Sports

AB 711 would ban lead ammunition for hunting

It may not seem like it, but it’s been more than a generation now that lead shot was banned for all waterfowl hunting and replaced with materials such as steel. In regions w ...

Beddow’s Street Stock win streak ends at 5 at speedway

Rick Poppert Jr. snapped Jared Beddow’s winning streak at five to start the NASCAR Whelen All American Series season, but it was what happened early in the Street Stock main ...

Woodcreek grad Hardy is sixth in JC state heptathlon

Woodcreek High School graduate Hannah Hardy, competing with American River College, placed sixth overall in the heptathlon at the CCCAA Track and Field Championships on Friday and ...

Home run challenge is slammin’ at Woodcreek

Rodney Anderson recalled his days as a player in Montalvo Little League and seeing a promotional sign on a fence at the ballpark in Ventura. “If you hit it, you got a gift c ...

Woodcreek freshman wins cycling state title

Connor Jinguji of Woodcreek High School won the Frosh Boys D1 race at the National Interscholastic Cycling Federation California State Championships on Sunday. Jinguji was timed i ...

Former Oakland Raiders holding youth football camp

  Not every day does a group of former Super Bowl champions come together to teach football to youngsters. Thanks to a conversation between former Oakland Raider great Rod M ...

Rugby future is bright, and so is the here and now at Granite Bay

Chris Miller, the first-year director of rugby at Granite Bay High School, has a message: “If anybody thinks Granite Bay is a one-hit wonder, I got news for them: We’re ...

Pair of aces, one big swing put Valley Christian in Division VII title game

Valley Christian Academy needed two big-time performances from its two big-time pitchers — and got both. The Lions also needed one mighty swing — just one — and ...

District 3 sends seven juniors to Nationals in New Mexico

PLYMOUTH _ The California High School Rodeo District 3 Junior Team will send seven of its cowboys and cowgirls to the National Jr. Rodeo in Gallup, N.M. in June – three are C ...

Woodcreek loses on bizarre call in Division I softball playoffs

Woodcreek High School, the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II softball champion last year, was eliminated from the Division I playoffs Saturday on a bizarre call. Tournament official ...