Sports

The Healdsburg Prune Packers gave local fans a taste of things to come in the first week of California Collegiate League baseball action, claiming four wins in five outings.

The Eagle’s cross country team continued to impress with a clean sweep at Kelseyville on Sept. 26.

The Lady Lions continued their resurgence in pre-season hoops

The graduating class of student/athletes of 2019 from Analy and El Molino high schools will be remembered for their many accomplishments, both on the field an in the classroom.

Windsor looking to regroup this Friday at Santa Rosa

The new stadiums at El Molino and Analy high schools were filled with fans, families and football last  Friday, August 26 for the school’s first home games on their new fields.  El Mo won 34-0 to Willits and Analy 41-14 against Maria Carrillo. With El Molino’s grassy bleachers and first win of the season, the school’s spirit was high. Analy’s strong win was a battle for the team and set the tone for what they hope to be a formidable year.

The Windsor Knight¹s youth football teams kicked off the fall

To look at the scoreboard of many recent Healdsburg Prune Packers games, one might think that’s softball being played on the field. On June 14, the Stockton Pearls fell 20-1, and the Bay Area Marauders went down 24-5 on June 15. These are scores more frequently found on diamonds where the bases are 60 feet apart, not 90. In softball, at least at the high school level, the “mercy rule” ends a game early if there’s a 10-point spread. No such rule affects collegiate baseball. 

Even though Friday night put another loss in the league column for Healdsburg, the season ended on a note of courageous play and spirited hope for a winning season next year. Said Rosales, “I believe it is not a stretch to say that one of next year’s goals is to be league champions.”

Cloverdale among an elite group of gifted athletes