There were no team or individual champions at Saturday’s Rumble for the Rig wrestling tournament at North High, but this early in the season, area coaches are just fine with that.

Ladon Denmark ran for three touchdowns and D’amonte Moten had two interceptions, including one in the end zone as time expired, as Independence held on for a 19-14 victory over host Venice in the Southern California Division 5-AA Bowl Game on Friday night.

If this week is any indication, the Bakersfield High girls basketball team has plenty to learn about being a host.

The Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners never looked overmatched facing tough Big Sky competition on the road in Utah. But an error-laden fourth set doomed them to a 3-1 defeat against the host Weber State Wildcats Friday night, bringing CSUB's season to an end.

Getting off to a fast start is imperative for the Liberty football team, and ninth-year head coach Bryan Nixon knows it.

All season long, the Bakersfield College Renegades women's volleyball team has thrived in late-game situations. They are a continuous emphasis for coach Carl Ferreira and also supply the name of a drill the team runs in practice.

This time, the Renegades simply wouldn't let the Pirates catch all the way up.

Junior point guard Jordyn Toler poured in 28 points to help rally Bakersfield Christian to a 53-40 victory over Highland to highlight Day 2 of the Bakersfield High girls basketball tournament on Thursday.

Two days after the Bakersfield Condors' own COVID-19 issues forced a postponement, the Condors are facing another delayed game Friday as the Henderson Silver Knights enter COVID-19 protocols.

The Independence football team had hoped it had turned a corner in the spring when the team went 3-1 in an abbreviated season, following a delayed start to the 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Liberty picked up plenty of momentum in winning the Visalia-Redwood girls basketball tournament to open its season, but then didn’t play for 11 days.

As local college basketball teams get deeper into their seasons, we're starting to see more and more of their true identities. Both Cal State Bakersfield teams, for example, demonstrated a great capacity for defense this past week — but will their offenses be able to go shot for shot with Bi…

The Roadrunners' defense could only carry their offense for so long Tuesday night.

The Bakersfield Condors' road game in Stockton on Wednesday has been postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19 issues within the Condors organization, the American Hockey League announced Tuesday morning.

After finishing fourth in the Big West Conference, the Cal State Bakersfield women’s volleyball team accepted an invitation to participate in the National Invitational Volleyball Championship, a postseason competition for NCAA Division I teams who do not make the top tournament.

It’s been 27 years since a record 23,701 packed into Memorial Stadium for a high school football game, something Bakersfield College’s newly renovated field will likely never see again.

Being the top seed means you get every team's best shot.

Highland sophomore Mia Torrecillas finished off an impressive season with a medal at the CIF State Cross Country Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno on Saturday morning.

Senior quarterback Carson Woods threw three touchdown passes and junior tailback Jalen Hankins returned from an injury to run for two more as Liberty cruised to a 42-14 victory over Fresno-Central in the Central Section Division I championship game at Deran Koligian Field on Friday night in Fresno.

Winless seven weeks into the season and sitting at 0-6 following a loss to Bakersfield Christian in its league opener, the Independence football team didn’t figure to even be playing in the month of November, much less Thanksgiving week.

By all rights, Morro Bay quarterback Nicky Johnson's impeccable passing performance, which helped his team build a four-touchdown lead over the Taft Wildcats, should have been the story of Friday night's win.

Division I

The Bakersfield Condors announced Friday morning that their road game at the Ontario Reign, previously scheduled for Friday night, would be postponed.

Practicing on Thanksgiving Day certainly is not rare for high school football teams.

The immediate payoff may not have been what Centennial was shooting for, but Wednesday afternoon’s 82-66 loss to visiting Clovis West figures to benefit the Golden Hawks in the long run.

Local sports have not slowed down in advance of Thanksgiving, with the return of wrestling action at CSUB and a handful of playoff games for BC. Here’s more:

Watching the first set of Bakersfield College's first-round women's volleyball playoff match, it would've been easy to get the teams' seedings confused. No. 17 Fullerton College, with one playoff win under its belt already, came out firing, while the top-seeded Renegades made unforced errors…

The Bakersfield Condors are hosting their annual Teddy Bear Toss on Saturday. Fans can bring two new stuffed animals to Mechanics Bank Arena to throw onto the ice when the Condors score their first goal, and the toys will be collected and contributed to local charity organizations.

In last Thursday's loss at Northern Arizona, the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners totaled just four assists. Turning the page Monday night, they recorded 20, and used exemplary ball movement to build a substantial first half lead and beat Colorado College 99-54.

Trailing late and with its best offensive weapon sidelined with an ankle injury, Bakersfield High faced more than a few obstacles Friday night against visiting Frontier.

High school football scoreboard

At the end of the first half, it was easy to see a "missed opportunities" storyline developing for the Independence Falcons.

Home-field advantage is a powerful phenomenon. The players of the Bako Heat 55-and-over, 6.0-rating women’s tennis team, captained by Laurie Haagsma and Michele Buoni, feared they’d be its next victim.

The California Community College Athletic Association released brackets for its regional women's volleyball playoffs, which precede the state championship tournament at Fresno City College that takes place from Dec. 3-5.

There wasn’t really any doubt about the outcome. Mia Torrecillas and Lianna Guerra made sure of that.

The science experiment that has been the Central Section football playoff system has nearly reached its conclusion and with mixed results, as nine area teams prepare for Friday’s semifinal matchups, with another in a championship game.

Matt Picanso’s first run through Q-School met its end beneath the Santa Rosa Plateau at Bear Creek Golf Club on the outskirts of Murrieta.

The Bakersfield Condors announced Wednesday afternoon that their upcoming games in Abbotsford, British Columbia, slated for Nov. 19 and Nov. 21, will be rescheduled for Jan. 5 and Jan. 10.

There's plenty of hype around the city about the basketball teams that are off to exciting starts at both local colleges.

Garces’ magical run through the postseason, which saw the Rams go from a fifth-place team in the Southwest Yosemite League to regional finalist, finally came to an end Tuesday night.

The Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners could feel the game slipping out of their grasp.

Nic Anderson-Vine has not taken the archetypal route to a Division I baseball career. Originally from Umina Beach, New South Wales, Australia, the outfielder was reared in the nation’s close-knit, developing baseball culture — ”It’s not big by any means,” he said, “but the people that are in…