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As you might expect, and as you might have already noticed, the number of posts at School House Zach is going to lessen a little bit here in the month of June. Not a whole lot of high school sports action going on.
There was an all-city baseball game last Friday night at Gerry Collis Field at...
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Guess what? I'm actually not on the road or in the office! Sitting at home on the couch for the first time in what seems like forever, and it's a pretty darn good feeling.
It's been a hell of a finish to the high school sports year for Kern County, what with five state track and field...
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Somebody goofed up at Frontier High School. Was it the school, the architect, or the paving contractor or someone else? I don't know at the moment, but it seems the all-weather track at Frontier High is "approximately 30 yards long."
Contrary to what Frontier athletic director Ryan...
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Ah, the youth of today.
A local high schooler works at the Western Street Rod Nationals from 8:30 to 3 and calls it a "really long day."
Still, it's a really short blog post and pretty entertaining. It's here.
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Since I know you all are waiting with bated breath, here are the rosters for the May 2 Edge Arena Bowl at Rabobank Arena. Keep in mind that these are "unofficial" rosters, which, by my guess, means the folks in charge haven't gotten a hold of a few kids to confirm that they can make it....
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Hey, hey, everybody. Welcome back from Spring Break. Lots to talk about this spring, including teachers' involuntary transfers to other schools, which could split up coaches from their teams and from each other. We'll also keep an eye on some track and field standouts — Foothill's Dayshan...
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Not sure if anyone will end up reading this... but it will be fun to hear people's opinions.
Who are the All Area Girls and Boys Soccer nominees, in your opinion? Looking at the Central Section stats from MaxPreps.com... Kern County has 11 players in the top 25 for scoring in girls and...
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I’m looking into a story examining theft in high schools. I spoke with a woman whose granddaughter’s gym locker was broken into twice in as many weeks. Needless to say she's mad as heck. She filed a report with the school police but isn't hopeful that will accomplish much. The items...
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A good friend and former colleague of mine when I worked in Yuma, Ariz., sent me this story from the Reno Gazette-Journal.
news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article
Truly a bizarre case of a coach not protecting his athlete. If four or five BCS football programs are supposedly recruiting your top...
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I've had my share of humble pie the last few weeks. Just once, I'd like for someone else to be humbled by my prowess at picking winners. But it probably won't happen this week.
There's plenty of hyperbole being tossed around this week in the national media about the Patriots-Colts game, but...
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While driving over the Oak St. bridge this past Friday afternoon 10/26, I noticed all the cool signs of 'school spirit' attached to the bridge fencing.
I'm all for school spirit, and seeing that reminds me of good old high school football days.
What I didn't expect to see, was the trash it...
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We bid adieu to two experts this week. Prep writer Brad Riddell and college writer Mason Kelley are both leaving The Californian for greener pastures, sunnier beaches and dare I say, more money. Folks, let me just say it's the nature of the industry.
Quality, young reporters tend to...
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Our barnyard colleague, Jester, proved exactly what we thought could and ultimately would happen when we dreamed up the idea of having him make picks in our Beat the Experts contest.
After flirting with the Mendoza line for correct picks in previous weeks, the buck got out of his rut --...
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After two miserable weeks I was ready to call it a career. You can ask my wife. She actually thought she was going to make my picks last week because I was so down on myself. Well, I redeemed myself as an expert with a 12-3 finish. That was the best finish among the panel, and only two...
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I had a bad week. Actually our panel of 7 sports experts and a goat had a bad week. We gave away 33 bumper stickers and Haddad did a few free oil changes courtesy of our ineptness at picking winners in Week 2. Good for you, bad for us.
Anyway, here's my picks for Week 3:
Bakersfield at...
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We're less than four days from the first games of Beat the Experts. Make sure you register, it's free, and top prize is a LG 32-inch LCD intergrated HDTV from Urner's. Plus, you'd earn bragging rights for a full season around Bakersfield.
Each week, I'll make my selections public on this blog,...
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THE
KOMPLETE
KRONICLES
(click picture below for the whole Kan!)
(KORN's First Promo Glossy)
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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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Update. More and continued thanks for your concern and sound advice. I have actually been checking into a personal counselor for my daughter. The one we decided upon took forever to get back to us and then could only fit her in during school hours. We went back and forth trying to make an...
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"My Life...Disoriented" airs on PBS tonight as part of Independent Lens' "Short Stack 2006" showcase of independent short films. You can catch it on KCET at 10 p.m. and on KVPT at 11 p.m. and 3 a.m.
Shot as a pilot for a teen/family comedic drama, it centers around what...
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Why would this stud transfer all the way to Santa Clarita....Moved for football???
Mr. Shanahan thanx for the stud!!!! We can use some more players i heard six kids left the team. Anyone else moving to Magic Mtn???
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Hello Aaron. My name is Jennifer Resolme and I am the new Drama teacher at Ridgeview. Cathy Henry gave me the info about your website and effort and so I thought I would drop you a line to tell you about myself and our upcoming production. I have been a member of your myspace...
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More coming soon!
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