Panther Soccer 2009
Last Wednesday (10/21) the Point Arena Pirates were visitors to the Valley and AV hoped to make up for their poor performance on the coast a couple of weeks ago — a game the Panthers won 4-0 but in...
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Due to the modern miracle (or curse) that is the Internet, and due to one of its miraculous (or demonic) offshoots, Facebook, an invention which…
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Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Well, they did it again! Yes folks, Gloria Ross, “The Bishop of…
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Sports Notes The SF 49ers are loaded and should win the weak NFC West Division. They are the odds-on favorite to win the NFC West…
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After the season opening loss against the Seattle Seahawks, Head coach Singletary should have fell on his sword and accepted responsibility for he debacle by…
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The first home league game of the season saw the Pirates of Point Arena come to the Valley last Wednesday for a 4.30 match-up with…
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I only went to Oregon for a short time to attend my youngest grandson’s first birthday party on the green grass of a park. Callum…
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Last Wednesday (Sept 30th), the Panthers once again were on their travels as they went south to play Rincon Valley Christian, a team that is…
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The Wildcats from Calistoga High School were the visitors to Tom Smith Field in Boonville last Wednesday (Oct 6th) afternoon to play what would be…
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Finally the 49ers won a football game last Sunday after five straight losses. Even though the game versus the Raiders was ugly and sloppy, the…
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Last Monday afternoon (Oct 18th), the team traveled to face the Wolverines of Willits for the final non-league game of the season in what would…
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“If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are…
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Like our Editor who wrote a fine, poignant article in the AVA last week, I, too, am mesmerized by the 2010 SF Giants Baseball Team…
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Last Tuesday in San Francisco was one of those days that make you glad to be alive. Sunny, clear skies, low 70s with just a…
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Here we go again. For the sixth year in succession, the AV Panthers are headed for the play-offs where, after receiving a first round bye…
View ArticleAV Panthers — 2010 Champions!
Last Saturday (Nov 13th), on a sunny afternoon at Tom Smith Field in Boonville, two goals in the final breathtaking four minutes of play enabled…
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I think Raiders' head coach Tom Cable won over his players' locker room in Napa, in the training camp of '09 when he busted the…
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The wonderfully successful 2010 Soccer Season is over and all that remains for me to do is to inform you of the team’s individual awards…
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LeGarrette Blount in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back who helped to beat the San Francisco 49ers last Sunday. He also was the Oregon Ducks…
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The transformation of the NFL — and by extension all professional leagues — from sports to entertainment can be seen most clearly in the evolution…
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