Coaches Corner
- East Nic's Deniz turns losses into gains
- By Ryan Klocke/Appeal-Democrat
- Dave Deniz was cruising along as an assistant softball coach for East Nicolaus High when the offer came to coach the boys. It was a no-brainer, no-trepidation, no-second thought type-situation for the baseball buff.
He said, "no."
And with good rea... Full story
- Yuba City’s Grahl takes another job
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- First year Yuba City High basketball coach Kurt Grahl, who led the Honkers within a game of reaching Arco Arena in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III playoffs last season, has departed the school and will be an assistant coach at Cal State Monterey... Full story
- Bigg man on campus
- Lindhurst skipper named Coach of the Year
- By Andy Arrenquin/Appeal-Democrat
- When Bill Biggs took over as coach at Lindhurst High four years ago, he inherited a softball program in shambles.
The Blazers had just wrapped up an 0-11 campaign in a season cut short due to a loss of players for academic reasons. Biggs was the jun... Full story
- Final farewell
- Jim Stassi makes it official and steps down as head coach
- By Bryan DeMain/Appeal-Democrat
- Still difficult to imagine himself off the field, Jim Stassi muttered the simple words, "Yeah ... yeah."
After 18 seasons of success at the helm of the Yuba City High baseball team, the skipper confirmed on Tuesday that he's stepping down from the p... Full story
- Look out, he's back
- A former great, Mason returns to lead Blazers
- By Ryan Klocke/Appeal-Democrat
- One heart. One mind. One goal.
That's always been Mike Mason's motto.
Through six seasons, three league titles and two section championships, the football coach preached that philosophy to his players at Lindhurst High.
Now it's coming back.
Afte... Full story
- Watt takes over Colusa football
- By Todd R. Hansen/Tri-County Newspapers
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Four points separated Bob Miller and the Colusa High football team from a Northern Section Div. III championship last fall.
Ten years had separated the last time the Redskins had even gone to the playoffs.
Now the future of the program falls to... Full story
- Yuba City's Grahl: The man with the plan
- By Andy Arrenquin/Appeal-Democrat
- By the mid 1990s, it looked like Kurt Grahl's coaching career was all but over.
An assistant coach at UC Davis in 1994, Grahl was putting in countless hours for the Aggies' basketball program but had little to show for it, and by that time he had en... Full story
- The coach hits his mark
- Marysville's Marks named Model Coach by section
- By Ryan Klocke/Appeal-Democrat
- (Editor's note: This is corrected version of story published on Page B1 Monday.)
The soccer player with the rough background and poor grades is met by Len Marks' glaring stare.
The Marysville High coach, his brown eyes firmly locked on the teenager... Full story
- Live Oak’s Walton earns coaching honor
- By Ryan Klocke/Appeal-Democrat
- Average to astounding.
It's what has happened to the Live Oak softball team in the course of a season, and its no coincidence that Erin Walton was at the helm.
When she took over this season as the head coach of the Lions, she inherited a team that... Full story
- Live Oak High seeks coach
- Live Oak High school is accepting applications for a JV volleyball coach.
Contact Matt Weinrich at 695-5415, ext. 210 for more information.... Full story
- Honkers’ McIntire resigns
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- Yuba City High basketball coach Brad McIntire announced his resignation on Friday.
"It's just the right time for me personally and for the program," McIntire said. "As the season progressed, my son and wife were going to Mighty Mite basketball and I... Full story
- Falcons name new coach
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- Brandon Asher was named the new head coach of the River Valley high football team after the Yuba City Unified School District approved his hiring on Tuesday.
And now that the "long process" is over, the rookie head coach is ready to get busy, becaus... Full story
- Live Oak football coach let go
- By Ryan Klocke/Appeal-Democrat
- First-year Live Oak High football coach Mike Ziegenmeyer was not asked back for a second season at the helm of the program, he said Friday.
"When I found out I wasn't going to be asked back, it broke my heart," Ziegenmeyer said.
He was informed of ... Full story
- RV football coach steps down
- By Bryan DeMain/Appeal-Democrat
- River Valley High is without a football coach once again.
After serving two years as head coach of the Falcons, Troy Alexander has stepped down from the position, noting a difference of philosophy with the administration as the primary reason for th... Full story
- Blast from the past in Gridley
- Former Bulldog takes over as head coach
- By Andy Arrenquin/Appeal-Democrat
- New Gridley High coach Greg Baker knows what Bulldog football is all about.
As a former player at the school in the early 1980s, Baker witnessed first hand the passion the community has for the sport and the high regard players are held in a town wh... Full story
- Lindhurst coach Mason stepping down
- Won two section titles in six years with Blazers
- By Todd R. Hansen/Appeal-Democrat
- The man who revitalized the Lindhurst High football program, and who many say instilled pride in the athletic program, in the student body and in the community at-large, is stepping down as head coach.
Mike Mason made the announcement official today... Full story
- Football coaching shuffle under way
- EN’s Ray moving on to new, bigger school; Cox out at Gridley
- By Richard Myers/Appeal-Democrat
- Two Mid-Valley high schools are looking for head football coaches, just two months after the 2007 season ended.
Matt Ray, who guided East Nicolaus to back-to-back Northern Section Div. IV championships, and Tim Cox, who took an unbeaten Gridley squa... Full story
- Baseball, softball clinics offered
- The following baseball and softball clinics are being offered:
• BASEBALL
Winter camp at Yuba City High
Yuba City High baseball coach Jim Stassi and Scott Golby, the director of scouting on the West Coast for the Florida Marlins, will be ins... Full story
- River Valley coach fired
- Junior varsity coach steps in for now
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- Just four weeks before River Valley High is going to play its first true home football game, the program has been shaken by the firing of popular head coach John Scott.
There have been reports that Scott may have been involved in practices prior to ... Full story
