Lamorinda Rugby Club's JV team NorCal Champs The 2017 Lamo Rugby JV team was unstoppable; they went the entire season without a loss, won the NorCal Championship and contributed several players to an All-Stars team that represented the Bay Area in a national tournament in Oregon. Many of these players are now on ...Submitted by Lamo Rugby
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Karate students win trophies at International Championship Four Lamorinda students from The Karate and Fitness Place, USA in Lafayette participated Sept. 17 in The Fiestas 44th Annual Invitational International Karate Championship held in Los Angeles. The students competed in Kata (forms) and Kumite (sparring), and returned ...Submitted by Cindy Atwood
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LaMO United 07 Navy girls win South Lake Tahoe tournament The Lamorinda United 07 Navy girls soccer team defeated the Roseville Reign, Ajax East Bay, and Impact (twice) to win a 4-0 run at the CUFA (Come Up For Air) tournament in South Lake Tahoe on Sept. 16-17. Submitted by J.D. Woods
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Strong start for Lamorinda girls volleyball Having lost a number of key offensive players from last season due to graduation, Miramonte coach Lisa Bachtold was approaching this season with cautious optimism having to rely on a number of unproven underclassmen. With seven new players on the varsity, there were ...By Jon Kingdon
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Range of talent on local high school girls golf teams Under the leadership of head coach Tim Scott and assistant coach Dan Weiner, the Acalanes High School Girls Golf Team comprises 18 girls.
Scott has a very young team: "We have a lot of ...By Jon Kingdon
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Campolindo High School Frosh girls' volleyball team wins tournament The Campolindo High School Frosh girls' volleyball team won the 16-team Dougherty Valley Frosh Tournament on Sept. 9, with hard-fought victories over Acalanes, Castro Valley and San Ramon Valley in the finals round. Coach Chad Abbott noted that San Ramon Valley had an ...Submitted by Kristin Miller
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14U Sorcerer team goes undefeated in Modesto tournament Moraga's Abbie Lee, Campolindo High School and her 14U Sorcerer team went undefeated at the 1st to 3rd "The Patriot" Sponsorship Event in Modesto, beating some of Northern and Central California's premier softball teams. Submitted by Kwon Lee
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Acalanes football goes to Florida Acalanes varsity and JV football teams spent Labor Day weekend in Orlando, Fla. It was an action packed weekend for the Dons. In addition to playing an exciting game, the Dons spent time at the Energy and Waves Physics Lab at the Disney Youth Educational Series, had a ...Submitted by Suzanne Campillo
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Karate Kids Score Big at Competition Ten Lamorinda kids from The Karate and Fitness Place, USA in Lafayette participated in the 2017 Fall Invitational Championships held in San Jose on Sept. 3. The students competed in Kata (forms) and Kumite (sparring), and returned with a total of 18 medals (6 Gold, 4 ...Submitted by Cindy Atwood
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Building on successes will be key for Gaels women's soccer With the ebbs and flows of how the Saint Mary's College women's soccer team can sometimes perform on the pitch, patience will be a key virtue this season for the Gaels.
At times the team ...By Gerardo Recinos
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Rowing to Lithuania Oakland Strokes members Kate Miles, a Campolindo High School senior, and Nikita Lilichenko, a recent Miramonte High School graduate and incoming Stanford freshman, made the 2017 Under 19 US Rowing National Team and competed in the World Rowing Junior Championships Aug. ...By Jon Kingdon
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High hopes for Gaels men's soccer This season is going to be a journey for the Saint Mary's College men's soccer team - not just in the hyperbolic sports-speak sense of the word, but in actual miles traveled.
In order to ...By Gerardo Recinos
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Lamorinda girls volleyball preview Coming off a very successful 2016 season with a state championship, Acalanes High School girls volleyball faces a real challenge to match that success having graduated four starters. Knowing that the Dons are going to be targeted due to their prior success, Coach ...By Jon Kingdon
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USA Water Polo Cadet National Team Wins Gold in Serbia Tom McGuire, an incoming sophomore at Campolindo High School and Mark Laurlund, an incoming freshman at Monte Vista High School, helped the U.S. Men's Cadet National Team win the gold medal at the Darko Cukic Memorial Tournament in Belgrade, Serbia, with a 9-6 win over ...Submitted by Alan Laurlund
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U12 Lafayette Pacifics participate in east coast tournament In mid-August, the U12 Lafayette Pacifics baseball team traveled to upstate New York and competed in a five-day, seven game baseball tournament at the Cooperstown All-Star Village. Submitted by Catherine Habas
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