True to the word of event coordinator Giles Turner, the 48th annual Jug and Rose Run/Walk was back to reality.

An overtime thriller in the junior varsity game highlighted a Motherlode Valley Football League clash between the Amador Junior Buffaloes and the Calaveras Junior Reds youth football programs on Saturday, September 11 in San Andreas.

Amador and Calaveras high school cross country runners participated in the Kim Duyst Twilight Invitational meet on Saturday, September 11 at River Oaks Golf Course in Ceres. Hosted by California State University, Stanislaus, the event featured more than 30 high school teams, mostly from the …

For the first time in five years, the Argonaut High School varsity volleyball team walked off the court victorious in a Mother Lode League match after knocking off Summerville in four games on Thursday, September 9 in Jackson.

Being whole, or at least close to it, made a big difference for the Argonaut High School football team.

At halftime of the Argonaut High School varsity football game against Franklin of Stockton this Friday night, September 17, Argonaut will officially dedicate its stadium press box to the late Randy Bittner, a longtime member of the Argonaut community who served as, among other things, a coac…

The 4th Annual Charity Shoot Out Tournament sponsored by The Old Corner Saloon, 18783 East Highway 88 in Clements, is scheduled to take place on Saturday, September 18, 2021. The sporting clay tournament will be held at Lake Camanche Hunting Preserve, 2951 Curran Road in Ione. All proceeds w…

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Join the fun as Amador High Performing Arts presents the 48th annual Jug and Rose 7.7-Mile Run/Walk on Saturday, September 11 in Volcano. The Noncompetitive Walk is scheduled for 7:15 a.m.; the Open Walk for 7:30 a.m.; and the Run is set for 8 a.m. Race-day registration is $30 at 7 a.m. in t…

The Amador Junior Buffaloes varsity youth football team improved to 3-0 this season with a 53-12 victory over the Ripon Chiefs in Motherlode Valley Football League play on Saturday, September 4 at Amador High School in Sutter Creek.

California Farmland Trust (CFT) is proud to announce Harrah’s Northern California and Pacific Coast Producers as presenting sponsors of the inaugural Race to Slow the Pace 5K, set to take place on Sept. 19 at Bokisch Vineyards in Lodi, CA.

Hot, dusty and smoky are certainly not adjectives any runner would use to describe their ideal conditions for competition, but a pair of Argonaut High School underclassmen weren’t about to let any of those factors keep them from going fast in the first cross country meet of the season.

In the opening match of the Mother Lode League season on Thursday, September 2, the Calaveras High School varsity volleyball team defeated Argonaut 25-17, 25-11, 25-15 in Jackson, marking their third straight win in as many days.

The Calaveras High School varsity football team got off to a strong start in a non-league game against Ripon Christian on Friday, September 3 in San Andreas, but was ultimately unable to contain the visiting Knights once they got rolling and lost 49-34.

The Argonaut High School girls golf team has high hopes for winning its first league championship this fall and earlier this week the Mustangs got a first-hand look at just what it’s going to take to accomplish that task.

Running back Jace Daneri showed off his versatility for the Amador Junior Buffaloes Junior Novice youth football team in a 36-12 victory over the Waterford Sabercats in Motherlode Valley Football League action on Saturday, August 28 at Waterford High School, rushing for 131 yards and three t…

The Amador High School football team was looking forward to taking on Ceres in a non-league road game on Friday, August 27, but that game was cancelled due to poor air quality.

After opening the season with a one-sided win at home against McNair of Stockton on August 20, the Calaveras High School football was on the other side of things in its second game of the season on Friday, August 27 at Escalon, falling 41-0 to the Cougars.

The Argonaut High School varsity football team isn’t in the business of moral victories, but it was hard for Mustang players and coaches to walk off Dan Barnett Field following a season-opening loss to Union Mine and not have a good feeling.

Join the fun as Amador High Performing Arts presents the 48th annual Jug and Rose 7.7-Mile Run/Walk on Saturday, September 11 in Volcano. The Noncompetitive Walk is scheduled for 7:15 a.m.; the Open Walk for 7:30 a.m.; and the Run is set for 8 a.m. Early registration closes Tuesday, Septembe…

Apparently there’s nothing – not even an unwanted year off caused by a global pandemic – that can stop the Ballers. Just when it looked like the Calaveras Adult Slowpitch Association’s longest-running dynasty was at its end, the Ballers – a team comprised of players from San Andreas, Valley …

Youth soccer leagues in Amador and Calaveras counties kicked off their fall 2021 recreation seasons on Saturday, August 21. After last year’s season was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the eagerness to get kids back on the fields was evident as more than 750 boys and girls re…

With only four golfers available to play in the opening league match of the season and four scores being counted toward the final team score, the Argonaut High School girls golf team made every stroke count in a 184-234 victory over Bret Harte on Tuesday, August 23 at Castle Oaks Golf Club in Ione.

Youth football returned to the Mother Lode on Saturday, August 21 with the first Motherlode Valley Football League (MVFL) games in nearly two years after the 2020 season was wiped out by the Coronavirus global pandemic.

In the first game of the season and the first varsity game on the newly-installed turf at Frank Meyer Field on Friday, August 20, the Calaveras High School varsity football team powered its way to a 40-14 victory over visiting McNair of Stockton with a punishing ground attack that accounted …

The Argonaut High School football team was scheduled to open its fall 2021 season this Friday, August 27 with a home game against Union Mine in Jackson, however that game has been postponed due to poor air quality from smoke caused by fires burning throughout the region.

The Amador High School varsity football team finished its last full season in 2019 with a Mother Lode League championship thanks in large part to a dynamic offense that posted more than 40 points in eight of its 12 games. But 30 of the 37 players that suited up for that team have since gradu…

Let the games begin! Friday, August 20 marks the first day contests are allowed to be held for the 2021-22 high school sports year and a pair of football games kick off the action locally.

Amador County mixed martial arts fighter Ryan Firinaiu made his teammates and coaches proud when he won his debut fight, knocking out his opponent Logan Stone in the first round on Firepower Promotions/themmamatchmaker.com’s “Proving Ground” fight card on Saturday, August 7 in Sacramento.

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