Mother Lode League officials met virtually earlier this morning to discuss how to proceed with the start of Season 1 sports – cross country, football, girls golf and soccer (boys and girls) – in the absence of approval from the California Department of Public Health to hold competition betwe…
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Mother Lode League officials met virtually earlier this morning to discuss how to proceed with the start of Season 1 sports – cross country, football, girls golf and soccer (boys and girls) – in the absence of approval from the California Department of Public Health to hold competition betwe…
In the latest twist in the ever-changing saga of the 2020-21 high school sports season, the Mother Lode League announced this afternoon that “due to guidance from JPA, all Mother Lode League play will be suspended pending guidance from state and local public health on approval of Tri-County …
While most high school sports have been waiting anxiously on the sidelines for competition to start this school year, the Amador High School ski and snowboard team is already off and running.
College baseball can be challenging, time-consuming, mentally taxing – a downright grind at times – and Isaiah Cortez wants all of it.
Question: Over the years I’ve spoken to many people who are certain that the use of trail cameras during hunting season is a violation of California Fish and Wildlife regulations. Is this true? (Josh)
The 2021-22 collegiate school year will be an exciting time for Amador High School senior Mason Andelin when he makes the trip this fall to the heartland of America to attend Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska.
Jon Gilliam has been the head varsity boys basketball coach at Argonaut High School since 2016, a short yet action-packed run highlighted by three straight appearances in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division V finals. In 2018, Gilliam guided the Mustangs on a historic run that went all the way t…
The Gold Country Flyers, a local group dedicated to the enjoyment and advancement of building and flying radio controlled aircraft, will host the Gold Country Combat Duel event on Saturday, April 10 and Sunday, April 11 at Spiva Field, located 5 miles north of Ione on Ione/Michigan Bar Road.…
The first Mule Creek Running Mule 5K, benefitting the ARC of Amador and the Mule Creek Employees Association, will be held in person on Saturday, March 20 at Mule Creek State Prison or virtually from March 1 to March 31. Registration is $49 per person, but additional donations are welcome to…
The next monthly Amador FlyFishers members Zoom meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 16 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will feature Chris Leonard, a teacher at Mammoth High School, whose greatest passions are education and fly fishing, making him a choice fly fishing instructor and on-water g…
Amador County Girls Softball Association sign-ups for the 2021 recreational youth softball season are now open online at acsoftball.com.
The California International Clay Target Shooters Association (CICTSA) sponsored the Golden Bear Trap Championship at Redlands Shooting Park in Southern California from January 29 to 31, featuring several Amador County shooters.
Greg Wall has been the head varsity boys soccer coach at Amador High School since 1997, making him the longest tenured coach in the Mother Lode League. In that time, he has guided the Buffaloes to four MLL championships, including three straight from 1998 to 2000, and a Sac-Joaquin Section D…
After clarification from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) – the governing body for high school sports in California – announced on Wednesday, February 10, that it is reinstating its waiver to a bylaw that prevented high school…
Amador County Little League East registration is currently open at aclle.com. If you are interested in being a coach or other parent volunteer please register at aclle.com or email us at admin@aclle.com. The date for ACLLE player assessments has been changed and will now be held at 2 p.m. on…
This Sunday, February 7, the Kansas City Chiefs of the AFC will face off against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFC in Super Bowl LV with the NFL championship up for grabs. In a matchup headlined by opposing quarterbacks, the Chiefs (16-2) – led by 25-year-old superstar Patrick Mahomes – ar…
Rick Davis has been the head varsity football coach at Argonaut High School for most of the past two decades, guiding the Mustangs to five Mother Lode League championships in that time, including three in a row from 2010 to 2012. In 2004, Davis coached the Mustangs to the Sac-Joaquin Section…
In the ever-changing saga of high school sports, the Mother Lode League announced earlier this week that the traditional winter season sports of basketball and wrestling, as well as competitive cheer, were canceled for the 2020-21 school year. Under the current CIF guidelines, competition in…
Amador East Little League sign-ups and rummage sale
The Sac-Joaquin Section this week punted its plans for the return of high school sports this school year, putting the ball in the hands of individual leagues to try and come up with their own sports schedules.
Bill Baker started coaching varsity football at Amador High School in the fall of 1988 and has been the head varsity football coach since 2009. In the 2016 season, he guided the Buffaloes to one of the most successful seasons in school history – and certainly the longest – posting a 14-2 rec…
Question: Is it legal to use a homemade plastic bottle trap in lakes and other freshwater bodies? (Anonymous)Â
Cameron Duggan is in his ninth year as the head cross country coach at Argonaut High School. During that time, the Argonaut cross country program has been on a steady rise with positive participation and results that include state meet qualifiers in multiple years and a breakthrough Mother L…
Lake Camanche
The La Contenta Men’s Club kicked off its 2021 season with a strong turnout for the first event of the year on Saturday, January 9.
A&A Shooters youth clay target team sign-ups
First in a series by Ledger Dispatch Sports Editor Jeremy Malamed
Even in times of calamity as the saying goes, the show must go on. And so it was for the annual Jug and Rose Run/Walk, which carried on for the 47th year in 2020 despite the global Coronavirus pandemic.
Question: I understand that the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) plays a regulatory role in commercial cannabis operations, because poor grow practices harm the environment and California’s fish and wildlife. But are farmers of other legal crops – say, almonds, or wine grape…
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