Schools

The Cloverdale High School baseball and softball teams are alive and well this week, as they near the end of their respective league schedules, each approaching the finish line with an eye toward the postseason.

Though this was AJ Crosby’s first year head-coaching a high school varsity team, it was by no means his first coaching experience. “Last year I was a JV coach at Rancho Cotate,” he said. “And for the past four-and-a-half years I’ve been a head coach for North Bay Basketball Academy for AAU seasons.”

Healdsburg’s tennis-playing boys are more than holding their own in court competition this spring.

Scott Weidemier is trying to bring wrestling back to Healdsburg High School, with a team of 15 inexperienced student-athletes competing at the JV level, and hopes to build a varsity team next year.

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.

Seemingly under the radar, while basketball playoffs stretched the late season and heavy rains kept students and parents indoors, spring sports nonetheless got underway at area high schools this past month.

Cloverdale visits unbeaten Fort Bragg Friday in league finale

There’s more than one high school in Healdsburg. As well as the public Healdsburg High School, three miles up Bailache Road south of town is the Rio Lindo Adventist Academy, a private boarding school for grades 9-12. The total enrollment is only 108, on...

Leading the pack is junior Meher Dhiman, who “graduated” from the No. 2 slot to be the team’s No. 1 player this year, and also serves as team captain. She has had several successful matches so far this year in the team’s eight outings, which included a collective 7-0 sweep of Piner on Sept. 10...