October 07, 2009 08:54 am
Local fighter Eugene Abasolo recently won a mixed martial arts cage fight at the Blue Lake Casino in Humboldt County.Abasolo, a member of the Fighting Gym Rats, won in a unanimous decision against a fighter from San Francisco on Sept. 26.
The Fighting Gym Rats will be fighting on Oct. 24 at Cher-Ae Heights Casino in Trinidad.
Anyone interested in joining the group can call Ron Otremba at 460-0235.
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October 07, 2009 08:53 am
The Del Norte High cross country team competed at a meet in Eureka on Tuesday.
Zara Gastineau led the Warrior girls with a 7th place finish while Gabe Bradley led the Del Norte boys with a 16th place finish.
For the girls, Shannon Benn was 23rd and Taylor Jacob was 26th.
For the boys Christian Crowell was 33rd, Patrick White was 36th, James Morrow 43rd, Dan Escobeto was 50th, Dalton Bradberry 51st, Jay Bhatt 58th, Sammy Chan 59th. Derek Sorrenson came in 60th and Andrew Napier 62nd.
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October 06, 2009 09:03 am
Here are results from the 2009 Noll Longboard Classic
 The Daily Triplicate/Bryant Anderson
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October 06, 2009 08:55 am
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Warrior girls team unable to play due to McKinleyville showing up late
 The Del Norte High boys varsity soccer team had a terrific day on Saturday.
The Warriors shut out the McKinleyville Panthers 0-5 at home.
“It was probably the best game we played this year,” Del Norte co-coach A.J. Myer-Zlokovich said, adding the squad was excellent with its passing and talking to one another. “Pretty much everything came together.”
The Warriors had a 1-0 lead after the first half.
To see more game photos go here.
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October 06, 2009 08:47 am
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Quarterback Willie Gensaw, middle, of the Del Norte Youth Football League A White squad runs with the ball against Fortuna on the road on Sunday. Del Norte won 20-0. In other DNYF games the AAA squad downed Hoopa 34-13. The AA Gold team won 22-6 over Fortuna and the AA Blue team won 19-6 against Hoopa.
The A Blue team downed Hoopa 7-6 while the A Gold team lost 27-0 to South Fork.
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October 06, 2009 08:43 am
Former Del Norte High quarterback Buck Pierce had an excellent game in a 16-13 victory for the British Columbia Lions.
Pierce, a 2000 Del Norte graduate had 343 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions in the win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders to help the Lions improve to 6-7 for the year in Canadian Football League action on Friday.
Lions placekicker Sean Whyte hit a 33-yard field goal with five seconds remaining to give the Lions the victory.
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October 06, 2009 08:42 am
Former Del Norte High standout Trevor Rook scored a touchdown for Shasta College in a win over College of the Redwoods of Eureka on Saturday in Redding.
Rook, a sophomore running back, scored when the ball was fumbled on the 1-yard line and rolled into the end zone. Rook fell on the ball for a touchdown near the end of the first quarter. Rook finished with 16 yards rushing on five carries. The Knights downed the Corsairs 34-25. Saxon Schultz, another former Warrior, had one catch for four yards for Shasta.
Shasta improved to 2-3 for the year while Redwoods fell to 0-5.
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October 02, 2009 08:09 am
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Natasha Haddad hopes to make mark at event in Redding
 Crescent City resident Natasha Haddad, 13, rides her horse Lexie during the CCPRA rodeo at the Del Norte County Fair in August. Photo courtesy of Roger Schultz
The 13-year-old Crescent City barrel racer is taking part in the state finals of the sport at the California Cowboys Professional Rodeo Association rodeo circuit year end finals at the Redding Convention Center.
In her first year racing professionally, Haddad, a student at Redwood School, is currently eighth overall in the CCPRA standings. Only the top 15 barrel racers qualify for finals. She is the youngest participant in her event.
The finals begin at 7 p.m.
If she places in the top five tonight she will move on to the final day of competition on Saturday.
“I’m a little bit nervous but I’m really excited,” Natasha said. “I’m glad I’ve made it. Hopefully I’ll be able to run on Saturday.”
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October 02, 2009 08:07 am
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The Del Norte Warriors junior varsity boys soccer team tied previously unbeaten Arcata 3-3 at home on Thursday.
The Warriors also remained undefeated with their second tie of the year.
Co-coach Jackie Zlokovich commended goalie Jorge Leon, who had 22 saves for the contest.
“He saved the game for us,” she said.
Luis Raya had two goals and Scott Souza had one goal for Del Norte. Tanner Walker and Jose Ramirez each had an assist for Del Norte.
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October 01, 2009 08:39 am
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Has qualified for driving program out of hundreds of applicants
 Bailee Jones is lifted up by Bob Miller, also known as “Bondo Bob” after winning a race in Medford, Ore. Submitted Photo
Along with her father, Chris Jones, the pair have been taking part in racing events in Medford, Ore., and have two first place trophies to show for it.
Last month both took first place in their respective divisions in the overall Southern Oregon Outlaw Kart Championship series. Bailee finished with 309 points out of nine races run at the track in the 250cc division compared to a final score of 289 for the second place finisher.
“It’s something we can do as a family,” Chris Jones said about Go-Kart racing. “It’s fun and we enjoy the competition and the friends we’ve made.”
Chris Jones took first in the Sportsman division. Fellow Del Norte County resident Eric Chandler took 2nd overall while Bob Miller, also known as “Bondo Bob,” took fifth.
Chris Jones said that since she was little Bailee has had a passion for racing and first got involved riding four wheelers, but added that he’s pleased she got into Go-Karts because “it was a little safer.”
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