Ford leads Shafter Stingrays in rebuilding swim year
Ford, coach of the 1986 Stingray swim team and Bakersfield native, oversees 13 swimmers at the Shafter Aquatic Center as they rebuild with high school and junior high athletes joining after May 1. Practice runs Monday to Thursday, 5 to 7 pm, with registration details available then. The first meet is set for Park Stockdale on May 28.
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Clifford Ford
North High School
Bakersfield
Bakersfield College
Cal State
Ford
Aqua Aces
Shafter Stingrays
Carol
Park Stockdale
Richland Junior High Girls Battle Faculty Women
End of season at Richland Junior High finds the eighth grade girls facing the faculty women. The eighth grade boys defeated the faculty men, but the reporter withheld the score. No score reported for the women's game either.
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Richland Junior High
Lady Generals Split SSL Opener In Spring Ball Action
Over two weeks before Easter Shafter’s Lady Generals opened South Sequoia League play at home with a 15-5 win over Coalinga as Jill Ryan pitched seven strong innings and Sophie Garza, Christi Ashe, Sara Gonzales, and Chris Rodriguez sparked a 14-5 rally add in the fourth. They then lost 3-1 at Taft, tied 1-1 in the fourth before Taft walks in the sixth decided the game, and later defeated Garces 15-5 with Ryan again on the mound and Garces’ Stamper hurt by Garza’s hits. The team heads to Wasco Thursday.
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RY Generals
Lady Generals
Taft High School
Garces High
South Sequoia
Rams
Coalinga
Shafter
Jill Ryan
Christi Ashe
Sophie Garza
Sara Gonzales
Chris
Christi Wentz
Christy Ashe
Michelle Floyd
Mary Soliz
Chris Rodriguez
SHS
Shoenhair
Taft Wildcats
Inn
Patini
McAfie
Taft
Garces Lady Rams
Debbie Nunlist
Garces
Cheryl Stamper
Shafter Recreation extends baseball softball signups
The Shafter Recreation and Park District extends baseball and softball signups to Friday April 11 from 9 am to 4 pm at the District office 700 East Tulare Avenue. Draft meetings move to April 16 and 17 at the old LAPD office 505 Sunset Avenue with times for each age group and Titus leagues. Sponsorships for summer leagues are sought at 250 dollars per team with equipment issued through the District office. contact Mike Alvidrez at 700 E Tulare Ave or 746-3303.
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Shafter Recreation and Park District
East Tulare Avenue
Titus
LAPD
Sunset Avenue
Mike Alvidrez
E. Tulare Avenue
Lady Generals sweep Coalinga in tennis clash
SHS dominated Coalinga High 13 to 1 as Pat Plaza and Jenny McGowen led with straight set wins in first doubles 6 0 6 0 6 1. Jill Wilson and Tami Rekosh added strong singles showing, while Taft visit looms after a 9-4 March 20 victory over the Wildcats.
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Pat Plaza
Jenny McGowen
Coalinga
SHS
Shafter
Lady Generals
Coalinga High School
Horned Toads
Plaza
McGowen
Jill Wilson
Tami Rekesh
Pam Nebelung
Tracie Weidner
Tami Rekosh
Weidner
Nebelung
Jennifer McDaniel
Martha Garza
Ann Ames
Susan Wolfe
Cindy Boiles
Janie Woolsey
Boiles
Woolsey
McDaniel
Garza
Carmen Mora
Andrea Selvidge
Ames
Wolfe
Taft High School
Lady Wildcats
Plaza-McGowen
Taft
Plaza- McGowen
Lupe Hernandez
Susan Carrasco
Debbie Tudor
Corcoran
Lady Panthers
Ott Nixon trio lead Col ons to SSL wins over Coalinga Wasco
Oscar Ott Bryan Nixon and Oscar Garza each had three hits as the Col os beat Coalinga 11 4 and Wasco 9 3 in SSL action. Mark Stinnett earned the win vs Coalinga, with Mosley, Nixon and Gamboa driving in key runs and a early 8 0 bulge through three innings.
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Ian Ott
Oscar Garza
Bryan Nixon
Arlie Smith
Coalinga
Asco
Wasco
Colonels
Ahoe Ek the Horned Toads
Inns
Nixon
Robert Mosley
Frank Gamboa
Mark Stinnett
Toad Pe Pyle Mosley
Argo
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David
Diane
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McFarland
Clitford Ford
O'Neil
Takimoto
Tricia Larsen
Bev Litke
Ott
Oscar
Meyers
South Shafter Ave
Coor’s
Diet &W Sunkist
Kam Yyy
California
USDA
W.lc
George Globe
Habla Espanol
Woolworths
Roger Cobb
NEW World Pictures
Poco
Sean S. Cunningham
Steve Miner
William Ratt
George Bend
Coenen
Wasco Theatre
Central Valley Hwy
Cans
Weber Bread
Coor's
Budwieser Beer
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