Sports

For an aging generation of athletes, quitting has never been an option. The thought of bailing out in the face of adversity before the end of a season would have meant letting yourself and, more importantly, your teammates down.

The Packers? Are we talkin’ Cheeseheads? Nope. We’re talkin’ Prune Packers, a Healdsburg baseball tradition dating back 100 years.  The Packers’ name stems from the prevalence of the prune industry in this area, and the many people employed in packing sheds that were a part...

The Eagles suffered their first defeat of the 2019 campaign on Friday in the quarterfinals of the North Coast Section Division 4 softball playoffs, falling in an upset to No. 8 seeded Saint Mary’s, 6-1 at Daly Field.

Junior Lucas Chung stamps ticket to CIF State meet

The spring high school softball season is entering the final stretch this week, as Analy and El Molino varsity teams prepare for what is hoped will be a strong finish.

Carrying an 18-0 record into their June 27 game at Harry David Field in Medford, Oregon, the Pack’s luck finally ran out. The home-team Rogues, who had been defeated by the Packers the previous five games, including two on their own home field, had at last had enough. They handed the Healdsburg team their first loss of the year. But there were more to come...

El Molino High School is seeking applicants for its vacant varsity wrestling and varsity cheer coaching positions.  Interested applicants can contact Mike Roan, El Molino Athletic Director at 824-6563 or [email protected].  

The West County High School (WCHS) football team couldn’t have scripted a better start to the 2021 campaign on Friday, staging a dramatic, fourth-quarter comeback to defeat visiting Santa Rosa, 35-34 in the season opener at Karlson Field.

The Cloverdale Eagles hit the trails in their league cross country debut at Middletown High School on Wednesday, Sept. 20, turning in a great overall performance.

The midpoint of the California Collegiate League season came as June turned into July, and over a three-day period the league-leading Healdsburg Prune Packers (13-3) met the fourth-place Sonoma Stompers (7-9) for wine country bragging rights. If their respective position in the CCL standings were...