In his first season as Calaveras High School’s head football coach, Manny Mossa guided his team to the 2023 playoffs, the program’s first trip to the postseason since 2019. In his second season, Mossa’s Red Hawks shared the title of Mother Lode League champions with Summerville and Linden and picked up a road playoff victory. Now, heading into his third […]
High School Sports
Football preview 2025: Bullfrogs hit reset, eye fresh start in 2025
Sometimes, hitting the reset button, starting from scratch, and slowly rebuilding is the best option. That’s the road the Bret Harte High School football team is currently on. After years of struggling to field a varsity team – which included being a JV-only program twice since 2021 and not collecting any league wins during the years a varsity team was […]
Basketball standouts Owens, Williams take a leap into football for the Bullfrogs
When Mason Williams and Tumi Owens began attending Bret Harte High School in the fall of 2022, they were both asked to play football. They both declined. The same offer was made during their sophomore and junior years, and their answer didn’t change. For three years, Williams and Owens, both standout basketball players, watched the Bullfrogs play under the Friday […]
50 years ago: Going back a half-century to visit 1975
For those who were around and thriving, 1975 must have been a grand time. There’s a solid chance somebody filled up a brand-new Ford F-150 truck with gas that was only 53 cents per gallon and paid $2 to watch “Jaws.” The Ford F-150 wasn’t the only new item to hit the market, as the laser printer was invented 50 […]
Volleyball preview 2025: Bullfrogs look to youthful team for a big season
You would be hard-pressed to find any varsity volleyball team with less varsity experience than the Bret Harte High School squad – let alone a team that expects to be in the hunt for a league and section championship. When it comes to returning full-time players, the Bullfrogs have only two. Yet with only two returning players – both seniors […]
Volleyball preview 2025: Red Hawks believe the time to capture a title is now
Since volleyball began in the Mother Lode League in 1978, only once has the Calaveras High School volleyball program been able to make the claim of being the outright league champion. While Calaveras shared the Mother Lode League title in both 1984 and 1985, the only time Calaveras stood alone at the top of the mountain was 2013. Coincidentally, Rebecca […]
California high school sports participation hits record high
After a drop in high school sports participation during the COVID-19 pandemic, numbers are once again on the rise across California. According to the most recent California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) sports participation survey, participation in California high school athletics has reached an all-time high – surpassing the previous record set in 2020. More than 1,600 CIF member schools took part […]
A 40-year journey back to the sports world of 1985
Even though 1985 was 40 years ago, much of what happened then still holds relevance today. There are many who wouldn’t mind paying 1985 prices: a stamp cost 22 cents, a gallon of milk was about $2.20, a loaf of bread ran around 99 cents, and a dozen eggs could be bought for roughly 80 cents. Gas was a cool […]
Bret Harte Hall of Fame announces Class of 2025 inductees
The Bret Harte High School Athletic Hall of Fame is set to welcome seven new members and one team to its already impressive list of standout athletes and contributors. The Hall of Fame Class of 2025 includes Carrol “Sonny” Airola, Class of 1955; Mick O’Meara, Class of 1971; Jack Anderson, Class of 1975; John Conklin, Class of 1976; Roy Davis, […]
Unlocking 30 years of memories from 1995
Ah, 30 years ago. For some, 1995 was a year to remember. For others, it’s a time only heard about through stories from parents or older siblings. Yes, there was a time when you could buy a pack of hot dogs for $1.49, or an IBM Aptiva computer – with a monitor – for the cool price of $1,799. And […]
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