing in its first-ever NorCal State Cup tournament, the Delta United Dynamite U11 girls soccer club from the Antioch/Brentwood area beat several formidable teams from around the state before fal...
Coaches conduct clinic
Jan 28, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
The new iPlay Volleyball League and Uncommon Synergy Volleyball Club recently welcomed the University of the Pacific Men’s volleyball coaching staff for a three-hour clinic at the Antioch Indoor Sp...
KonFusion Xplosion
Jan 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
The EDYSL U12 girls Impact Xplosion and KonFusion teams brought home division championships in NorCal State Cup competition during the summer and fall of 2009. The two teams found themselves compe...
Silver good as gold
Jan 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
The East Diablo Impact Boys U11 Silver team won the State Cup championship recently against league rival Danville Mustang Soccer. After playing several qualifying games throughout the season, and ...
Titanic honors
Dec 31, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Brentwood’s NorCal Titans baseball club has been a success both on and off the field. The Titans now field five teams in four age divisions (9U, 10U, 11U and two 12U teams) fielding not merely top-...
Stars wield the wood
Dec 31, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
The East Bay Stars continued their dominance on the diamond with a 4-0 performance in the Super Series 19U Wood Bat Only Tournament in Sacramento, taking the team to a 12-0 record. Comprised of loc...
Impactful champions
Dec 22, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
EDYSL Impact U9 Boys Gold Team completed the NorCal Premier Fall League as Gold Division Champions for District 3 and 4, winning seven of eight games and finishing the season as finalists in the No...
Lions dominate Bears
Dec 10, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
After winning the Diablo Valley Youth Football League’s coveted Turkey Bowl on Nov. 28, the East County Lions Junior Midget football team headed to Napa to play the North Bay Youth Football League’...
Titanic champions
Dec 10, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Brentwood’s own NorCal Titans 10U Baseball Club added another championship to its resumé at the recent USSSA Toys For Tots Charity tournament held at the Field of Dreams in Manteca. The victory cli...
Having a Blast
Dec 10, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Playing in its first tournament ever, the Brentwood Blast 9 Red baseball team took the championship trophy on Thanksgiving weekend at the Toys for Tots Charity Tournament at the Manteca Big League ...
An Xtreme victory
Dec 10, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
The Xtreme Tumbling and Cheer Gym’s Level 2 team backed up its reputation as this area’s best by winning the Jamz Slam City All Star Cheer and Dance competition at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. ...
Stars win again
Dec 10, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
The East Bay Stars traveling baseball team – comprised of players from local high schools and coached by Mark Leasure, Ken Leasure, Steve Brown and Mike Hernandez – won its second 18/19U championsh...
WildFire burns
Dec 02, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
The U14 Girls WildFire took the title at the recent Delta Invitational soccer tournament last month, allowing only one goal in four games. They also took won the EDYSL league championship, allowing...
Terminators second
Dec 02, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
The East Diablo U14 Terminators placed second in the recent EDYSL Championship game held at the Sunset Athletic Complex in Brentwood. The Terminators gave the Wildfires all they could handle, but ...