Former Ram is ready to run
vacavilleinsider_1rm66q Heads shook in disbelief after David Phillips, Jr. won the 100-meter dash at the 2018 Sac-Joaquin Section Masters track championships. Who knew Dixon High School, which is know for its…
Features
River Cats have revolving door
Hunter Bishop is getting to know his two new neighbors in the Sacramento River Cats clubhouse at Sutter Health Park. Pitcher Nick Garcia joined the San Francisco Giants’ Triple A…
Pink is new color for Mudcats
Kyle Stafford had never laid his eyes on a pink bat until Mason Sayre came home from Hawaii Pacific University and broke it out after joining the Solano Mudcats. The…
Playing ends, coaching begins
Kooper Richardson had the option in 2021 of remaining at UC Davis as a graduate student or entering the transfer portal. The offensive tackle would have probably remained with the…
Punting on competitive equity
Football will be the first sport to gauge whether the Sac-Joaquin Section’s latest realignment will serve its intended purpose of fostering competitive equity. There is little chance of that in…
Summer semester for baseball
College players from across the country have enrolled in a summer baseball class with the Solano Mudcats. Third baseman Preston Freeman (above) came from Cisco College in Texas and made…
Olympian visits Vaca senior
Robyn Stevens figured Jessie Lenox could use a big bag when the Vacaville High senior goes to BYU, so the 2021 Olympic race walker brought one when she visited her…
Cancer no match for her smile
Any journalist worth his or her weight in ink will admit to capitalizing on the worst possible adversity to write an award-winning story. That was true in 2008 when a…
Been there, done that, still at it
One perfect inning of relief Wednesday night did nothing more than lower Drew Pomeranz’s ERA to 7.71. And his appearance for the Dodgers’ Triple A affiliate in Oklahoma City came…
Majors so close, but yet so far
Oklahoma City left fielder Miguel Vargas is knocked off his feet when he is hit by a pitch on his left arm in Wednesday’s 4-1 loss to Sacramento at Sutter…