For the first time in more than a year, the Bakersfield Condors will have an opportunity to play in front of its home fans at Mechanics Bank Arena on Saturday when they host the San Diego Gulls for an 8 p.m. game.
Three local volleyball standouts, including two former BVarsity All-Area players of the year, will be playing in the NCAA championship tournament that starts Wednesday.
In his five years at Cal State Bakersfield, Taze Moore experienced about everything imaginable.
Taze Moore, Cal State Bakersfield’s leading scorer the last two seasons, has committed to play next year at Houston, which reached the Final Four this season before losing to eventual NCAA champion Baylor.
Though no winner was declared, Casey Goodman saw enough last Tuesday to feel like she had a clear idea of what to expect from her team this season.
The family of Ronne Readus, a men’s basketball player at Cal State Bakersfield who was seriously injured in a car crash in his hometown of San Diego on March 31, released a statement Monday morning.
Evan Siffing could feel every eye gazing upon him as he trotted out onto to the North High football field Friday night.
Santa Barbara-Bishop Diego 42, Bakersfield Christian 22
It wasn’t a thing of beauty, but second-year Centennial coach Richard Starrett is happy just the same.
After his team struggled to make fourth down stops for the first three quarters, Trey Franklin did his part to get the Independence defense off the field when it most mattered.
The Golden Hawks beat the Mustangs 20-14. Centennial is now 1-2 while Stockdale is 0-1.
Playing for the first time in 386 days, the Bakersfield College baseball team looked predictably shaky at times on Monday.
The family of Colby Cave is teaming with the Edmonton Oilers to hold a Celebration of Life for the former Bakersfield Condors center, one day shy of the one-year anniversary of his death from a brain bleed. He was 25.
Clay Cunningham didn't exactly need a new outlet for displaying his struggles making competent predictions.
The famous proverb that “it takes a village to raise a child” is being put into practice in Shafter these days, and Generals quarterback Tyson Dozhier is the primary beneficiary.
Feeling good after two weeks of strong play, the mood took an abrupt and unwanted turn in the Cal State Bakersfield clubhouse recently.
Statistically speaking, Alex Halevy may have reached his career peak at just 10 years old.
A scheduled Friday night football game between Ridgeview and Bakersfield High has been postponed due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols.
To say Alex Halevy was unstoppable Tuesday night would be an understatement.
The fact that two games with Tulare Mission Oak remain on Bakersfield Christian's schedule is likely music to Evan Cloyd's ears.
In continued support of Cal State Bakersfield senior men's basketball player Ronne Readus and his family, the Roadrunners athletics department has organized a GoFundMe fundraiser.
Following a 16-month layoff due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wasco High football team was hungry to get back on the field.
Based on offensive output alone, it definitely appeared that Evan Peaker was getting the most out of his first varsity start.
To beat a top-25 nationally ranked team, you have to be perfect, and the Garces Memorial football team wasn't that on Saturday.
When scheduling opponents outside of Kern County, Paul Golla isn't exactly a fan of the safe approach.
The thrilling finishes that dominated Week 1 of the high school football season gave way to a much less competitive collection on Thursday night. Of the nine local games played this week, five resulted in winning margins of more than three touchdowns.
Ronne Readus, a senior on the Cal State Bakersfield men's basketball team, is in critical condition following a car accident in his hometown of San Diego on Wednesday.
Foothill 33, Arvin 6
It was 29 months in the making — and even longer since it’s last home win — but the Foothill High football team made the most of its return to Ned Permenter Stadium.
On a night where nothing came easy for either offense, it was fitting that even the winning play in the Golden Valley-Mira Monte football game came with complications.
Heading into her freshman season on the University of Texas at El Paso volleyball team, Ava Palm laid out a very specific goal for herself.
I am pretty sure that most of you readers know that my favorite hunting activity in the field is waterfowl. If I had to list birds in the order of preference that I pursue it would be the following. . . ducks, geese, pheasant, dove, chukkar and quail.
A high school football season that's already been heavily modified will get an additional makeover in week two.
The top two scorers in the AHL currently reside in Bakersfield, and the duo of Tyler Benson and Cooper Marody have been rewarded for their efforts.
A brief spring season went just about flawlessly for the Bakersfield College volleyball team.
Health and safety protocols have forced the postponement, and likely cancellation, of a scheduled Thursday night football game between Bakersfield High and Stockdale.
In an effort to improve his chances of earning a college basketball scholarship, Garces graduate Jack Hatten moved 2,200 miles to attend Florida Coastal Prep, a post-grad high school in Fort Walton, Fla.
An already shortened season will end one game early for the Bakersfield College women's basketball team.
The setbacks many young athletes faced for the first time in 2020 were nothing new to Jake Andrews.
Lengthy sabbaticals are about to end for two more Bakersfield College athletic teams.
An improbable comeback for Garces fell just short in a thrilling loss to La Canada-St. Francis on Saturday night at Sam Tobias Field.
After going more than 15 months without high school football, Kern County seemingly tried to to make up for all that lost time in one night.
It wasn’t exactly the start Liberty football coach Bryan Nixon had planned after a 16-month layoff, but his team’s finish more than made up for it.
Though North made things far more interesting than the Scots would have liked, Highland still got the desired result in its spring football opener.
Scores from Friday's night's games in the Kern High School District
The Bakersfield College women’s basketball team beat Antelope Valley, 66-64 in overtime on Friday afternoon.
The Bakersfield College volleyball team moved to 7-0 on the season by beating Antelope Valley 3-0 (25-9, 25-14, 25-18) on Friday at the Gil Bishop Sports Center.
Not everyone in the Kern High School District will be making a scheduled return to the football field this weekend.
Positive Cases Among Kern Residents: 107,434
Deaths: 1,306
Recovered Residents: 38,307
Number of Negative Tests: 365,022
Number of Pending Tests*: 507
Updated: 4/13/2021. Source: Kern County Public Health Services Department
*As reported by community healthcare providers.
