Centennial baseball coach Randy Roberts put his team through some rigorous practices leading up to Thursday's Southwest Yosemite League opener at Stockdale.

The hard work paid off as the Golden Hawks beat the Mustangs 6-3.

Centennial baseball coach Randy Roberts put his team through some rigorous practices leading up to Thursday's Southwest Yosemite League opener at Stockdale.

The hard work paid off as the Golden Hawks beat the Mustangs 6-3.

It's a bit of unfamiliar territory for the Bakersfield Condors organization and head coach Matt O'Dette: preparing for the final games of a regular season with no prospect of reaching the playoffs.

The Condors have been in postseason play for seven straight seasons. O'Dette has been involved in the playoffs as a player or assistant coach for the past six seasons.

It's a bit of unfamiliar territory for the Bakersfield Condors organization and head coach Matt O'Dette: preparing for the final games of a regular season with no prospect of reaching the playoffs.

The Condors have been in postseason play for seven straight seasons. O'Dette has been involved in the playoffs as a player or assistant coach for the past six seasons.

Baseball

Taft 17, Highland 3

Baseball

Taft 17, Highland 3

The Los Angeles Lakers today traded away Derek Fisher and Luke Walton.

Longtime point guard Fisher was sent to the Houston Rockets for forward/center Jordan Hill, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The Los Angeles Lakers today traded away Derek Fisher and Luke Walton.

Longtime point guard Fisher was sent to the Houston Rockets for forward/center Jordan Hill, the Los Angeles Times reported.

CSU Bakersfield has two wrestlers entered in this year's Division I National Championships, which begin today and continue through Saturday in St. Louis.

The Roadrunner qualfiers are 125-pound junior Tyler Iwamura, who will take a 23-9 record into his first-round match against 12th-seeded Steve Bonanno, a junior from Hofstra (28-6).

CSU Bakersfield has two wrestlers entered in this year's Division I National Championships, which begin today and continue through Saturday in St. Louis.

The Roadrunner qualfiers are 125-pound junior Tyler Iwamura, who will take a 23-9 record into his first-round match against 12th-seeded Steve Bonanno, a junior from Hofstra (28-6).

On the surface, it wasn't anything other than a typical non-league boys tennis match. But to Liberty and Garces, Wednesday's dual had far more meaning than that.

In a battle between two squads hoping to vie for the Central Section Division I title later this year, the visiting Patriots defeated the Rams 6-3 .

On the surface, it wasn't anything other than a typical non-league boys tennis match. But to Liberty and Garces, Wednesday's dual had far more meaning than that.

In a battle between two squads hoping to vie for the Central Section Division I title later this year, the visiting Patriots defeated the Rams 6-3 .

LOGAN, Utah -- It might have been understandable had CSU Bakersfield simply been happy to be in the postseason.

After all, the Roadrunners have been a Division I program for only five years and play as an Independent, leaving them with no chance at qualifying for an automatic berth in the NCAA field of 68.

LOGAN, Utah -- It might have been understandable had CSU Bakersfield simply been happy to be in the postseason.

After all, the Roadrunners have been a Division I program for only five years and play as an Independent, leaving them with no chance at qualifying for an automatic berth in the NCAA field of 68.

Baseball

East 9, Arvin 1

Baseball

East 9, Arvin 1

Jan Stuebbe, former Athletic Director at Bakersfield College, was having one of his worst rounds of his retirement last week at Stockdale CC.

Stuebbe was on the wrong side of every wager and nothing was going right in his golf game as he stepped to the last tee. Wanting to relieve some frustration, Stuebbe took his driver out on the 220-yard par-3 18th and gave it a mighty whack. No one saw the ball as it flew over the front bunker. After a bit of searching, they finally found Stuebbe's ball in the cup!

Jan Stuebbe, former Athletic Director at Bakersfield College, was having one of his worst rounds of his retirement last week at Stockdale CC.

Stuebbe was on the wrong side of every wager and nothing was going right in his golf game as he stepped to the last tee. Wanting to relieve some frustration, Stuebbe took his driver out on the 220-yard par-3 18th and gave it a mighty whack. No one saw the ball as it flew over the front bunker. After a bit of searching, they finally found Stuebbe's ball in the cup!

Playing in the postseason is a familiar setting for Utah State. It's not for CSU Bakersfield, which is why the Roadrunners are relishing tonight's game.

CSUB (16-14) is in Logan, Utah, to face the Aggies (17-15) in a game that marks a program first for the 'Runners: their first men's basketball postseason appearance in Division I.

Playing in the postseason is a familiar setting for Utah State. It's not for CSU Bakersfield, which is why the Roadrunners are relishing tonight's game.

CSUB (16-14) is in Logan, Utah, to face the Aggies (17-15) in a game that marks a program first for the 'Runners: their first men's basketball postseason appearance in Division I.