Coaches Corner
- Longtime Gridley coach honored by section
- Roach has been coaching throwers for 35 years
- Appeal-Democrat staff report
- Longtime Gridley High track and field coach Ed Roach will be honored by the CIF Northern Section for his contributions to the sport over the past 35 years.
Roach has been selected as the Northern Section's honored coach and will receive a plaque wit... Full story
- McIntire turns over RV basketball program to Wright
- By Jimmy Graben/Appeal-Democrat
- Brad McIntire had a specific goal in mind when he took over as River Valley High's boys basketball coach prior to the 2011-12 season.
The veteran coach wanted to build the foundation for the Falcons' program, setting up a blueprint his predecessors ... Full story
- Davis steps down as Yuba City basketball coach
- Coach went 47-35 in three years
- By Jimmy Graben/Appeal-Democrat
- After three seasons at the helm of Yuba City High's boys basketball program, Brian Davis resigned from his post on Tuesday morning citing "off-the-court" issues as the reason for his departure.
The decision was a difficult one for Davis, who's main ... Full story
- ALL-AREA GIRLS BASKETBALL: New Life's Strickland named Coach of the Year
- Crusaders finished 21-4 despite playing with just six girls
- By Bryan DeMain/Appeal-Democrat
- Ron Strickland has a peace about him.
He's a warm grizzly bear of sorts, stoic, yet with a gray handle-bar mustache smile that can light up a room.
Basically, he fits the mold of his reputation — a founding father of New Life Christian High's... Full story
- ALL-AREA BOYS BASKETBALL: Faith Christian's Daugherty a born leader
- Lions' head man named Coach of the Year
- By Andy Arrenquin/Appeal-Democrat
- Rick Daugherty has made his name known as a basketball coach over the last decade, but people close to him know he's much more than just X's and O's.
Prior to arriving at Faith Christian High as an art and Bible teacher eight years ago, Daugherty se... Full story
- ALL-AREA BOYS SOCCER: River Valley's Franco named Coach of the Year
- Third-year coach led Falcons to section title
- By Andy Arrenquin/Appeal-Democrat
- Abel Franco has come a long way since first learning the game of soccer as a youth in Mexico.
There were no synthetic fields, grandstands or scoreboards, just a group of kids kicking a ball around on a make-shift field.
It may not have been much, b... Full story
- Yuba City's Davis named area's top coach
- By Ryan Klocke/Appeal-Democrat
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The conditioning was brutal: Running, running, and more running. Runs up stadium stairs in weight vests, runs with elastic jump bands, 40-yard dashes on the football field.
One player threw up three times on the first day of this regimen.
T... Full story
- THE PRESS BOX: Wheatland's Lopez to coach Lions game
- Pirate coach latest Mid-Valley coach chosen for All-Star game. View a full list.... Full story
- Indians great returns to Marysville as head coach
- By Jimmy Graben/Appeal-Democrat
- A banner hanging on the north wall at Lesta Joubert Gymnasium serves as a daily reminder for Mark Wright.
It represents Marysville High's 1993 Sac-Joaquin Section championship team that made it to the final four of the state championship.
In white ... Full story
- One last goodbye for coach
- By Ryan Klocke/Appeal-Democrat
- Before this season, Jim Stassi told his players to "build a fire." It was just one of his many speeches, with topics ranging from baseball to the everyday facets of teenage life. But when it mattered most, with a four-peat on the line, the coach recy... Full story
