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Casa Grande’s Anthony Bender is 9-0 with an 0.30 ERA and 49 strikeouts in 46» innings this season. He’s also hitting .322 with a team-high 10 doubles. (Photo by Conner Jay, The Press Democrat)

PD Preps baseball & softball rankings

Final rankings for 2013 regular season Read Article →

Empire roundup: Petaluma duo finishes second in NCS badminton

Petaluma’s girls doubles team of seniors Jenny Saxton and Megan Walls earned a second-place finish at the North Coast Section badminton championships Saturday at Newark Memorial High. Read Article →

Analy swimmers excel at NCS meet

On a day when three swimmers shattered the American high school record in the boys 100-meter breaststroke, Sonoma County League champion Analy emerged as the top Redwood Empire finisher at the North Coast Section Swimming and Diving Championship, with the Tigers boys and girls team each finishing in 16th place. Read Article →
Cardinal Newman's Taylor Young. (Photo by John Burgess, The Press Democrat)

NCS Swimming & Diving Championships: Young, Bauer, Scott lead Empire advancers

Analy's Jonathan Knox sets two Empire records during swimming preliminaries. Read Article →
Petaluma softball puts its 21-game win streak on the line Tuesday in the regular season finale at Healdsburg. (Photo by Scott Manchester, The Press Democrat)

PD Preps Baseball & Softball Rankings

Casa Grande, St. Helena boys and Petaluma, Cloverdale girls top the rankings Read Article →
Santa Rosa's Aaron Walker, left, chats with Montgomery's Nick Rogers on the 18th tee in the NCS Tournament of Champions at Rooster Run Golf Course in Petaluma on Monday May 13, 2013. (Photo by Scott Manchester, The Press Democrat)

NCS Golf Tournament of Champions: Montgomery star Rogers triumphs

Vikings’ ace cards 65 at Rooster Run to finish atop leaderboard, advance to NorCal tournament Read Article →
Montgomery's Jenna Bauer. (Photo by John Burgess, The Press Democrat)

NBL swimming: Carrillo doubles up to nail down consecutive championships

Maria Carrillo girls beat Montgomery, boys defeat Ukiah to sweep NBL championships Read Article →

Carrillo boys, Santa Rosa girls claim NBL meet

UPDATE: Now includes complete team results and top 3 results for every varsity final event. Read Article →
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Softball: Veler powers Carrillo to win over Santa Rosa, 7-1

Brittney Veler spent three hours in the batting cage preparing for Tuesday’s game and boy did it pay off. Read Article →
Petaluma sophomore Brie Gerhardt slides safely around the tag of Sonoma Valley’s Riley Ellis-Ries on April 9. Gerhardt is hitting .507 with 23 runs and 13 RBIs this season for the Trojans, who have won 19 in a row. (Photo by Scott Manchester, The Press Democrat)

PD Preps Baseball & Softball Rankings

Casa Grande, Petaluma, St. Helena, Cloverdale at top of rankings Read Article →
Cardinal Newman's Scott Mitchell. (Photo by Beth Schlanker, The Press Democrat)

NCS golf: Six Empire stars advance

Cardinal Newman’s Scott Mitchell, Petaluma’s Sean Berardi pace North Coast Section qualifiers Read Article →
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Casa Grande's Courtney Ludlow throws a strike during a game against Santa Rosa on Thursday, May 2, 2013.

NBL softball: Nadell, Hale, Ludlow lead way as Casa Grande blanks Santa Rosa, 4-0

After failing to score through five innings, Casa Grande batted around in the sixth and defeated Santa Rosa, 4-0, on Thursday. Read Article →
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Casa Grande baseball coach Paul Maytorena pats pitcher Dominic Garihan after pitching a shutout against Montgomery on April 17, 2013.

PD Preps weekly baseball & softball rankings

Casa Grande, winners of 19 consecutive games, retains top spot among large school baseball teams. Read Article →
Santa Rosa High's Sadia Ibrahim runs away with the 800 meters with a time of 2:15.63 on Saturday at the Viking Classic Track Meet. (Scott Manchester / The Press Democrat)

Empire athletes compete at Viking Track Classic

By JIM CROWHURST FOR THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Montgomery High School’s 24th Annual Viking Track Classic on Saturday featured many of the best athletes in the North Coast Section. Cardinal ... Read Article →
Santa Rosa vs. Windsor softball

NBL softball: Santa Rosa beats Windsor in 9 innings

History repeated itself Tuesday at Santa Rosa High as the Panthers won another game in their last at-bat. This time it took nine innings for the home team to eke out a 3-2 win over Windsor. Read Article →

High school baseball and softball rankings

Large schools and small schools. Read Article →

Girls basketball: All-league honors

The Empire's top girls basketball players. Read Article →

Boys basketball: All-league honors

The Empire's top boys basketball players. Read Article →
Maria Carrillo's Andrea Natoli, left, Casa Grande's Saskia Van
Ommeren-Egberts, center, and Santa Rosa's Delaney White run the second lap of the 1600 during a meet at Carrillo on Wednesday. White finished first followed by Ommeren-Egberts and Natoli. 
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Young distance runners growing up fast

There is a changing of the guard underway in girls’ long-distance track in the North Bay League. Freshman Delaney White of Santa Rosa, sophomore Andrea Natoli of Maria Carrillo and freshman Saskia Van Ommeren-Egberts of Casa Grande displayed their formidable abilities competing head-to-head on Wednesday. Read Article →

High school baseball and softball rankings

Large schools and small schools. Read Article →