Schools

It was a mixed bag on the local high school diamonds last week, as the Cloverdale varsity baseball squad stayed in the NCL-1 title hunt while the defending league champion Lady Eagles saw their hopes diminish for a softball repeat.

Jake McWilliams’s dream came true as he qualified for the State Championship next Saturday in Fresno.  Lucas Welty, a freshman, was only two places away from also making it. The boys finished seventh overall in the North Coast Division 5, the top public school in the rankings.

The Cloverdale Eagles Track and Field season recently concluded. The regular season meets have all been non-scoring, but if they had been scored, the girls’ team would be undefeated as Shaylee Stotts has won every 100 meter, 200 meter and 400 meter in each event.

By John Linker In front of a Homecoming crowd gathered for the Healdsburg Greyhounds’ first official league football game of the 2024-25 season, the varsity team fell 13-18 to the San Rafael Bulldogs last Friday night at Rec Park. The Hounds are coming off a series...

If Jonathan Nuttall is half the coach he is cheerleader, the Healdsburg Greyhounds volleyball team is headed for the playoffs. Only in his second year as a high school head coach, the youthful design-engineer-by-day, volleyball-coach-by-night is already surprised by this year’s team.  “Maybe it’ll be...

By John Linker Every high school has a Homecoming, but not every high school holds a Homecoming Parade.  Last Friday afternoon, Healdsburg carried on its yearly tradition of holding one such parade. Four floats, one per class at the high school, were escorted by Healdsburg police...

More students are turning up for wrestling this year, as coach Scott Weidemier’s effort to bring Healdsburg back into the ranks of local powerhouse teams gathers momentum...

The 74th year of the Redwood Empire Invitational Basketball Tournament kept both teams and fans busy last week during four days of action at Healdsburg High’s main gym, Smith Robinson, and its smaller, older East Gym. “REIBT is a fundraiser traditionally used for Healdsburg basketball,”...

Cloverdale hosts Middletown Friday in home grid finale