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Published on August 17th, 2022
Rancho Colorados swimmers score at LSC and CCCC
Four swimmers from the Rancho Colorados Swim Team took high-point honors at the 10th Annual Lafayette Swim Conference Championship, July 23-24, at the Acalanes High School Heaston Aquatics Center in Lafayette.
Submitted by Jennifer Nipp


Published on August 17th, 2022
Liftathon at Acalanes High School
Sports has become a year-round event for many high schoolers. If they're not playing in a summer league, many spend their summers preparing for the upcoming school year on the field and in the weight room.
By Jon Kingdon


Published on August 17th, 2022
Acalanes' Stefan Raeth starts his major league baseball career
For the second year in a row, a player from Acalanes was drafted by a major league baseball team. Last year, Davis Diaz, a shortstop, was drafted right out of high school in the 10th round by the Arizona Rattlers but opted to matriculate and play baseball for ...By Jon Kingdon


Published on August 17th, 2022
Moraga native and ultra marathoner Rod Farvard
If Moraga native, Rod Farvard, asks you to come along with him for a little run, be forewarned that little can be a relative term. Know that the "Far" is Farvard is no misnomer.
Farvard ...
By Jon Kingdon


Published on August 3rd, 2022
12 athletes from Karate & Fitness USA bring home 45 Medals
Karate & Fitness USA of Lafayette team members returned home from the AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) National Karate Championships and the WUKF (World United Karate Federation) World Karate Championships held in Ft. lauderdale Florida June 28 - July 7. They competed ...Submitted by Thomas Westernoff


Published on August 3rd, 2022
High point winners at Sleepy Hollow Swim and Tennis Club meet
On Sunday July 18 Sleepy Hollow Swim and Tennis Club held its 36th Annual "B" invitational. The meet celebrates "B" swimmers from the 9 swim teams within the Orinda Moraga Pool Association (OMPA). It is eagerly anticipated by many swimmers and is considered the ...Submitted by Forrest Arakawa


Published on August 3rd, 2022
Celebration of Saint Mary's men's basketball history at Gaels All-Star Classic
One-hundred twenty days after the Saint Mary's men's basketball team finished a 26-8 season highlighted by a victory in the NCAA tournament and approximately 127 days before the 2022-23 season begins, the school hosted the third Gaels All-Star Classic at the University ...By Jon Kingdon


Published on August 3rd, 2022
Swim clubs dive into OMPA traditions
Every year in late July, a magical air washes across Orinda and Moraga. Hundreds of cars drive around town, adorned with supportive messages. A mass of kids, all in identical T-shirts, might be shoulder to shoulder at a matinee showing at the Orinda Theatre. Most ...By Casey Scheiner


Published on July 20th, 2022
Lamorinda Soccer Club team competes in Texas at MLSNEXT program
Lamorinda Soccer Club's (LMSC) Under 16 Boys MLSNEXT team traveled to Frisco, Texas to compete in the highly competitive league, which is by MLS's acceptance only, where not every club soccer program qualifies. In LMSC's second year being part of the newly created ...Submitted by Richard Narido


Published on July 20th, 2022
Campolindo Athletic Department chosen Division State School of the Year for 7th time
For the seventh time, and the sixth time in the last 11 years, Campolindo was named the Division State School of the year (2022, 2020, 2019, 2015, 2012, 2011 and 2005) by Cal-Hi Sports. Except for 2020 when the Cougars were the Division 2 program of the year, the other ...By Jon Kingdon


Published on July 20th, 2022
Donna de Varona - Lafayette Native, Olympic Gold Medalist, pre-Title IX athlete and Title IX crusader
When the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enacted, it outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. As a supplement to this act, 50 years ago, on June 23, 1972, Title IX was passed as a federal civil law that prohibited sex-based ...By Jon Kingdon


Published on July 6th, 2022
Local athletes reflect on Title IX
When longtime Miramonte girls' basketball coach and current Carondelet coach Kelly Sopak grew up in the state of Washington, graduating in 1987, he was a witness to the double standards at his high school. "We had separate boys' and girls' gyms," Sopak said. "The boys ...By Jon Kingdon


Published on June 22nd, 2022
Hennessy named new athletic director at Miramonte
When James Lathrop, the longtime teacher, coach and Miramonte's athletic director since 2018, opted to move on to become an assistant water polo coach at Stanford, Principal Ben Campopiano did not have to look far for a suitable replacement. Sean Hennessy, who has been ...By Jon Kingdon


Published on June 22nd, 2022
Megan Reid's serpentine path to professional soccer
Growing up in Lamorinda, there's been no shortage of sports to play, beginning at an early age. For many people, it's a matter of picking one sport and playing it exclusively, not just for their school but also playing that sport for a club team once the schools' ...By Jon Kingdon



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