Sports
On Sunday the Richmond Sol Cobras took on the Walnut Creek Legends of the NORCAL Premier Soccer League. The action took place on Martin Luther King Field off Cutting Boulevard and South 14th Street. Enjoy the soccer action.
The Kennedy Eagles shut down the Albany Cougars 36-0 on Friday for their second win in a row. “I think they are starting to remember what they are playing for,” said Head Coach Mack Carminer. The scoring came quickly for the Eagles. They punched in a touchdown from the 2 yard line just five minutes into the game. On their second possession, number 81, Raysean Walker, caught a long pass at the 40 and ran it in for the second…
The Hercules Titans handed the Richmond Oilers yet another crippling loss Friday night, 38-6 in Hercules.
The Kennedy Eagles (2-4) and Richmond Oilers (0-6) hit the road Friday night, as both teams continue their quest for a league title. Eagles head coach Mack Carminer said his team doesn’t have a big head just because of last week’s 40-7 thumping of De Anaza, and expects Friday night’s game against the Albany Cougars (0-6) to be just as challenging. “We got one-of-five wins complete and this week we’re going to try and make it two,” he said by…
Forty-four junior varsity runners pummeled the Marina Bay hills Thursday afternoon at a high school cross-country meet. Coaches lined the turns of the course’s last 200 meters, calling out words they hoped would catapult their runners across the finish line. The coach yelling “Don’t let her pass you,” as her runner was being overtaken by Kennedy’s Danaya Giddens, though, wasn’t in luck. Giddens had disappeared around a bend before the last word left the coach’s mouth as the Kennedy sprinter…
The John Swett High School Indians (3-3) handed the Richmond Oilers (0-6) their sixth straight loss Friday night in a decisive 19-0 win.
Terry Bell paces the sidelines on the Kennedy High Football Field, calling to his players on the Richmond Steelers midget football team, presiding over a sea of black-and-yellow helmets and a group of young boys that remind him always of his own son. It’s just before kickoff on a Saturday afternoon, and Wiz Khalifa’s hit song “Black and Yellow” blasts in the background as the players and cheerleaders dance around. Bell, who has coached the under-14 division for the recreational…
Due to a surge in player turnout this season, Richmond High School’s football program has fielded its first junior varsity team in two years.
The Richmond Oilers (0-5) and Kennedy Eagles (1-4) didn’t have much to root for during the first half of the season. But with league play beginning Friday night, both teams hope coin tosses start going their way. Eagles head coach Mack Carminer said it’s been weird preparing for the second half of the season because of the nonsuccess his team has experienced. “The kids have been relentless,” he said as he watched his players run through offensive drills Wednesday afternoon….