Elisha Davis, a Berkeley High alum, is succeeding on the court and off at Arizona State. Photo: Sun Devil Athletics For a college student athlete, there is no season more important than your senior year. It’s the year when everything could soon be coming to an end: the long practices, the extra work on weekends, […]
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Lady Yellowjackets fall in final to Long Beach Poly, 46-28
Berkeley High’s Lady Yellowjackets made their third straight state final on Friday night. Photo: BUSD Berkeley High’s Lady Yellowjackets made their third straight state final on Friday night. Photo: BUSD Berkeley High’s girls’ basketball powerhouse, the Lady Yellowjackets, played — and lost — their third consecutive state final on Friday night, falling to Long Beach […]
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BHS girls three-peat in NorCal hoops championship
The Yellowjackets triunphed on Saturday at the NorCal Division Championship game. Photo: Berkeley Unified School District Berkeley High’s girls basketball team, a perennial powerhouse, added to a distinguished history with a 56-45 victory over Oak Ridge-El Dorado Hills on Saturday in the NorCal Division I championship game. It was the third consecutive NorCal championship for […]
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BHS women’s basketball team continues Cinderella story
The BHS Lady Jackets at Senior Night in February. Photo: Mark Coplan/BUSD By David A. Gerber Update, March 13: The team made it to the Division I Northern California regional championship game for a fourth consecutive year after topping host Gunn-Palo Alto 54-46 in Tuesday’s semifinals. Read more on BUSD site. Original story: Berkeley High […]
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Brittany Boyd: A Berkeley role model makes waves at Cal
Brittany Boyd dribbles the ball during the game against Utah at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley on February 23. Photo: GoldenBearSports.com By Will Rohrer Lindsay Gottlieb already had Brittany Boyd’s number. The Cal’s women’s basketball coach recalls her whirlwind inauguration as the head of UC Berkeley’s program last April: “I was flying up here and was excited […]
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Lady Jackets scrap hard, fall at the last, 57-40
Mater Dei’s smothering defense caused problems for the Jackets all game. Photo: BUSD Mater Dei’s smothering defense caused problems for the Jackets all game. Photo: BUSD Berkeley High’s girls basketball team, the Lady Yellowjackets, started strongly against Mater Dei in Saturday night’s state championship game in Sacramento, leading 16-15 at the end of the first […]
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BHS girls basketball team to state championships
Saturday's win is Berkeley's record 11th in 15 regional title game appearances. Photos: Mark Coplan Berkeley High’s stellar girls’ basketball team (29-2) trounced Kennedy of Sacramento 56-38 Saturday night to secure its 11th appearance in the Division 1 state championship game. Arizona State-bound Elisha Davis made four three-pointers and scored 17 points, and Desire Finnie […]
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Lady Jackets head to Norcal championships
The Lady Yellowjackets beat Oak Ridge last night and will play in the Norcal final on Saturday. Photo: Mark Coplan/BUSD Berkeley High’s girls basketball team beat Oak Ridge High School 49-38 last night to earn a place in Saturday’s Norcal final against Kennedy-Sacramento. The win took the Yellowjackets record to 26-2. The team are ranked […]
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Jackets girls continue drive to championship
Berkeley High’s top-ranked girls basketball team took another step toward a NorCal championship last night, winning its quarterfinal against McClatchy-Sacramento 69-56. The Yellowjackets clinched the North Coast Section championship last Saturday by crushing Deer Valley 62-42. In the semifinals BHS will play fourth-ranked Kennedy-Sacramento who beat Lowell last night, 54-39. Update The Oakland Tribune has […]