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Gamblers win North Bay region
With a spot in the Joe DiMaggio already locked up thanks to a win over the Vallejo Mets on Saturday, Tri-County Gamblers coach Jerry Smith decided to play some of his younger players to see how they would respond to playing Mendocino, the top team from...
Colusa Cats drop pair to Chico Blue
The Colusa Cats came up short against Chico Suns Blue last week, falling twice by scores of 5-4 and 7-3. The two losses drops Colusa to 26-7 on the season with the district tournament scheduled to begin today. Results from Colusa’s games with Red...
Orland wrestlers place at OSU camp
The Orland Takedown Club took 12 wrestlers to Oklahoma State wrestling camp July 13-17 and had several wrestlers place at the camp tournament. Quintin Hill took second place for 12-year-olds. Justin Hill, who will be a freshman at Orland High School...
Sports Briefs - July 23
Orland High School physicalsFree Sports Physicals will be given on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 from 2 to 4:30 P.M. at Dr. Tye and Associates office located at 1361 Cortina Drive. Any athlete who plans to participate on a team this year will need a current...
Willows junior team wins district crown
The Willows junior baseball team was scheduled to play a three-game set with Chico Central, but the smoky conditions last week created a winner-take-all game on July 11 to determine the District 47 champion. Willows prevailed, 7-5, thanks in part to...
El Rancho ends Orland’s season
Blake Marchant of El Rancho proved to be the Orland 11-12 baseball all-star team’s undoing both at the plate and on the mound. The son of former Willows High School boys tennis coach Jay Marchant, Blake had the big hit in Sunday’s first game...
Smoky skies cause tournament changes
Due to the smoky conditions in the valley last week, District 47 had to make some drastic decisions in order to make sure that teams qualified for the Section 2 tournament, which began last weekend. The Willows 11-12 softball team had lost its first...
Willows team falls in seventh
The Willows junior softball all-stars saw a chance to advance in the winners bracket slip away in the final inning against Paradise on Monday. Playing on their home field, the Willows all-stars built a 2-0 lead over the first six frames, but two errors...
Orland major baseball all-stars in finals
The Orland 11-12 baseball all-stars advanced to the finals of the District 47 all-stars tournament in Willows after edging Chico Westside 7-4 on Saturday. Andrew Shippelhoute proved to be formidable on the mound and at the plate for Orland as he struck...
Willows juniors play in district finals
The Willows junior baseball all-stars took a pair of games from Palermo over the weekend to win their pool in the District 47 junior baseball all-stars tournament in Biggs. Willows plays Central for the District 47 championship and the right to move...
Tri-County Fantasy Basketball
Fantasy sports are a big deal these days. You can't watch Sports Center, listen to sports talk radio or look on the Internet without stumbling across some mention of fantasy sports of some kind. With that in mind, we've decided to hold our...
North, South teams getting ready
The 31st annual Lions All-Star Game is set for Saturday at Oroville’s Harrison Stadium and so far the smoky skies have dissipated enough for both the North and South squad to get in some intense practices this week. The South, under head coach...
Orland hosts annual Otter invite
Orland residents Jud Sailsbery, Olivia Fountain and Stephen Batchelder all had strong showings at the Orland Otter Invitational over the weekend.Sailsbery and Batchelder, both of whom swim year round for the Chico Aqua Jets, won all five events they entered...
Colusa Cats sweep Westside in double dip
The Colusa Cats got back into action on Monday after missing a doubleheader with the Westside Braves last week due to poor air conditions. Colusa swept both ends of Monday’s doubleheader with Westside to raise its record to 26-5 on the year. Colusa...
Corning minor boys finish second in District 1
The Corning Little League Minor Boys All-Star team lost a three-game showdown with West Redding for the District 1 championship after winning the opener, going 3-2 to finish second place in the tournament. Corning 6, Cottonwood 4 Wyatt Spencer’s...
Gamblers finish year in first place
For the ninth time in 10 years, the Tri-County Gamblers are the champions of the Joe DiMaggio North Bay League. The Gamblers, who are comprised of players from Glenn, Colusa and Yolo counties, swept a pair from St. Helena on Saturday and then received...
Colusa juniors are the champs
The Colusa Little League junior softball all-stars edged Live Oak, 7-5, on Monday night at Wheatland to take home the District 2 title. With the win, Colusa advances to the Sectional Tournament hosted by District 2 and Wheatland Little League, which...
Colusa Hall of Fame inducts six
Over 200 gathered at the Maxwell Inn on Saturday to induct a group of five former athletes and one team into the Colusa County Sports Hall of Fame. The sixth annual awards dinner featured the induction of Frank Cloak of Williams, Mike Randleas of Colusa,...
Reimers, Wackerman win Orland tennis tourney
Sophie Wackerman and Adam Reimers were among the winners at the inaugural Orland Independence Day Open Tennis Tournament, held over the weekend at the tennis courts in Vinsonhaler Park. The tournament, which was put on by Jeanine Wackerman, is a fundraiser...
Cats bounce back, whip Chico Red
Just two days after seeing their 16-game winning streak come to an end in the championship game of the Shasta Lake Bass tournament to Chico Suns Red, the Colusa Cats blasted the Chico squad in a doubleheader on Tuesday to raise their overall record to...
Air quality wreaking havoc with all-star tourneys
With the Section 2 tournament looming this weekend, District 47 cancelled all-star tournament games for the second day in a row on Wednesday, causing a scramble to get games completed prior to the start of the next stage of the Little League tournament. Poor...
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