Sports

It was a perfect day for a run—as it so often is—and for 150 folks it was a day to return to Healdsburg for the “annual” Kiwanis Fitch Mountain Footrace.  Though there were fewer participants than in the pre-Covid past, it was the first time...

From basketball to wrestling, both boys and girls teams at Healdsburg High are making their presence felt deep in the winter season of prep play. Playoffs are scheduled to begin the second week of February in most sports, which means the last chances to...

Junior phenom shatters WHS record in the 100 freestyle  

Cloverdale ends season with league title; 15-1-2 overall record  

Last year’s girls basketball team from Healdsburg, the Lady Hounds, were a force to be reckoned with, amassing a 24-5 record overall and dominating the North Bay Redwood League with an 11-1 record. They took that success three games deep into the Division 4 playoffs,...

Steve Zichichi could barely contain his enthusiasm and pride when the Healdsburg High girls basketball team easily defeated Piner High on Saturday night, 72-20. And he wasn’t the only one. “They were so emotional afterwards, and there were a lot of tears and hugging...

Soon the crack of the bat will resound again over the newly replanted surface of the baseball diamond at Rec Park, as the Healdsburg Prune Packers wade into their 103rd year of local, quality, pro-level baseball...

Perhaps for the first time in its young life, the new Drew Esquivel Hall on the Healdsburg High School campus boasted a bleacher full of fans—wrestling fans, drama fans, fans of the school district and of Drew Esquivel himself—all come to recognize the dedication...

Healdsburg Youth Soccer players returned to the field this weekend for the first time in two years after the 2020 fall season was canceled due to the pandemic. The players did not miss a beat with strong performances across all divisions.

The sport of badminton is not the first thing most people think of when they think of high school sports. But when the atmospheric rivers pour over Northern California and send ballplayers and track athletes running for cover, it’s the badminton teams that play...