2013 Local Sports Archive Stories

Varsity Softball Sutter 15, Orland 0 The host Huskies banged out 12 hits to blank Orland on Friday. Annie Enos tripled, and teammates Sarah Hungrige, Taylor Pack and Maddison Levin all doubled. Orland finished the season 1-20, and 0-12 in the Butte View League. Varsity Baseball

Trojan Boosters sporting clay shoot The Trojan Booster Club is having a Father's Day Weekend Sporting Clay Shoot on June 15 at the Clear Creek Sports Club at Rolling Hills Casino in Corning. It is a fundraiser for OHS athletics, and is a team event limited to six people per team. Cost is $400 per team, and some individual

You can't judge a book by its cover, because the scores in Orland High's doubleheader sweep by Sutter on Tuesday don't tell the whole story. The final scores of 25-0 and 15-2 may be accurate, but they don't reflect the conditions under which the games were played, or the early success the Lady Trojans displayed in the opener. Wit

Hamilton High's baseball team was off and running in Esparto on Tuesday, as they put up five first-inning runs and never trailed in an 8-1 victory. The win gave the Braves a record of 9-2 atop the Sacramento Valley League, with just Friday's game against Durham remaining on their league schedule. Ricky Pompa homered and drove in

There's something to be said for saving your best for last, but if you were to ask Hamilton High coach Ken Mason, he'd probably tell you he would have preferred it a little bit earlier on Tuesday. Trailing 6-1 and down to their last three outs, the Lady Braves rallied for 11 seventh-inning runs for a 12-6 come-from-behind victory over th

Varsity Baseball Sutter 16, Orland 11 Sutter 18, Orland 0 With the wind howling out at Bihler Field on Tuesday, the games were going to be "blow-outs" no matter who won, but it was the visiting Huskies who took advantage of the jetstream to take both games. Westin Foster left the yard for the

Oakley earns collegiate softball honors Heather Oakley, a 2011 graduate of Orland High School, received multiple honors recently while playing for the Sacramento City College Panthers. She was selected as a first team All-Big 8 Conference infielder, after batting .460 with three home runs and 23 RBIs, while handling 115 ch

The following questions were asked on the state Department of Fish & Wildlife website: Question: I have been turkey hunting in California for several years and always wondered why the shooting times are limited until only 4 p.m. I have heard it protects them so they can return to roost in the evening, but this makes no sense s

You didn't even need to be a sports fan this week to hear how Jason Collins became the first male athlete playing a major American sport to openly declare his homosexuality. I got tired of hearing about it. Not because his sexual orientation disgusts me, because it doesn't. I was more perturbed that the media in general — t

The Hamilton High baseball team shot to the top of the Sacramento Valley League standings with a doubleheader sweep Friday against East Nicolaus, and Willows' loss to Pierce on Monday. Austin Burbank drew a walk-off walk in the bottom of the seventh inning for a 5-4 win in the first game after trailing 4-1 in the sixth, and Andrew Shippe

Summer never truly begins until opening day at the races. When auto racing returns to the Glenn County Fairgrounds on Saturday, devotees to the sport are going to see a new name, a newly resurfaced earthen track and new enthusiasm for continuing a tradition that has been a huge part of rural America for 100 years. "Watching auto

The weather wasn't the only thing hot on Friday, as a total of 919 athletes from 27 schools took part in the inaugural Norm MacKenzie Track & Field Classic at Harrison Stadium in Oroville. Corning High rose to the top of the girls varsity competition with 133 points, edging out Gridley by just three points. Orland finished fourth wit

Varsity Softball Wheatland 9, Orland 0 The Lady Trojans were no-hit by Wheatland's Randi May at home on Thursday. May fanned 13 batters and did not issue a walk. Devin Partin doubled three times and Kirstin Johnson drove in a pair of runs for the Pirates. Orland (1-17, 0-9 Butte View League)

The California Fish and Game Commission adopted big game hunting season regulations for 2013 recently in Santa Rosa. Regulations of each of the big game species and the proposed number of tags available for each were reviewed and approved by the FGC. Most of the seasons adopted were similar to last year's seasons. There were some

Rodeo scholarship available All graduating seniors who participate in high school rodeo are invited to apply for the Donny Martin Scholarship. Donny was a bull fighter who lost his life fighting bulls at the CHSRA State Finals in 2008. Scholarship applications are available at www.donny-martin.com. Glenn County

Baseball is a game of opportunities, and the Braves made sure they took advantage of as many as possible in Willows on Wednesday. Honkers pitchers hit seven batters with pitches and the defense committed six errors, as Hamilton High handed Willows its first Sacramento Valley League loss by the score of 9-4. "We came out flat and

The teams from the Mid-Valley League high schools converged in Redding on Wednesday for a track and field meet at University Prep. The host school won both the boys and girls varsity competitions, with the Williams boys taking fifth; Providence, sixth; Mercy, 10th and Los Molinos, 13th. The Yellowjackets' Eduardo Velazquez was a

Varsity Softball Wheatland 10, Orland 0 Wheatland 19, Orland 0 The Lady Trojans were held to three hits total in Tuesday's doubleheader loss in Wheatland. Randi May homered and drove in a pair of runs in the 10-0 first game, and hit another in the second game, along with teammates Mikayla McLa

The following questions were asked on the state Department of Fish & Wildlife website: Question: I am a conservation advocate and an avid wildlife photographer. Over the last several years, I have been photographing birds and landscape views of Southern California's wildlife areas. I am interested in expanding this documentati

It was one at-bat during a high school game between teams you've probably never heard of, and while it did result in a home run by statistical definition, it "touched 'em all" in the hearts of those who witnessed it. Yahoo! Sports reported that Drew Bonner got his only at-bat of the season recently for his Fairfax (Va.) High School again

What was supposed to be a day of celebrating an enormous personal achievement became anything but that for Carrie Safford at 2:50 p.m. on April 15. The 33-year-old Corning resident and mother of three had finished running the 117th Boston Marathon and was back in her hotel room with her husband, Tom, planning their celebratory night on t

Five-year-old Hunter Perry caught a largemouth bass recently at Red Rock Lake in Orland. Perry’s catch tipped the scales at 5.0 pounds, and it was caught with a plastic worm, although Perry is keeping the color of the worm a secret.

A total of 26 boys and 28 girls high school track squads trekked to Oroville on Friday for the West Valley Invitational, held at Harrison Stadium. Results were unofficial, but showed West Valley winning the boys division with 69 points. Corning tied for 17th place with eight points, Colusa's six points gave them 20th, and Willows finishe

Varsity Baseball Pierce 7, Hamilton 4 Pierce rallied for five runs in the sixth inning to earn their fourth-consecutive Sacramento Valley League victory Thursday. The Bears (9-9, 6-3) avenged a March 12, 11-0 loss to the Braves (14-5, 5-2) and put themselves in striking distance of second place. Hayd

With the recent winds finally dying down, the Orland and Willows high school tennis teams had only each other to contend with on Thursday in Orland. The Trojans were not about to suffer a letdown loss against their Glenn County neighbors, and improved to 11-1 on the season with an 8-1 triumph over the Honkers. Just one of the sin