Schools

One quarter into last Friday's Healdsburg football game against Lower Lake, the word in the press box was that the two teams – then tied, 6-6 – were pretty evenly matched. “It’ll take a mistake or a lucky break for somebody to win,” said a long-time Boosters member. Then the breaks started...

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,...

Their invitation hinged on being one of the top three Division 5 teams at the North Coast meet last weekend, Nov. 22, and the team pulled it off – finishing in third place behind the expected winner San Francisco University and Convent & Stuart Hall, also of San Francisco.

The Healdsburg boys soccer team, with their 3-2 record so far this year, has found much of their success in games at home—including an 8-0 trouncing of St. Helena last Friday night. The girls, meanwhile, are undefeated at 7-0.

The irregular thwack-thwop-pop of tennis rises up from the high school courts every afternoon of the week, and often on weekends, as the student-athletes of Healdsburg High School hone their serves, returns, backspins and lobs. It seems worth the while: The school’s boys tennis team is definitely competitive this year.

Cloverdale finishes up championship season with 17-6 record

The Lady Greyhounds defeated Rancho Cotate by a comfortable 12-point margin, giving them the right to hang the NCS-Redwood pennant in the Smith Robinson gym for the second year in a row.

This year locals are proud to find both boys and girls soccer teams in the NCS playoff, both in Division 4 in line with their size. And the girls basketball team is in the playoffs as well, in the tougher Division 2. (Unfortunately, all three teams lost on Wednesday night, so Healdsburg High's winter sports season is officially over.)

While the boys were toughing out their North Bay League Redwood playoff schedule, the girls softball team also made the league playoffs. They lost their last game of the regular season 11-0 against Piner, but their 4-7 Redwood division record qualified them for the four-team pennant playoff. Here's what happened next...

Eagles close out league campaign vs. St. Helena on Friday