Like the scene from "Wizard of Oz," with the click of my heels, I closed my eyes saying, “there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home.” With temperatures in the triple digits and intolerable humidity, the Tomahawks wandered off the mountain Saturday, Sept. 14. Though there was no …

The Lady Warriors tennis team is off to a great start to their season, recently taking first place honors in a pre-season tournament at Arvin with a perfect 5-0 record.

I came across an interesting feature this week in the Los Angeles Times on Encino Crespi, a resurging high school football program that was once a CIF Southern Section Division I team before participation numbers forced them into the much smaller Division 6.

The Highland Scots scored on nearly every offensive possession, taking advantage of a porous Tehachapi defense while cruising to a 48-15 victory Friday night at Scotland Yard.

The Tehachapi Youth Gryphons Futbol Club opened its fall season with multiple games in multiple cities.

Football is one team. There is no room for individualism. A unit of many with a common goal, to battle as one, to win as one. It’s a divine sport where all involved have an important role, from the coaches instructing, the players on field and lining sideline, the crew hydrating, to the crow…

The Lady Warriors recorded another impressive showing this past week, going 4-1 overall in the Highland Tournament.

Last Friday night unintentionally turned out to be an almost-perfect high school football evening. I say “almost perfect” because the results were not what I had hoped for when I set out for Taft, but come the end of the night, the results weren’t my biggest takeaway.

TAFT — The offense stalled, the defense struggled, and the lights literally went out on the Tehachapi Warriors Friday night in Taft (2-1) as Tehachapi dropped to 0-3 following a 34-12 loss to the Wildcats at Martin Memorial Stadium.

Varsity Tomahawks silenced the Thunder on the mountain in a nail-biting back-and-forth battle Saturday, Aug. 31. Tehachapi knew the challenge they were up against facing Thunder of Delano.

I had asked for a little help a few months ago. I raised the “Bat Signal,” if you will, searching for some assistance with the Tehachapi Warrior Booster Club, a nonprofit club that was recovering from a bit of a rebuilding year in 2018-19.

The Lady Warriors are off to an impressive start to their volleyball season, recently blistering through local competition in the South Bakersfield Tournament en route to a championship crown.

With school back in session, the glow of Friday night lights leads into the excitement of game days on Saturday for Tehachapi Youth Football & Cheer.

Last week my wife made a remark about one of our sons growing up to be a professional golfer. Where she got that notion is beyond me, but I had to quickly remind her that it's hard to be a pro golfer when as a child in Tehachapi, there’s nowhere nearby to play golf. Then the next day, the ne…

As the Tehachapi Warriors embark on the 2019 season, preparation is underway to ensure that not only does this season end in far better fashion than last year’s 2-8 campaign, but also the team reacquires something it lost a year ago.

Tehachapi Youth Football will open its 42nd season this Saturday as the four levels of Tomahawk teams host games in Tehachapi. The action starts at 10 a.m. with the freshman team and continues every two hours with the varsity kids taking the field at 4 p.m.

I can’t pretend to have the answer for the malaise our society seems to be experiencing at this present time. Given the variety of incidents that are popping up in our news feeds, our newspapers and our TV screens, I’d be nothing more than a snake oil salesman if I claimed to have the answer…

On July 30, during our Tuesday afternoon Men’s League at Oak Tree Country Club, one particular match had Bob Bonino playing against Carl Brooks. Upon reaching the 127 yard 11th hole, Bonino stepped up to the tee box with an 8 iron and proceeded to knock it in the hole for his second career h…

The California Youth Football Act, or Assembly Bill 1, was passed through the State Legislature and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last week, essentially ending the debate on these pages about the validity and necessity of legislation on the matter.

One of the most fun tournaments the Oak Tree Country Club Women’s Golf Club plays is the Eclectic, which was held July 18-19. Twenty-one ladies played a normal round of golf the first day but did their best on the second day to improve each hole’s score from the previous day.

Bakersfield College will soon officially unveil the new playing surface at famed Memorial Stadium, the first phase in a series of projects that will completely revitalize the athletic facilities at BC.

A great testament to any event, especially one that was done in the inaugural stage, is the verification it receives with an encore, a second showing if you will. That’s the case with the Tehachapi Warrior Boosters Cornhole Tournament, which returns on Saturday, Aug. 3.

This is a special time of year for Little League baseball teams both here in Tehachapi and across the United States. Boys and girls, proud to represent their hometowns, competing on All-Star teams against their neighbors, hope to extend their seasons just a bit further. At least from what I’…

Well, that escalated quickly.

CALIFORNIA CITY — The Tehachapi Major All Stars won their third straight game July 2 in Cal City against Bishop 19-6 in a hard-fought game that lasted until 11:30 p.m.

It is said that “trap shooting is an easy sport to learn but difficult to master.” Lifelong Tehachapi resident Megan Stout must not have heard that old saying. With less than two years of experience in shotgun sports, Stout, 22, came home with honors after the 106th California Golden State T…

So, they tell me I’m riding a bull on the 4th of July. By "they" I’m referring to the Tehachapi Mountain Rodeo Association, which came up with an idea to have a “local celebrity” attempt to ride the first bull of their annual Bad Bulls event on Independence Day. I’m thinking the pool of cele…

The Oak Tree Women’s President’s Cup and Vice President’s Cup champions were crowned on June 21 after a two-day tournament. The winner of each cup shot the lowest combined net score for both days.

I didn’t want to write this column. As a matter of fact, I flat-out struggled with it. But for someone who enjoys writing about some of the great, memorable and downright motivational moments in sports in this community, sometimes tragedy must enter my reality. When we lose a Warrior, one of…

For more than 40 years, the California Junior High School Rodeo has provided a place for youth to flourish and grow, with the priority of promoting western heritage and investing in the future of young rodeo athletes. California is the home to nine districts where 600 members of CHSRA compet…

This year for the 4th of July, a unique opportunity has arisen via the THS Warrior Boosters Club before the fireworks show at Coy Burnett Stadium.

All eight members of Perfect 10 Gymnastics’ Girls Team competed in their final meet of the season, the USAIGC West Coast Championship, which took place at the Westin Mission Hills Golf Resort and Spa in Rancho Mirage from May 31 to June 2. The week following the competition, the girls showed…

As the school year ends, I can’t help but remember some of the best summers of my life that I spent in Chicago. Not literally, of course, but as a youngster around the advent of cable television in these parts, being able to watch WGN-TV out of Chicago. Namely, the Chicago Cubs were a mainst…

Tehachapi Valley Wrestling Club finished the year with two second-place finishers at the California USA Wrestling Kids Freestyle Championships at Selland Arena in Fresno.

The Tehachapi High School Swim Team had a great season this year. The varsity girls team tied for first place and the varsity boys placed second in the South Yosemite League.

I can’t help but be reminded this time of year about my own involvement with the NCAA Baseball Tournament. It’s one of the most entertaining of all college sports championships given its double-elimination nature and the regional, super-regional and College World Series format. It gives ever…

The fifth annual BVS Baseball Camp will be held from Monday, July 2 through Thursday, July 25. Camp will run from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each day.

During the weekend of May 4-5, all eight members of the Perfect 10 Gymnastics’ Girls Team competed at the A Hero at Heart Invitational. The competition was hosted by Sokol Diamond Elite Gymnastics in Chino.

Tehachapi Valley Wrestling Club completed its local season with Kern County Wrestling Association Freestyle and Greco-Roman Championships on May 18 at Arvin High School.

There must be a rumor going around that I somehow have influence in the state Legislature (so says the lawmaker who shall remain nameless who emailed me her displeasure with being associated with a column I wrote about her involvement in football-related legislation). With that said, I guess…

Autumn Cote said she had no expectations when she arrived in St. Petersburg, Russia, earlier this month to compete in the Women's Armlifting World Championships. However, she had one goal.

More than 2,500 people poured into the gates at Lehigh Cement this weekend as Tehachapi proudly hosted its first California State Championship for mountain bike racing.

After admittedly scaling back a bit last year to reorganize, the Tehachapi Warrior Boosters are trying to ramp up fundraising this summer to make sure our teams at Tehachapi High School have what they need in 2019-20. Call this the proverbial Bat-signal, if you will. I’m putting this one out…