Sports

Friday night saw county football teams Maxwell, Pierce and Princeton post resounding shutout victories, while Williams suffered a setback on the road against a powerful Durham team.

Finding themselves down 12-6 with just over two minutes remaining in the first half in their home opener against Live Oak was not the way the Williams Yellowjackets planned it, but the defense turned the tide by creating three turnovers that led to 23 points and an eventual 42-21 win.

Colusa High girls tennis played in Corning on Monday and started league play at home against Wheatland on Tuesday:

The countdown to the kickoff began in earnest last weekend as county teams engaged in a final tune-up before the season opens two days from now. 

With school back in session and the 2018 volleyball season set to open next week, the Sun-Herald unveils its annual preview of the five local teams from Arbuckle, Colusa, Maxwell, Princeton and Williams. 

Despite its sparse population, over the years Colusa County has produced more than its share of talented baseball players who have succeeded on the national stage.

While the adage “you can’t go home again” is familiar to many, it is certainly not the case at Pierce High School, where the Bears have turned to one of their own to fill the head varsity football coaching position.

Every year, millions of people go to Las Vegas looking to win big but come away empty handed, yet the same cannot be said for the Colusa County Ducks Youth Shooting Team. The squad beat the odds and nearly everyone else to bring home a truckload of hardware from the U.S. Open Youth Clay Shooting Championships held July 9-14 at the Clark County Shooting Complex in Las Vegas. 

With the high school football season kickoff just over a month away, local teams are putting in time to not only increase their strength and stamina, but also to focus on learning their offensive schemes so they can hit the ground running on the first official day of practice on July 23.

A new era is dawning for the Colusa RedHawk varsity football program as Matt Jessee takes the helm to lead his squad through its summer program in preparation for the upcoming season.

Tri-Counties Cats 12, Yuba City 4 (6/18)

Tri-Counties Cats 5 – Sutter Varsity 5  (9 in., 6/12)

Tri-Counties Cats 3 – Antelope Baseball Club 0  (6/6)

As those who follow baseball in Colusa County know, the Channel Cats have been a summer staple, showcasing some of the area’s best local talent for more than a decade.

 While no baseball or softball team from Colusa County made it further than the the Northern Section semifinals this year, there were plenty of players who were recognized for their individual accomplishments during league play when the section released its list of all-league performers.

In Carson City, Nevada, for the last youth shooting sports event before the state finals, the Colusa County Ducks captured six of nine spots on the medal stand in junior divisions.

Three area softball teams were in action last week as Pierce and Maxwell High closed out league play, while Colusa tuned up for the Northern Section Division V playoffs with two nonleague games.

For the second time in two weeks, the Colusa County Ducks Youth Shooting Sports team traveled to Coon Creek Trap and Skeet Club in Lincoln and posted their best performance of the season so far, sending seven to the podium.

Colusa High’s golf team won its third consecutive Northern Section Division III championship after crushing the field at the Arbuckle Golf Club on Monday.

Last week was a busy one for county softball teams, however only the Colusa RedHawks found themselves in the win column, as Pierce, Maxwell and Williams each suffered two defeats in their respective league games.

Amongst county softball teams, Maxwell High was the big winner last week, picking up three victories, while Colusa, Pierce and Williams all suffered setbacks.

The two-day Butte View League boys tennis championships in Orand concluded Monday with Colusa’s Will Kalisuch, the tournament’s No. 1 seed, keeping his season-long unbeaten streak alive, by defeating five opponents in straight sets.

Question: It has been a few years since I have been hunting but I hunted turkeys this past weekend with a friend and I’m glad he was with me because he told me there were new regulation changes for turkey hunting. Most important one was the need to use nonlead ammunition. Am I missing anything else? 

Question: I own property in a rural part of Monterey County although I don’t live there all the time. I am there most weekends and many weeklong stretches throughout the year. Twice in the last month, I found a gate open on my property that should always be closed. I know for sure I left it latched and there were no other people authorized to be there. Last November I found a single empty .30-06 casing on the road that was still shiny and looked fresh. I have some pigs on my property and I think the people there may have been trespassers. I’m fine with hunting (with permission), but not with trespassing. What is the best course of action to help figure out what is going on and stop trespassers?