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“It was an off night for our shooters,” Athletic Director Kevin Hardesty said. “The hustle and effort were there, but in the end we didn’t shoot well enough to advance.”

Baseball secures 3rd place; softball team on verge of repeat

The Eagle Award is presented to one student from each grade at the end of every quarter at Washington School in Cloverdale.

Cloverdale visits Berean Christian on Saturday

Whatever the result of the year’s first gridiron game at Rec Park, the halftime period is worth its weight in gold—in the form of a giant check written out in the amount of $74,160 to the high school’s athletics programs...

The Healdsburg High School athletics program is midway through its first normal autumn in several years. A total of 149 students are participating in the season’s sports, from a football team of 43 to a girls’ golf squad of five to a cheer team...

“We brought the intent and spirit of our full team of 42 athletes to the Viking Classic, although only 17 were able to compete due to illness and family commitments over the holiday weekend,” said coach Kate Guthrie. “Those who stepped on the track or into the field did so with purpose, representing the work ethic and culture we’ve built this season.”

Weight classes have a meaning, and a strategy, although judges today are pretty strict in their weight calls. The technology of measuring weights is so sophisticated these days, there are few if any ways to “nudge” the scale. “So if you go to a competition and you step on a scale, and you are a 10th of a pound over, you are disqualified” in the weight class, Scott Weidemier said. “There’s no leeway. They’re all digital scales these days, that are certified every year.”

Cloverdale visits St. Vincent on Saturday