Saint Mary's basketball a picture of optimism
Last season, Saint Mary's head basketball coach Randy Bennett was very much at loose ends as to who would be his top eight players, having lost three all-league players and having players returning from injuries. Despite all those issues, the Gaels had a 22-12 record, ...By Jon Kingdon
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9Round Kickboxing Fitness Center opens in Lafayette
There's not a lot you can do in three minutes besides boiling an egg and getting into a ring to box and dance while trying to avoid being hit. Multiply those three minutes by nine and you will be able to get a complete workout at the recently opened 9Round Fitness Gym ...By Jon Kingdon
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Basketball Tournament Champions
Lafayette-based Bay Area Blitz 2028 Boys Team (fourth grade) won the Select Fall Classic in Hayward over the Sept. 21-22 weekend. With victories over Prime Gold 10u, OC Elite 10u and the No. 1 ranked team in Northern California, SF Rebels, the Blitz displayed great ...Submitted by Jon Nickens
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Teaching football players yoga . and so much more
Twenty minutes after the last bell of the day has rung at Miramonte High School, 30 young men, all varsity football players, begin sauntering into the gym. There's bantering and fist pumps as they warmly greet one another. One by one they pick up a yoga mat, lacrosse ...By Diane Claytor
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Lamorinda girls tennis dominant as a group
There are positives and negatives to having the Lamorinda girls tennis teams being so talented. It makes for very competitive matches but it will also make it difficult for all of the teams to thrive record wise.
 By Jon Kingdon
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Eclipse U14 boys undefeated
The U14B Eclipse soccer team won the SRFC Soccerfest in San Ramon. They went undefeated in four games. ...Submitted by Liz Ludwig
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Acalanes JV Volleyball team wins the Paganini Invitational
The Acalanes JV volleyball team traveled to Sonoma to compete in the Sonoma Valley High School Paganini Invitational. The Dons went 6-0 for the day, beating some very strong Northern California teams. On their path to tourney champions, the Dons took out Justin-Siena ...Submitted by Sami Hill
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Karate Olympic hopefuls in the making
Karate is now an Olympic sport and will be in the Summer 2020 Olympics hosted in Tokyo Japan.
Karate & Fitness USA, Lafayette athletes competed in the 46th Annual Fiestas International ...Submitted by Thomas Westernoff
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MOL celebrates 50th anniversary
On Sept, 7, MOL Flag Football celebrated its 50th Anniversary at Joaquin Moraga Middle School. What started out half a century ago as a simple idea for about a 70 local kids to play flag football together in the Fall, has grown into one of the country's largest ...Submitted by Michael Sebree
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The philosophy and technique in running cross country
Acalanes head coach Jeff Hutson, an ...By Jon Kingdon
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Lamorinda Cross Country
In a recent report by the National Federation of State High School Associations, there was a decline in sports participation for the first time in 30 years for the 2018-19 season. They must not have included the Lamorinda high school cross country teams which have a ...By Jon Kingdon
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Dewitt named to the 2019 USA Select Under 17 Team
The accolades continue to come in for Miramonte lacrosse player Boo Dewitt. After being named the Most Valuable Player in the Diablo Athletic League and making the All-American team for the second time, Dewitt was named to the 2019 USA Select Under 17 Team. This is the ...By Jon Kingdon
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LMSC 07 Navy Boys Champions
Lamorinda Soccer Club 07 Boys Navy (under 13 age group) participated in the Napa Wine Country Classic. After a sluggish start to an early 8:30 a.m. game against the host team Napa United, in which the game ended with a 3-3 draw, the team regrouped and found their ...Submitted by Kimberly Anderson
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Tournament champions
The Lamorinda '09 boys soccer team started off their season in fine form by winning the 31st annual Wine Country Classic. Held over Labor Day weekend in Napa, the boys displayed fine teamwork, passing and tenacity in out scoring their opponents 37-5 over their four ...Submitted by Jon Nickens
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Acalanes senior competes in Skyrunning World Championships
This past August the U.S. Youth Skyracing team selected Andrew Owens, a senior at Acalanes High School, to compete in the Youth Skyrunning World Championships. Skyrunning is growing in popularity in the U.S. and around the world and is a form of trail running that ...Submitted by Matt Owens
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA