The Seawolves finished its first week of the season with a 5-0 record. As a result, their second week of the season began with some honors.SSU senior shortstop Leo Avila was named the CCAA Player of the Week and junior pitcher Cameron Ray was named the CCAA Pitcher of the Week on Monday on the [...]
Dash Buntjer, a 2006 graduate of Montgomery High, signed a national letter of intent to play football at Division I-AA Alabama A&M in Huntsville, Ala., this week.Buntjer is a 5-foot-11, 248-pound fullback who played the past two years at Scottsdale (Ariz.) Community College. A strong blocker, he rushed for 169 yards on 25 carries as [...]
Santa Rosa Junior College defensive end Donnie Pritchett has verbally committed to Fresno State.The 6-foot-4, 260-pound Pritchett, from Santa Rosa High, had narrowed his choices to Fresno State and Kansas. Pritchett, who was born and raised in California, said Kansas had better facilities, but he preferred Fresno State's location. Pritchett didn't play football his last [...]
After the story on Humboldt State point guard Zac Tideman ran in today's paper, Sonoma State coach Pat Fuscaldo said he had several people contacting him to ask: Why didn't Sonoma State recruit Tiedeman, a transfer from Santa Clara who grew up in Santa Rosa and whose dad, Steve, is in the SSU Athletic Hall [...]
Santa Rosa Junior College wide receiver Brandyn Reed has verbally committed to Sacramento State.The 6-foot-4, 200-pound Reed, who starred at Windsor High, had 61 catches for 1,195 yards and 16 touchdowns during the regular season. He ranked seventh in the state in receptions, third in yards and tied for the state lead in touchdowns.SRJC linebacker [...]
One of the candidates to become SRJC's starting quarterback next season is Greyson Galloway, whose stepdad is former NFL quarterback Craig Morton.Morton's name has been in the news recently: Before Kurt Warner joined him, Morton was the only quarterback to start for two different teams in the Super Bowl.
I'm 36 years old, but sometimes I feel much older.Last weekend, for example, I was interviewing professional ice dancer Kim Navarro of Santa Rosa over the phone after she and her partner, Brent Bommentre, won the bronze medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Cleveland.Navarro was telling me how energized the crowd was by [...]
Two of the biggest names in high school football this past season, Rancho Cotate offensive lineman Adam Murray and Cardinal Newman running back/linebacker Jeff Badger, appear likely to play at SRJC next season.The 6-foot-7, 319-pound Murray declined a scholarship offer from Sacramento State this weekend. He plans to play at SRJC in hopes of eventually [...]
Santa Rosa Junior College all-state cornerback Brandon Driver, who has committed to San Jose State, is among at least seven Bear Cubs who will sign national letters of intent on Signing Day.A pair of local stars, all-state wide receiver Brandyn Reed (Windsor) and defensive lineman Donnie Pritchett (Santa Rosa), are still mulling scholarship offers. Pritchett [...]
Santa Rosa Junior College soccer coach Emiria Salzmann has been named the women's junior college Coach of the Year by National Soccer Coaches Association of America after leading the Bear Cubs to a 22-3-1 record and a berth in the California state-title game this past season.Salzmann, who starred as a player at Piner High and [...]