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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 he’s used to – wasn’t helping. But playing on the big stage of the Martin Luther King Holiday Classic in front of a big crowd at Haas, Simmons said he hardly noticed he was tired. “The magnitude of the game took over,” he said. Simmons scored a game-high 17 points, and made some key free…
Tuesday, January 12 BOYS SOCCER Richmond at El Cerrito, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER El Cerrito at Richmond, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS BASKETBALL De Anza at Berkeley High, 7 p.m. BOYS BASKETBALL Berkeley at De Anza, 7 p.m. Wednesday, January 13 BOYS SOCCER Swett at Kennedy, 3:30 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Holy Names at Salesian, 3:30 p.m. BOYS BASKETBALL Kennedy at Albany, 5:30 p.m. Salesian at Swett, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kennedy at Albany, 7 p.m. Salesian at Swett, 7 p.m. Thursday, January…
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 BASKETBALL Kennedy at Swett, 7 p.m. Wednesday, December 16 BOYS SOCCER Albany at Salesian, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Salesian at Albany, 3:30 p.m. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kennedy at Pinole Valley, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, December 17 GIRLS BASKETBALL De Anza at Swett, 5:30 p.m. BOYS BASKETBALL De Anza at Encinal, 7 p.m. Friday, December 18 GIRLS BASKETBALL…
Washington Redskins running back Quinton Ganther helped finish off the Raiders on Sunday with two fourth-quarter touchdown runs in the ’Skins 34-13 win. Then in his postgame comments, he made sure to mention his hometown. A quote attributed to Ganther from the Washington Post: “Coming from this area, coming from Richmond, you guys know how it is. It’s a blessing just to be able to make it out of that situation.” Ganther can count it as a blessing that he…
Tuesday, December 8 BOYS SOCCER St. Mary’s at Salesian, 3:30 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Salesian at St. Mary’s, 3:30 p.m. Mt. Diablo at Richmond, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS BASKETBALL Salesian at Middletown, 5:30 p.m. Kennedy at McClymonds, 5:30 p.m. BOYS BASKETBALL Fremont at Richmond, 7 p.m. Wednesday, December 9 BOYS SOCCER Kennedy at St. Joseph-Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m. BOYS BASKETBALL Richmond at Northgate Tournament Thursday, December 10 GIRLS SOCCER Kennedy at Ygnacio Valley, 3:30 p.m. Richmond at Pinole Valley, 5:30 p.m. BOYS…
The screening of a documentary about the 1984 Kennedy High-El Cerrito football title game wasn’t supposed to be a Kennedy event, but it just about turned into one, said producer Jeff Patterson. Before the movie started at the Richmond Civic Center on Saturday night, a throng of former Eagles circulated the lobby sharing stories of glories past, with pictures from those days as the backdrop. Even seating in the auditorium was split – those with allegiance to Kennedy going one…
Tuesday, Dec. 1 BOYS BASKETBALL Kennedy at Fremont, 7 p.m. Richmond at Benicia, 7 p.m. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kennedy at Monta Vista, 6:30 p.m. De Anza at Tennyson, 5:30 p.m. Salesian at San Rafael, 5:30 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Richmond at Castro Valley Tournament, 3:30 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER De Anza at Tennyson, 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2 BOYS BASKETBALL Salesian at Jeremy Jack Tournament GIRLS BASKETBALL Salesian at St. Elizabeth Tournament BOYS SOCCER St. Joseph-Notre Dame at Salesian, 3:30 p.m. Richmond at…
How hard is it to excel in a hunting education and safety class at the Richmond Rod and Gun club? Let’s just say not hard for one eight-year-old but a little bit more difficult for me. Listen to my journey at the gun club.
Jeff Patterson was in Hawaii when he found out that his alma mater, Kennedy High, beat El Cerrito in the 1984 North Coast Section championship football game. Patterson graduated the year before and was in the army. He said he was a broadcaster in high school and didn’t play on the team. Still, the win meant a lot. “During my four years at Kennedy we never beat El Cerrito,” he said. “It was exciting for me to find out they…