Posts Tagged ‘football’
Police probe postgame shooting as schools react to mix of football and firearms
Suspects remained at large amid an ongoing police investigation of the shooting that wounded three teenagers outside De Anza High School after a football game last Friday, September 27.
Read MoreWith Broncos in the Super Bowl, Raiders fans react
Richmond Condifential caught up with Raiders fans at Super Bowl City in Downtown San Francisco to ask, “Who will you be rooting for this Sunday?”
Read MoreLast minute fundraising campaign gives Richmond’s Steelers Cadets football team shot at national title
While families across the Bay Area celebrated Thanksgiving, Richmond’s Steelers Cadets football team had an extra reason for thanks: they’ll be heading to Florida next week to compete in the national youth football tournament. Although the Steelers Cadets played well all season and won the NorCal title with an 11-1 record, a trip to the…
Read MoreDisappointing loss but colorful festivities mark homecoming game at Richmond High
Despite the Homecoming loss, the robust crowd stayed through the final whistle to cheer on the team.
Read MoreFormer gang member finds redemption on the field
Munoz, now 17, is a lineman on the Richmond High football team, a team leader and a jovial presence. He smiles when he talks and seems to emit positive energy. He’s getting good grades in school and for once, has a plan for his future. All of this, he attributes to joining the football team.
Read MoreRichmond High’s Benjamin Gannon trades in the megaphone for shoulder pads
What did Benjamin Gannon, the senior offensive and defensive lineman do, exactly? He joined the cheerleading squad.
Read MoreRichmond High’s Sean Trimmer earning his merit badge on the gridiron
Sean Trimmer, a 17-year-old senior on the Richmond High School football team brings a unique set of skills to the gridiron.
Read MoreRichmond High football attracts talent from unlikely places
Richmond High Football experiences highest involvement in decades thanks largely to a new interest from Latino community.
Read MoreBudding football stars train early, first snap five months away
They say you can’t teach blistering speed. Don’t tell that to 68-year-old Donald Jackson. He and his Richmond Steelers youth football coaching staff had 10 boys out in Kennedy High’s grassy baseball field Sunday morning, pumping their knees and arms like runaway freight trains. Jackson said they’d be in right field every Saturday and Sunday…
Read MoreFrom Eagle to Golden Bear, Kennedy High football star commits to Cal
The legend of Takkarist “Takk” McKinley began his sophomore year. That’s when Kennedy High’s track coach, Carl Sumler, saw the young Eagles defensive end rush a Piedmont High quarterback, turn around, race 15 yards up field and catch a wide receiver trying to break loose with the ball. But that’s not what impressed Sumler the…
Read MoreEagles clash with Pride in first round of playoffs
There’s nothing like a little drama two days before the first round of the playoffs. On Wednesday after practice Takkarist McKinley, the Eagles 6’3″, 240-pound all-world linebacker threatened to walk out on his teammates. The situation on the field was so bad that the Cal-bound football player went nose-to-nose with head coach Mark Carminer and…
Read MoreOilers take back the Richmond Cup on senior night
The Richmond Oilers capped off the season with their second win, taking home the Richmond Cup in a 14-6 home victory over the De Anza Dons. For senior Devonte Anderson, the win fulfilled a goal he set in last year’s dispiriting loss to De Anza. “I wasn’t going to forget that moment,” Anderson said. He…
Read MoreGunfire disrupted Richmond homecoming, not school spirit
In the week after gunshots disrupted Richmond High School’s homecoming events, school officials, police and parents said they were glad the situation wasn’t worse. Eight minutes were left in the football game against the Kennedy Eagles when a gun was fired near 23rd and Maricopa just beyond school property. After responding to the scene, police…
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