Led by second-team selection Doug Carr, the Seawolves placed four players on the Daktronics Division II All-America team to double the program record for All-Americans in one season.Carr, a senior defender, was a second-team selection. Senior forward Ross Middlemiss was named to the third team and junior goalkeeper Brook Johnson and senior defender Scott Preckwinkle [...]
Sonoma State junior defender and Rohnert Park native Lindsay Catton has been named to the Daktronics Division II All-America second team, becoming the first SSU women's soccer All-American since 2000.Catton, who starred at Rancho Cotate, led the Seawolves to a 15-5-1 record and a share of the CCAA North Division title by scoring a team-high [...]
After a forgettable pit stop at Chico State, former Cardinal Newman star Matt Cousins has resurfaced at Santa Rosa Junior College.And Cousins, a 6-foot-8 center who was an all-state selection as a senior at Newman, looked plenty impressive in his SRJC debut last week.In three games at the season-opening San Francisco City Tournament, Cousins averaged [...]
Santa Clara freshman Meaghan Kari (Windsor) is making a seamless transition to Division I golf.Kari had a pair of top-10 finishes in her first two events of the season in October. She debuted by tying for fifth at the Coast MBW College Challenge in Nipomo.A week later, she tied for 10th at the Boise State [...]
As a sports fan, I was interested in talking to Ross Middlemiss. As a sportswriter, I wasn't too excited about asking him to rehash the worst moment of his soccer career. OK, some background: Middlemiss is a senior forward at Sonoma State who had one of the best seasons in Seawolves' history, perhaps the best [...]
The inspirational story of brothers Chris and Jordan Washington, wide receivers at Division III Occidental College who both starred at Point Arena High, is being featured on the "NCAA on Campus" TV show on ESPN Classic.The Washington's mother and father were both drug addicts who struggled to care for them. Their mother got clean and [...]
About three years ago, Steve George, 62, a former fullback and linebacker at Santa Rosa Junior College, began taking classes at his old school.Not long after, he spent about a month with his wife constructing a Bear Cub mascot uniform of papier-mache and fake fur."I went down and asked them in the school office why [...]
For starters, three players dropped out of school and another player left the team due to school and work commitments.Then sophomore Cassie Nelson was lost for the season with a dislocated shoulder. Now freshman outside hitter Liz Tomforde will miss tonight's game at Diablo Valley College with a shoulder injury.The Santa Rosa Junior College women's [...]
After a humbling loss to Butte College, the Santa Rosa Junior College football team arrived ultra-focused for its 44-7 win against Foothill College, then the state's fourth-ranked team, on Saturday.In almost laughably sloppy field conditions, the Bear Cubs committed two penalties and didn't have a turnover until the fourth quarter.Yes, SRJC wasn't in the mood [...]
Hawaii's Greg Alexander was officially named the starting quarterback today for the Rainbows' game at Utah State on Saturday.Alexander, who played at Piner High, was named the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Week after coming off the bench to throw two fourth-quarter touchdowns in Hawaii's 38-31 over Nevada.Alexander, a junior, completed 17 of 22 [...]