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HAVE BALL, WILL TRAVEL: If your neighborhood doesn’t have an oversized youth sports facility, it’s falling behind the times. Welcome to SportsPlex Nation! Outside it’s an unseasonably warm January weekday afternoon in Walnut Creek. But Mike Samuels is inside. And happy to be there. Samuels is showing off the... Read more
With dedicated seniors leading the way, Antioch volleyball is in midst of historic season Read more
POWERED BY TRUCKS: Get Lifted
I always get comments about the fact that I must work out every day of the week to keep in shape. The truth is that I don’t. I’m lucky if I get in 4 good workouts a week. I have a simple but powerful process I use to maintain... Read more
NUTRITION: Savor the Flavor
In today’s busy world, we often eat quickly and mindlessly. This year’s theme for National Nutrition Month is “Savor the Flavor of Eating Right,” and it’s a great reason to slow down our eating and really tune in to the wonderful foods we have in front of us. How,... Read more
Danielle Williams – Amador Valley – Softball
Danielle Williams was the best pitcher in the East Bay as a freshman in 2015. So far in 2016, she’s making the case to be the best pitcher in the entire Bay Area. In a one week stretch from March 28-April 1, Williams pitched 18 no-hit, shutout innings with... Read more
“Get Dirty with the Pacifics”
In an effort to conserve water, the San Rafael Pacifics announced today a unique campaign for the 2016 season called “Get Dirty with the Pacifics.” In an effort to reduce water consumption and increase drought awareness, the Pacifics will not wash their uniforms following every home game that is... Read more
NorCal League Race #4-Five Springs Farm Round-Up
NorCal League Race #4-Five Springs Farm Round-Up- Race Recap. Petaluma, power seat of the Cackleberry Republic, is accustomed to the peaceable clucking of hens and the soft rhythmic sloshing of the butter churn echoing across its namesake slough. Despite being the home of the NorCal League, the relentless crescendos of... Read more
Buzzing Off

Buzzing Off

Basketball April 22, 2016 0

By CHACE BRYSON | Editor Just two weeks after leading the Berkeley High boys basketball program to its first state final since 1924, Mark DeLuca announced Thursday that he has stepped down as coach of the Yellowjackets. DeLuca officially notified Berkeley on March 31, closing out a three-year stint... Read more
NorCal Baseball Top 20
Records are through 3/28. (source: MaxPreps.com) RANK LAST WK TEAM RECORD   1 2 St. Francis-Mountain View 14-1 2 1 Campolindo-Moraga 4-4 3 4 Serra-San Mateo 13-2 4 3 Elk Grove 8-2 5 5 De La Salle-Concord 4-3 6 13 Jesuit-Carmichael 4-1 7 12 Casa Grande-Petaluma 11-1 8 8... Read more
Next Level Champions Spring 2016 Olympian Clinic
Join us for our Spring 2016 Next Level Champions Clinic with 2012 Olympians, Caitlin Leverenz and Rachel Bootsma! The Next Level Champions Clinic will consist of in”‘water instruction on technique and drills with both Caitlin and Rachel for about 45 minutes, followed by a light snack, motivational talks with Q&A and wrap... Read more
  I really like to run the 100 (meters), but my coach not only makes me run the 200 some of the time, he also wants me to do relays. I hate relays because I don’t like to depend on other people. I want whatever happens to be up... Read more
When The Jackets Fit
Story by CHACE BRYSON | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH It was November of 2013 when Mark DeLuca sat in the Berkeley High gym “” roughly an hour before his first exhibition game as the Yellowjackets boys basketball coach “” and spoke about the opportunity he’d been given. A... Read more