Schools

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.

For the third time since 2015, the Rio Lindo Lady Spartans have won their league's title. They also have 18 wins on the season, matching the school record.

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The Cloverdale Lady Eagles are breathing rarified air this week as they continue an historic basketball season that has landed the team in the CIF Nor Cal State Championship Tournament for the first time since 2002.

For the Healdsburg varsity baseball team, the first few weeks of the schedule have produced mixed results—a couple of tournament wins last week following five straight losses, adding up to a 3-5 record overall.

The Healdsburg softball team had a series of blowout wins against opponents earlier in the season, until it went to Sonoma Valley and encountered a fired-up Lady Dragons team. Often a league contender themselves, the Dragons had been on an unlucky streak until Healdsburg came to town...

Early Saturday morning at Spring Lake Regional Park In Santa Rosa, 23 schools from all over the North Bay, including Healdsburg high, descended into the misty valley of the Trione-Annadel hills to run the 37th annual Viking Invitational.

It was a mixed bag on the local high school diamonds last week, as the Cloverdale varsity baseball squad stayed in the NCL-1 title hunt while the defending league champion Lady Eagles saw their hopes diminish for a softball repeat.

CHS varsity softball impresses with win

Cloverdale hopes to unseat Willits as top dog in NCL-1