Schools

The year 2015 will be remembered for outstanding individual and team achievements by Cloverdale High athletes. This week, we’ll take a look back at some of the top moments over the past 12 months. There were too many stories to list them all, but here are a few of the year’s best.

The Lady Eagles took their first step toward a coveted North Coast Section Division-3 soccer title on Saturday, slipping past a stubborn Clear Lake squad 1-0 in overtime at Jack Allen Stadium.

Unbeaten Cloverdale faces stern test at St. Helena on Friday

That the sport of badminton is again being played in high school gyms around the area is due in large measure to the efforts of Scott Bischof. A former competitor and founder of the World Badminton Museum, he introduced the sport at several schools including Healdsburg.

It was a successful week on the diamond for Cloverdale High School softball and baseball teams, with each notching victories on the pre-league diamond.

With the football Greyhounds taking a break this past weekend (their Sept. 12 game against Santa Rosa forfeited due to injuries and suspensions), sports fans turned up at Frost Gym on Thursday to see the girls volleyball teams take on Montgomery High in not one but three games: freshman, JV and varsity teams all competed for a full evening of action in the close quarters of the former East Gym on the high school campus.

The Cloverdale Lady Eagles were crowned champions of the NCL-1 softball world on May 13, scoring a 5-4 win over visiting Clear Lake in eight innings to capture the title.  

The Cloverdale High School JV softball team had a great showing at its own tournament last weekend, winning two of three games to take home a second place trophy.

Healdsburg’s varsity basketball team plays as hard as any in the county, pulling off the occasional upset while fighting to keep its year record respectable. Second-year coach AJ Crosby said, as the league season began on Jan. 7, “I think we’re starting to hit our stride now.”