Panther Soccer 2009
The first rains hit the Valley last week and one of the ‘victims’ of the downpour was the high school soccer match in Boonville against the rival Mendocino Cardinals scheduled for last Wednesday. It...
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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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Bowling for America: League Night at Noyo Bowl
Fort Bragg’s Noyo Bowl is known locally as the place where Kurt Russell spent many a night hangin’ with his bowling buddies in Overboard–the ‘80s cheeseball classic about class war on the Mendo Coast....
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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 allows people to broadcast their deepest feelings...
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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 Boonville,” and her team of volunteers put on a superb...
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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 and have a reasonable shot at winning their conference and reaching the...
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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 saying “when it’s fourth down and less...
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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 the hometown Panthers. The Pirates are always a decent team although...
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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 has red-golden hair that Redford would die for and shoulders that...
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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 in the middle of the standings but who always provide a...
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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 a pivotal game in deciding the eventual league...
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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 49ers prevailed in Candlestick Park l7-9 to post a 1 win,...
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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 be a stern test against a team in second place in their...
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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 alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the...
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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 playing in the World Series against the Texas Rangers. Three reasons...
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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 hint of chill in the evening to remind you it’s late October. Today started...
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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 as a result of their fine efforts in the regular season, they...
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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 the Anderson Valley High School Boys Soccer team to...
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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 jaw of Al Davis’ rat. Then Richard Seymore came to the Raiders from New...
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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 and to express gratitude to our many supporters. At a ceremony...
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