The top-seeded Santa Rosa Junior College baseball team’s highly successful season came to an unexpected and disappointing end Sunday afternoon with an 11-8 loss to Sierra College in the California Community College Athletic Association’s NorCal playoffs. The Bear Cubs, playing the series at Cook Sypher Field on the SRJC campus, lost two of three games… Keep Reading
The Kings had three chances to tie the home game with 15 seconds left on the clock, but they couldn’t nail a three. The visiting team sealed the game from the free throw line, 82 to 77 — the second win of the day for newly elected Santa Rosa City Council member Mark Stapp, a… Keep Reading
It’s been a long wait, but Santa Rosa Junior College is back on the big stage. The school’s women’s basketball team is heading to the state tournament this weekend for the first time in 10 years. It’s been quite the season so far for the Bear Cubs, who are the Northern California regional champions, the… Keep Reading
A Sonoma Valley resident and cross country coach at Sonoma Valley High School has been racking up wins anywhere that will let him run. John Litzenberg has placed first in at least one category in all five races he’s run in the last six months — an effort that culminated in him running the Rock… Keep Reading
The 22nd West Coast Jamboree, one of the largest girls basketball tournaments in the country, starts Wednesday and finishes Friday with championship games in nearly a dozen Bay Area venues. Though weather conditions and flight disruptions have forced some changes, the tournament is scheduled to feature 108 teams from at least six states (California, Arizona,… Keep Reading
It was a moment of elation eight years waiting for Sonoma County soccer fans, who watched Monday from their favorite watering holes as the U.S. men’s national team made its long-awaited return to the World Cup. The first-round match against Wales at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, had it all: yellow cards… Keep Reading
The theme for this month “Play at Home,” combined with the anticipation of warm summer weather and the continued sense of comfort with the pandemic seemingly in retreat, made me envision all the ways we can “play” on our bicycles. I have written a few columns now celebrating all the wonderful ways cycling in Sonoma… Keep Reading
The Oregon State women’s basketball announced Monday the addition of Emily Codding, a graduate transfer from Saint Mary’s who will be eligible to play immediately. The 6-foot guard has appeared in 86 games during her collegiate career, scoring 675 points and grabbing 367 rebounds. Continue Reading on Beavers Authority Keep Reading
The WSU men’s golf team was able to earn an 11th place finish this week at the Pac-12 tournament in Santa Rosa, California. The Cougars brought six men to participate in the tournament that was held at the Mayacama Golf Club. The first round for the Cougars started off strong as they ended in a… Keep Reading
University of Montana senior Claire Howard’s shutout record could have ended in disaster if she had mishandled an errant ball that came whizzing toward her team’s goal in the second half of a March 28 soccer game against Portland State. “When it all breaks down, you need a goalkeeper that can keep the ball out… Keep Reading
