Watching his daughter at Phoenix Mercury training camp, Cal State Bakersfield women’s basketball coach Greg McCall couldn’t help but notice Diana Taurasi’s presence in practice.
Golden Valley High School has named James Cain as its next head varsity football coach, according to a school press release.
Cal State Bakersfield wrestlers Russell Rohlfing and Sean Nickell made gains in the FloWrestling rankings following CSUB’s loss at Oregon State on Sunday. Rohlfing moved up to No. 14 in the nation at 149 pounds and Nickell improved to No. 19 at 133 pounds.
Boys basketball
The basket might as well have been a mile-wide for Kadar Waller.
It was fitting that South and Mira Monte — two chief rivals in the Southeast Yosemite League — met Saturday for early-season championship bragging rights.
Cal State Bakersfield men’s basketball made five of its last six shots from the floor, pulling away for a 73-67 win over Idaho (3-6) in Moscow, Idaho on Saturday night.
The smiles said it all following Stockdale’s championship victory in the South High Rebels Winter Classic Girls Soccer Tournament.
A few hours before the Condors hosted San Jose at Rabobank Arena on Saturday night, Bakersfield coach Jay Woodcroft called it a measuring stick game for his team.
On the special Saturday night edition of BVarsity Nightly with Trevor Horn, check out extended highlights as Bakersfield Christian beat Foothill 59-51 in the championship game of the Lloyd Williams/KSFCU Shootout at North High.
Adrian Godinez was Bakersfield College wrestling’s top finisher at the CCCAA State Wrestling Championship for the second year in a row, taking third in the 197-pound weight class on Saturday. He won the state title at 184 pounds a year ago.
Cal State Bakersfield women’s swimming and diving lost to Fresno State at home on Saturday, 155.5-125.5, in a dual meet. CSUB’s Sabrina Zavala won the 1,000-yard freestyle and Autumn D’Arcy finished first in three events (50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 100 butterfly).
There are lines with more flash. More pizzazz. More razzmatazz.
Since last season ended, the talk has been on whether Bakersfield Christian and Foothill could eventually meet in the Central Section Division IV boys basketball championships in February.
The Rebels topped the Vikings in pool play of the South High Tournament and will take on Garces in Saturday's semifinals at noon. The tournament championship is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.
Legendary Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Orel Hershiser, who won a World Series with LA and holds the Major League Baseball record for longest scoreless innings streak, will be the featured speaker for Cal State Bakersfield’s 2019 Hot Stove Dinner.
Bakersfield College wrestling is headed into the most important weekend of the year. The Renegades will take 10 wrestlers (nine qualifiers and one alternate) — the most head coach Brett Clark and his staff have ever brought — to the CCCAA State Wrestling Championship, which starts Friday at …
Wes Davis finally got the answer he was waiting for.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Jacksonville Jaguars' defense followed up a shutout with a washout.
Boys basketball
Bakersfield native Cody Kessler will start at quarterback tonight for the Jacksonville Jaguars in a nationally televised NFL game.
Kyle Shiloh has seen a maturation in Kadar Waller since the senior stepped foot on the Bakersfield Christian campus last summer.
Edward Turner scored nine of his 20 points in overtime as Foothill beat Liberty, 84-80, in their Wednesday opener at the Lloyd Williams/Kern Schools Federal Credit Union Shootout at North High.
A hat trick is certainly good, but one goal each by four different players is better.
On tonight's edition of BVarsity Nightly with Trevor Horn, highlights from the four games played in the new gym at North High during the first day of the Lloyd Williams KSFCU Shootout on Wednesday between Stockdale and Independence, Foothill and Liberty, Bakersfield and Bakersfield Christian…
If not for James Suber and Jarkel Joiner, UC Merced, an NAIA school, might have pulled off its biggest win of the season in the Icardo Center on Tuesday night.
Former Liberty boys basketball coach Jeff Hicks has been charged with annoying or molesting a child under the age of 18.
Centennial football coach Chad Brown and volleyball coach Penny Roberts are no longer with their respective programs, the school announced Tuesday.
Two high school basketball tournaments will tip off this week in Kern County, with local teams taking the court in early-season matchups.
When: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday
Cal State Bakersfield baseball’s 2019 schedule includes two games (home and away) with Fresno State and a March trip to Hawaii for a four-game series with the future Big West foe. In total, CSUB will play 25 games at Hardt Field and 33 away from home once the regular season starts in February.
Girls soccer
Winter is here.
Boys basketball
The Bakersfield College Renegades saved probably their best performance for the last game of the season (considering star running back Elisha Ortiz was out), losing on a last-minute field goal to Saddleback in the Patriotic Bowl. BC led the No. 1 team in the state by two scores a week prior …
Josiah Hill and teammate Justin Darter have a very interesting nickname.
Kennedy football’s postseason run came to an end Saturday night in East Los Angeles.
It was a tired Manitoba Moose team that skated onto the Rabobank Arena ice on Saturday evening and the Condors took full advantage.
James Suber’s career performance wasn’t enough to lift Cal State Bakersfield on Saturday afternoon.
Nine Bakersfield College wrestlers qualified for the state tournament on Saturday during the Southern Regionals at Rio Hondo College.
Redshirt senior wrestler Sean Nickell's run at the Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas ended Saturday morning with a loss to No. 7 Ethan Lizak of Minnesota.
Despite senior Alexxus Gilbert leading Cal State Bakersfield women's basketball in scoring for the second straight game, the Roadrunners dropped their third consecutive road contest, 85-78, at UC Irvine on Saturday.
The Bakersfield College men's basketball team moved to 4-4 on the season following a 128-63 win over West Hills Lemoore on Saturday.
The only other time Kennedy played in a CIF Southern California regional playoff football game, Mario Millan was an assistant coach on the Thunderbirds staff.
Seven of the top-20 boys wrestling teams in California will take to the mat at Bakersfield High beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday at Rumble for the Rig.
Cal State Bakersfield men’s basketball coach Rod Barnes has a similar conversation with his team every year. This season, sophomore guard Jarkel Joiner took special note of it.
Not that long ago, it looked like the Condors were getting a handle on what Jay Woodcroft called “learning to win.”
Bakersfield College volleyball’s stay in the in the state tournament was brief as the Renegades fell to Fresno City 25-17, 26-24, 12-25, 25-21 in the quarterfinals on Friday at Solano College in Fairfield.
Lions tame Tigers, 64-45, in second round of the Mira Monte Tournament.
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