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Somerset native Jamie Whitmore heads to 2024 Paris Paralympic Games
SOMERSET, Calif. — There are 131 Californian athletes who qualified for and are heading to Paris for the 2024 Olympic Games. America's Olympic team, Team U.S.A., includes 10 athletes from the Greater Sacramento region. Here’s a look at Paralympian Jamie Whitmore from Somerset. Whitmore, 48, will compete in...
Placerville Speedway caps busy month with Carnett Clash
Placerville Speedway is set to finish off the month of July with one of its more special nights of the year for the Mountain Democrat Ltd. Late Models and Red Hawk Casino Pure Stocks, with the annual Carnett Clash taking place this Saturday. The 59th season of competition at the...
Maidu reaches state championship game
The little league state tournament for 10-11-year-olds has been whittled down to just two teams, Maidu and Lafayette, who were to play Thursday in Chico for the championship. If Maidu wins, there will one final game Friday, winner take all. On Wednesday, Maidu defeated the only team that has beaten...
Maidu's offense runs dry in 6-1 loss to Lafayette
Maidu’s run for a state championship came two games short, as the All-Star team made up of 10-and-11-year olds lost to Lafayette, 6-1, on Thursday night in Chico. Playing their sixth game in six days, Maidu had to have been a bit fatigued, not to mention much deeper into their pitching pool, while Lafayette was playing only their fourth game of the tournament having no games on Monday and Wednesday.
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