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Evacuations cause Jags to abandon postseason tourney

As 2023 begins, the North Coast Section basketball teams embark on the core month of the schedule, with Healdsburg facing off in upcoming games against Redwood League opponents Santa Rosa, St. Vincent de Paul, Rancho Cotate, Piner, Windsor and Elsie Allen.  “I am really excited...

Windsor High School graduate Branden Walton hasn’t let many obstacles slow him down in a competitive running career that has spanned nearly a decade; the setbacks have just given him more determination to achieve his goals. 

The year 2015 will be remembered for outstanding individual and team achievements by Analy and El Molino athletes in a remarkable year in local high school athletics.  

Analy and El Molino softball teams climbed back into the win column with victories in recent North Bay League action, as the Lions posted a clean sweep over Elsie Allen while the Tigers slipped past Montgomery.

The varsity baseball Eagles had just one game on the docket last week, a March 15 visit to Healdsburg. Cloverdale had claimed a 3-1 home win over the Greyhounds just 11 days earlier, but this time was victimized by a great pitching effort. Hounds’ hurler Blake Monahan was nearly unhittable, firing a complete-game, one-hit, five-strikeout gem in cruising to a 3-0 victory. Cloverdale pitcher Nick Menzell (6 IP, 5 hits, 1 ER, 7 Ks) deserved better in taking the loss, while Jake Sielliunn (1 for 2) collected the lone hit for the Eagles. Cloverdale (1-2) will take a break this week before resuming play at St. Vincent in Petaluma on Wednesday, March 29 (4 p.m.). The Eagles will open the league season at home against Middletown on Friday, March 31 (4 p.m.).

PETALUMA - It was an exciting day of action at the annual Sonoma County League Wrestling Championships hosted by Petaluma High School on Saturday, with nearly eight hours of competition deciding the team title and individual champions in 14 weight classes.

The Windsor High School swimming program has been among the best in the Redwood Empire for the better part of two decades, with their success validated by a bevy of league titles and a yearly procession of individual North Coast Section qualifiers.

More than 2,500 of the world’s finest athletes traversed the waters and back roads of Sonoma County on Sunday, July 10 in the 26th edition of the Ironman 70.3 Vineman triathlon.

The Analy swim team resumed league action in a dual meet with Piner on April 8 at Ives Pool, with both varsity teams out-pointing the Prospectors.