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Strong second in Tournament of Champions

Cloverdale slips past Granada 54-52 in championship thriller

The Cloverdale Eagles Cross Country team hosted Fort Bragg, Willits, Saint Helena and Pacific Union College Prep at Cloverdale’s Asti Winery three mile course on Wednesday Oct. 15.

The 2015/16 basketball campaign is shaping up as a good one for Cloverdale High School boys and girls teams, with both poised to kick off what figures to be a strong league season.

Sunny skies and breezy conditions met a small Cloverdale contingent on April 2 at the annual Chip Castleberry Invitational Track meet hosted by Analy High School in Sebastopol. The meet included hundreds of athletes and more than two dozen participating teams, including Cloverdale, Analy, El Molino, Fort Bragg, Healdsburg, Montgomery, Petaluma, Piner, Maria Carrillo, Rincon Valley Christian, San Mateo, Sonoma, Technology and Windsor.

Week two of the league campaign was a good one for Cloverdale High School teams, as the varsity boys and girls combined for four wins in five outings.

This one hurt. It could have been mistakes made, balls fumbled or penalties called, but in the end, the Vikings proved their strength and quickness throughout the rugged game. Coach Rosales put it bluntly, “It is very difficult to win against any team when we turn the ball over five times and those possessions all lead to scores.”...

Healdsburg ball fans should know that baseball and softball North Bay League championship games, for both the Oak and Redwood divisions, will be played here in town on Friday, May 10. Baseball will be hosted at Rec Park at 3:30pm (Redwood) and 6:30 (Oak). Softball games are played at the HHS varsity field (University and Monte Vista), Oak at 4:30 and Redwood at 7pm...

“We knew we were the favorites to The Greyhounds were favored to win the match, but the girls didn’t let that go to their heads and they played clean, dominant volleyball three sets in a row,” Nuttall said. They hit season highs in both aces (32) and kills (28). Senior Sophia Turic alone served nine aces, and libero Melissa Casas Gatica wasn’t far behind with eight...