Carson Sorci, a 2025 Garces High alumnus, won a qualifying tournament at Bakersfield Country Club on Monday, the first of two steps needed to gain entry into the 126th U.S. Amateur Championship in mid-August.
NEWPORT BEACH — Deakin Brinkley stepped into the right-handed batter’s box, just as he had done in 374 previous varsity plate appearances for the Bakersfield Christian High baseball team.
TEMECULA — No way about it, the Garces High softball team literally and figuratively did not get the breaks it needed to prevail in a 6-5, eight-inning Southern California Regional Division 2 semifinal loss to Temecula Great Oak on Friday night.
Making a first impression is important. When Lila Gannaway was weeks away from the start of Garces High’s softball season last year, the first thing her softball teammates knew is that she was unable to play due to a broken right hand. It’s her throwing hand, and she suffered while with her …
CIF Southern California Regional Division 2 Baseball
The key to unlock the opportunity that the 2026 Bakersfield Christian High baseball team has sought from the start, especially those who are among the largest senior class that head coach Mark Ratekin has had, was given to them Wednesday night.
Friday’s Semifinal
The Bakersfield Christian baseball team opened the CIF Southern California Division 2 playoff bracket with a 3-1 home victory over La Canada St. Francis in a busy first inning that gave way to a trio of Eagle pitchers to take down the Golden Knights on Tuesday.
VISALIA — Gavin Williams said he didn’t get much sleep the night before he and his Liberty High teammates were to play Fresno Bullard in Saturday’s CIF Central Section Division 2 championship baseball game.
Three Kern County athletes reached the CIF State Track and Field Championship finals in their respective events and two came away with medals Saturday night at Clovis Buchanan High’s Veterans Memorial Stadium.
FRESNO — For a championship game, the billing was absolutely correct. Friday night’s CIF Central Section Division 2 meeting between No. 3 seed Visalia Redwood and No. 1 Garces at Fresno State’s Margie Wright Diamond delivered.
There was a lot on Tony Mills’ plate Friday, the last day of finals week and the last day of school at Liberty High School.
VISALIA — Twenty-seven hours before Thursday night’s CIF Central Section Division 2 championship baseball game, nine Bakersfield Christian High seniors each expressed confidence and envisioned how great it was going to feel when it ended.
CIF CENTRAL SECTION DIVISION 4 SOFTBALL
CIF CENTRAL SECTION BASEBALL
When the Garces High softball team steps onto the field tonight at Margie Wright Diamond at Fresno State, there’s going to be some new feelings for the young, yet experienced Rams players. And because of it there’s optimism as the program returns to the spotlight.
If anyone needs proof that the Bakersfield Christian High baseball team knew it had something special cooking for the 2026 season all they had to do was to look at the senior-laden varsity roster and the 2026 schedule.
There’s enough pressure when you’re playing golf in a 124-person CIF Southern California Regional Tournament field as an individual. That will be what people on the outside see Thursday morning when three local golfers tee off in a shotgun start at the par-74 Los Serranos South golf course i…
The CIF State Track and Field Championships will take place Friday and Saturday at Clovis Buchanan High’s Veterans Memorial Stadium. Following last Saturday’s CIF Central Section Masters Championship meet to determine local athletes who qualified for state, a few more locals got in due to me…
CLOVIS — The range of emotions and results for Kern County track and field athletes representing 28 schools at Saturday’s CIF Central Section Masters Championship meet was all for the same thing — the opportunity to compete against and seek to become the best in California.
Cal State Bakersfield sophomore sprinter Makiah Parker is one of 48 entrants in both the 100- and 200-meter individual events and is a member of CSUB’s 4x100 relay team that has qualified among 24 teams to compete at the NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships’ West first-round meet We…
Thursday, May 28 Boys Golf
The saying is that the third time is a charm. Garces High softball, the top seed in CIF Central Section Division 2, got a semifinal matchup that was anything but what you might want to see in the opposing dugout.
As seniors Joselin Sandoval and Marely de Arcos Esmerio prepare for their high school graduation days at East Bakersfield and Shafter high schools, respectively, both are looking back at fond memories of their time there.
Track and field season continues today with the CIF Central Section Masters Championship meet, which brings top-qualifying athletes from all divisions together to compete and earn a spot in next weekend’s CIF State Championships. Today’s meet and next week’s state finals take place at the sa…
There will be four local softball teams playing Friday afternoon in hopes of punching their ticket into next weekend’s CIF Central Section softball divisional championships.
Bakersfield Christian senior pitcher McCoy Silicz had his usual focus and determination on display Thursday against visiting Clovis East in a CIF Central Section Division 2 semifinal game.
The Bakersfield Christian baseball playoff game scheduled for Thursday against Clovis East will now be played at BCHS starting at 3:30 p.m. CIF playoff games are at 4:30 p.m. unless there is a mutual agreement between teams to change it.
CIF SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS
South High softball player Aniyah Gordon’s ability at the plate is both respected and feared by opponents.
Bakersfield College is expected to approve the hiring of a new athletic director who will also serve as the dean of kinesiology and athletics, at this morning’s Kern Community College District board meeting.
CIF Central Section baseball
CIF CENTRAL SECTION BASEBALL
As has been the case all season, Liberty’s baseball team has been digging the home run power it has to be a differencemaker.
The CIF Central Section Boys Golf Championship tournament Monday brought a close to the team title hopes of Bakersfield Christian, Liberty and Centennial, but three local golfers among two of those teams — Centennial’s Bob O’Hara and BCHS’s Raeyyan Shahid and Connor Carr — extended their sea…
CIF CENTRAL SECTION
The first day of postseason playoff games are intriguing. Seeding usually matters the most because it gauges what is thought of teams on a body of regular-season work, rewards some for a strong season and for others, based on their divisions, they can get a lift from where they land. And the…
Cade Hiebert said he was experiencing soreness on Sunday, one day after the Bakersfield Christian High junior completed a very satisfying week of championship tennis.
Three local boys golf teams from Bakersfield Christian, Liberty and Centennial and four individual qualifiers will tee it up Monday morning in the CIF Central Section Division I Championship Tournament at the par-71, 6,521-yard Monarch Dunes Golf Club in Nipomo.
Each of the high school baseball teams that reached the Valley Strong Ballpark in Visalia to play in CIF Central Section championship games last season are back at for the 2026 postseason.
When the CIF State Swimming Championship meet weekend opens with preliminaries on Friday, it might decide a title, but it figures to be the most spirited and the most competitive. Everyone has to go all-out just to reach Saturday’s finals.
Local collegiate track and field programs, Bakersfield College and Cal State Bakersfield, are preparing for big championship meets today and Saturday in Southern California.
Bakersfield Christian junior Will Rooke watched as his opponent, San Luis Obispo’s Cole Vanclef, hit what proved to be the last shot into the net. He stood there for a second, soaked in the moment and was soon mobbed by teammates. Rooke had not only completed a 6-2, 6-3 victory at No. 5 sing…
The CIF Central Section baseball and softball divisional playoff brackets were finally revealed on Wednesday. Top seeds among local baseball teams were Bakersfield Christian and Shafter in Division 2 and 5, respectively, and both will play first-round games on Friday. Garces softball earned …
