community sports

• Letter to the editor: St. Vincent girls deserve credit

  Thursday March 18, 2010 2:25 pm

  Editor: I am writing in response to a couple of articles in the Argus on March 4 about the St. Vincent girls basketball team and the coach.

• Monte Vista blanks Gauchos

  Thursday March 18, 2010 2:20 pm

  Masterful pitching by Billy O’Donnel and Charlie Hagarty was not enough to prevent a 1-0 Casa Grande baseball loss to Monte Vista of Danville Wednesday afternoon.

• Slow start for Petaluma lacrosse team

  Thursday March 18, 2010 1:40 pm

  After winning championships in 2007 and 2009, and finishing second in 2008, Petaluma’s varsity lacrosse team finds itself in unfamiliar territory with a 1-3 record after the first four games this season.

• REG team of Moreno and Schroth third in home meet

  Thursday March 18, 2010 11:18 am

  With the top two all-around scores counting toward the team total, the Redwood Empire Gymnastics Level 5 girls rhythmic team of Ema Moreno and Addie Schroth outscored several larger teams to place third at the recent Redwood Empire Invitational in Petaluma.

• JJ Says: March Madness affects everyone old enough to fill out a bracket

  By JOHN JACKSON ARGUS-COURIER SPORTS EDITOR

  Wednesday March 17, 2010 5:01 pm

  

  I am not a big fan of college basketball, and even a less of a fan of pro basketball.

• T-Girls too much for inexperienced SV

  By JOHN JACKSON ARGUS-COURIER SPORTS EDITOR

  Wednesday March 17, 2010 4:22 pm

  

  Terry Hankins

  St. Vincent third baseman Kayla Marshall snares a hard grounder. A moment later, she tagged Petaluma runner Abby Balf and then stepped on third base for an unassisted double play.

  Petaluma High's T-Girl softball team was simply too much for St. Vincent's Lady Mustangs to handle Tuesday afternoon.

• Sports Briefs

  Wednesday March 17, 2010 4:15 pm

  Two-time national softball champion Samantha Banister will host a fast-pitch camp for girls 7-18 April 8-9 at Prince Park. The camp will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.

• Saving a pool one tarp at a time

  By JOHN JACKSON SPORTS EDITOR

  Wednesday March 17, 2010 4:00 pm

  On a down-home and personal level, it isn’t global warming that bothers Petaluma’s swimmers as much as it is the heat that gets away.

• Petaluma track team getting ready to defend its SCL title

  Wednesday March 17, 2010 3:34 pm

  Petaluma High track coach Jim Lynch continues to mix, match and experiment as his learning boys team and strong girls team prepare for the upcoming Sonoma County League season.
  The Trojans received some strong efforts in Rancho Cotate’s South County Invitational and San Rafael’s Twilight Relays last week.

• What's Up!

  Wednesday March 17, 2010 1:34 pm

  

  Terry Hankins

  Maddi Eshoo and Petaluma’s T-Girls hope to catch another win when they play at Ukiah Saturday.

  A look at what's coming up in local sports.

• Panther youth football begins with sign-ups Saturday

  Friday March 12, 2010 4:04 pm

  Practice doesn’t start until the end of July, but the Petaluma Panthers football and cheerleading program begins Saturday, March 13 with sign-ups.

• Petaluma rallies in the sixth to beat Concord, 9-8

  By JOHN JACKSON ARGUS-COURIER SPORTS EDITOR

  Friday March 12, 2010 3:51 pm

  There were some swift twists and turns along the way, but Petaluma High’s baseball Trojans arrived safely in the win column Thursday afternoon.

• Ursuline’s McDonald no-hits T-Girls

  Friday March 12, 2010 11:49 am

  Ursuline’s Haily McDonald silenced Petaluma’s softball hitters Thursday afternoon, beating the T-Girls, 2-0.

• Healdsburg out-slugs St. Vincent girls

  Friday March 12, 2010 11:15 am

  St. Vincent's softball Mustangs hit well, but not well enough Thursday afternoon, losing at home to Healdsburg, 18-9.

• Big inning beats Mustangs

  Thursday March 11, 2010 2:33 pm

  A bad inning spoiled a game for St. Vincent High Wednesday afternoon.

• JJ Says: Little League opening is what dreams are made of

  Thursday March 11, 2010 1:51 pm

  

  Little League baseball officially begins Saturday.

• Petaluma girls off to an impressive track start

  Wednesday March 10, 2010 5:18 pm

  The Petaluma track team had many strong efforts in its first competition.

• It's Little League time again

  Wednesday March 10, 2010 5:01 pm

  

  John Jackson

  Petaluma High varsity player Kevin Blake teaches a Petaluma National Little Leaguer how to bunt. After a learning session with the Trojans last weekend, Little Leaguers open their season officially Saturday, March 13 with opening ceremonies for the National, Valley and American leagues.

  Play ball!

• Trojans’ Dalton Berncich wins a match at state

  Wednesday March 10, 2010 4:50 pm

  Petaluma High’s Dalton Berncich made a breakthrough at the Calif-ornia Interscholastic Federation state wrestling championships, winning his first-round consolation match.

• Letter to the editor: Softball should be an Olympic game

  Wednesday March 10, 2010 4:45 pm

  Editor: As a result of the vote taken in 2005 to eliminate softball from the Olympics, millions of dreams have been crushed, mine being one of them. For many people, this is an important issue.