Q: I’ve been reading news reports about the recent oil spills in the San Francisco Bay Area and learned that the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is the lead state agency handling oil spills. How did the department assume this authority? (Dave)

The Amador Fly Fishers next meeting will be held via Zoom at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20. Speaker for April will be Ernie Gully, who has been fly fishing and tying flies since 1997 and is a California licensed fly fishing guide, known as one of the Sierra’s premier Stillwater guides. He take…

One local Little League team earned a victory in grand fashion on Saturday, April 10 in Angels Camp. In a Majors division matchup, the Amador County East Little League Giants (Visconti) defeated Bret Harte 12-6 at Frogtown.

The 103rd playing of the Amador County Big Game turned into a big sendoff with the Amador High School varsity football team dominating rival Argonaut for the second straight season in the final game for long-time Amador coach Bill Baker, who informed his team the week of the Big Game that he…

In the final game of the season on Thursday, April 8 in Angels Camp, junior Jesse Flores, junior Jose Sahagun and freshman Jonathan Martinez scored goals, and senior Andre King had an assist, to lead the Argonaut High School varsity boys soccer team to a 3-1 victory over Bret Harte.

To say the Amador High School varsity baseball team got off to a hot start this season may actually be an understatement. In the first two games of the season, the Buffaloes posted a run differential that would make most football teams envious, outscoring El Dorado and Elliot Christian by a …

The A&A Shooters will host a Sporting Clays Benefit Shoot at Camanche Hills Hunting Preserve, 2951 Curran Rd., Ione on Saturday, April 17. Check-in will open at 7:30 a.m. with shoot start time of 9 a.m. Cost is $80 for 100 targets plus barbecue lunch. Gist silver buckles will be awarded …

The Argonaut High School girls golf team finished its way-too-short season unbeaten, beating Bret Harte for the second straight match by a score of 183-239 on Wednesday, March 31 at Castle Oaks.

For the first time in five meetings this season, the Amador and Argonaut high school girls soccer teams were separated by more than one goal on the final scoreboard, but not much more.

After a back-and-forth first half on Friday, April 2 in Jackson, the Calaveras High School football team tightened up its defense and used a bruising ground attack to beat Argonaut 20-14 and earn its second straight come-from-behind victory.

It was a great day for breaking clays at Yolo Sportsmen’s Association trap fields near Davis on Saturday, March 27. Twenty-five members of the A&A Shooters youth trap team competed at the 100-target event along with teams from Martinez, Yuba City, Marysville and East Nicolaus, as well as…

The shortest of high school football seasons is primed for a big finish with the 103rd playing of the Amador County Big Game at 7 p.m. this Friday, April 9 in Sutter Creek.

As of April 6, 2021

Amador High School 2021-22 cheerleading tryouts

Q: I read about a person in Riverside County who tried to capture a wild donkey but was stopped by the sheriff’s office and game wardens. What is the legal status of wild donkeys? Why can’t I go out and capture one and re-domesticate it? How do you tell the difference between a wild donkey a…

Despite more than three weeks passing since its first official match of the season, the Argonaut High School girls golf team looked sharp in its return to competitive play last Thursday, March 25 at Greenhorn Creek in Angels Camp, handing host Bret Harte its first loss of the season.

The Amador and Argonaut high school girls soccer teams met for the fourth time this season on Thursday, March 25 in Sutter Creek and for the fourth consecutive time, one goal or less was all that separated these rivals.

The Argonaut High School varsity football team made quick work of the Cordova Lancers on Friday, March 26 in Rancho Cordova, scoring 35 unanswered points before the game was called off near the midway point of the second quarter.

The A&A Shooters youth clay target team started its 2021 season last month with 56 youth participating. Their first competition of the season was held last weekend at Sac Valley Shotgun Center near Ione where they competed against teams from the California Youth Shooting Sports Associati…

Amador West Little League will kick off its 2021 season with opening day festivities this Saturday, March 27 at Howard Park in Ione.

The very short and very unique 2020-21 cross country season came to a close for local runners at the Mother Lode League finals on Wednesday, March 24 at Frogtown in Angels Camp.

After a scoreless first half on Tuesday, March 23 in Jackson, the Amador and Argonaut high school boys soccer teams exchanged goals in the second half and finished in a 1-1 draw.

After waiting nearly 8 challenging months to kick off its season, the Amador High School football team was not about to let a little rain steal its thunder.

Former Argonaut High School basketball standout Jared Votaw is starting to build a nice reputation for himself as a golfer.

The competition was tight during the La Contenta Men’s Club four-person scramble on Saturday, March 6. Eight of 11 teams finished within four strokes of each other.

After weeks of debate and confusion, California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announces that cheerleaders will be allowed at outdoor high school sporting events, reversing their previous decision. 

In the final tune-up before next week’s Mother Lode League cross country finals, Calaveras High School senior Katarina Borchin and junior Garrett Hesser finished in first place in their respective races in a MLL cluster meet on their home course on Wednesday, March 17 in San Andreas.

“The curse” is over and the girls soccer rivalry between the Amador and Argonaut high school girls soccer teams is reborn.

Senior Luke Johnson broke a scoreless tie in the second half and the Argonaut High School boys soccer team's defense shut down rival Amador for a second straight game in a 1-0 win for the Mustangs on Thursday, March 11 in Jackson.

After eight months of preparation, mandatory COVID testing for coaches and players the week of the game, and a scoreless first quarter, the Argonaut High School varsity football team started taking out its pent-up frustrations and making up for lost time, scoring 29 unanswered points in the …