Archive By Section - Sports Columns
The Valley Oak League season lived up to expectation, delivering us four worthy title contenders, and essentially two championship games on the final night.
November 11, 2014
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James
Burns
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Sports Columns
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - NASCAR's new championship format, lauded for creating nail-biting intensity, wild emotional swings and tension on and off of the track, has also been full of heartbreak.
November 11, 2014
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By JENNA FRYER
Associated Press Auto Racing Writer
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Sports Columns
For two years, Steven Martinez has lined up on the offensive or defensive line for the Manteca varsity football team.
November 04, 2014
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James
Burns
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Sports Columns
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - In the closing laps at Martinsville Speedway, Jeff Gordon could see Dale Earnhardt Jr. ahead of him with enough time to formulate a plan on how to handle his teammate if Gordon could catch him.
November 04, 2014
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By JENNA FRYER
Associated Press Auto Racing Writer
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Sports Columns
SALIDA - The football field at Modesto Christian on Friday night was covered with players that fit the "big, strong and physical" mold.
October 28, 2014
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James
Burns
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Sports Columns
Watch out for the duck hunters, as duck hunting season has begun.
October 24, 2014
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Sports Columns
Sierra cross country coach Mike Rosendin has been named the Valley Oak League Model Coach of the Year for 2014-15.
October 24, 2014
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James
Burns
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Sports Columns
It's been nearly a decade since she's stepped foot on this wind-swept campus, but Chelsea Gray can remember her time inside these brick-facade buildings with vivid clarity.
October 22, 2014
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James
Burns
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Sports Columns
East Union has won three games for the first time under fourth-year football coach Willie Herrera.
October 21, 2014
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James
Burns
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Sports Columns
SANTA CLARA - Neil MacDannald traced his way through the belly of Levi's Stadium, distancing himself from a 42-21 loss to a bitter rival.
October 13, 2014
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James
Burns
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Sports Columns
Every once in a while even I get confused as to where I should go fishing.
October 09, 2014
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Sports Columns
It's being billed as an "epic" football game, an "instant classic" between two perennial powers.
September 30, 2014
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James
Burns
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Sports Columns
Several decades ago I was hunting bears in the Sierra. It was dusk and I walked down a dusty dirt road looking for bear tracks. After about an hour, I turned around and began walking back to my camp. Looking at my tracks in the dusty road, I discovered mountain lion tracks right over the top of my footprints! A lion had tracked me for over two miles. I had no clue he was there. I guarantee you that will make the hair on your neck stand up! Mountain lions are like tan ghosts, you never see them until its ...
September 21, 2014
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By DON MOYER
Outdoors Columnist
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Sports Columns
Oh, Roger, you still don't get it.
September 21, 2014
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By PAUL NEWBERRY
Associated Press
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Sports Columns
Every year, there are new fishing products that come out and quickly become the hot item.
September 19, 2014
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By Jarod Ballardo
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Sports Columns
