Sports Glance
The Richmond High football team was getting slammed 42-0 in the last quarter of its game against Pinole Valley. The Varsity cheer team stood in position looking at the field, hands in the pockets of their matching jackets, trying to hold their stoic poses in the chilly air.
This particular Saturday at the Richmond Rod and Gun club was a field day; there’s a youth program, a cowboy shooting practice and sign-ups for hunting class. Listen to my adventure as I visit the club for the first time.
SALESIAN GIRLS VOLLEYBALL ROLLS ON: The No. 2-seeded Pride avenged a regular-season loss to Bay Shore Athletic League-rival St. Mary’s with a three game sweep at home Saturday in the North Coast Section Division IV girls volleyball playoffs. Salesian (24-7) won 25-18, 25-23 and 25-18 to advance to the semifinals, where it will meet No. 6 St. Helena (27-5) at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Salesian. St. Helena, champions of the North Central I-North League, upset No. 3 St. Patrick-St. Vincent…
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18 Girls volleyball -North Coast Section Division IV semifinals: No. 6 St. Helena at No. 2 Salesian, 7 p.m. THURSDAY, NOV. 19 Girls soccer -Richmond at Antioch, 6 p.m. SATURDAY, NOV. 21 Boys soccer -De Anza at Irvington, 10:30 a.m. Football -North Coast Section Division IV playoffs: No. 10 McKinleyville at No. 3 Salesian, 1 p.m. Boys basketball Richmond at Swett, 7 p.m.
A physician has delayed clearing Cal running back Jahvid Best’s return to the team after crashing head-first into the end zone and sustaining his second concussion in two weeks Saturday. His season and career may be in doubt. Suffering a concussion is bad, but the symptoms worsen with each successive severe blow to the head. According to a recent study cited by USA Today, 40.5 percent of high school athletes return to the field prematurely after suffering a concussion, and…
HOMECOMING FOR EX-OILER: His team may have been outmatched Wednesday night, but Richmond High graduate Eli Holman had a strong individual showing in his return to the Bay Area, scoring 15 points for the University of Detroit in a 95-61 loss to Cal. Holman, a 6-foot-10 center, was a Scouts Inc. top-100 recruit in 2007 when he signed with the University of Indiana after his senior year at Richmond. But after seeing little playing time his first year, Holman transferred…
Friday’s results FOOTBALL Salesian 28, Tomales 0 -The Pride (9-1 overall, 5-0 Bay Football League) hit the road to win its final non-league game of season, topping Tomales. Salesian looks to finish up an undefeated Bay Football League season with a 7:30 p.m. game this Friday vs. California School of the Deaf (3-7, 1-4 BFL). Pinole Valley 41, Richmond 0 -Richmond loses its final game of the season to finish 3-7 overall, 2-4 in Alameda Contra Costa Athletic League play….
Kennedy and Salesian finished up their respective high school cross-country seasons at the Bay Shore Athletic League finals at Oakland’s Joaquin Miller Park. Check out the photos at the RC Sports Glance site on Flickr.
Musings on an example of what youth sports can mean to kids on the brink.