Schools

The much-anticipated home opener did not go as scripted for the Eagles on Friday, as visiting Kelseyville spoiled the victory party in a 21- 14 setback.

Girls basketball

Cloverdale improves to 4-1; visits Kelseyville on Friday

With the advent of the North Bay – Redwood league season this week, the Healdsburg girls basketball team is sitting on an 11-2 record and appears poised to dominate the seven-team league again this year. Healdsburg puts its girls team—now 9 players strong—into action against...

There’s certainly talent on the Healdsburg varsity baseball team, and hustle and confidence. Though their record this season is a modest 11-11, 4-7 in the North Bay Redwood league, their scorecard is overflowing with big-run victories over like-sized opponents, those in Division 4.

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...

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 All League teams for the North Bay League (Redwood) have been announced for most fall sports. The named players in football will be revealed following the last playoff games this week, on Dec. 1

That the sport of badminton is again being played in high school gyms around the area is due in large measure to the efforts of Scott Bischof. A former competitor and founder of the World Badminton Museum, he introduced the sport at several schools including Healdsburg.

Any game that begins with the opposing team scoring two touchdowns without running an offensive play is not off to a good start. That’s what happened Friday night at Rec Park, as the visiting Fortuna Huskies scored twice on turnovers—an interception and a fumble—to...