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Here it is, folks, the end of the road for this summer's Year in Reviews. I'm a little sad to see them go, because it's nice to relive some of the better moments from the past school year.
At the same time, what's more exciting than looking forward? Starting Wednesday, July 29 (the day...
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An unfortunate note to pass along before we get going — Liberty two-sport star Mariah Alvidrez, who will be a senior tore an ACL a couple of weeks ago at a soccer camp and will miss volleyball season and at least part of soccer season. She's an outside hitter and striker and one of the...
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I'll second what I said yesterday. It's hot, and talking about swimming somehow helps.
2008-09 Kern County GIRLS SWIMMING
Overview: The north part of the Central Section was especially dominant in girls swimming this year, leaving precious few bread crumbs for Kern County. There were some...
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Mmm, swimming. I could use a good swim on Bakersfield's first 110-degree day of the year. Beat that heat with a quick read of today's Year in Review session at School House Zach.
2008-09 Kern County BOYS SWIMMING
Overview: The four horsemen (sailors?) of Kern County swimming this year were...
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Rolling right along with our spring sports Year in Reviews, today with girls track and field.
These reflections on 2008-09 will be finished next week. Shortly thereafter, we'll be talking football. The time's almost here, Kern County ...
2008-09 Kern County GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD
Overview: This...
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Sorry about the delay on this post. I'll have the girls track and field post up Sunday to make up for the missed Friday and will continue with swimming on Monday and Tuesday.
2008-09 Kern County BOYS TRACK AND FIELD
Overview: It was another grand year for the runners, jumpers and (duh)...
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I spent the lunchtime hour at the Bakersfield Museum of Art, listening to Fresno State football coach Pat Hill talk to the local Rotary Club about Bulldogs football, in general, and specifically about the contributions of some of Bakersfield's finest.
Former West running back Ryan...
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Some news out of the ESPY Awards from Hollywood, which air Sunday on ESPN but are being taped this afternoon ... we've caught word that Shafter's Anna Jelmini was not named Gatorade National Girls Athlete of the Year.
Jelmini won the Gatorade National Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year...
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Buzzing right along to the end of the winter sports Year in Reviews with girls soccer today. Into spring Wednesday with baseball, just in time for the only professional sports off-day of the entire year, the day after the All-Star Game.
2008-09 Kern County GIRLS SOCCER
Overview: After a...
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I had a bit of a crazy weekend, or at least a crazy moment on the weekend, Saturday night while running in the 10K race at the Howlin' at the Moon fun run put on by the Bakersfield Police Department. Read here for what happened; my thoughts and prayers go out to the young man running in...
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Next up on the Year in Review train here at School House Zach is one of Kern County's most successful sports, wrestling. Between here and track and field, Kern earns more than its share of state championships in this massive state.
Speaking of track and field, give a School House Zach pat on the...
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Motoring right along into girls basketball on our Year in Review train. Remember, when these are over, it'll be time to get into football football football all the time. Busy and we love it.
In the mean time, for baseball fans out there, I've been doing some work on the Bakersfield Blaze this...
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Seems like basketball doesn't get quite its due during the regular season, between football running into December and the state wrestling finals being the same week as section basketball, but there's no doubt hoops is one of the more popular games around. With that in mind, here's an extended...
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Before we get to the daily Year in Review, I've got some interesting news from the Fresno area: Clovis West coach Gary Kinne, who led the Golden Eagles to a Central Section Division I championship in his first season there, is gone back to Texas as suddenly as he arrived.
Kinne, a former...
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I received a note over the weekend reminding me of another fall sport in Kern County this year — water polo. I'm not going to do a full Year in Review there because just one school, Garces, had the sport in boys and girls formats, but it is worth a quick mention.
The Rams met with some...
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Hope everyone had a happy and safe holiday weekend. Back to our Year in Review series with girls cross country.
On another note, a former Kern County athlete, Grant Desme of Stockdale, is back in town as a professional with the Stockton Ports of the California League. Stockton is at Sam Lynn...
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First off, Happy Fourth of July weekend to everybody, and please be safe if and when you're traveling. Make sure this stays a happy holiday for everybody.
Moving deeper into the summer means moving deeper into our series of high school season reviews. Today we move into boys cross country...
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Here's some breaking high school sports news/economy news: JV sports are back!
I'm sure that's a positive for most followers of this blog and for a lot of people out there, but it did come at a cost. The Kern High School District has decided to hold off on cutting JV sports for at...
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Here it is folks, your first installment of the 2008-09 Year in Reviews. Today we're taking a look at the most popular high school sport of all.
We'll do one sport a day over the next three weeks or so, following about the same format for each: A quick overview, followed by a glimpse at the...
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Just dropping a quick line to let you know that School House Zach hasn't forgotten where he came from — ugh. Too weird talking about myself in the third person.
Anyway, I'm swamped this week with finishing up The Californian's All-Area coverage, so I just wanted to let everyone know...
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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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