That same magical run that had featured so many big moments this postseason took on a completely different meaning for the Bakersfield Christian baseball team on Saturday.

The Bakersfield Christian baseball team will look to capture the program’s first Southern California Regional title when the Eagles host Westlake Village-Westlake in Saturday’s Division III championship game.

Good pitching, solid defense and timely hitting. It’s been a recipe for success for the Bakersfield Christian baseball team all year, and Thursday was no different.

Bakersfield Christian and Boron will continue their postseason runs on the diamond in Thursday's Southern California Regional semifinals.

Freshman Neshara Smith from Bakersfield College captured the CCCAA State Track and Field Championship in the women’s high jump and medaled in three events to highlight the Renegades’ performance at the season-ending, two-day event at Modesto Junior College on May 19-20.

The hits just keep coming and there are certainly no complaints from the Bakersfield Christian baseball team.

Five area baseball and softball teams will continue their collective seasons on Tuesday, earning berths into the Southern California Regional playoffs.

The Kern Community Tennis Association's tradition of honoring a high school senior boy and girl each year for their sportsmanship, leadership, academic performance and service to others continued last week.

Liberty graduate Faith Bender is headed to the NCAA track and field championships.

VISALIA — This wasn’t supposed to happen, not this season and certainly not Saturday.

CLOVIS — It wasn’t the marks that either had hoped for but Shane Carr's and Christian Edwards' performances on Saturday was good enough to earn a medal at the CIF State Track and Field Championships at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

FRESNO — What a difference a year can make.

Visibly unhappy with a trio of questionable calls, Bakersfield Christian collectively regrouped and delivered a knockout blow in the bottom of the sixth inning Friday night.

And then there were four.

FRESNO — Whatever frustration or negativity that may have festered during years of struggles on the softball field seemed to melt away as South celebrated on Margie Wright Diamond at Fresno State on Friday evening.

Stockdale's Manik Anand shot a 1-over par 75 to tie for 37th at the Southern California Regional Golf Championships on Wednesday at Los Serranos Golf Club in Chino Hills.

Memorial Day weekend has traditionally been one of the busiest times to travel.

Kern County will be well-represented when the two-day CIF State Track and Field Championships open Friday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Stadium on the campus of Clovis-Buchanan High School.

A pair of first-inning doubles was not the start Bakersfield Christian left-hander Mason Brassfield was hoping for in Tuesday’s Central Section Division II semifinal.

Four Frontier seniors signed National Letters of Intent to attend four-year colleges on Tuesday.

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High school playoffs

The third time was truly the charm for Bakersfield Christian’s Ryan Bashirtash.

The hits just keep coming for a trio of Bakersfield Christian boys tennis players.

The Bakersfield College softball team got off to a fast start in the opening game of their best-of-three series at Mt. SAC on Friday.

Four Liberty seniors signed National Letters of Intent to attend four-year colleges on Thursday.

Today marks the beginning of a busy weekend for Kern County high school athletes.

With momentum beginning to shift in favor of visiting Fresno-San Joaquin Memorial, Bakersfield Christian put its faith in a reliable quartet in Tuesday’s Central Section Division II boys tennis title game.

Andrew Yacoub equalled the best round of the day with a 78 to lead Bakersfield Christian to the Central Section Division III boys golf championship on Monday at Valley Oaks Golf Course in Visalia.

Garces capped a big day for local swimming by sweeping the boys and girls titles at Saturday’s Central Section Division II championships at the Kern High School District Aquatic Complex.

Garces honored five seniors signing National Letters of Intent in the campus gymnasium on Wednesday. All five were BVarsity All-Area nominees, including Kaydence Boyd (eighth at the CIF State wrestling Championships) and Kylee Limpias, a three-time section doubles champion who helped the Ram…

On a back-and-forth day of softball that Bakersfield College coach Casey Goodman compared to a boxing match, the Renegades dealt the final blow.

High school track and field

After putting together its latest improbable seventh-inning comeback, Bakersfield College found itself the victim of an 11th-inning anticlimax.

WASCO — After two days of high school boys tennis action, Kern County will have a good mix of veterans and first-time qualifiers competing for an individual Central Section championship next week at Reedley-Immanuel.

A pair of Independence seniors signed National Letters of Intent to colleges last week.

High school track and field

When she competed in one of her first marathons ever in Sacramento back in 2019, despite not being able to run for months prior, Savannah Berry posted a time that was already good enough to qualify her for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials.

Postseason baseball may still be two weeks away, but Wednesday evening's matchup at Highland certainly featured a playoff atmosphere.

Throughout its regular-season schedule, the Bakersfield College softball team appeared much more vulnerable in 2023 than it had in 2022.

One year after claiming a CIF Central Section championship in Division III, the Bakersfield Christian boys tennis team has earned the opportunity to win another — this time one level higher.

Izzak Olejnik still isn’t satisfied.

It is often said that development is seldom a straight line when it comes to getting to the National Hockey League.