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From the newsroom to the ice: Ditching work to play in Snoopy’s Senior World Hockey Tournament in Santa Rosa
Don’t tell my boss, but I’m playing hooky this week. Or, as the Canadians spell it, hockey. The Snoopy’s Senior World Hockey Tournament has been on my bucket list for a long time, and on Wednesday I got to join with a bunch of guys, most of whom I’d never met, as a free agent, playing against another bunch of guys I’d mostly never met. They didn’t seem to mind that I skate like I’m wearing ...
Prune Packers Clinch #1 Seed
The Prune Packers sealed the No. 1 seed for the league playoffs last week, with three weeks yet to go in the season. Their record as of Sunday, July 14, was 18-2, eight full games ahead of runner-up Lincoln Potters (9-9). The Potters, however, are still on tenterhooks as to their No. 2 seed position—right behind them are the surging Humboldt Crabs with their 8-9 record.
Get a look at California's strangest golf course | Bartell's Backroads
GUERNEVILLE, Calif. — At the edge of Sonoma County’s wine country is Pee Wee Golf in Guerneville. It's an odd, eye-catching attraction with monsters, giant kangaroos and even cannibals. When driving into the course, it's hard to miss the brightly painted dinosaur at the edge of Highway 116 and the Russian River.
Crabs avoid sweep, shut out the Packers to remain in PEL chase
Andrew Overland threw five scoreless innings on Thursday night as the Humboldt Crabs got a crucial Pacific Empire League win against the Healdsburg Prune Packers at the Arcata Ball Park. The 6-0 win was the Crabs’ first in six games against the high-flying league leaders this summer and it keeps...
Balletto Vineyards pairs wine tasting and Bay Area vintage baseball game
Batter up. For those who crave baseball in the summer as much as a chilled rosé, Balletto Vineyards has just the ticket. For $30 a pop, wine and baseball-lovers can see a Bay Area Vintage Baseball game Aug. 10 in the splendid playing field carved out among the vines at the winery west of Santa Rosa. The San Francisco Pacifics will take on the Barbary Coast at noon, with an homage to vintage ...
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