TRAVEL & RECREATION — To make the most of your summer, you’ll need to take a few steps to enhance the experience and ensure you’re ready for whatever the day may bring. When it’s time to head outside, consider these tips to protect your body (and skin) from the elements this summer. 1. Protect Skin from UV Rays Any time you’ll ...
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Challengers Little League Team Wants Better Access To Field
OAKHURST — There’s a ball field, and there’s a team. Problem is, the team can’t navigate the field. Despite its popularity, our busy local Little League field has inadequate access for about 20 softball players with special needs, say parents — and organizers agree. From walkers to wheelchairs, it’s extremely difficult to get around the facility. Severe disrepair and a lack ...
Read More »YHS Hosts Softball Clinic With Josh Taylor and Brianne Durfee
OAKHURST — Yosemite High School will host a Softball Clinic with YHS alum Josh Taylor. Taylor is currently the head softball coach for the University of Nevada Wolf Pack, a NCAA Division 1 program. Assisting him will be former Team USA pitcher Brianne Durfee. This is a big deal for our community and program, says YHS coach Dave Maynez. “Josh ...
Read More »Sierra Mountain Little League All Stars Tonight
Submitted by Ryan Schulte — OAKHURST — Sometimes the best sports are in your own back yard. This week, the mountain area has three teams playing in the All Star Tournament at our home field in Oakhurst. Sierra Mountain Little League Our district is made up of leagues all the way from Selma to as far north as Chowchilla. Every ...
Read More »Champions Defend Title At YHS Softball’s Battle Of The Badges
Submitted by Beth Atkins — OAKHURST — It was a perfect spring day for a few games of softball last Saturday, as law enforcement from five different agencies joined the Yosemite High School alumni for the 4th annual Battle of the Badges (formerly known as Guns vs. Hoses). On Saturday, Apr. 22, the YHS Badger Softball Boosters hosted the event, ...
Read More »Battle Of The Badges Softball Tourney At YHS
OAKHURST — Don’t miss the “pitched battle” already heating up ahead of this Saturday’s Battle of the Badges Slow Pitch Softball Tournament at Yosemite High School. The community is invited to enjoy a day of friendly but fierce competition and cheer on their favorite teams, while helping to raise much-needed funds for the Lady Badgers softball teams. This family-oriented event ...
Read More »Catch Some Minarets Spring Sports
By Ryan McDougald and Zemí Stacy — O’NEALS — After a record breaking soccer season, with Varsity boys going into the second round of playoffs, the girls’ team boasting thirteen shutouts, and a hard fought basketball season, the Minarets High School Mustangs’ spring sports teams are gearing up. We have softball, baseball and, for the first time this year, track. ...
Read More »Minarets Expansion Includes Solar, Farrowing, Softball
By Samantha Clay and Hannah Flanagan — O’NEALS — Minarets High School has started expanding again with many new solar panels, a farrowing house at the farm, and a brand new softball field. There are so many different advantages coming from these new additions, we are all very excited for the future of our young school. Minarets High School has ...
Read More »Mountain Mayhem Girls’ Softball Sizzles
MOUNTAIN AREA — Team Mountain Mayhem 8 and under are part of the All Star division in the Yosemite Girls Softball League, recruiting from the foothills, including Oakhurst, Ahwahnee, Bass Lake, Coarsegold and North Fork. “Mountain Mayhem recently took 3rd place in the Summer Sizzle Tournament and participated in the Fresno Rage Memorial Classic tournament in Clovis,” says parent Jachie ...
Read More »Yosemite Blaze A Ball Travel Softball Club
OAKHURST — “I knew that, in order for Yosemite and Minarets High Schools to each have a better softball program to compete in their leagues, someone needed to step up and build a travel ball club in the mountains,” says softball coach Tami Franke. That’s exactly what she did. Tami requested the help of fellow-former YHS Varsity coach Suzette Combs to achieve the ...
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