Tag Archives: basketball

Candy Cane Classic Basketball Tournament to be held this weekend

The 30th annual McKelvey and Banks Candy Cane Classic Basketball Tournament will be held Friday through Sunday. Boys and girls ages 14 and under will...

Rockets blast off: team wins first game of the season

This was a night for the underdogs. The Richmond Rockets, the city’s new American Basketball Association team, defeated reigning conference champs the Bay Area Matrix...

It’s game time: Richmond Rockets debut Thursday

On Thursday at 7:30 p.m. the Rockets will make their American Basketball Association debut at Richmond’s Civic Center Memorial Auditorium against the Pacific North Conference...

Nevin Park 3-on-3 tournament draws healthy competition

Basketball players and enthusiasts at Nevin Park faced high stakes this Saturday as they entered the community center’s 3-on-3 tournament.

Richmond, meet your new basketball team

Fourteen-year-old Abdul Black loves basketball, but he’s not worried about the NBA lockout. He’s following a different league this season, and he’s already got a...

Richmond catches March Madness

March Madness started today. March Madness, the NCAA men’s basketball championship tournament, is held in March and April every year. This year, the championship game...

Salesian boys hoops team shows why it’s No. 1

Salesian High forward Desmond Simmons was winded. He’d played more minutes than usual, and the Haas Pavilion Court – longer than the high school courts...

Happening This Week: Dec. 15

Tuesday, December 15 BOYS SOCCER Kennedy at Northgate, 3 p.m. De Anza at El Cerrito, 6:30 p.m. GIRLS BASKETBALL Richmond at Concord, 7 p.m. BOYS...

Parent sees sports as shield from trouble

After Friday’s rainy weather, only about ten parents came to watch the Richmond High football team’s last game this season at Pinole Valley High School....