Schools

Four Cloverdale High School students were named among the top scholar-athletes in Sonoma County last week in a banquet held at the Friedman’s Center in Santa Rosa.

CHS boys and girls teams preparing for playoff hoops

Healdsburg High's boys and girls soccer teams have been battling it out in preseason play, with the boys currently holding a 3-5-0 record and the girls 3-1-2.

The Eagles weathered a tough stretch on the NCL-1 boys basketball circuit last week, combining a 60-59 win over Lower Lake with a disappointing 41-35 loss to Middletown.

The total amount of $70,835 was down slightly from last year’s $74,160, still the largest single-year donation given by the Boosters. It is a half-century-old organization of parents and former athletes who want to keep helping out the school’s sports.

All League selections are nominated by their coaches, and voted on by the entire coaching staff of the league. Given that the Healdsburg Greyhounds fell only midway in the playoff rankings, the choice of Pitcher of the Year is especially noteworthy: Alex Mauro-Manos, only a sophomore on the young Greyhounds team...

Cloverdale will host Willits on Friday in Homecoming Game

The struggling football team at Healdsburg High School has a fresh new leader looking to help tell a comeback story under the Rec Park lights. HHS alum Christian “Criss” Rosales, 28, comes in hot: He’s been assistant-coaching for the past couple of years at St....

Last Friday night, in front of an excited and anxious home crowd, the Healdsburg Varsity Football team lost to the Terra Linda Trojans, unable to put an end to their three-game losing streak. The Hounds, who are now 3-5 overall, played an emotional game, especially in the second half, but their 28-19 loss to Terra Linda gives them a 0-4 record in league play.

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.”...