Sports

Local high school softball teams managed to get in a couple of games in limited spring break action, as Analy slipped by non-league opponents Pinole Valley (3-0) and Tamalpais (6-1), while El Molino came up just short in a 17-12, 8-inning slugfest against Fort Bragg.

The Analy boys are making noise on the winter soccer pitch, notching three wins in their first four Sonoma County League matches to settle into second place.

Both teams resume tourney play this week

Last year, the girls team had their best season in Clark’s half-decade as a coach, winning gold in the division and bronze in the league. This year, they’re down a couple of swimmers to 11 team members—just under the ideal threshold of 12—but they’ve been holding their own in a tough field.

Ladies all alone in first place; boys settle into second

A competitive winter campaign was validated for some three dozen west county high school athletes, garnering recognition in basketball, soccer and wrestling as Top of Form voted on by North Bay League Oak and Redwood Division coaches this month.

The last time the Hounds Varsity football team scored more than 50 points in a game was in 2016, another non-conference game against the Emery Spartans (62-0). Perhaps not since 1966 has there been such a performance by a Healdsburg quarterback as that by Nova Perrill last Friday...

Team returns 10 veterans, assumes role as title contender