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A couple of interesting tidbits, one football and one track-related, to pass along before we to get to the Wrestling Year in Review.
Derek Carr is the cover boy for Bakersfield football this coming year, between his older brother's legacy in the Valley and his status as a top-notch recruit...
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Well, a staged fight, but it sure attracted a crowd. Burly guys from North American Wrestling took their nasty little squabble from the picnic tables to Vogue in the Movement's stage at Rockin' Roots Fest 2008 in Stramler Park on Saturday, knocking over snow cones and overturning a trash can...
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First things first: An update on something I mentioned in a couple of blogs last week, wrestling's Senior Nationals tournament in Virginia Beach, Va.
The tournament is a huge deal for wrestlers as far as measuring themselves against state placers from around the country — and more...
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Time for a couple of quick updates before the weekend ...
Bakersfield High's Travis Rasmussen began his run at All-American status at the Senior Nationals wrestling tournament in Virginia Beach, Va., today. He was 1-1, beating an Arizona wrestler 11-4 before losing to an Illionis wrestler 4-2 in...
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I had a quick chat with Foothill football coach Dennis Manning yesterday at Rabobank Arena, where he had just been introduced as the East team's coach in the Edge Arena Bowl all-star game. Sounds like that for all the talk of his possible resignation, he's staying put at Foothill.
He said it was...
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Matches have already started, and it's already a madhouse at Rabobank Arena.
With 10 matches going on simultaneously, it's quite a spectacle. Keeping up with our local kids has been a challenge in of itself.
Zach and I are perched near section 110, and have a great view of mats 6 and 7. After...
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Allow me a short story about myself.
Growing up, I never thought about wrestling, unless it was to dismiss it as the sport of thugs and 300-pounders. Imagine my surprise when, as a scrawny 100-pound freshman, my P.E. coach, also the school's wrestling coach, asked me to come out for the team....
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If you're a wrestling fan, it is anyway.
Welcome to Pinheads, The Bakersfield Californian's blog for the state wrestling tournament this Friday and Saturday at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield.
We're hoping this becomes a place for state wrestling news both for Kern County wrestling fans and those...
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Here's a quick update on some boys basketball semifinal scores from Tuesday:
Div. I
No. 1 Clovis West 58, No. 4 Fresno-Central 45
No. 2 Clovis East 87, No. 6 Clovis-Buchanan 70
Div. II
No. 1 Fresno-Edison 67, No. 4 Porterville 54
No. 2 Centennial 60, No. 3 East 52
Div. III
No. 1 Hanford...
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I realize there hasn't been a new post here for some four or five days (I don't even remember anymore). It's certainly not my intention to ignore this blog, though, so let me provide an excuse-laden story that, in its humor and stupidity, might make up for the neglected days.
I went up to Fresno...
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Yeah, it's Saturday night (actually early Sunday morning). And yeah, I'm sitting at home. Actually, don't really feel like doing much else, considering the week it's been and the week we have in prep sports ahead. Time for a little r & r, methinks.
Here's the big news of the night: (drumroll...
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Lots to talk about, boys and girls. We're still getting some calls and finding out some scores, but here's some of the highlights so far:
— It's a two (or is it three) way tie: Garces pulled away from Golden Valley in the fourth quarter tonight, meaning the Rams (9-3) will share the...
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The first day of the Central Section girls soccer playoffs was filled with blowouts today, with Stockdale (Div. I) and Frontier (Div. III) both winning by 8-0 scores over Madera and South, respectively. Bakersfield High also cruised past Fresno-Central 3-0 in a Division I game, and Tehachapi beat...
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UPDATE: For some reason, the links I'm throwing into the text aren't working. Until I can get someone to figure that out for me, here are the links I'm trying to lead you to below:
No. 1 — rivalshoops.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp
No. 2 — www.bakersfield.com/225/story/358632.html
No....
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Tonight turned into SHZ's Guys Night quite literally for me. I walked into Tehachapi's gym at about 6:45, expecting to see a battle between twin towers Jana Smith of Tehachapi and Carey Tuuamalemalo of Taft.
Instead, I saw boys players. Turns out we had the schedule flip-flopped here at the...
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So, somehow the standings didn't reproduce like I wanted them to last night. Hopefully you all were still able to read them.
Just a quick note tonight to let you know what to look for this coming weekend, which brings winter sports into the postseason full-on with soccer and wrestling:
Saturday...
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Happy Groundhog Day everybody. Here's what to watch for in the coming week:
Tuesday, Feb. 5 — Centennial at Stockdale girls basketball
The last chance for the Mustangs to lose before the Central Section playoffs. I wouldn't count on it, but Centennial can be tough if the game's close....
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As promised, Friday will be Guys Day here at School House Zach. Today, that actually turned out to be the case anyway. A couple of wild fights at BHS this afternoon forced the BHS-Garces girls basketball and soccer games to be postponed. Garces AD Vince Fanucchi told me tonight he thinks they...
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I spent Saturday at the Doc Buchanan Wrestling Invitational up in Clovis. It was my first look at California wrestling, and one thing I was really looking for was how the sport compares in this state to the wrestling in New Mexico (I wrestled four years there) and Missouri (I've covered it...
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If you've been paying attention to the Californian's prep coverage in the past couple of days, you might notice it's been heavy on Frontier. Don't worry; no bias here. There's a couple of good reasons for it.
On Thursday, I was going to watch Bakersfield High take on Fresno-Edison in a matchup...
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Several years ago, someone mentioned the term “Latch Key Kid” and I said “What is that?” They explained “OH! That is a kid who gets home after school while both parents are still at work, so they wear a door latch key around their neck, tied to a shoestring so...
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I can't say that I know a ton about wrestling but I have a ex-boyfriend that loved wrestling and even wrestled himself. The WWE is very much like a soap opera with some wrestling in between so I would watch it with him. Even before I met him, I would watch if The Rock was on because he is so...
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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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