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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Padecky: Santa Rosa senior making a run at a better life
Sadia Ibrahim left her homeland of Ghana six years to live with her father and get a better education in the United States.
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PADECKY: Coach’s success story inspiring, but still all too rare
Jill McCormick said she was feeling the sting of a cultural bias. She thought long and hard about her decision. For if she believed the innuendoes and accusations, it would have driven her away from the sport she loved.
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PD Preps Weekly Baseball & Softball Rankings
Baseball and softball rankings for the week beginning March 24
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PADECKY: Cardinals should celebrate, even after loss
Newman didn’t lose to five guys named Moe. They lost to a team that deserved to be a D4 champ because the Bruins made two fewer critical mistakes than the Cardinals. Newman has no reason to hide from this game.
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Cardinals primed for a banner year?
Cardinal Newman boys set sights on state basketball championship
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PADECKY: Cardinals used to excessive heat spotlight brings
If a kid is bothered by boos and jeers, Newman wouldn’t be a good fit for him. Newman kids circle the wagons when the verbal darts come. They become closer for it.
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Padecky: Newman coach’s faith keeps him away from temptation
Tom Bonfigli struggled with alcoholism until he discovered his faith in 1996. Bonfigli now attends Mass daily and shares his battles with his players.
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Petaluma Pride: Veteran coach was hometown star who stayed to build Trojans’ powerhouse