Back on FB field after torn ACL in 2010

Kai Lemrise raises his helmet before the start of a Del Norte High School football game in 2009. Lemrise, a 2010 Del Norte High School graduate who is coming back from a torn ACL, will play this fall for Shasta College. The Daily Triplicate/Bryant Anderson

That luck ran out last fall, but the tenacity Lemrise displayed on the gridiron has helped him to make a return to the field despite suffering a serious injury.

The 2010 Del Norte High School graduate has been playing football since he was a child and was already starting at middle linebacker as a true freshman at Shasta College in Redding last season.

At the end of the second game of the year he suffered a torn ACL on his right knee and was out for the season.

Locals help Eureka Sluggers win three

The five Del Norte County members of the Eureka Sluggers under-19 summer baseball team  made a number of key contributions to the squad this past weekend.

On Sunday, in a 12-1 win against the Siskiyou Jacks,  Barrett  McClaflin was 3-for-4 and Layton O’Reilley went 2-for-4. Ryland Hollins went 1-for-4 for Eureka.

In a 3-2 victory against the Redding Rattlers on Sunday, Zach Hegelmeyer went 1-for-3 and  O’Reilley and Hollins both went 1-for-2.

On Saturday, in their first game, the Sluggers downed the Grants Pass Nuggets 9-8 in extra innings. Hollins knocked in a triple that brought in two runs. Travis Stacey had two hits.

The Sluggers lost the second game 8-4.

More than $3,000 raised for breast cancer research

Carolyn Westbrook, right, in wig, and Susan Jeppson, left, take part in a putting clinic before the start of the “Rally for the Cure” Ladies Golf Tournament on Saturday at the Del Norte Golf Course in Crescent City. For more photos, go to triplicate.com/photos. The Daily Triplicate/Michele Grgas Thomas

They took part in the “Rally for the Cure” Ladies Golf Tournament at the Del Norte Golf Course. Sponsored by the Del Norte Women’s Golf Club, the event raised more than $3,000 for breast cancer awareness and research.

Besides getting together with friends to play some golf, the women got creative.  This included some participants sporting  outlandish wigs, wearing colorful pink apparel, or decorating their golf carts in pink.

Father’s Day tourney to be held at Kings Valley

The Kings Valley Golf Course will hold its annual father/son, father/daughter tournament on Sunday.

The event begins at 9 a.m. at the golf course, located at 3030 Lesina Road in Crescent City.

Prizes will be given to the winners. The cost is $10 per team plus green fees.

For more information call the golf course at 464-2886.

At Gold Beach until Thursday

Next season’s Del Norte Warriors football team will test its mettle against 15 other schools starting today.

The Warriors will make the fairly short trek to Oregon as they take part in an annual tradition –– the Gold Beach Football Team Camp.

The squad left this morning and will stay with other teams in the gym at Gold Beach High.

Through Thursday, the Warriors will take part in camp activities such as  drills and 7-on-7 scrimmages involving teams from California, Oregon and Washington.

Now plays FB for Black Hills State University

Former Del Norte Warrior Mitch McDevitt, a 2008 graduate, runs off the field while playing for Shasta College of Redding last season. Submitted Photo

After all, as a high school senior he was a backup at the position where he has a chance to start this fall.

The 2008 Del Norte High School graduate will battle in fall camp for a starting linebacker spot at Black Hills State University in South Dakota.

The Kings Valley Golf Course will hold its annual father/son, father/daughter tournament on Sunday.

A Del Norte Warrior basketball Camp for all students entering 4th to 9th grade is coming up.

All-league sections in the Big 5 Conference have been released  in baseball and softball.

For the Warriors, senior Layton O’Reilley earned first-team White Star honors in baseball while senior Kristyn Rook earned White Star honors in softball.