Sports

The surge of COVID-19 omicron variant infections continues to disrupt NCL1 high basketball schedules, as teams navigate outbreaks within their program.

The winter high school basketball season has been thrown into a cloud of uncertainty this week as the number of COVID infections sweeps the county, forcing the postponement of dozens of games throughout the North Bay League.

As the Healdsburg Women’s Golf Club looks back on the year gone by, it would like to recognize the club members that achieved both individual excellence and improvement.  

The Lady Eagles continued to navigate at tough NCL1 varsity basketball schedule on Jan. 3, giving host Lower Lake all they wanted before falling to the Trojans in a hard-fought, 52-46 loss.

Dominant victory runs Cloverdale’s season record to 11-0

Two months of hard work and preparation will be put to the test this week as the Healdsburg High School varsity basketball teams embark on what should be a competitive North Bay League campaign.

The varsity basketball Eagles played host to three other teams in a scaled down 55th annual John McMillan Holiday Classic Basketball Tournament on Dec. 9-11, winning all three games played to claim the first place trophy.

The Cloverdale High School ladies basketball team is out to a strong start to the league schedule, scoring an impressive, 64-55 home win over Roseland University Prep on Dec. 14. Sophomore Tylie Hatcher led the offense with 27 points, while senior veteran Summer Lands chipped in 24 for the Eagles.  

The Greyhounds kicked off the winter soccer campaign with a pair of recent hard-fought matches, falling to perennial powers Windsor and Maria Carrillo.

The longest running high school basketball tournament in Northern California was a rousing success following a one-year hiatus, as Healdsburg played host to seven other boys teams in the 72nd annual Redwood Empire Invitational Basketball Tournament (REIBT) on Dec. 8-11.