Gus D. Morris

1 week ago | pressdemocrat.com | Gus D. Morris

Brice Cox left the field barking at his own dugout as he finished a scoreless sixth inning, trying to motivate his team to wake up. With the top-seeded Santa Rosa Junior College baseball team trailing 4-1 to No. 24 American River and starting to run out of outs, the Bear Cubs needed to get something going offensively if they wanted to avoid a sudden-death game in their opening series of the California Community College Athletic Association playoffs.

1 week ago | pressdemocrat.com | Gus D. Morris

The Vine Valley Athletic League softball pennant is returning to Petaluma’s east side. For the second time in three years, Casa Grande clinched the league title, beating defending champion Vintage 9-4 with another strong offensive game Friday in Petaluma. The Gauchos (18-5-1, 11-0) and Crushers (13-6, 5-3) have battled as the top two teams in the league over the last three years, but Casa has so far had their number this spring.

1 week ago | pressdemocrat.com | Gus D. Morris

Baseball NBL-Oak Windsor 7-3, 16-6 Rancho Cotate 6-3, 13-9 Cardinal Newman 6-3, 10-10 Ukiah 3-8, 10-10 Maria Carrillo 2-7, 10-10 NBL-Redwood Analy** 12-0, 13-8 Healdsburg 8-4, 14-6 Montgomery 7-5, 9-12 Santa Rosa 6-6, 8-13 Piner 3-9, 7-13 St. Vincent 0-12, 3-16 VVAL Justin-Siena 8-2, 17-5 Casa Grande 7-3, 16-5 Petaluma 7-3, 16-4 American Canyon 5-5, 10-12 Vintage 5-5, 11-10 Sonoma Valley 3-7, 5-16 Napa 1-11, 6-18 NCL I Kelseyville 10-0, 15-3 Fort Bragg 8-2, 14-3 Clear Lake 6-3, 11-5 St....

1 week ago | pressdemocrat.com | Gus D. Morris

FridaySSU women’s track and field at CCAA championships, TurlockSRJC track and field at NorCal trials and finals, Butte College, 10 a.m.SSU softball vs. TBD, CCAA tournament, noonSSU softball vs. TBD, CCAA tournament, 2:30 p.m. (if necessary)SRJC softball at Yuba, CCCAA regionals, 2 p.m.SRJC baseball vs. American River, CCCAA regionals, 2 p.m.SaturdaySSU women’s track and field at CCAA championships, TurlockSSU softball vs. TBD, CCAA tournament, 11 a.m.SRJC baseball vs.

1 week ago | pressdemocrat.com | Gus D. Morris

Montgomery High School has found its new head football coach. Anthony Bautista, a 2014 graduate of the school, has taken over the position. This will be Bautista's first official varsity head coaching job. He has prior coaching experience as an assistant coach at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington, and most recently at Elsie Allen. He replaces Vertis Patton, who stepped down at the end of last season after leading the program for the past seven years.