‘Sports’ Archives
Mexico’s Best Soccer Players In History Coming to Calexico
By Mario Conde Mexico’s best soccer players in history will be coming to Calexico this September to help PAL in what promise to be the biggest soccer clinic in the valley. The Calexico Parents Athletic League will be hosting a two day soccer clinic at Ward Field behind Calexico High School. The Calexico PAL will welcome past Mexican soccer players that were part of the Mexican National Soccer Team and played World Cups. The two day event will take place on September 24 and 25th and will have as great guest such as Ramon Ramirez who is one of the most respected leaders in Mexican soccer [...]
Baseball Report
By Bob Hurst Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire wasn't about to take a chance on losing a starting pitcher during a divisional playoff race. So in Sunday's game against the Oakland A's, Gardenhire removed Kevin Slowey despite the fact that Slowey was throwing a no-hitter. The Twins manager was booed by Minnesota fans for making the move. Jon Rauch came in to try for a combined no-hitter, but allowed a double to the second batter he faced. The Twins ended up winning the game 4-2. "I would boo me too," Gardenhire said. "I took a pitcher out with a no-hitter going. But I would do it [...]
Girls Softball Tournament for Scoliosis Awareness
By Mario Conde This past Friday there was a one day Girls softball tournament for Scoliosis awareness and raised money for a very talented softball player from Calexico. Two games were played in Calexico last Friday at Nosotros Park and American Legion Field to provide awareness about scoliosis. The winners of those games would meet in the water park field to decide who would be the champion of the night. The tournament finalized after midnight. The event was also to support Calexico athlete Julissa “Yaya” Serrano and her recent back operation due to this disease. At the end of [...]
Baseball Report
By Bob Hurst There hasn't been much to celebrate in Baltimore this season, so when Adam Jones hit a game-winning single in the bottom of the 10th inning last Friday night, the Orioles mobbed Jones and jumped around like they had won the AL East. It was Baltimore's fourth straight win, matching its season high, and made new manager Buck Showalter 4-0 with the team. The Orioles finished their homestand at 6-1 and won their seventh in eight games under Showalter on Tuesday night. Everything's looking a lot more cheerful in the clubhouse of the team with baseball's worst record (39-74 [...]
Baseball Report
By Bob Hurst Yawn. Another no-hitter was thrown this week in Major League Baseball. In the Year of the Pitcher, no-hitters are becoming nearly as frequent as those pitched in high school softball games. There have now been five thrown this season, including two perfect games. Detroit's Armando Galarraga would have had a perfect game last month, but lost it with one out to go in the ninth inning on a bad call at first base by umpire Jim Joyce. Tampa Bay's Matt Garza is the latest one to do it, shutting down the Tigers in a 5-0 win at Tropicana Field on Monday night. And that's not a [...]
Baseball Report
By Bob Hurst Oakland A's pitcher Dallas Braden gave New York Yankees' third baseman Alex Rodriguez and earful in April after Rodriguez ran across the mound while returning to first base. On Monday, Braden was ripping into the A's marketing department for a t-shirt that's been on sale in the A's gift shop, in advance of this week's series with the Yankees. The phrase printed on the shirt is "Get Off My Mound," the words Braden shouted at Rodriguez in a game at Oakland on April 22. It also has a silhouette of a left-handed pitcher, but not Braden's name. "I think we all understand where [...]
Baseball Report
By Bob Hurst As the weather heats up, so do tempers. Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano was caught on camera in yet another meltdown, yelling at first baseman Derrek Lee and storming through the dugout after the first inning of last Friday's game against the Chicago White Sox. And Tampa Bay's B.J. Upton got into a heated discussion with teammate Evan Longoria in Sunday's game against Arizona. Zambrano's tirade was triggered in the first inning, when he apparently became angry at Lee, and third baseman Aramis Ramirez for not diving for hard-hit balls down the line. Zambrano also gave up [...]
Family in Urgent Need, Community Rallies for Strong Family
The community of Holtville, along with the rest of the Imperial Valley, is coming together to support the family of Pastor David Strong during his illness. David retired this year due to medical reasons from the Holtville Unified School District, where he was a teacher for 31 years. He also coached the Cross Country/Track teams at Holtville High School for 12 years. He and his wife Diana raised their son Michael and daughter Sarah in Holtville, where David has also been the Pastor of Calvary Chapel for 25 years. This past year has been a devastating year to this family, and now the [...]
Baseball Report
By Bob Hurst There's more than one thing that's steaming in "Hotlanta" these days. Atlanta's baseball team -- the Braves -- finished the month of May off with a flourish, going 16-4 after starting the season 13-18. After Monday's win over Philadelphia, the Braves had made up 7 1/2 games in the standings to take over first place in the NL East by a half-game over the Phillies. "There's a lot of baseball left, but we have made a great recovery," said Braves manager Bobby Cox. "We bent a little bit, but we never broke." Chipper Jones, who went into Tuesday's game with eight hits in [...]
4th annual John Kirchenbauer Golf tournament
― The fourth annual John Kirchenbauer Golf tournament was a big hit this past Saturday bringing out 80 participants to the Barbara Worth Country Club in Holtville California. Holtville California This years tournament had some new and exciting prize opportunities with three different hole in one prizes, one being $10,000 in cash, another being a new Toyota Camry or Nissan Altama and the biggest cash prize being a shot for $1,000,000. The tournament had 80 participants that were broken up into two flights. It was a best ball scramble and was scored as 1 point for par, 2 points [...]
