A statewide movement to get high school sports up and running found its way to Tehachapi on Friday, as parents and athletes continued efforts to salvage some type of athletic season in the 2020-21 school year.

When Teagan Thurman first committed to play basketball at Northwest Nazarene University, a small NCAA Division II school near Boise, Idaho, she did so with the understanding that trips home to California might be a bit sporadic.

I had the most amazing dream last night. It was the type of vision that was so vivid, that I woke up and immediately had to check my phone to confirm the details.

The Oak Tree Country Club Women’s Golf Club is happy to announce the 2020 Most Improved Players of the Year. This award is presented to the 9- and 18-hole players who improved their handicap the most over the past year. For 2020 the 18-Hole MIP is Cathy Panek, while Donna Zanutto earned the …

The Tehachapi Warriors Booster Club continues its work in supporting Tehachapi High School Athletics despite current COVID-19 restrictions, which have prevented competition thus far this season.

The emotional roller coaster for everyone associated with high school sports in Kern County took another dip last week.

Regardless of what happens this winter and spring, Bakersfield College student athletes have been assured they will have futures within their respective programs beyond 2020-21.

Local BMX Racer Kayden Gonzales has finally been able to return to race events after track closures. Like so many other events for athletes, BMX tracks have only been allowed to hold practice and clinics the last few months.

The Play for P.I.N.K. will receive a check for $8,280 this year from the annual golf tournament held at the Oak Tree Country Club Oct. 24. The OTCC Women’s Golf Club has sponsored this tournament for several years to raise money for breast cancer research. The amount raised this year is more…

The Oak Tree Country Club Women’s Golf Club held its Club Championship three-day tournament with two winners taking home the top prizes. The 2020 Club Champion is Meg Prior for the second year in a row. A new award was created this year for our senior players, the Senior Champion, and the in…

Inspired by the first responders who raced into the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, Kercie Jung wanted to do something to show her support for the brave men and women who put their lives on the line every day.

While the pandemic thwarted some of their events this summer, the Oak Tree Country Club Women’s Golf Club was still able to hold two of their tournaments. The Eclectic was held in July and offered a fun format for the ladies to just get out and play. In August, the club held its Senior Club …

There have been some incredibly special student-athletes I have had the pleasure of being around during my career. One of them is Hayden Carter, a young man I watched develop from a struggling freshman pitcher out of San Diego, to the No. 1 starter on the 2015 Cal State Bakersfield baseball …

I have been able to visit nearly every state in this great nation. There are a few remaining, but thanks to my previous life as a vagabond announcer, I’ve covered most of them and have a few tales about each one.

Forgive me in advance for these moments of levity in response to some of the latest COVID-19 “guidelines” relating to youth sports. If your plan is to read this and then accuse me of advocating for the death of the elderly and our vulnerable population, then by all means, please socially dis…

You would think that during a pandemic, when most of the words coming from Sacramento are regulatory in nature and reactionary to the spread of COVID-19, that us outdoorsman-types would be left alone while problems were actually solved. Think again.

I enjoy being an introspective person, one who can usually think through an issue by turning through a variety of thoughts and feelings within my own mind. There also comes a time when I’m required to be retrospective; I would say celebrating one’s 40th birthday is the appropriate moment.

Head Coach Gary Adams generously donated his time and talent for the 6th Annual BVS Baseball Camp for boys and girls. The camp was held July 20 through 23 and featured the Hall of Famer himself.

The California Interscholastic Federation made a much-anticipated announcement Monday that high school athletics in California would take a back seat until at least December, pausing a decades-long tradition of certain annual fall competitions, football most notably, amid the continuation of…

More than a week earlier than anticipated, the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) announced they were adopting their “contingency plan” as laid out earlier this year for the upcoming athletic competition in 2020-21 in response to COVID-19.

As a member of the Tehachapi Warriors Booster Club, you can probably imagine it has been a little awkward preparing for the unknowns of the coming season. Based on some media reports, you would think the last thing our kids will ever be allowed to do is play youth sports again. Most of us wi…

The Oak Tree Women’s Golf Club held its annual President’s Cup and Vice President’s Cup Tournament on June 18-19, while doing their best to maintain social distancing, as they have done since the pandemic and quarantine started.

Since we are still under a mandated lockdown in regard to sports, there have been plenty of archived games, classic broadcasts and much more being showcased on TV and the internet. Even yours truly has been forced to dig deep into my mental archive to fill these pages each week with a story,…

BVS Baseball Camp this year will be held from Monday, July 20 through Thursday, July 23. Camp will run from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each day.

Here’s what we know about the future of prep sports for this coming fall in the wake of COVID-19: We know we will keep waiting for another month or so.

We need the game now more than ever, but, for reasons somewhat beyond its control, the game is not here. Some have talked about returning, some balk at proposals to do so. But please read the room: We need the game back in our lives to provide the much-needed and valuable distractions from o…

While some hurdles remain, optimism seems to be building that the California Community College Athletic Association will have a fall season in 2020.

This past week marked the five-year anniversary of one of the most enjoyable experiences of my broadcast career, the 2015 CSUB Baseball WAC Championship and NCAA Regional appearance.

One of the many victims of COVID-19 has been the impact to youth sports. Seasons were abruptly ended or never started as mid-March rolled around. As it stands now, there is not much of a chance that things like youth baseball or softball will start up anytime soon. Some hold out hope for som…

I’m completely spit-balling here, so do not use the following as gospel. However, I’m beginning to believe we should be more and more prepared for any possible solution to aid in the return of prep sports in the fall. As I mentioned last week in my conversation with Tehachapi High School hea…

There is no mistaking the fact that the future of sports in 2020 is one in limbo in the midst of COVID-19. Doug DeGeer, head football coach of the Tehachapi Warriors, is working through the odd process of preparing for the fall season, without much guidance on what that looks like.

Roughly estimated, I traveled more than half a million miles during my former broadcast tenure. When one takes to the skies and roadways as frequently as I did, there are bound to be hiccups, mishaps and plain bad luck along the way.

Dealing with the ramifications of the stay-at-home order and the precautions surrounding COVID-19 has meant a lot of time for reflection, thought processing and reminiscing.

Extended downtime wasn't supposed to be in the cards for Loren Gillilan, Kris Rogic, Autumn D'Arcy and Mikayla Popham this offseason.

In the midst of the coronavirus-predicated shutdown of life as we know it, there have been plenty of moments of reflection in the athletic world. We’re not seeing new sports; we’re watching old games, replays, documentaries and whatever possible to pass the time and remember things the way t…

When I was a ballplayer, I hated rainouts. I still remember my first one as a Little Leaguer and my manager having to explain “football players play in the rain; baseball players play in the shine.” Still didn’t make it easier to accept not playing the game you cared about.

In February, all 13 of Perfect 10 Gymnastics’ Girls Team Members competed at the 2020 Dreams of Gold Invitational. The meet was held the weekend of Feb. 22-23 at Gymnastics Olympica (G.O.) in Van Nuys.

As we come to terms with our new reality, the notion of remembering our favorite moments as it relates to our love of sports becomes more important. This past week that was made official with the launch of the “Roadrunner Classics” radio series, with yours truly at the helm.

It’s been requested recently that I recall some of my greatest front-row-seat sports memories in a project to aid some of my former colleagues in the sports world. Without games to broadcast or new sports content to report about, times are thin. More to come on this project once it becomes o…

Maybe you’ve heard it this past week as times grow increasingly uncertain. Maybe someone close to you has heard it as well as our response to novel coronavirus ramps up. Not everybody can hear it; matter of fact, a very select audience that are members of the fraternity of the Tehachapi Warr…

Twenty-seven students from Tehachapi Mountain Bike team competed in a cross-country mountain bike race the weekend of March 7 and 8. Tehachapi brought home a fifth and second place finish on top of many top finishers.

Tehachapi Valley Wrestling Club started its Freestyle and Greco Roman season with the Kern County Wrestling Association.

What an exciting Bulldogs basketball season we had this year. All the teams participated in the Bear Mountain League Tournament and all four teams made a championship game, with the seventh girls and boys winning titles! The eighth grade girls were runners-up, and the eighth grade boys lost …

Just before the start of a very busy and gratifying time for sports fans, sports were effectively canceled. Everything on the list, from pro to amateur to youth and in between. Concerns about COVID-19 ground the sports world to a halt as a way to help prevent the spread of this virus. Sports…

Friday, March 13, was supposed to serve as both the home and Southeast Yosemite League opener for Tehachapi Warrior baseball. But instead, the field at the corner of Snyder and Anita sat silent.

The Lady Warriors soccer team concluded its season this past week with an awards banquets recognizing South Yosemite League and team awards. With five freshmen, two sophomores, five juniors, and six seniors, the team had 20 games, one tournament, one canceled tournament due to snow, one play…

Perfect 10’s competitive boys team competed at the SCMGA North Conference Championships on Feb. 16 at Victory Gymnastics in Newbury Park. Twelve of Perfect 10’s boys team members met the qualifying placement to be eligible to compete at state championships. The Level 5-10 Division 1 state ch…