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— CalPreps has high school football rankings out. You can sort them by section or division or just look at the overall rankings, which seem a bit off to me (Bakersfield Christian over Centennial, Liberty and Clovis East? West and North so low? I guess it's somewhat believable, but there are...
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I get tired of hearing stupid clichés like "Last but not least" or "Saving the best for last" on these types of lists, so I'm not going to bite and do it.
But if I did — and believe me, despite my reaction, I too am strongly drawn to the cliché — it...
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If you weren't a tennis fan after the Wimbledon final between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer a couple of weeks ago, you'll never be. But I'll bet if you saw Nadal's epic win, you're starting to like the game more and more. And if you like tennis, you'll like today's Year in Review segment.
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For today's Year in Review, I'm bringing out Kern's Sunday best — Emily Irvin, Stockdale's swimming extraordinaire, to be exact. Actually, she was good on any day of the week, especially on Saturdays in May.
2007-08 Kern County GIRLS SWIMMING
Overview: Emily Irvin dominated the...
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So, about that one-post-per-day thing ...
True story — I'm laying in bed last night, just turned off the light trying to decide if I'm going to be too hot (who isn't these days) and then it hits me: I didn't do a boys swimming Year in Review! This might not keep many awake at night, but I...
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These 100 degree days don't quit very easily, do they? I've always said I prefer extreme hot to extreme cold (I guess that's one reason I live here), but I could use an 85-degree respite or something. Eh. Guess I'll have to wait a month.
Anyway, another summer day means another sports' Year in...
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Those of you still awake after staying up late last night to watch the All-Star Game go to 15 innings (and just imagine what it would have been like on the East Coast) are in for a treat.
Track and field might have been Kern County's best sport in 2007-08. Better than football, where the area...
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As I'm starting this entry, the Major League Baseball All-Star game is resembling a softball game — domination from pitchers, lots of strikeouts, some aggressive baserunning, and some baserunning errors.
So maybe it's appropriate that for today's Year in Review segment, we head to...
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Happy Bastille Day to everyone (French independence day, for the uninformed). Greetings from Las Vegas, perhaps one of the least French places (yeah, yeah, fake Eiffel Tower and all) on Earth but a city that actually has something to do with our baseball year in review segment today. It was...
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This is a taped blog entry, so to speak.
I wanted to make sure to get one Year in Review out each day, but I'm heading to Las Vegas for a couple of days to visit a friend. So what to do? Store a couple up and send 'em from the road!
So, live from the Rio Hotel, it's ....
2007-08 Kern...
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It's already been an exciting year for soccer fans, with Euro 2008 one of the better-played international tournaments I've ever seen, an all-English Champions League final and World Cup qualifying beginning in earnest on Aug. 20 (the U.S. takes on Guatemala that day).
It wasn't the...
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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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Ahhh. Finally feeling back to normal, after a week or so back from Europe, my body's clock is finally back on good ol' Pacific Daylight Time. And you can tell that from how my Year in Review blog entries have slipped later and later into each day. Pretty soon, I'll be posting around midnight like...
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It might not seem appropriate to talk basketball in the summer, what with it 110 degrees outside and all, but that's not entirely the case. Shoot, the NBA plays till the summer solstice, why can't we take things into July? And the Summer Breeze tournament will give you an early glimpse of next...
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Well, it's not exactly golfing weather, not in my book (then again, this is more like do-absolutely-nothing weather to me), but I'm sure there are some people out there roasting anyway. With that in mind let's look back to last fall's girls golf season in Kern County.
First, the Year in Review...
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For those of you who limit your bakersfield.com use to the work week, well, first of all, shame on you. Your weekend fun is here, not at the beach.
No, no, I'm kidding. Hope you had a fantastic Fourth of July. But you did miss the first few installments of the Year in Review...
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My friends, here is your daily dose of Year in Review. First, an index of what's been covered so far:
July 3: Football
July 4: Volleyball
July 5: Boys cross country
2007-08 Kern County GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Overview: Not as illustrious a year as the Kern County boys runners had, but still a...
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Don't turn away from this entry just because it's cross country. These Year in Review segments are a great way to look back on the most popular sports, yes, but they're also a good way to quickly catch up on the lesser-known sports.
With that said, here is the boys cross country Year in Review....
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A happy Independence Day to everyone out there. If you're doing work by reading this, I hope you're at least getting time-and-a-half enjoyment out of it. (Bad joke, yes, but I keep reminding myself that holiday pay makes working on the Fourth worth it).
In case you missed it yesterday, we're...
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