Berkeley High School’s boys’ soccer team captured their first North Coast Section championship in 13 years on Saturday night.
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Berkeley Yellowjackets fall to Crespi in state final, 68-53
Berkeley guard Bryan Morris, left, and Crespi forward Mitchell Mykhaylov battle for the ball during the second half of the Division I high school basketball championship game Thursday night in Sacramento. Photo: AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli Battling one of the nation’s top-ranked teams for the state title, the Berkeley High boys basketball team recovered from a […]
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Berkeley High boys hoops win first NorCal title since 1921
The Yellowjacket bench erupts in joy as the team clinches its first NorCal championship since 1921. Photo: Gary Jones When the Yellowjackets boys basketball team last won a NorCal championship, Woodrow Wilson had just handed over the White House to Warren Harding, Babe Ruth had completed one season with the Yankees, and the founding of […]
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
The recently opened BAMPFA will offer half-price admission during Meet Me Downtown Day, as well as free film demonstrations on its outdoor screen on Addison Street. Photo: BAMPFA MEET ME DOWNTOWN DAY Berkeley’s downtown will come alive on Sunday with the first Meet Me Downtown Day. Five major arts venues and the Downtown YMCA will be […]
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Elisha Davis: Determined to be great, on and off the court
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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40 years after death, school installs life-saving AEDs
Members of the Berkeley High class of 1974 boys basketball team gathered on Friday Feb. 7 and remembered their former teammate Greg Brown who died in the middle of a game. Photo: Natalie Orenstein This time of year is always hard for the Berkeley High class of 1974 boys basketball team. “A Valentine’s day doesn’t […]
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Despite football loss to O’Dowd, Berkeley High celebrates
Bishoo O’Dowd defeated the BHS Yellow Jackets, 21-0. Photo: Mark Coplan The Berkeley High Yellowjackets lost to Bishop O’Dowd 21-0 on Friday, Nov. 1, but the evening still held some special moments. The parents of senior players escorted them out to the field; the Cheer King and Queen were announced, the Pep Band was bigger […]
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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 […]
