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  1. Freshman's sharp outing not enough for Tehachapi
  2. Freshman's sharp outing not enough for Tehachapi
  3. Freshman's sharp outing not enough for Tehachapi
  4. Freshman's sharp outing not enough for Tehachapi
  5. Clovis North topples Stockdale for D-I crown as Lemon's 21-year tenure comes to close
  6. Clovis North topples Stockdale for D-I crown as Lemon's 21-year tenure comes to close
  7. Clovis North topples Stockdale for D-I crown as Lemon's 21-year tenure comes to close
  8. Clovis North topples Stockdale for D-I crown as Lemon's 21-year tenure comes to close
  9. Clovis North topples Stockdale for D-I crown as Lemon's 21-year tenure comes to close
  10. 'Runners win, face UTSA in must-win game today
  11. Pilgrim leads Taft to D-IV softball title
  12. Pilgrim leads Taft to D-IV softball title
  13. Pilgrim leads Taft to D-IV softball title
  14. Hanford West edges Rams for D-II title
  15. Hanford West edges Rams for D-II title

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  1. Preps
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    Freshman's sharp outing not enough for Tehachapi

    VISALIA -- The baseball axiom is that good pitching beats good hitting. But, as Tehachapi High found out in the Central Section Division III title game Friday, even great pitching needs some run-support in order to win. Despite an outstanding complete-game effort on the mound by Sagun Gainey, the No. 9 Warriors lost...

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    Clovis North topples Stockdale for D-I crown as Lemon's 21-year tenure comes to close

    FRESNO -- It wasn't the ending coach Dan Lemon and Stockdale High's baseball team imagined for the final page of their fairy tale. Not even close, actually -- but then, maybe that's OK. Clovis North routed Stockdale 13-2 at home for the Central Section Division I title Friday, ending a magical Mustangs run that few...

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  3. College

    'Runners' must-win game postponed in scoreless tie

    GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas -- Cal State Bakersfield was in a scoreless tie with the University of Texas-San Antonio when their Western Athletic Conference tournament game was delayed Friday night because of thunderstorms. The game, which will determine the Pool A representative in Sunday's title game, will resume today at 8...

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  1. Sports

    County raceway's medical response gets early test

    The medical response at Bakersfield's new racetrack was tested on opening night May 18. Not from a fiery crash at Kern County Raceway Park, but when a spectator suffered an apparent heart attack about the time the opening ceremonies concluded. The man survived, thanks to quick work by the track's fire and safety...

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    Local report: County raceway to host twin Late Model features

    Twin Late Model feature races will highlight Week II of racing Saturday at Kern County Raceway Park. The NASCAR CITGO Lubricants Late Models will have back-to-back 35-lap features on Coca Cola Armed Services Night at the new racing site. There will also be a 35-lap Legends feature and 30-lap Bandolero feature. Pit...

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  3. College

    Lightning delays hammer throw

    Lightning storms forced the postponement of the field events, and Cal State Bakersfield senior Thomas Judge will have wait until today to compete in the hammer throw at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field West Preliminary Round in Austin, Texas. The event, which was orginally scheduled to begin at noon Friday,...

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  1. Preps
    TEHACTHREECC.JPG

    Freshman's sharp outing not enough for Tehachapi

    VISALIA -- The baseball axiom is that good pitching beats good hitting. But, as Tehachapi High found out in the Central Section Division III title game Friday, even great pitching needs some run-support in order to win. Despite an outstanding complete-game effort on the mound by Sagun Gainey, the No. 9 Warriors lost...

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  2. Preps
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    Clovis North topples Stockdale for D-I crown as Lemon's 21-year tenure comes to close

    FRESNO -- It wasn't the ending coach Dan Lemon and Stockdale High's baseball team imagined for the final page of their fairy tale. Not even close, actually -- but then, maybe that's OK. Clovis North routed Stockdale 13-2 at home for the Central Section Division I title Friday, ending a magical Mustangs run that few...

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  3. Preps

    May 24 high school roundup

    Central Section baseball championships Division I No. 2 Clovis North 13,  No. 4 Stockdale 2 At CNHS. W: Labosky (10-0).  L: Carroll (4-2). 2B: SHS (Coles);  CN (Rossi, Labosky, Cummings).  HR:  CN (Rossi). Notes: SHS (Josh Stone 2-3, RBI); CN (Christian Rossi 3-5, 3R, 3RBIs; Koby Cummings 2-3, 2R; Jack Labosky...

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    Pilgrim leads Taft to D-IV softball title

    MADERA -- For the second straight year, Arizona Pilgrim delivered a stellar pitching performance in the Central Section Division IV softball title game. This time, however, the sophomore hurler got the run support she needed to help Taft High win the big one. Pilgrim tossed a four-hitter and smacked a two-run home...

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    May 23 high school roundup

    Softball championships Central Section Division I No. 5 Fresno-Central 2, No. 3 Fresno-Bullard 1 Division II No. 3 Hanford West 9, No. 4 Garces 8 (8) At HWHS. W: Patlan (12-11). L: Handel (18-6). 2B: GMHS (Witt); HWHS (Darpli, Balbina). 3B: GMHS (Metzger); HWHS (Barraza). Notes: GMHS (Maggie Arriola 1-4, 2R,...

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    Hanford West edges Rams for D-II title

    HANFORD -- In the fading light at Hanford West High, in a softball game so back-and-forth it put most table tennis matches to shame, Jenna Gorman wanted to throw the ball to someone, anyone. But by the time Gorman, Garces' shortstop, retrieved the ball from shallow left field Thursday evening, the Central Section...

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  1. Community - MyBakersfieldSports.com

    Robert Gautney: Rich Gilkey is lone local qualifier for State Amateur in Monterey

    Qualifying is over for both the 2013 California State Amateur and 2013 U.S. Open and the results for our local players were unfortunately not good. Rich Gilkey is the lone qualifier for the State Amateur finals in Monterey June 17-22. Gilkey played his way to medalist honors at the Rancho Murietta CC North Course with...

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  2. Community - MyBakersfieldSports.com

    Local report: County raceway to host twin Late Model features

    Twin Late Model feature races will highlight Week II of racing Saturday at Kern County Raceway Park. The NASCAR CITGO Lubricants Late Models will have back-to-back 35-lap features on Coca Cola Armed Services Night at the new racing site. There will also be a 35-lap Legends feature and 30-lap Bandolero feature. Pit...

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  3. Community - MyBakersfieldSports.com
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    May 24 fish report

    Kern County, southern San Joaquin Valley LAKE ISABELLA: Overall excellent fishing. The bass bite is very good, catfish are excellent, and the crappie bite is still going strong. The catfish, bluegill bites are strong as well. Check out Steve Merlo's column for details. KERN RIVER: Very low flows, but fishing is good...

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  1. Community - MyBakersfieldSports.com

    Local report: CSUB nets triple crown of awards for WAC baseball

    GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas -- Cal State Bakersfield nearly swept the Western Athletic Conference awards Tuesday. CSUB junior infielder Tyler Shryock was named the player of the year, Roadrunner senior Jeff McKenzie earned pitcher of the year honors and Bill Kernen was named coach of the year. Shryock, a junior from...

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  2. Community - MyBakersfieldSports.com
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    McKee Middle School 6th Grade Girls Softball Team

    Congratulations go out to McKee Middle School's 6th grade girls softball team for winning both the 6th grade and 7th grade Bear Mountain League Championships. The team played in two different divisions and finished with a 15-0 record for a unprecedented double championship. Contact info Matt Ornelaz matt2123@aol.com...

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  3. Community - MyBakersfieldSports.com
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    Local report: Wright powers Blaze to fourth straight victory

    Ryan Wright had a homer, two doubles, three RBIs and two runs scored to lead the Bakersfield Blaze to a 5-3 victory Monday over the High Desert Mavericks at Sam Lynn Ballpark. It was the fourth straight win for Bakersfield, it's best streak of the season. Bakersfield (15-29) trailed 2-1 before scoring four fifth-inning...

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  1. Condors

    New GM Olver making 'short list' of coaching job candidates

    It's been just under three weeks since John Olver was hired as the general manager of the Bakersfield Condors, and he's already made a major decision. He's found a house in southwest Bakersfield and will soon being the process of moving from Boise. "That's one off my check list," he said on Tuesday. Finding a new...

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  2. Condors

    Local motor sports notes: Multiple drivers have feature wins at Speedway

    IMCA Modified drivers take to Bakersfield Speedway on Saturday night for their second straight race on the third-mile clay oval. Brad Pounds started the season with back-to-back wins but since then three different drivers have driven to Victory Lane, including Danny Lauer of Nipomo who raced to his first ever win at...

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  3. Condors

    Condors might play game at Dodger Stadium

    Could the Condors be playing a hockey game next year in Dodger Stadium? It's certainly a possibility. Perhaps a distinct possibility. Although there has been no confirmation from the National Hockey League, it has been widely reported there will be six outdoor games next season, including the Los Angeles Kings...

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    Condors hire veteran coach Olver as GM

    Back in February, with the Condors in the middle of a second straight woeful season, owner Johnathan Fleisig admitted that he had not put enough emphasis on the hockey operation side of the business and changes were going to have to be made. Ten days ago team President Matthew Riley, addressing the media about not...

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  2. College
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    Stockdale, featuring five skilled seniors, wins SWYL tourney by 30 strokes

    As Stockdale's boys golf team congregated to compare scores and trade barbs after Tuesday's Southwest Yosemite League mini-tournament at The Links at RiverLakes Ranch, two things became abundantly clear. (1) This team doesn't have a dominant player. (2) That doesn't matter, because it has a bunch of really good ones...

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  3. College

    Local report: Condors to announce new GM on Thursday

    For the past 15 years, the Bakersfield Condors have never employed a separate general manger to be in charge of hockey operations, as the duty has always fallen to Condors president Matthew Riley, or the coach. That will change on Thursday when the Condors will announce a new GM to head up hockey operations. "This is...

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  1. College

    Lightning delays hammer throw

    Lightning storms forced the postponement of the field events, and Cal State Bakersfield senior Thomas Judge will have wait until today to compete in the hammer throw at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field West Preliminary Round in Austin, Texas. The event, which was orginally scheduled to begin at noon Friday,...

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  2. College

    'Runners' must-win game postponed in scoreless tie

    GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas -- Cal State Bakersfield was in a scoreless tie with the University of Texas-San Antonio when their Western Athletic Conference tournament game was delayed Friday night because of thunderstorms. The game, which will determine the Pool A representative in Sunday's title game, will resume today at 8...

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  3. College
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    'Runners win, face UTSA in must-win game today

    GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas -- Cal State Bakersfield set a school record for walks in a game as the Roadrunners remained perfect in Western Athletic Conference tournament play Thursday, setting up a must-win game today with the University of Texas-San Antonio. CSUB (37-21) drew 12 walks in a convincing 7-1 victory over...

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  1. College

    Triple play highlights Roadrunners' tourney win

    GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas -- Cal State Bakersfield turned the second triple play in school history in defeating San Jose State 11-3 to open pool play Wednesday in the Western Athletic Conference tournament at QuikTrip Park. Frank Martinez had a career-high four RBIs and starting pitcher Jeff McKenzie recorded his sixth...

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  2. College

    Fresh off 3-game series, CSUB, San Jose St. meet in WAC tournament opener

    Cal State Bakersfield's baseball team will see familiar faces across the field today when the Roadrunners begin their quest to earn a berth to the NCAA Nationals. The top-seeded Roadrunners (35-21) open the eight-team Western Athletic Conference Tournament against No. 8 San Jose State (17-38) at 1 p.m. today in Grand...

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  3. CSUB
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    Local report: Wright powers Blaze to fourth straight victory

    Ryan Wright had a homer, two doubles, three RBIs and two runs scored to lead the Bakersfield Blaze to a 5-3 victory Monday over the High Desert Mavericks at Sam Lynn Ballpark. It was the fourth straight win for Bakersfield, it's best streak of the season. Bakersfield (15-29) trailed 2-1 before scoring four fifth-inning...

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  1. College
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    District, board of trustees non-commital about fighting BC football sanctions

    Bakersfield College President Sonya Christian has been urged by many Renegade football fans to appeal penalties announced Tuesday that stripped BC of the state football title, among other sanctions. But whether to appeal is not Christian's call. That's the word from BC spokeswoman Amber Chiang, who noted that the...

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  2. Bakersfield College

    Local report: State JC softball finals start today at BC

    Bakersfield College will host the state softball championships today through Sunday. The four-team, double-elimination tournament begins today with a 5:30 p.m. game between San Mateo (41-4), Northern California’s top seed, against Palomar (30-13), the No. 2 Southern California seed. Immediately following will...

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  3. College
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    District to appeal sanctions levied on BC football

    Bakersfield College officials are going to fight to get back the state football championship that was taken away last Tuesday. The seven-member Kern Community College District Board of Trustees unanimously voted Monday afternoon to appeal sanctions levied on the football program by Southern California Football...

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  1. Bakersfield College

    Local report: Renegades' Wemhoff 5th in high jump at state meet

    SAN MATEO -- Bakersfield College athlete Bevan Wemhoff cleared 6 feet, 6 inches in the high jump as the Frontier High graduate placed fifth in the event at the California State Track and Field Championships at the College of San Mateo on Friday. Teammate Evan Eggenberg, a Stockdale High graduate, placed in a tie for...

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  2. College
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    Chudy, local supporters react to sanctions against Renegade football program

    Tuesday was a gut-wrenching day for Bakersfield College football coach Jeff Chudy. He learned his program was stripped of its 2012 state football championship by the California Community College Athletic Association. The Southern California Football Association took away every regular-season win from the 2011 and...

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  3. College
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    Jeff Evans: Athletic Association showed no mercy toward Renegades

    Bakersfield College has been stripped of last fall's state football championship. The 2011 and 2012 seasons are now officially 0-10 years. The Renegades are ineligible for the postseason in 2013. And for what? Some minimum-wage jobs for a handful of players, a little help with housing for out-of-area athletes and...

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  1. Bakersfield Blaze
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    Local report: Wright powers Blaze to fourth straight victory

    Ryan Wright had a homer, two doubles, three RBIs and two runs scored to lead the Bakersfield Blaze to a 5-3 victory Monday over the High Desert Mavericks at Sam Lynn Ballpark. It was the fourth straight win for Bakersfield, it's best streak of the season. Bakersfield (15-29) trailed 2-1 before scoring four fifth-inning...

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  2. Sports

    Ports snap Bakersfield's win streak at six

    The Stockton Ports held off a late Blaze rally on the way to 3-2 victory Friday at Sam Lynn Ballpark, snapping Bakersfield's season-best six-game win streak. Stockton received a solid pitching performance from starter James Simmons (1-0), who worked seven shutout innings. He struck out six and gave up only four hits...

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  3. Bakersfield Blaze

    Local report: County raceway to host twin Late Model features

    Twin Late Model feature races will highlight Week II of racing Saturday at Kern County Raceway Park. The NASCAR CITGO Lubricants Late Models will have back-to-back 35-lap features on Coca Cola Armed Services Night at the new racing site. There will also be a 35-lap Legends feature and 30-lap Bandolero feature. Pit...

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  1. Sports

    Local report: Blaze extends win streak to 3 games

    Bakersfield matched its longest winning streak of the season as the Blaze won its third in a row with a 10-1 thumping of the High Desert Mavericks on Sunday afternoon at Sam Lynn Ballpark. Bakersfield exploded for seven runs in the fourth inning and had 15 hits total -- four doubles and 11 singles -- in scoring its...

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  2. College

    Local report: BC's Dial takes second in state in 800 meters

    SAN MATEO -- Bakersfield College sophomore Tejera Dial finished second in the women's 800 meters Saturday with a time of 2:17.61 at the California Community College Track and Field Championships at College of San Mateo. Dial, the Southern California champion, was beaten by College of the Sequoias' Melissa Leyva, who...

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  3. Bakersfield Blaze

    Blaze tops Ports, 1-0

    Jon Moscot and two relievers combined on a four-hitter to lead the Bakersfield Blaze to a 1-0 victory Friday over the Stockton Ports. Bakersfield scored the game's only run in th top of the first when Juan Perez singled, stole second, advanced to third on an error and scored on a ground out Yorman Rodriguez. Perez...

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School House Zach Condors Talk

  1. stockdale_ball7.JPG Yogi Berra Day for Kern County baseball: It wasn't over till it was over

    At about 6 p.m. in Clovis, I turned to no one in particular in the press box at Buchanan's glorious baseball facility and said, "Heck, I might just take the...

  2. Katie Cornford Cornford wins Mayor's Trophy; complete list of PEAAK Award winners

    The Kern High School District held its third annual Promoting Excellence in Athletics and Activities in Kern, or PEAAK, Awards on Wednesday night in Harvey...

  3. HS_track11.JPG VIDEO: South Area track highlights

    The Central Section South Area track and field meet on Wednesday featured four meet records, all in times that will make the high school stars who set them...

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  1. condor_4_fa.JPG Coach Matt O'Dette's two year run with team is over

    A few minutes after the Condors finished their season with a 5-1 loss to San Francisco on Saturday night, Condors coach Matt O'Dette told his team he would not...

  2. Condors deal four players on trade deadline

      Shuffling the deck in a last-ditch effort to make the playoffs while looking to the future, the Condors made a major move on Thursday, trading four players...

  3. ECHL fines O'Dette for referee comments

    Condors coach Matt O’Dette was fined an undisclosed amount by the ECHL on Friday due to published remarks he made about the referee J.M. McNaulty in Thursday...

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