Local Sports

Braves beaten in baseball opener

Orland Press-Register

It was a patchwork line-up that took the home field Thursday for the Hamilton High baseball team, with other players still involved in the basketball post-season, and despite an early lead the Braves wound up falling to the Cubs from Anderson 12-2.... Full story

Sports Briefs: March 9

Trojans topped twice to begin baseball season The Orland High boys baseball team dropped a pair of contests to open the season, losing to visiting Willows 11-3 March 2, and falling 12-7 to Paradise Thursday, also at home. No statistical... Full story

Trojan warriors earn title try

Orland edges CV to advance to section championship

By Craig Purcell/Orland Press-Register

The last time Orland High went to the section championships in basketball, most players on this year's squad had not yet picked up a basketball. The year was 1995. With Wednesday's 48-47 home win over Central Valley, not only have the Trojans... Full story

Orland girls ousted by Central Valley

Orland Press-Register

Despite leading 20-19 at the half, the Orland High girls basketball team was unable to contain host Central Valley on Tuesday in Shasta Lake, losing 63-48 to get knocked out of the Northern Section Division IV playoff picture. Savanah Sandate was... Full story

North state’s top-tier athletes recognized

NCSA inducting 12 into Hall of Fame

Tri-County Newspapers

They rose from the local ranks of high school stardom to reach the top pinnacles of their respective sports, defying the odds to "go to the show." The Northern California Sports Association celebrates its 40th annual Hall of Fame ceremony with a... Full story

Sports Briefs: March 5

Orland teeing up inauguaral golf tourney The City of Orland is holding its first-ever golf tournament March 28 at the Glenn Golf & County Club. The tournament is a fundraiser for the Orland Library, and also the Orland Recreation Department. A... Full story

Lady Braves back to title contest

Hamilton meets arch-nemesis Durham for D-V crown

By Paul Gadbois/Orland Press-Register

The Hamilton girls basketball team restricted Biggs to single-digit scoring in three of four quarters Tuesday night to prevail, 48-35, in the NSCIF Division V semifinal round. The top-seeded Lady Braves struggled to find a rhythm early in the game,... Full story

Hamilton holds off Wolves

Braves battle way to D-V championship

Orland Press-Register

Apparently, Hamilton High senior Erik Smith was not quite ready for his high school playing career to come to an end. The 6-foot, 5-inch wing sizzled for a career-high 30 points Wednesday and the Braves needed every one of them, as they fended off... Full story

Braves blank Esparto for soccer title

Hamilton dons Division III crown

By Craig Purcell/Orland Press-Register

Decisions, decisions. When you make them you have to live with them, or in some cases, die by them. That was the case in Saturday's Division III championship soccer game in Hamilton City, as two decisions on the part of visiting Esparto helped... Full story

Trojans back on top

Orland tramples Live Oak for section soccer title

Orland Press-Register

The Orland High boys soccer team found itself in familiar territory Saturday following its Division II soccer championship match-up with Live Oak - reigning as section champions. The Trojans used three second-half goals to post a 4-1 win over the... Full story

Orland wrestlers master the mats

Trojans crowns two champs; send three to state

Orland Press-Register

A triumvirate of Trojan wrestlers will descend on the Boys State Championships in Bakersfield Friday, after placing in the top-3 in their weight classes at the NSCIF Masters Meet held last weekend at the Redding Convention Center. Orland... Full story

Patience pays off for Trojan girls

Orland ekes out win over Anderson

By Craig Purcell/Orland Press-Register

Is patience a virtue? The answer depends on whether you root for the Orland High girls basketball team, or if you suit up for it. Most in the packed house that witnessed the Trojans' 51-50 triumph over visiting Anderson Friday would rather the... Full story

Orland stuffs Willows in D-IV showdown

Trojans dominate in second half

By Craig Purcell/Tri-County Newspapers

It was a tale of two halves Friday night in Orland, as the Orland and Willows high boys basketball teams went at it, with a trip to the Division IV semifinals at stake. For Orland, it was the best of times; for Willows, the worst of times. Trailing... Full story

Lions face grizzly end to season

Tri-County Newspapers

If there is anything predictable about the high school basketball playoffs, it is that you can predict seedings and season records mean very little, and that all that ultimately matters is the final score. In the case of the third-seeded Providence... Full story

Riders 'cowboy up' in Red Bluff

Area riders in the thick of competition

Tri-County Newspapers

The California High School Rodeo Association (CHSRA) held its District 1 Shootout - the Interdistrict Rodeo - Saturday and Sunday at the Tehama District Fairgrounds in Red Bluff. A number of area cowboy and cowgirls participated, finishing near the... Full story

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