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Sports Reporter @NorthBayNews | Past: @MarinIJ , @NapaRegister | gus.morris @pressdemocrat .com

Petaluma, CA
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Now that @kodoherty22 has had his fun, it's my turn to head out of town for a bit. Off to Ireland for a week. Catch everyone on the other side.
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No one other than maybe everyone who has watched him play this year
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New @FOXSports : America, meet Jordan Bell. The breakout NCAA tournament star that no one saw coming
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Apparently someone in Oregon's student section has a backpack full of 100 Grand bars and is passing them out to other students. Security has already gotten mad that they have them.
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This is a great shot (via @adamdephoto )
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Spotted on a Friday night in Eugene
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~Personal news~ Beyond excited to announce that I'm joining @NorthBayNews as a sports reporter/multimedia analyst. I've been reading the PD since I was a kid so the chance to work for such an amazing paper is truly a dream come true.
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Uber, alcohol sales in Autzen, now this, all right after I graduate. Did I do something wrong, universe?
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Eugene ... WE'RE COMING TO YOUR CITY! See you Week 4 for No. 9 @StanfordFball at No. 20 @oregonfootball
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Some life news: Thrilled to announce that, come Wednesday, I’ll be a full-time reporter for @NapaRegister covering high school sports in the Napa Valley. Can’t wait to get started.
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. @DevonAllen13 has signed about 763299753785 autographs today
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First day ✅
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College softball >>> college baseball Don’t @ me
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Dec. 8, 2016: Oregon introduces Willie Taggart as head coach Dec. 8, 2017: Oregon introduces Mario Cristobal as head coach
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Ducks win, @Taylors_Bar goes crazy
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Here’s the final play of the Windsor-College Park game. The score was 41-15. Windsor was taking a knee to end the game.
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Duck fans fired up and ready to go
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Spencer Torkelson. Justin Bruihl. Anthony Bender. Andrew Vaughn. Brandon Hyde. Tony Arnerich. Jason Lane. Tim Cossins. Sonoma County is well-represented in Major League Baseball.
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Darren Carrington is here in the student section at Oregon’s spring game
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I did a thing today.
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6 years
I don’t want to overreact but Roman Sorkin is the best player in the country
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3 years
"I'm not a magician" is probably in the top 5 thing you don't want to hear from your defense attorney
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philip lewis
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This is just an amazing moment from a defense attorney
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“The media decided to stop covering them.” Literally the front page of the Seattle Times rn.
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Finally, I’m thrilled to announce that I have accepted a new job as a sports reporter with the @marinij . Can’t wait to get started on Oct. 12.
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4 years
So I’ve got some life news (and a quick thread). Today is my final day at the @NapaRegister . It’s been a fantastic two years covering sports in Napa and I truly couldn’t have asked for a better start to my career.
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3 years
~Personal news~ This will be my last full week at the IJ. It’s been blast covering sports in Marin and a big thank you to all the coaches, athletes, parents, ADs and everyone in between who I’ve worked with over the past 11 months.
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6 years
Officially filed my last story for @ODEsports and @DailyEmerald . Crazy it's already over, but these last three years were all I could have asked for and more. Huge thanks to everyone who helped me get to where I am, especially @JoeJHoyt who, for some reason, took a chance on me.
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. @Troy_Brown33 has been in the national spotlight since he was in elementary school. That light will shine even brighter this year as he helps lead Oregon's rebuild. My profile on the 5-star freshman, on newsstands now
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5 years
Can’t beat small town news
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6 years
Had to ask @GoDucksKG about the hard-hitting question that Duck-mega fan @SheaSerrano posed last night. Here's Graves' response.
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9 months
Showed up at Newman’s football practice for a season preview story this afternoon. Was on the sideline for maybe 5 min before HC Richard Sanchez came up to me and told me to leave. Threatened to call 911 if I didn’t. Asked the reason and he said “You don’t deserve a reason.”
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6 years
BREAKING: Bill Walton is walking around Oregon’s campus. This is not a drill.
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Taggart just came down courtside and is sitting and talking with Phil Knight now
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Can we acknowledge the fact that we just witnessed Nick Foles beat Tom Brady in a Super Bowl?
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7 years
This is a terrible look for Schill and the University. Part of your official statement is to call a student reporter "obnoxious?"
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5 years
@ScottCacciola He kinda thicc tho
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2 years
And like that, the 2021-22 high school sports season in Sonoma County is official over. Thanks to everyone who read and followed along for these past 9 months. Looking forward to doing this all again come August. It'll be here before we know it. #PDPreps
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6 years
Portland is now 0-5 this postseason
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Tim Bontemps
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LeBron James on Kevin Durant: "You knew he was destined for greatness. Everyone did ... besides Portland. Sorry, Portland."
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Wow, this is really significant. First NIL deal for a local prep athlete. And well deserved, too. #PDPreps
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CITIUS MAG
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✍️ Santa Rosa Montgomery (CA) junior Hanne Thomsen has signed an NIL deal with @newbalance . As a sophomore, she finished second in the 2023 New Balance Nationals Indoor two-mile in 10:07.06 – which broke Jordan Hasay’s California state record set in 2009. It was also the…
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. @OregonMBB was 41st nationally in avg attendance last year, but 4th in largest attendance increase. Went from 7,466 to 9,894, a 32% incr.
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6 years
What I’d do to be in Eugene tonight...
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My first freelance assignment for @OregonianSports was a good one. No. 4 @OregonSB snapped No. 2 Oklahoma's 30-game win streak behind a one-hitter from Megan Kleist. My gamer:
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NYT on @OregonMBB ’s latest pickup
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Not a good look, @espn
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Big day for @AustinSteeves24 . The @Gaucho_Baseball star is signing his letter of intent to play for @StanfordBSB . #PDPreps
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That’s a wrap for @pdpreps ’ coverage of the 22-23 HS sports season. A massive thank you to everyone who read, listened, watched, followed @kodoherty22 and myself this year. Spring sports awards will be out in the next few weeks and football coverage will get going in August
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9 months
So Cardinal Newman apparently has a new media policy for athletics. Never seen something like this for HS sports before. #PDPreps
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6 years
First day ✅
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2 years
Guess the Lambo story was the kicker
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2 years
Source: The #Jaguars have fired coach Urban Meyer.
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Final: Oregon is OKC bound. The Ducks run-rule Kentucky 11-1 in the deciding game three of the Eugene Super Regional. Second straight trip to College World Series for Oregon and the fifth in seven years.
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I’ve seen enough. St. Vincent becomes the 2nd football state champion in Sonoma County history. Incredible 3-season stretch that culminates in the school’s first state title. #PDPreps
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Kienan O'Doherty
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@CasanovasGabe @JackDavisSVHS @MasonCaturegli TOUCHDOWN MUSTANGS! @CasanovasGabe takes it himself from five yards out. Wasco 6, Mustangs 27 2:21 Q4 #PDPreps #MustangsatState
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Incredibly sad day for anyone who knew JJ. Gave his heart and soul to the Petaluma sports community for decades. A true institution. He’ll be missed greatly. “He was the best community journalist I’ve ever known.”
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He’s back
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With his 4 TDs today, @KaiHallSVHS now has 63 for his career at SV, breaking the school record of 60 set by 1999 grad Ray Tamblyn. #PDPreps
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6 years
Quite the gauntlet here for running backs. And yes, that is @coachfeld wearing sunglasses and punching gloves
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6 years
Guys I just discovered that there’s a taco truck across the street from our office that sells $1 tacos and I’ve never been happier in my life.
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4 years
Spent all day yesterday finishing these stories and layouts. Really happy with how they turned out. 2019 was special. Hoping for more of the same in 2020.
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MCAL legend
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Good for this guy
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Once saw Jordan Bell step behind the bar and start making drinks at Taylor’s
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Just heard Jordan Bell tell a ball boy that Taylor’s is better than Max’s and that Maple Garden makes his stomach hurt
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1 year
Appreciate everyone who checked in over the last month. Recovery went smoothly and happy to report I'll be returning to work this week.
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3 years
That's a wrap Marin. It's been a pleasure ✌️
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3 years
~Personal news~ This will be my last full week at the IJ. It’s been blast covering sports in Marin and a big thank you to all the coaches, athletes, parents, ADs and everyone in between who I’ve worked with over the past 11 months.
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@Danny_Mercado25 @gavin_pandolfi @JefferyPage11 OH MY GOD CASA GRANDE JUST WON ON A 40-YARD SCOOP AND SCORE FROM LINEMAN MARCO SIERRA ON THE FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME FINAL: Casa Grande 28, Vintage 22 #PDPreps
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Troy Brown, Victor Bailey, MiKyle McIntosh, Abu Kigab and Kenny Wooten learning Oregon’s motion. Wooten also showing off his athleticism.
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Here you go, @coacharroyoTheO , for the blooper reel
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3 years
High school sports are officially back in Marin. Marin Academy and Urban facing off in boys golf today at Peacock Gap. First HS sporting event to take place in the county since the pandemic started last March.
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Amazing turnaround story for the Santa Rosa native. Made it through some dark days as manager of the Orioles. Now a 100-win season, AL East title and the No. 1 seed for the AL Playoffs. Incredible. @SRJCbaseball
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Think about all the dreadful, miserable, soul-sucking baseball O's skipper Brandon Hyde had to sit through. Very few managers survive a rebuild and make it to the good days. Hyde endured, and now, with tears in his eyes and a smile on his face, he gets to live the reward.
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We’re done here, folks. Racism is over.
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6 years
Can’t get over this picture of Herbert
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And lost to Oregon twice
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Tyson Alger
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ASU went 8-10 in a down Pac-12 and was bounced in the first round in Vegas.
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Philadelphia: 1682 - 2018 Y’all had a good run
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Forget climbing poles, people in Philly have TAKEN THEM OUT OF THE GROUND (via @maxontwitter )
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Player of the game
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Picked the wrong year to do Dry January
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NBL-Oak All-League ⚾️ @LandenRota and @BradyBoyd_2023 of @_Newmanbaseball named MVP and Offensive Player of the Year @baseballcdillon of @WHSCA_ATHLETICS named Pitcher of the Year #PDPreps
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Signing day for 3 OL standouts from @srjcfootball . @DodjiDahoue signs with @EMUFB @jonahmiller17 signs with @UTSAFTBL @GabeAvila9 signs with @WNMUFootball
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6 years
Imagining people struggling to pump their own gas is funny
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Taylor Pate
6 years
Facebook is an entirely different breed.
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. @spennyt catching up with @PaulMaytorena , his high school coach from Casa Grande. He’s one of dozens who made the trip from Petaluma to see Torkelson play today.
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🚨 NO-HITTER ALERT🚨 A week after his 18K performance, @jacobtmyoung throws a no-hitter against San Domenico with 14Ks. Young threw only 86 pitches in 7IP and walked a pair. He also went 3-4 at the plate with a solo HR. @MAWildcatsATC @mawildcats #marinbaseball
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@KwadeSays In front of the boarded up 7Eleven on 13th
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NEWS: Paul Cronin is the new head football coach at Ukiah High School. Former Cardinal Newman and Windsor HC has won 5 NCS titles, 1 state title, and is No. 2 all-time in career wins (222) in Sonoma County history, per @CalHiSports records. Story TK #PDPreps
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9 months
Nothing new to report on the Newman front today. Appreciate the support from everyone who reached out, especially the Newman folks I heard from. I’ll be unplugging for a few days for one last summer vacation. We’re far from done reporting on this story. See y’all next week.
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Wow, I don't think thriller does this one justice. @tambaseball1908 scores 4 runs in the bottom of the 7th to beat Marin Catholic 8-7. @Parker03889207 hits a walk-off, 2-run HR with 2 outs two batters after @tuckerbougie hits a 2-run HR. #marinbaseball
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7 years
Taggart ends presser: "have a great, smoky day if you want to."
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1 year
Done with coverage for a while but I’ll probably still be active on here until I fully return from leave in February. Thanks to everyone for well wishes. I’ll see ya’ll next month.
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6 years
Now you all know my middle name.
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NBL Oak and Redwood All-League baseball teams. Amazing season for local teams. Tons of returning talent for next spring. #PDPreps
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Love that Kent was down there to capture this.
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Kent Porter
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Head coach Trent Herzog and the rest of the @SVHS_FB team celebrate their 27-6, 6-AA California state championship win over the Wasco Tigers, Friday evening in Pasadena. @NorthBayNews @pdpreps
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“There’s good baseball players coming out of that Petaluma, Santa Rosa area.” Quite a few local guys on MLB rosters this year. And there are more on the way.
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Tommy Call III
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707 getting some love during the Red Sox broadcast with Spencer Torkelson at the dish.
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First look at CalPreps' computer rankings ahead of the 2023 football season. #PDPreps
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6 years
Oregon’s student section is throwing their flashlights at the refs
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The Boston Red Sox select @AustinEhrliche1 in the 18th round of the MLB Draft. Maria Carrillo grad and current @SRJCbaseball standout. #PDPreps
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4 years
Looks like protestors have stopped traffic on 101 in Santa Rosa.
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1 year
There it is. @KaiHallSVHS is officially the Redwood Empire rushing king, breaking Joe Trombetta’s career record of 5,447 yards. #PDPreps
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1 year
Great scene here at Rancho Cotate today as football stars @malik3140 and @sailasavadrawa1 finalize their college commitments. Cleveland is signing with @UCDfootball and Vadrawale with @CalFootball . #PDPreps
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Chris Boucher will finish his Oregon career having never lost a game at MKA
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7 years
My first @SFGiants game this year and they're leading 4-0 after 1. Maybe my absence was the problem 🤔 @Jon_Hawthorne
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What a freaking game. St. Vincent hangs on for a thrilling win. Down to SoCal next week for a shot at a state title. #PDPreps
@kodoherty22
Kienan O'Doherty
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@CasanovasGabe @RobRooks55 ST. VINCENT IS GOING TO THE STATE TITLE GAME! Final | St. Vincent 28, Palo Alto 26 #PDPreps
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4 years
I’ve lived in Healdsburg basically my entire life minus college. Fire season was always a danger but these past few years have been unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before. I hope there’s a light at the end of this tunnel. I love this place. Stay safe everyone.
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6 years
It’s crazy that this is the last soccer game for the next four years.
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1 year
NBL All-League Football teams have been released. @WHSCA_ATHLETICS sophomore @HAnderson_2025 named NBL-Oak MVP. @SVHS_FB seniors @KaiHallSVHS and @jaretbosarge named Co-MVPs of the NBL-Redwood. Full lists below. #PDPreps
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Crazy stat: Megan Kleist has more wins this season (18) than walks (16). She's pitched 151.2 innings so far.
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