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  1. Haney sets section meet record; Stockdale boys place 3rd
  2. Haney sets section meet record; Stockdale boys place 3rd
  3. Haney sets section meet record; Stockdale boys place 3rd
  4. Haney sets section meet record; Stockdale boys place 3rd
  5. Haney sets section meet record; Stockdale boys place 3rd
  6. Daly beats Pounds in Late Model race at Bakersfield Speedway
  7. Daly beats Pounds in Late Model race at Bakersfield Speedway
  8. Daly beats Pounds in Late Model race at Bakersfield Speedway
  9. 15-year-old Custer rolls to victory on raceway's opening night
  10. 15-year-old Custer rolls to victory on raceway's opening night
  11. 15-year-old Custer rolls to victory on raceway's opening night
  12. 15-year-old Custer rolls to victory on raceway's opening night
  13. 15-year-old Custer rolls to victory on raceway's opening night
  14. Raceway Park's debut a hit for NASCAR fans
  15. Raceway Park's debut a hit for NASCAR fans

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  1. Community - MyBakersfieldSports.com
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    Raceway Park's debut a hit for NASCAR fans

    "They did a really good job out here." That was the general consensus of fans and race officials who attended the opening night Saturday at Kern County Raceway Park. What looked like a capacity crowd of 8,000 fans showed up, to the delight of NASCAR and park officials, even while park accommodations were overwhelmed....

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  2. Community - MyBakersfieldSports.com
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    15-year-old Custer rolls to victory on raceway's opening night

    Cole Custer went around a plethora of cars during the 50-lap CITGO Lubricants Late Model feature Saturday during the historic opening night of the Kern County Raceway Park. But only one pass by the ultra-talented 15-year old driver really mattered. Custer, who is running in the K&N Pro Series East this year, slipped...

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    Haney sets section meet record; Stockdale boys place 3rd

    CLOVIS -- Turns out, even section-record holders get nervous at the section championships. Turns out, that's a good thing. Stockdale junior Blake Haney shook off jitters to win two titles at the Central Section Track and Field Masters Championships on Saturday at Buchanan High School, including a meet-record 4:07.16...

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    Titans' Caneta defends section girls 100 breaststroke title

    Jorie Caneta seems unbeatable in the girls 100-yard breaststroke. Caneta, a junior from Frontier High, set a Central Section record in Friday's prelims, then won the event for the third straight year at Saturday's Central Section Div. I Swimming Championships at Bakersfield College. Her time Saturday was 1:02.89,...

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    Stockdale's Nisson, Flores win section doubles crown

    WASCO -- A complicated run to the Central Section boys tennis doubles championship ended with a very simple task for Stockdale senior Matt Nisson and his partner, John Matthew Flores. See ball, slam ball. And when Nisson completed a powerful volley at the net, the Mustangs had won the title, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3), over...

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  3. 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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  1. Preps
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    Haney sets section meet record; Stockdale boys place 3rd

    CLOVIS -- Turns out, even section-record holders get nervous at the section championships. Turns out, that's a good thing. Stockdale junior Blake Haney shook off jitters to win two titles at the Central Section Track and Field Masters Championships on Saturday at Buchanan High School, including a meet-record 4:07.16...

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  2. Preps
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    Titans' Caneta defends section girls 100 breaststroke title

    Jorie Caneta seems unbeatable in the girls 100-yard breaststroke. Caneta, a junior from Frontier High, set a Central Section record in Friday's prelims, then won the event for the third straight year at Saturday's Central Section Div. I Swimming Championships at Bakersfield College. Her time Saturday was 1:02.89,...

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  3. Preps
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    Stockdale's Nisson, Flores win section doubles crown

    WASCO -- A complicated run to the Central Section boys tennis doubles championship ended with a very simple task for Stockdale senior Matt Nisson and his partner, John Matthew Flores. See ball, slam ball. And when Nisson completed a powerful volley at the net, the Mustangs had won the title, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3), over...

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  1. Preps

    May 18 high school roundup

    Baseball Division V No. 3 Exeter 2, No. 6 Shafter 1 At EHS (Friday). W: Farias. L: Parsons (5-6). 2B: SHS (Aguilar). Notes: SHS (Parsons 10K, 4H). W-L: SHS 9-17. Boys tennis Central Section Individual Championships At Wasco SINGLES Championship : Gong d. Wang, 6-0, 6-1 Third place : Batth d. Ramirez,...

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  2. Preps

    May 17 high school roundup

    Baseball Central Section quarterfinals Division I No. 1 Clovis-Buchanan 6, No. 8 Liberty 2 At Buchanan; W: Wheeless (12-1). L: Sinnott (5-2). 2B: LHS (Sinnott), BHS (Korby Batesole). HR: LHS (Nieto), BHS (Kemp). W-L: BHS (25-5-1), LHS (20-12). Notes: LHS (Hanz Harker 2-3, R; Justin Nieto 2RBI); BHS (Colton...

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  3. 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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  1. Community - MyBakersfieldSports.com
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    15-year-old Custer rolls to victory on raceway's opening night

    Cole Custer went around a plethora of cars during the 50-lap CITGO Lubricants Late Model feature Saturday during the historic opening night of the Kern County Raceway Park. But only one pass by the ultra-talented 15-year old driver really mattered. Custer, who is running in the K&N Pro Series East this year, slipped...

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  2. Community - MyBakersfieldSports.com
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    Raceway Park's debut a hit for NASCAR fans

    "They did a really good job out here." That was the general consensus of fans and race officials who attended the opening night Saturday at Kern County Raceway Park. What looked like a capacity crowd of 8,000 fans showed up, to the delight of NASCAR and park officials, even while park accommodations were overwhelmed....

    Read More
  3. College
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    Mike McCarthy: Adversity defines your life

    Zebulon , N.C. While most of the articles I write come from my own observations, this week's article comes with a lot of observations from others. Family and friends, teammates and coaches alike all come together in this article. My last start was in Myrtle Beach, S.C., against the Texas Ranger class High-A team....

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  1. Community - MyBakersfieldSports.com

    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. Community - MyBakersfieldSports.com

    Valley Track and Field Championships: Renz leads big day for Kern athletes

    Reese Renz of Discovery School, competing in the bantam girls category (ages 9-10), set three meet records in last weekend's Valley Track and Field Championships at Clovis-Buchanan High, highlighting a big day for the Kern County contingent. Renz set meet standards in her division of the 200 meters (28.64 seconds),...

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  3. Community - MyBakersfieldSports.com
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    Track and field: Valley title Discus, Javilen and 4th in shot put

    Jessianne C. Solis 12 yo midget Competed in the Valley track meet in Clovis May 11 2013. She threw 92'4" in the discus taking 1st place. She also threw 87'6" in the Javilen taking 1st. She also placed 4th in the shot put with a mark of 28'8". Jessi is the one only a very few throwers in the bakersfield City School...

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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

    Roadrunners clinch top seed in WAC baseball tournament

    SAN JOSE -- There's no questioning whether the Cal State Bakersfield baseball team belongs in the Western Athletic Conference. The Roadrunners scored 12 runs over the final two innings Saturday to clinch the top seed in the conference tournament with a 14-6 victory over San Jose State at Municipal Stadium. The...

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  2. College
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    Mike McCarthy: Adversity defines your life

    Zebulon , N.C. While most of the articles I write come from my own observations, this week's article comes with a lot of observations from others. Family and friends, teammates and coaches alike all come together in this article. My last start was in Myrtle Beach, S.C., against the Texas Ranger class High-A team....

    Read More
  3. 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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  1. College
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    Daly beats Pounds in Late Model race at Bakersfield Speedway

    Clay Daly held off Brad Pounds to win the Late Model feature Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway. Cody Barnett, Robert Sanders and Nick Bartels rounded out the top five in the race. Other race winners were Chad Johnson in Hobby Stocks, followed by Jimmy Irwin and Devin Jones; Eric Silvius in American Stocks,...

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  2. CSUB

    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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  3. College

    McKenzie sharp, but CSUB unable to clinch top seed

    SAN JOSE -- Cal State Bakersfield was one out from a share of the regular-season Western Athletic Conference baseball title before San Jose State rallied for the victory. The Spartans used small ball in the ninth inning to push across two runs and defeat the Roadrunners 2-1 at Municipal Stadium. CSUB (34-20, 17-8)...

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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. 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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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. College
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    BC vacates 2012 state football championship

    Bakersfield College will vacate its 2012 state football championship and forfeit its regular-season wins from the 2011 and 2012 seasons because of California Community College Athletic Association rules violations. The football program has also been placed on probation for the 2013 and 2014 seasons, and the team will...

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  1. 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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  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. College

    Local report: BC's Dial wins 800 to qualify for state meet

    LANCASTER -- Tejera Dial won the 800 meters to highlight a strong performance by Bakersfield College in Saturday's Southern California Track and Field finals at Antelope Valley College. Dial bested the field with a 2:16.90, qualifying along with four teammates for the state meet, which starts Friday at San Mateo...

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  1. College

    Former Roadrunners star Zardes scores first MLS goal

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Former Cal State Bakersfield star Gyasi Zardes scored the first goal of his Major League Soccer career for the Los Angeles Galaxy in a 3-1 loss to the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night. Zardes, a MLS rookie, cut the Galaxy's deficit in half in the 86th minute as he headed in a cross...

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  2. Sports

    Blaze tops Modesto, ends losing streak

    Bakersfield starter Jake Johnson allowed two runs over seven innings and the Blaze defeated the Modesto Nuts 6-3 on Friday night at Sam Lynn Ballpark. Ryan Wright opened the scoring for Bakersfield with a two-run double in the third inning. Marquez Smith then scored Juan Perez with a fielder's choice for a 3-0 lead....

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  3. College

    Local report: BC basketball player heads to NAIA school

    Bakersfield College basketball player Damian Robinson has signed a letter of intent to play at Montana State University-Northern, a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics program that went 23-10 last season and reached the NAIA national tournament. Robinson, the 31st former Renegade to sign with a...

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School House Zach Condors Talk

  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. Ex-Drillers star, coach to take over at Foothill

    Foothill reached into Bakersfield's past for its new football coach — but no, it's not just-retired NFL All-Pro Joey Porter. The Trojans have hired Jason...

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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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