East Bay boys soccer: De La Salle now ranked No. 1 as NCS playoff races take shape

01/25/10 It's hard to believe it, but the regular season for soccer is over in just about two weeks. The North Coast Section playoff seeding meeting is just short of three weeks away.

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East Bay boys soccer: De La Salle now ranked No. 1 as NCS playoff races take shape

01/25/10 It's hard to believe it, but the regular season for soccer is over in just about two weeks. The North Coast Section playoff seeding meeting is just short of three weeks away. I think it's time to look at the playoff situations.

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Bullfrogs' upset bid ends at buzzer

01/25/10 Anthony Ballard goes up for a shot among a trio of Amador defenders. Photo by Jeff Rasmussen Coaches around the Mother Lode League have been saying all season that anything can happen on any given night in league play.

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HIGH SCHOOLS

01/25/10 Week in review HOW THE TOP 5 BOYS TEAMS FARED 1. Salesian-Richmond (17-1 overall, 3-0 week) defeated No. 4 Newark Memorial 47-37, No. 14 St. Joseph Notre Dame-Alameda 62-47 and No. 6 St. Mary's-Berkeley 55-47. 2. Serra (15-2, 1-1) defeated Sacred Heart...

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John Lundberg: Howl, Based On Allen Ginsberg's Poem, Released At Sundance

01/24/10 The premiere of the movie Howl led off the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday night. Their adaptation of Allen Ginsberg's poem, has generated some buzz.

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Bay Area local scoreboard for Jan. 24

01/24/10 Basketball-mCoast Conference North Ohlone 76, Las Positas 46OhloneJohnson 2 2-2 7, Sawyer 3 2-4 9, Clark 6 3-4 17, Gray 6 1-2 13, Moore 2 0-2 4, Barnes 1 0-0 2, Barton 2 1-2 5, Steiner 0 1-2 1, Love 5 1-2 12, Jones 1 1-2 3, Gwanyanya 1 0-0 3.

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ULM releases Fall 2009 President's List, honor roll

01/24/10 University of Louisiana at Monroe President James E. Cofer Sr. has announced the president's list and the honor roll for the fall 2009 semester at ULM.

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Student wins Geography Bee

01/21/10 Fourth-grade student, Erika Nofz, recently won the Elwell Elementary School National Geographic Bee competition. The second place winner is fifth-grader Cassondra Pennington, and both girls received a National Geographic Student Atlas of the World. This is the seventh year that Elwell students participated in the GEO Bee.

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Mystic Order of Revelry welcomes the new year

01/17/10 In the early history of the Mystic Order of Revelry's annual New Year's Eve Ball, the Montgomery Advertiser held its presses to include the magic of the occasion as the city's oldest mystic soci­ety of men heralded the last hours and minutes of the year.

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Jaguars beat Tigers in hard-fought dual

01/16/10 The Valencia High wrestling team racked up another first in the school's short history on Tuesday by beating rival Los Lunas 45-30.

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Pacific High School Scoreboard for the January 18, 2010

01/16/10 Interservice Basketball 16th Martin Luther King Invitational Basketball Tournament At Foster Field House, Gunners Fitness Center, Camp Foster, Okinawa Final pool-play sta...

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For the record: Births/jury duty, January 17, 2010

01/16/10 Elaizer Lowery and April Adams of Clover are the parents of a daughter, Kadenee Gianna Lowery, born on Dec. 31, 2009. Ms. Adams is the daughter of Tammy Adams of Clover. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Elaizer Pressley of Rock Hill.

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Business News

01/13/10 Mertz joins Farm Bureau board of directors Denny Mertz, a Chesterfield farmer, recently was elected to a two-year term on the Missouri Farm Bureau board of directors during the organization's annual meeting in Osage Beach.

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Bay Area local scoreboard for Jan. 3

01/03/10 Basketball-MThursday Nonleague Ohlone 80, Cosumnes River 71Ohlone (11-3)Sawyer 6 12-12 26, Clark 2 2-2 7, Jones 5 0-0 10, Moore 6 4-4 16, Love 1 1-2 4, Barnes 1 0-0 3, Gray 4 2-7 10, Steiner 1 0-0 2, Burton 1 0-0 2.

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Buffett's Berkshire cuts 21,000 jobs in year

01/02/10 Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reported 21,000 fewer employees than it had at the end of 2008 amid a slump at the firm's manufacturing and retail units. Berkshire and its subsidiaries h...

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Patriotes chase back-to-back titles

01/01/10 With four titles in seven years, the Pain Court Patriotes are the closest the Kent 'A' senior boys basketball league has to a dynasty. They'll continue their quest for a second straight championship when the season resumes next week.[...]

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The Leaf-Chronicle All-Area Football Team

12/25/09 Jerel Allen, Sr., QB, Northeast: Allen shared the quarterback duties with a freshman early in the season until coaches decided to let the team's fate rest in his hands. They weren't disappointed as Allen threw for 480 yards and ran for another 808 yards and 12 touchdowns while leading the Eagles to the second round of the 5A playoffs.

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Football scoreboard

12/25/09 Houston at Miami, 1 Seattle at Green Bay, 1 Carolina at N.Y. Giants, 1 Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 1 Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1 Oakland at Cleveland, 1 Kansas City at Cincinnati, 1 Jacksonville at New England, 1 Detroit at San Francisco, 4:05 St. Louis at Arizona, 4:05 N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis, 4:15

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All-Greater Houston, all-district football teams

12/25/09 See which football stars shone brightest in their districts and who the top playmakers were from around Greater Houston in this annual feature.

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Los Angeles Dodgers Team Report

08/04/09 The Dodgers vow to no longer fear the left-handed run producers in the National League now that the bullpen has undergone an overhaul.

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