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Little League: Petaluma Valley juniors survive late rally by Pacifica to win Northern California title
Petaluma Valley Little League now has a Northern California championship team. The league’s juniors squad survived some late-inning drama Saturday night to hold on for a 4-3 win over Pacifica in Rocklin, their second straight victory over Pacifica in as many days. The team is only the second Petaluma Valley Little League representative to make it to the regional postseason tournament and first ...
Without Parity, Matt Smith Says He'll Pull His Five Bikes From NHRA Motorcycle Class
‘Our bike count gets lower and lower and lower every race we go to,’ Matt Smith says. Gaige Herrera has carved an NHRA record by being the class’ only winner this season, and Smith lays blame with the sanctioning body. Smith vows, ‘I hope they fix it. If...
Petaluma's Minna Stess is set to skate Summer Olympics in Paris.
photo credit: Minna StessPetaluma's Minna Stess (right) pictured with her father Andrew,after claiming bronze at the 2023 World Skate championships in Rome. After a park skating bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships, Petaluma’s Minna Stess battled through Olympic qualifying to claim a spot in the Paris 2024 summer games. "I swear every contest I got more nervous and more nervous and more nervous," Stess said through laughs. The successful qualification campaign, spread across a number of competitions including make or break outings in China and Hungary, had a few bumps - falls really - for the 18-year-old Petaluma native. "Budapest, I...
Little League: Petaluma National 10u starts state tournament with rout
The Petaluma National Little League’s 10-and-under All-Star team kicked off its state tournament campaign in style Saturday evening, thrashing Corcoran 9-1 to move on to the next round. In the friendly confines of Larkspur’s Joe Wagner Field, PNLL threw a combined one-hitter on the mound, with Corcoran’s lone run of the game coming on an error. Brendan Albright started it off with four innings ...
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...
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