Schools

20-4 season ends with 1-0 OT loss

The Cloverdale cross-country team put the final touches on a strong league season in a dual meet with Clear Lake on the 2.8-mile course at Bothe Park in St. Helena on Nov. 4.

Cloverdale High School baseball and softball teams will start a new season this week, as both prepare for what could be strong North Coast Section playoff runs.

The 2025-26 athletics season gets underway this week as the season’s first girls volleyball game is played on Thursday afternoon in Cloverdale. It’s followed by a weekend tournament at Vintage High School in Napa, then three more weeks of non-league play and tournaments before...

Even with their divergent basketball season records—the girls were undefeated in league play, the boys without a win—both teams recognized their senior athletes last week at the last home games of the regular schedule. For boys, it came Saturday night in their final game of...

Cloverdale hosts Middletown Friday in home grid finale

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.

Cloverdale varsity baseball and softball teams resumed their winning ways on the high school diamond last week, combining for three wins in abbreviated action due to a late spring storm.

By halftime Tuesday night the Healdsburg Greyhounds basketball team seemed to have things well in hand. After a relatively quiet first period that ended 7-6 to the home team’s advantage, the Lady Greys exploded for 19 points in the second quarter, doing what they do best with a smothering defense and rapid, accurate shooting from inside the key—and beyond the arc. Then it turned around.

The swim team at Healdsburg High School has long punched above its weight. At a school of just over 500 students, nearly 5% of the student body is on the swim team. And in recent years—under the guidance of head coach Dean Clark and assistant...