Acalanes High School Sailing team On March 9 and 10 the Acalanes High School Sailing team, a club sport at Acalanes High School, traveled to the Santa Barbara Yacht Club for the Gaucho Regatta. The Gaucho Regatta is organized by the UC Santa Barbara Sailing Team and sponsored by the Pacific Coast ...Submitted by Stephanie Reilly
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Miramonte senior at National Track & Field David Marcus Young is a Miramonte High School senior who recently competed at a National Track and Field event titled Mt. SAC Relays - "Where the World's Best Athletes Compete!" Marcus began taking up the sport of Pole Vault late in the spring season last year and did ...Submitted by W. Benjamin Young
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Water Polo Tournament Winner Diablo Alliance's 10 and under water polo team won first place in the Mixed Novice Division at the Spring Sunday Tournament at Soda Center on April 13. Quinn Arroyo propelled the team to victory with her many goals and assists. Strong performances were also turned in ...Submitted by Molly Kerr
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Also at Boston Marathon Charles MacNulty Jr., Campolindo Class of 1992, completed in his fourth running of the Boston Marathon. MacNulty completed the 26.2-mile course in 2 hours, 47 minutes. ...
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Orinda resident completes her 33rd consecutive Boston Marathon There are not a lot of things that you can really rely on these days. The sun still rises in the east and sets in the west. The New England Patriots continue to dominate in the NFL, the Oakland Raiders remain a team in flux and Orinda resident Patty Hung has for the ...By Jon Kingdon
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Lamorinda boys tennis teams land on top As the boys tennis season has just concluded, once again Miramonte, Campolindo and Acalanes have been key factors in the Foothill League. Miramonte and Campolindo finished tied for first in league play with 8-2 records. Acalanes came in fourth with a 5-5 record, one ...By Jon Kingdon
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Miramonte outlasts Acalanes 15-14 to win Diablo League It's said that when there is a rivalry game in any sport, you can throw out the records. Last Friday night, Miramonte and Acalanes girls lacrosse came into their final league game with 7-0 records in league play. Throw in senior night (five for each team) and there ...By Jon Kingdon
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Community gathers to cheer Special Olympics student-athletes Even with a small group of people, it's almost impossible to come together with a single opinion about any one issue. On April 23, there was a gathering of athletes, fans, coaches, volunteers and family members that came together with a unanimous opinion on one ...By Jon Kingdon
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Weather creates soggy start to boys golfAccolades keep coming for the Campolindo boys basketball team To the victors belong the spoils.
The town of Moraga and Mayor Roger Wykle declared April 10 as "2018-2019 Campolindo Boys Varsity Basketball Team Day" (see story on Page A11). Head ...By Jon Kingdon
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Weather creates soggy start to boys golf Once again the weather has proven to be a distraction to a set of teams in Lamorinda. In this case, it's the golfers who have had to adjust to the wet playing conditions, with rain forcing the schools to reschedule some matches and the players having to accept that ...By Jon Kingdon
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Lamorinda boys volleyball roundup Since Mason Mulvaney took over as the head coach at Acalanes in 2016 and took a 2-16 team in 2015 to a 13-13 record, the Dons have improved on their won-lost record each season and currently are 18-4 this season. How did he turn the program around so quickly? It's ...By Jon Kingdon
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The secrets to success of Lamorinda water polo On Saturday, April 6, the No. 1 ranked USC women's water polo team came to Berkeley and defeated the No. 5 ranked California Golden Bears by a score of 8-3. Each team had three Lamorinda players on their roster: USC - Grace Tehaney (Miramonte), Kari Jensen (C ...By Jon Kingdon
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MOJAM 2019 skateboarding competition brings skating community together The second annual MOJAM skateboarding competition, held at Moraga Skate Park on March 16, featured approximately 45 contestants across three age groups: 12U, 13-16, and 17 and over. MOJAM 2019 was organized by Jon Soto, Zach Francis and Karl Watson, who is the owner of ...Submitted by Gina McKenzie
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5th grade 'All Lafayette' team wins third consecutive NL Championship The Fifth Grade "All Lafayette" team won it's third consecutive championship for the competitive Next Level program at De La Salle. The team has played together since the first grade and gone undefeated over the last three seasons prompting the league to ask them to ...Submitted by Charlie Vezzali
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Lamorinda Lions 2nd grade girls win indoor championship Lamorinda Lions beat Richmond Academy 4-1 in the championship game on Sunday, March 17 in Lafayette to claim the Lamorinda Youth Association Indoor Soccer championship for second-grade girls. This team went undefeated this season and has now won four straight league ...Submitted by Taylor Mirner
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