PADECKY: Tomasin trades football for rugby
Stephen Tomasin began May 31 like most Fridays he thought he would experience this summer. It was to be a good Friday, a nice, low-stress Friday, the kind of day college kids have in the summer when the anvil of class is not resting on their shoulders. “I had no idea it was coming,” said Tomasin about the events to follow.
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PADECKY: Hard choices at crunch time for Casa Grande, a team with rare kinship
Casa Grande coach Paul Maytorena could have fielded a more competitive team against Campolindo, but the decision he made last Tuesday prevented that and he has no regrets.
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NCS playoffs: Seeds grab the spotlight
Of the 36 Redwood Empire baseball and softball teams that began a quest for a North Coast Section title, nine are still alive heading into the second week which begins Tuesday.
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PADECKY: Competitive cheering is more than a rah deal
“Competitive cheerleading is absolutely a sport,” said Dr. Ty Affleck, the team physician for Santa Rosa Junior College and Sonoma State University. “It doesn’t get the respect the other sports do because it does not exist at the high school level.”
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Meet of Champions: Ibrahim, Polk lead pack at NCS finals
Qualifying for state meet will be tougher than ever, with just top three advancing.
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Petaluma Pride: Veteran coach was hometown star who stayed to build Trojans’ powerhouse
Success has never pushed Petaluma High softball coach Kurt Jastrow to leave for greener coaching pastures.
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PADECKY: Healdsburg track excels by following the leader
One would think this story is about winning. It isn’t. It’s about inspiration, the kind that comes, not from words, but from actions.
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PADECKY: Bear Cubs wear their baseball grit with pride
SRJC is playing for the state championship this weekend at Fresno City College and how the Bear Cubs got there has so little to do with the kind of offense we see every night on ESPN’s baseball highlights.
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PD Preps Baseball & Softball Rankings
Casa Grande, St. Helena boys and Petaluma, Cloverdale girls top the rankings
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PD Preps Baseball & Softball Rankings
Casa Grande, Petaluma, St. Helena, Cloverdale at top of rankings
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PD Preps weekly baseball & softball rankings
Casa Grande, winners of 19 consecutive games, retains top spot among large school baseball teams.
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Padecky: New women’s pro soccer league gives players hope
The new National Women's Soccer League has some players daring to dream of going pro again.
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All-Empire Golf Player of the Year: Game hooked Pumas star Begert-Hellings
Shooting well below the region’s prep low scorers, Maria Carrillo's Hailey Begert-Hellings capped her season with a section finals finish that left her just one shot short of the Northern California championships.
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PADECKY: High school football recruiting out of control
Paul Cronin just sat there, quietly, listening, dumbfounded. It was last fall and the football recruiter from Arizona State was talking and the more he talked, the more Cardinal Newman’s head football coach thought it might be a joke. But it was no joke. “He told me blue-chip high school kids now have agents,” Cronin said.
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Padecky: SRJC coach sharing lessons learned from ‘Biggest Loser’
SRCJ defensive line still gets recognized from his time as a contestant on NBC's show in 2010. He carries on a regular fitness regimen and shares his experiences with his players.
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PADECKY: Casa Grande’s Maytorena dealing with bad hops
Nine months ago, in a cost-cutting move, Casa Grande baseball coach Paul Maytorena was laid off as general manager of a fitness facility. Maytorena can make it through this baseball season but not much longer.
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PD Preps baseball and softball rankings
Casa Grande, Petaluma, Middletown, Cloverdale among top teams
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