July 29th, 2009 05:04pm
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Former Sonoma State softball coach Jaime Wallin, who resigned to become the head coach at Division I Lafayette College earlier this month, said it was a difficult decision to leave Rohnert Park.
OK, I know, what else is she going to say, right? But Wallin has some
legitimate reasons to regret leaving.
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July 28th, 2009 06:21pm
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Sonoma’s Tommy Everidge hasn’t just been called up to the big leagues — he’ll be in the starting lineup tonight when the Oakland A’s play the Red Sox in Fenway Park.
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July 28th, 2009 01:00am
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When Sonoma State’s Daniel Barone made his major-league debut for the Florida Marlins two years ago, he did it at Shea Stadium in New York.
And his former coach at SSU, John Goelz, was there.
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July 28th, 2009 12:33am
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Tommy Everidge, 26, a former star at Sonoma Valley High and Sonoma State, is expected to be officially called up by the Oakland A’s on Tuesday after hitting .382 with nine homers and 32 RBIs in 43 games at Triple-A Sacramento.
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July 26th, 2009 07:58pm
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Julia Stamps Mallon, 30, a former star at Santa Rosa High and All-American at Stanford, finished second at the San Francisco Marathon on Sunday in a time of 2 hours, 59 minutes and 32 seconds.
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July 25th, 2009 03:54pm
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The odds of two 20-somethings from a town of 9,000 both making the big leagues are probably pretty long.
But what are the odds of those two guys from the same town also playing for the same big-league team, in the same infield? Well, it hasn’t happened yet but the A’s trade of Matt Holliday to the Cardinals on Friday brought them highly touted third baseman Brett Wallace, the organization’s second high-level prospect from Sonoma.
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July 25th, 2009 03:17pm
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Center Kelsey Wagner, the San Luis Obispo County Player of the Year as a senior at Arroyo Grande High, headlines the Sonoma State women’s basketball team’s four-person recruiting class.
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July 22nd, 2009 05:12pm
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Kentucky doesn’t have an NFL team. Or an NBA team. Or a major league baseball team. Or an NHL team. Or a, OK, so you get the idea?
Well, Adam Froman sure has.
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July 21st, 2009 08:06pm
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Center fielder Tillman Pugh, a former star at De La Salle who signed with Arizona State out of high school, has transferred to Sonoma State.
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July 21st, 2009 06:40pm
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The Santa Rosa Junior College football team’s 2009 schedule will feature eight games against teams that had a record of .500 or better last year.
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