Less than a week after landing his first head coaching job, Jeff Conarroe is still processing the new challenge in front of him.
Sandi Taylor's final months as Bakersfield College Athletic Director didn't exactly go as planned.
Speaking to Larry Atkerson, and hearing his story, it’s impossible not to be struck by how fortunate he is.
Former Stockdale track and field standout Collatz-Sellens waiting to make her mark at Olympic Trials
She may not exactly work in anonymity, but it’s difficult to imagine the fifth-grade students at Suburu Elementary truly understand who their teacher is and what she’s accomplished as one of the best all-around female athletes that Kern County has ever seen.
Thinking back on the best weekend in the history of the school's baseball program, Cal State Bakersfield Athletic Director Kenneth Siegfried recalls an upsetting moment that became etched in his memory.
After a decade on the sideline at Cal Sate Bakersfield, Jeff Conarroe is heading home.
Faced with school closures and the prospect of working from home, Tom Haskell made an executive decision — and the results have been overwhelmingly positive.
Slaytynn Simpson is feeling a bit off.
Though a ruling by the NCAA appears to have put some college sports on track to return, the outlook remains a bit foggy in Bakersfield.
If you've lived in Bakersfield as long as I have, you'll have no problem remembering those three wild days in December, 1977.
Shock waves rolled through the local sports community Wednesday morning when a post on social media announced high school football season would be starting in mid-September.
Passively standing on the sidelines isn't in Max Richey's nature.
As restrictions due to COVID-19 and the coronavirus move into its third month, finding productive ways to pass the days from home may not be easy.
David Metzgar hasn't exactly felt the comforts of home in recent years.
Vanessa Cortes and Jacob Blackmon have carried on a Bakersfield tradition that's sprung up in a seemingly unexpected place.
As one of six girls in her family, Dasia Wandick learned something about competition early on in life. Battles on the home basketball court made sure of that.
More than two months after the COVID-19 outbreak brought athletic department activities to a halt, local colleges still have little clarity on when competition will start back up.
Random chance has seemingly ruled Joseph Campbell's life the last nine months.
There’s been something missing in my life, and I’ve been trying not to think about it.
Sometimes it’s funny how things just seem to work out. Boys soccer coach Ben Warren is a prime example.
Ben Yurosek and Alexsia Drulias' trophy cases are about to get even more crowded.
Another domino in the sports world fell Monday morning, when the American Hockey League announced it was canceling the remainder of its 2019-20 season.
Like most families, holiday gatherings have always been an important event in the Vaughan household.
Though COVID-19 restrictions prevented an in-person show, the Cal State Bakersfield athletics department was still able to hold its annual Rowdy Awards virtually Thursday night.
While most everyone in his position has dreams of winning a Super Bowl, the images in Solomon Ajayi's head are likely more vivid than those of his peers.
Though it came to a disappointing, premature end, there was still plenty to celebrate in the Bakersfield College athletics department during the 2019-20 school year.
The Bakersfield Condors continue to be busy during the offseason, signing three more players to contracts this week.
It’s an unusual time to be a high school student, and thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, that’s probably true about most everyone these days.
Entering a new role in a time of great uncertainty, first-year Big West Commissioner Dan Butterly is hoping to steer the conference through choppy waters.
An unmistakable absence lingers as Brenda Toney hosts members of her extended family on a late April evening.
With everything going on in the world these days surrounding COVID-19, school closures, and of course, the stay-at-home order, it’s hard to make sense of it all.
The exhilarating highs and crushing lows of major college football hit Cameron Williams with equal force in his first season at the University of Washington.
Despite a solid high school career at Liberty, Stavros Katsantonis didn’t have many viable offers to play football at a big-time NCAA college.
For about as long as he can remember, D.J. Faiella has wanted to be involved in the sport of basketball in some way.
The Bakersfield Condors signed their third center in two days, locking down James Hamblin with a two-year deal on Thursday.
The American Hockey League season may have been interrupted, but the Bakersfield Condors continue to build its team, signing a pair of centers, Brad Malone and Luke Esposito, to two-year contracts.
As he intently watched last week's NFL Draft, Zach Buckey hoped he was getting a glimpse of his future.
The film awards season wrapped up in February, but awards season is not quite finished here in the CSU Bakersfield Athletics Department.
Friends since grade school, Krys Barnes and Jordan Love have spent a lot of their time together surrounded by cheering crowds.
To say life has presented more than its share of challenges the last few months is a huge understatement.
Talk about a perfect match.
Though his rise to the starting ranks may take a few years, Jordan Love's path to the NFL put him in line to replace a legend in Green Bay.
Hoping to continue his basketball career close to home, the timing just wasn't right for Isaiah Hill in his first cycle through the college recruiting process.
Fifty-three years ago. April 14-16, 1967.
It’s been nearly six weeks since the Bakersfield Christian boys and East High girls basketball teams were scheduled to play for their respective Division IV and Division V state championships.
There's a part of Jordan Love that really wanted the full NFL Draft experience.
There must be something in the water in Bakersfield.
The setting is a familiar one to Krys Barnes.
At 6-foot-5 and 230 pounds, Carter Lynch definitely passes the eye test as a football player.
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