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The atmosphere was electric as a rosy Friday afternoon turned into Friday night at Rec Park, where the Healdsburg Greyhounds hosted the Eagles of Berean Christian, a Walnut Creek private school. The Hounds, winless over the past two years, were in the hunt for...

Eagles will visit St. Vincent in opener on Saturday

Strong second in Tournament of Champions

While at the end of the Nov. 16 game the Hounds won handily, it was by no means a cakewalk. Petaluma’s Trojans did a good job of wrapping up the Greyhounds, stealing the ball and stymying Greyhound points—and sometimes scoring for the Trojans. The game got close a couple times, but in the end Healdsburg came out on top, 46-36.

When it came down to the North Coast Division 4 playoff tournament, Healdsburg found itself ranked 9 out of 12 teams. So going the distance to the finals—scheduled to take place this coming weekend—was always a long shot...

The Healdsburg boys basketball team ended the first half of their season with a 3-9 record, while the Rio Lindo Academy boys and girls teams both ended with a 4-4 record heading into the Christmas break.

Healdsburg's boys basketball team remains without a win in league play this year, 0-4, and only three wins on the season against 15 losses, while the Rio Vista boys team is 6-7 overall, 1-4 in the league.

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.

With this season’s NBL play now passed, both the boys baseball and girls softball teams look forward to the North Coast Section tournament of the top 16 teams in each division. The girls play in Division 5, the boys in Division 4.