Here is a list of feats in 2007 that may or may not include your favorite accomplishments. Got an addition? Let us know! Send your thoughts to sports@bakersfield.com.

BC makes run at state title

Bakersfield College was the only unbeaten JC football team in the state during the regular season, going 10-0 to earn the No. 1 seed for the Southern California playoffs. The Renegades finished 12-1, losing 47-42 to Mount San Antonio College in the Southern California title game at Memorial Stadium on Dec. 1 before 12,315, the largest home crowd at a BC home game since the 1994 Potato Bowl.

Ex-Drillers stand tall

Bakersfield High graduate Jake Varner, a wrestler at Iowa State, goes 29-7 and finishes as the NCAA runner-up at 184 pounds as a freshman, earning All-American recognition. Another Bakersfield High graduate, Nathan Morgan at Oklahoma State, earned All-America honors for the second consecutive year after finishing fourth at the NCAA Championships.

In football, former Bakersfield High and Stanford star Jeff Siemon was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.

CSUB beats Fresno State

In a Highway 99 showdown, CSUB shocked Fresno State 65-64 before 4,115 in Rabobank Arena on Nov. 17 for CSUB's first home win against a Division I program since 1977. Santwon Latunde's short jumper with 1:39 left made it 65-64. Ryan Brown's steal with two seconds left clinched it.

Foothill's Schwartz wins state

Foothill junior Chris Schwartz gave Kern its first Division I individual winner in the 21-year history of the CIF State Cross Country Championships with a time of 15 minutes, 13 seconds at Woodward Park in Fresno on Nov. 24. He out-kicked race favorite Riley Sullivan of Mission Viejo-Trabuco Hills for the title.

Local football teams dominate

Bakersfield High defeated Clovis West 19-16 with a dramatic second-half rally at Griffith Field for the Central Section Division I football championship, and three other local schools in the Central Section's smaller divisions fared equally well; Bakersfield Christian erased a 28-0 deficit to upset top-seeded Fowler 35-34 in overtime in Division V; Tehachapi defeated Foothill 33-28 in Division III and Taft turned back Corcoran 28-14 to win the Division IV crown, giving local schools titles in four of the five Central Section divisions.

Money troubles sideline the Blitz

Following a 6-10 season marked by money woes, dwindling attendance and off-the-field legal problems, the Bakersfield Blitz of the arenafootball2 league folded. The organization was also rocked by the arrests of wide receiver Rennard Reynolds and defensive lineman Maurice Troutman following incidents in a woman's hotel room after the Blitz's July 7 game in Boise, Idaho. Troutman was convicted of rape charges and Reynolds pleaded guilty to two felony burglary charges. Both await sentencing.

CSUB starts baseball program

CSUB's baseball program became a reality May 17 when former Cal State Northridge coach Bill Kernen was named coach. The first official CSUB baseball game will be played early in 2009. In December, Kernen announced that he had signed 14 players to letters of intent.

Big wins for local Cup drivers

Bakersfield native Kevin Harvick opened the Nextel Cup season in dramatic fashion, edging past Mark Martin on the final lap to win the Daytona 500. Harvick also won the all-star race at Lowe's Motor Speedway and finished the season 10th in points. Bakersfield native Casey Mears raced to his first Nextel Cup win, winning the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

Raceway under construction

Ground was broken Feb. 7 for a new half-mile racetrack near Enos Lane and Interstate 5. The track, scheduled to open before the summer of 2008, will host a variety of racing for fendered, as well as open-wheel, cars.

Locals make big leagues

Ridgeview graduate Phil Dumatrait, a left-handed pitcher, made his major league debut in August with the Cincinnati Reds. Stockdale graduate Sean Barker, an outfielder, made his big league debut with the Colorado Rockies in June. Dumatrait and Barker also played for Bakersfield College.

Record year for Pitts

Golfer Justin Pitts, formerly of North High and Bakersfield College, set three course records: at Foss-Kern River (9-under-par 61) in February; at Goose Creek in Mira Loma (9-under 63) in June; and Mifflin-Buena Vista (10-under 62) in July.

Pitts also won the 2007 Arvin City and Men's Kern County amateur championships.

Dazzling series for bowler

Local bowler Carlie Medina III set a Bakersfield record April 24 for the highest-scoring three-game series with scores of 300-279-300 for an 879 total while playing in the Tuesday Men's league at Regency Bowling Center.

Honorable mention list:

The Bakersfield Condors hockey team reached the second round of the ECHL playoffs for the second straight season before falling to the Alaska Aces.

Mike Johnson of Lompoc dominated the Western All Star Late Model competition on the dirt at Bakersfield Speedway en route to winning the series championship.

Taft College defeated Santa Rosa 2-1 in overtime for the state junior college men’s soccer title.

Chris Davis hit successfully in 35 straight games for the Blaze, tying a California League record.

More big dates for CSUB

Feb. 25: Lionel Halsey upset No. 1 seed (and former Roadrunner) Matt Monteiro of Cal Poly to win the 197-pound title as the Roadrunners hosted the Pac-10 Championship. Halsey was named the tournament’s most outstanding wrestler and CSUB placed second.

March 3: The CSUB women’s basketball team defeated Cal Poly Pomona 87-51 to end the season with its 15th consecutive win. The ’Runners were 20-2 in conference and won the CCAA for the third time in five seasons.

Aug. 31: Steve Trojanowski made a school-record 18 saves to lead CSUB to a shocking 2-1 overtime upset at the University of Portland in CSUB’s first NCAA Division I men’s soccer match. About a month later, Ohio State scored in the 87th minute to beat CSUB 1-0.

Sept. 9: Alexa Vickroy scored twice to lead the Roadrunners to a 2-1 win at Saint Mary's College. It is the first NCAA Division I win for CSUB’s women’s soccer program.