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UPDATE: By the way, Bakersfield High grad Bhavik Patel lost his semifinal match at the U.S. Amateur this morning, ending his dream of winning one of golf's most prestigious events — at least for this year.
ORIGINAL POST: Here it is, ladies and gents, boys and girls: The final...
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I'm slow in posting this, so chances are by now that you've heard this news from elsewhere, but four locals were drafted today, the second day of the Major League Baseball draft.
The story stars with Stockdale's K.C. Hobson, the best prep player in the section all year. Hobson slipped past...
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The Major League Baseball first-year player draft begins in about half an hour, and when it does, the Washington Nationals will take San Diego State right-hander Stephen Strasburg with the first pick.
After that, it's anyone's guess. And one of the people with most invested in all that guessing...
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PREFACE: Yes, this is late. I should have posted three days ago, and then probably again since then. Feel free to call me lazy and worthless. Both of those would accurately describe my weekend (and it was wonderful, I might add).
Anyway...
You had to be there, at Stan Bledsoe Field on Clovis...
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Those of you who feel like The Californian ought to cover local high school sports more evenly, regardless of what teams are the best, might want to stop reading at this point.
That's because local high school sports news is just about synonymous with Stockdale sports news today. The Mustangs...
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The first baseball showdown of the week was today at Centennial, and though I told you to get there early if you wanted a seat and yada, yada, yada, that wasn't the case, because there was a nasty wind blowing and even a little rain falling at the beginning of the game.
At Centennial, it seems...
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High school sports aren't normally the most predictable thing under the sun, but here's something you could have bet the farm on before the season started: Tuesday, April 14, would be a big day in the Kern County high school baseball season.
And you wouldn't have lost your farm, either. Tuesday...
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A 30-year-old Bakersfield man was booked into Kern County Jail Saturday on charges of felony hit and run and driving under the influence of alcohol after he allegedly rear ended another car when speeding, and tried to flee the crash scene, police said.
Roger Hardin was arrested after the 12:16...
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In the middle of high school football playoffs, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that winter sports have also begun, and, actually, are humming right into league play this week.
In basketball, these early-season tournaments and non-league games are often the key to a nice run when things...
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I'm making some rounds to practices around the area, and I'll share any significant impressions I get. Here's a big one: Derek Carr is the real deal.
I know a lot has been said and written about this guy before he ever throws a pass for Bakersfield Christian, but I found out...
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Good thing you weren't like the guy sitting next to me at the Stockdale-Clovis section championship baseball game Thursday evening. He got up and headed out with two outs and nobody on base in the seventh inning, with Stockdale down 6-3 and about to become bridesmaids again.
Well, this stinks...
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The kitchen sink didn't make an appearance at Liberty's baseball field Thursday, but it was about the only thing that missed the party. To explain, I'll steal a line from my game story on Liberty's 10-8 victory over Stockdale.
Tootie’s home run actually was a relatively normal play in a...
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Spring isn't usually the time for big crowds and high-tension moments in high-school sports, but today at Stockdale was an exception. They had the snack bar open between the baseball and softball diamonds for the first time since anyone I talked to could remember.
It was with good reason,...
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I had quite a chat this afternoon with Stockdale boys tennis coach Dave Hillestad, so I guess I'm now knowledgeable enough to write a preview for the three local leagues.
No, that doesn't mean that Hillestad will influence me to make this pro-Stockdale, not anymore than it already would be...
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League play starts next week, and it's business as usual in Kern County baseball, with the Southwest Yosemite League sitting atop the heap.
The big guns, Stockdale and Centennial, are blazing in the early season to lead the league's charge. Centennial is 13-3 overall and 6-1 against the...
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The calendar is yet to turn to the second month of the year, and I'm already pumped about basketball in Bakersfield. I watched an entertaining game end with Ridgeview holding on to a 70-68 victory at Stockdale tonight, throwing both city leagues into three-way races.
A Stockdale win tonight...
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Somewhat surprising news today out of Stockdale High School, which announced that it will hire Mike Snow as third head football coach in school history. Snow is, by all accounts, a good coach and teacher and a guy who had some success up at North, but it's a little strange that he would leave...
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Don't look now, but here come the Stockdale boys. A school long known for its girls basketball success now has two teams to hang its hat on after the boys team took the SWYL lead with a 67-66 victory at home against Centennial on Thursday night.
Taylor Kelly hit a loooong 3-pointer for CHS in...
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