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Jam cruises past Bighorns

Sun, 03/04/2012 - 07:26

RENO -- Jeremy Wise scored 24 points and Renaldo Major added 22 as the Bakersfield Jam cruised to a 116-98 victory over the Reno Bighorns on Saturday.

Derrick Byars had 18 points, and Travis Leslie, who was assigned by the Los Angeles Clippers this week, had 12 points for Bakersfield.

Local report: Turner, Painton lead BC past West LA in baseball

Sun, 03/04/2012 - 07:26

Jordan Turner hit a monstrous, three-run home run in the first inning and Tyler Painton pitched seven strong innings to lead the Bakersfield College baseball team to a 5-2 victory Saturday night over West Los Angeles at Gerry Collis Field in the Western State Conference South opener for both teams.

Turner, who added a double in the sixth, launched a 400-foot blast to center field as the Renegades (10-3, 1-0 WSC) capitalized on two West L.A. (1-5) errors and a single by Elijah Trail to take a 4-0 lead.

Condors spoil Eagles celebration, 6-3

Sun, 03/04/2012 - 07:26

LOVELAND, Colo. -- The Bakersfield Condors doubled up the Colorado Eagles 6-3, denying them a playoff berth for at least a few more days.

Bryan Pitton stopped 35 of 38 shots in the game, helping Bakersfield to its first win at the Budweiser Events Center and keeping his team's playoff hopes alive in the process.

State wrestling notebook: Clovis eclipses Driller scoring mark

Sun, 03/04/2012 - 07:22

When Bakersfield High put seven wrestlers in the finals 10 years ago and won four 2002 state championships, it amassed 226.5 team points. The record seemed as unassailable to the California wrestling world as Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak or Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game.

That is until Saturday at Rabobank Arena, when Clovis blew by 226.5 points set a new mark of 256.5

Accident mars opener

Sun, 03/04/2012 - 07:20

There were plenty of slide jobs, traffic jams and wheel stands as Bakersfield Speedway kicked off its 67th year of racing.

But a night of thrilling racing in front of a jam-packed crowd on a cool Saturday night was eclipsed during lap 16 of the 20-lap American stock feature, when veteran driver Craig Houk's car slammed hard into the outside retaining wall in turn one, knocking him unconscious.

State Wrestling: Day II results

Sun, 03/04/2012 - 07:20

Championships

106: Zahid Valencia, Bellflower-St. John Bosco dec. Johnson Mai, North Torrance, 5-4

Toro earns West's first state victory since '99

Sat, 03/03/2012 - 07:45

West High had no one survive to day two, but still accomplished something it hadn't in more than a decade.

After losing his first match of the day, the Vikings' James Toro rebounded to win a 6-5 decision over Steele Escobedo of Fountain Valley in a 145-pound round one consolation bout.

March 2 high school roundup

Sat, 03/03/2012 - 07:44

Baseball

Terrio Therapy Classic

State wrestling: How locals fared

Sat, 03/03/2012 - 07:43

106 pounds

Isaiah Hokit, Wasco(2-1, advanced to consolation round 5)

State wrestling: semifinal matchups

Sat, 03/03/2012 - 07:41

9:30 a.m. today

106 pounds

Four Drillers advance to state wrestling semifinals

Sat, 03/03/2012 - 07:40

Coleman Hammond sat down, and things started looking up for Bakersfield High.

Locked in a 1-1 match in Friday night's CIF State Wrestling Championship quarterfinals at Rabobank Arena, Hammond scrambled on top of his 152-pound opponent, Jorge Francis of Mountain View-St. Francis.

State wrestling notebook: Wasco frosh holds his own

Sat, 03/03/2012 - 07:40

Isaiah Hokit stood on the floor of Rabobank Arena and looked up in the stands. One year ago that's where the then eighth grader sat as he watched the state wrestling tournament.

On Friday the 106-pound Wasco freshman was in the thick of the action, coming one match short of reaching the semifinals of the state championships.

State wrestling: Day I team scoring

Sat, 03/03/2012 - 07:39

1. Clovis 164.5, 2. Bakersfield 85.5, 3. Poway 76, 4. Concord-De La Salle 65, 5. Vacaville, 6. Gilroy 51, 7. Clovis West 44, 8. Lemore 41, 9. Covina-North View, t10. Chico, Folsom 33, 12. Bellflower-St. John Bosco 28.5, 13. Moreno Valley-Canyon Springs 28, 14. Orland 27.5, 15. Santa Fe Springs-Santa Fe 27, 16. Newark Memorial 26.5, 17. Carlsbad 25, 18. Sultana 24, t19. Laguna Hills, Madera, El Centro-Central Union, Selma 23.5, 23. Alta Loma 22.5, t24. La Quinta, Pleasant Hill-College Park, North Torrance, Wasco, Simi Valley 22, t53. Frontier 13.5.

 

Stockdale looks to end Hanford's epic win streak

Sat, 03/03/2012 - 07:25

Something has to give when Stockdale and Hanford high schools meet tonight for the CIF Central Section Division I girls basketball championship.

Stockdale, the top seed, has not lost a game this season to a Central Section opponent.

Quarter-mile of memories

Sat, 03/03/2012 - 07:23

Three-time NHRA top fuel champion Larry Dixon Jr. never competed in a March Meet drag race, but he understood the importance of the event by the time he could spell March Meet.

That's because racing is what his father did and it was a family sport for the Dixons. Which meant the younger Dixon was weaned on racetracks.

Hot start boosts Roadrunners past Portland, 14-2

Sat, 03/03/2012 - 06:48

CSU Bakersfield's baseball team had a players-only meeting prior to this weekend's series against the University of Portland.

"We've been quiet, lethargic," said sophomore catcher Cael Brockmeyer. "That's not who we are. We want to be up-tempo, more energetic."