Sports

The Cloverdale High School volleyball team was rewarded for a strong league season this week, landing the No. 9 seed in the North Coast Section Division 5 playoff tournament.

The Cloverdale High School soccer team left no doubt about league supremacy in the final week of the regular season, closing out the schedule with wins over Kelseyville, Middletown and Clear Lake to capture the coveted NCL1 title.

Fast times and near ideal weather conditions were on tap on Oct. 20 at Ragle Ranch Regional Park in Sebastopol, as the Greyhounds took on host West County in a competitive cross country meet between North Bay League Redwood Division rivals.

Whenever possible, SoCoNews will publish highlights from the Healdsburg Youth Soccer League as written by league officials. Below is a recap of week three of the fall season. 

The stage was set for one of the biggest upsets of the high school football campaign on Friday at Recreation Park, but the visiting Santa Rosa Panthers had other plans, spoiling the Healdsburg Homecoming, 42-0. 

Whenever possible, SoCoNews will publish highlights from the Healdsburg Youth Soccer League as written by league officials. Below is a recap of week three of the fall season. 

The Eagles took another major step toward capturing the NCL1 boys soccer crown on Oct. 12, turning back second place St. Helena in a hotly contested home match, 2-0.

Cloverdale on bubble for possible North Coast Section playoff berth 

The Greyhounds played host to Rancho Cotate in a North Bay League cross country meet on Oct. 13, easily outrunning the visiting Cougars to record a clean sweep in all races.

The varsity football Greyhounds may look back on their Friday, Oct. 15 visit to Piner as their toughest loss of the season, sustaining a 20-15 setback to the Prospectors in the opening game of the North Bay League season.