“Mount finished the grueling tournament with an 8-1 mark that included seven straight wins in the consolation bracket and five pins. He is the first Panther to medal since Ben Cockburn took third in 1999 at 215, and he just missed the medal podium by one match last year. Bergstedt …

“Green’s demise may have been that he was simply too fast for the rest of the competition. The race leader was held back by Chico’s Robbie Whitchurch and was unable to pass on the lower edge of the track. While Green tagged behind Whitchurch and the other slower drivers, Allard …

“The teams were toe-to-toe all night long, and the stats show why a Chico missed extra point in the second quarter was the difference. Chico’s offense rolled up 250 yards and PV tallied 248 and neither ever manhandled the opposition. It went back-and-forth all night long …”
October 13, 2007
By LELAND …

“The fourth quarter was a deadlock, though each team had to make a defensive stand to persevere. The Braves’ Joey Von Houtte picked off Enos to get his team the ball but Willows also stood firm on defense late. Hamilton had a fourth-and-1 from the Willows 5 and went for …

“Even more amazing is that Smith, Poliquin and Loustale played the entire game. Simmons has frequently been using one player off the bench and his five new starters have shown they have the physical endurance to play the whole game. And win it.”
January 11, 2009
By LELAND GORDON-Sports Writer
OROVILLE …

“Biggs struck a low dribbling shot that Chico goalie Lydia North dove head-first to stop, yet right as North appeared to get her hands on the ball, Summer Kemp-Jennings knocked it away from North’s grasp and tapped it in despite a forceful attempt by the Chico defenders to keep the …

“There were 2 seconds left on the clock after the stoppage of activity, and had Berry come back out to wrestle, Davis would have won and the Panthers would have won the dual.”
January 29, 2009
By LELAND GORDON-Sports Writer
CHICO The word “safely” caused quite the stir late on Wednesday …

“Bohmann was the most noticeable player of the game for many reasons, the first being his clutch bucket, the second his 6-foot-7 frame and the third being the massive tape job done to the junior’s right hand. Despite having his pinkie and ring fingers taped together in a contraption that …

“PV had to fight to the end Saturday to get past Red Bluff by scores of 25-22, 20-25, 25-27, 25-14, 15-8, and it was actually adversity something the Vikings (36-9) rarely dealt with this year that propelled them to the victory. It was looking like the No. 2 …

“Becky Louber was downright dominant from the pitching rubber, as the left-hander allowed only six Indians batters to put the ball in play. She surrendered three hits, walked one and hit one batter, but all of the hits were on balls that weren’t hit well. Her fastball was too fast …