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Haven't been on here for a while. Spent last few days in Memorial Hospital. Had a little plumbing done. Went in for a Angio-plaste, Doc had to do an "Intervention" and inserted a "Stint" while in there, all is OK now. At home taking things easy for a few days. Gotta get...
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As some of you may know already, The Californian recently made some changes to the newspaper. They removed the TV section, changed the weather section twice (the second one was actually a good one), and have once again failed to preview other high school sports except...
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Looking for a place to train Andy. Ot could be a swimming pool. It needs a ledge for him to see as he jumps, not a sloping bank. If you know of a place please let me know about it. Need a place to get him ready for the upcoming World Championships in AZ.
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The Super Retriever Series, Splash Dogs Super Fly, competition took place at the Sports Warehouse in Reno, NV. this past weekend. There were two divisions of competition, the Amateur division for dogs jumping 18 feet and under and the Professional division for dogs...
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Granddaughter and her hubby took Andy to San Diego this weekend to teach him how to surf. Yep, thats right, ride the board, hang ten, all of it. They said he did good, even caught a couple waves by himself. Got a video of him surfing, what can't my "Grandson" do? Guess next they will...
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Sports fans we need your help.
The sports department is putting together a "Kern County's All-Time Most Wanted Team," for its upcoming high school football preview. We're looking for Kern County players that went on to have outstanding/ prolific college careers. Carr at Fresno State,...
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Did you read today's Bakersfield Californian (7-28-07) ? They ran my story of Prince Andy the Flying Puppy along with pictures, slid show and video. Very nice job too.
Not much to write about today, going to try to give my older lab a hair cut today, that should be fun?
The USA...
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The softball teams haven't let me know how they are soing, so nothing softball today.
I guess now that I have found a new sport I should change the photo on my profile? Problem is I can't find something that will cover both dog jumping and softball. Had a relaxing weekend, didn't...
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Watching the Purina incredible dog challenge on ESPN today and was wondering how they were saying those dogs were jumping so far? I did some checking and found out that Purina measures where the front paws hit the water while the Splash Dogs and Dock Dogs groups measures...
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Vallejo--The Sonoma County Fair Splash Dog Challenge was a success for local flying puppy "Prince Andy". On Friday Andy qualified for the "Open" Division by finishing 2nd in the Junior class with a jump of 14' 7". On Saturday, 6 month...
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Andy the Flying Puppy
By Joe Cox 565-1808
I have found a new sport to enjoy. It is called Dock Jumping and features ordinary dogs doing spectacular jumps into water. Thousands of dogs across the country participate in big-air dock jumping. The concept of dock jumping is...
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ONLY THE BEST QUALIFY
The ASA youth program, also known as the Junior Olympic program, annually registers over 83,000 youth girls' fast pitch softball teams comprising over 1.3 million girls and 300,000 coaches who try to qualify for ASA Nationals each year in 2...
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List of Kern County Teams that have qualified for ASA post season play:
"A" division:
Bakersfield Babes 14u
Bakersfield Havoc 14u
Bakersfield Babes 16u
Bakersfield Mustanges ...
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Bakersfields ASA "A" Division Teams qualify for post season play.
The Bakersfield Babes 14u's of Coach Tim Ford qualifyied for the PCR 14 Regionals in Tulare along with the Western Nationals in Phoenix, Az. The Bakersfield Havoc of Coach Jess Morua also qualified for the...
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Bakersfield teams qualifying for ASA Nationals:
BASA Blast 10u, Coach Linda Lamb 3rd Place
BASA Blast 12u, Coach Bill Senecal 1st Place...
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Worked the CCASA "B" Metro Championships this past weekend in Santa Maria and the teams from Bakersfield did very well, thank you. The 12u BASA Blast of Bill Senecal won the tournament, beating teams from all over central california and qualifying for the ASA Western...
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You need a yahoo ID of course, since it's on yahoo. Its gratis(free). Of course we could make it political if people were interested :P Say the conservatives vs the liberals? Or it can just be a nice friendly local league..you folks decide.
Why not have some fun together instead of grousing at...
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I just talked to Ryan's Mom. Here is the skinny. As of yet, he has not qualified to PLAY in the 07-08 season at FSU. He is waiting for the results of ACT testing to see if he will qualify. If he doesn't he will gray shirt this year and work on the academics the scholarship is actually paying for....
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The all-star game came off even better than I hopped for. The players all got lot's of playing time and seemed to enjoy the experence. The east team won both gamesby scores of 2-0 in first game and 13-5 in second game. We had at least 6 college coaches in atttendance and I saw them talking...
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The Bakersfield Rollergirls went to Fresno Saturday night to take on the Smog City Roller Grrls... and we brought the W back to Bako!
The first period ended with Bako up just two points at 39-37, second period was another close one- Bako up 77-72, and the final score was still close from...
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The East team will practice tonight (12th) at 6:00pm @ Liberty HS
The West team will practice tomorrow (13th) at 6:30pm @ Centennial HS
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OK (Drum roll please........)
Here are the final rosters for The 2007 Kern County Senior All-Star Game on June 15th at Dave Fry Field @ 6:00pm!
Congratulations to all these outstanding young ladies and the coaches.
Dave fry field is located by the Sam Lynn Complex on...
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Have called all the players, Waiting for 6 to get back to me this weekend. Those I don't hear from will be dropped and the alternates will be contacted. The game is only 2 weeks away. Look for listing on Monday.
Spent the last couple days watching the College World...
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Advocacy journalism
Subtle or obvious editorializing in reports, are part of the journalism. But insulting people who disagree with the journalist simply because they disagree is not playing fair, I hold this opinion because those being insulted lack the same means to counter the...
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This weekend I will be posting the names of all the players and coaches here. Check them out,,,
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I am a subscriber to The Bakersfield Californian, and I would like to say a little something about the newspaper. They're biased. And I have three reasons why: high school sports coverage, election coverage, and letters to the editor.
First, The Californian's coverage of high...
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The coaches have spoken, the player names are in, the deadline has passed! Now it is time to set the teams. Looks like we will have the full 36 players, 18 per team. This is the max we can have so the players will get in the games! Still looking for sponsors! Talked to two league winning...
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Investigator Mitchell set to interview active players.
Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell said he expects interviews with active players to begin promptly as part of his investigation into steroids in baseball.
Mitchell sent a letter to the players' association in late March...
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From Sportsline:
Mayweather won one of boxing's richest fights ever Saturday night by using his superb defensive skills and superior speed to take a 12-round split decision and win the WBC 154-pound title in his first fight at that weight.
The fight was billed as one that would save...
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The planning for the Kern COunty Senior High School All-star Softball Game is progressing. Another weekend is upon us. I have invited all our local politicians to the Senior High School All-Star Softball game. It should be a good chance to be seen by members of the community? I will also...
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If this years Senior High School All-star Game (Friday, June 15th @ 6:00pm) is not successful it may well the last time it is put on here in Kern County. This is a once in a life time event of YOUR KERN COUNTY SENIOR GIRLS. Never again will they be able to play in a Senior High School...
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Keith Olbermann is returning to sports broadcasting for the first time in six years as the co-host of the pre-game show for NBC's Sunday night NFL telecasts, NBC announced today.
Olbermann, who will continue to host his nightly news show “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” on MSNBC TV,...
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With Florida back at the big dance for the 2nd year in a row, they're looking to prove that last year's national championship wasn't a fluke. They are loaded with outside shooters and a tough inside game. Ohio State has a monster for a big man, Greg Oden, and a quick point guard...
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Don is my best friend in the whole world. I would have his back and he mine, no matter what, right or wrong, no hesitation, no questions asked. It's the nature of our twenty plus year friendship. One of Don's passions is gambling and the folks at Harrah's love him for it and show it by...
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Your guess is as good as mine, the selection committee really made it hard on the fans this year. I’m one year removed from having four teams in the Elite 8 only to watch all four of them fall in less than forty-eight hours, probably the worst weekend of my life. Talk about high...
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It's three days after the CIF State Wrestling Championship and I'm asking for a critique of our coverage of the two-day event, along with the two days leading up to it.
You can be as specific or as general as you want. Please share what you thought we did well, what you thought we missed and...
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Just wanted to give a little background information before I discuss the topic. My wife, newborn son and I moved here from Gastonia, N.C., a suburb of Charlotte, in December. During my time in the area, I attended a few Charlotte Bobcats games and I'm still on the team's e-mail list. Charlotte...
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Just heard an articulate debate between Condors writer Mike Griffith and Web junkie Steve Swenson discussing the merits of soccer and hockey.
I can't repeat the banter verbatim but it was something like: "Soccer is for 5 and 6 years that haven't devoloped the ability to use their arms and...
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The national media, ... errr just more East Coast bias, has suggested that Kevin Harvick didn't win the Daytona 500. Mark Martin was robbed of the victory by NASCAR.
Here are just a few examples of what I'm talking about:
Only the record books will say this was the Daytona 500 Kevin Harvick...
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South's boys basketball team won the league championship with a win over North last night, and as usual, the Californian decided not to write a story on it. It was a great game last night. South was down 60-54 with 2 minutes left, and came back and won 68-64. North's gym was...
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My grandson, Ryan Mathews, is almost famous! Well, around here, anyway. Anyone who pays any attention to the sports page or the sports section of the news knows who he is. It's kind of cool to have a celebrity in the family. He get's those "is that him?" looks from people when we are...
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John Amaechi isn't courageous.
The former NBA player hid.
He hid behind closed doors, in lockerrooms, in hotel rooms. He waited until he believed it was safe to come out.
That isn't a show of courage in this day in age -- that's taking the easy way out.
What Amaechi did was open the door for...
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With five minutes remaining in the Super Bowl, I picked up my cell phone and started to dial a phone number.
My wife asks, "Who you calling?"
"Tim!"
"You better wait, the Bears still have the ball!"
So I a few minutes and few plays later, (after tight end Desmond...
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Twenty-three years ... I've waited 23 years to type these words: Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts.
God it feels great. The last two hours have been surreal. I practically left a path from the kitchen to my living room as I paced the floor watching the entire game. Tough to do on...
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It’s been billed as Indy vs. the Windy City, the high-octane Indianapolis Colts vs. the defensive-driven Chicago Bears -- it’s Super Bowl XLI. The sports staff at the Bakersfield Californian posed 6 questions that need to be asked before Sunday’s big game:
1. The city of...
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I love Motocross and Supercross. Most people have no concept of what an exciting form of motorsport it really is. Most have never even seen it on television as it is not a true mainstream sport, even though it is light years ahead of what it was just five years ago. A few of the Supercross...
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First off, I'm a longtime Indianapolis Colts fan. Born and raised in Anderson, Ind., which was home to the Colts training camp from 1984 through 1998. Twenty-three years of Super Bowl frustration for me and a few thousand Indianapolis Colts fans ended a few weeks back.
On the other side of...
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SEE THE GAME ON THE BIGGEST SCREEN IN TOWN!!
February 4, 2007
1:00 PM
Watch the big game on our huge 20x45 hi-definition screen with surround sound.
Enjoy hot food, cold beer, and frosty margaritas.
Tickets are required for admission. For your free tickets, please visit the...
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We had a great interview with Spud Simkins. He's a racer from the 40's and 50's that went on to be a successful promoter also. His attempts to promote didn't take off at first, but he learned from his mistakes, and lives to laugh about it. Visit www.dirtracinstation.com to listen to our...
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I started dating my wife, Beverly, in late 1997 and immediately became attatched to her daughter, Tricia, and her grandson, Ryan, who was ten at the time. He loved dirtbikes and I rode and raced them, and he and I were off and running from then on! I was injured racing in 2000, the day after...
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