Gerardo Recinos

Gerardo Recinos is a journalist currently living in Concord, Calif. He is a recent graduate of San Francisco State University, with a degree in Journalism (History minor). Gerardo covers sports throughout Martinez and Pleasant Hill. It's his lifelong mission to get people in the U.S. to stop calling football "soccer," and to call American football "handegg."

Bulldog volleyball keeps rolling; beats Berean 3-0

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune It wasn’t until the last week of October that the Bulldog volleyball team had gotten their second league win last year. This season, they did it in September. Alhambra’s varsity Lady Dog volleyball team maintained their perfect record in Diablo Athletic League play through two …

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Alhambra boys polo cruises in easy win

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune When the opposing teams shows up and before a game has even started is saying, “so we’re really going to go through with this?”, it’s easy to see who’s going to come out victorious. The Hercules Titans only had seven players suited up, so Alhambra …

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Alhambra breezes past Mt. Diablo 3-0

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Tuesday night’s romp of Mt. Diablo-Concord was probably one of the more lopsided victories you’ll see this year. Even with the division of the league. The Bulldog girls’ volleyball team ran away with the match without much of a doubt and continued to breeze through …

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Girls polo thrashes Hercules 24-6

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Alhambra’s girls water polo team put up on of their best scoring outputs of the season on Wednesday night, knocking in 24 goals in their league win over Hercules. Their Oct 5 win was a big one, it meant that as far as North Coast …

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Miramonte runs riot on Bulldog defense in loss

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Alhambra’s football team visited a familiar foe on Friday night, knowing full well that their opponent would probably be their toughest test of the entire season. Miramonte was rolling, they came into, and left the match undefeated after the 57-25 win. So the Bulldogs knew …

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Lady Dogs roll Warriors in league opener

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune If Tuesday’s league opener is an indicator of what the season holds for the Lady Bulldog volleyball team, we wont be seeing another long layoff between playoff appearances. Alhambra’s Sept. 27 2-0 straight-set win in the Diablo Athletic League opener couldn’t have gone any smoother. …

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Falcon boys outlast Dogs in shootout

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune The Bulldogs and Falcons went at each other on Wednesday afternoon, racking up the goals in a shootout. The Falcons were victorious by a score of 20-15 to even up the rivalry over the last four years. After a quick goal off that bat from …

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Lady Bulldogs struggled with former DFAL foe

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Last week the Bulldogs split their games against Freedom-Oakley and Acalanes-Lafayette respectively, but the margin between the two results really highlights what the league restructuring will do for the Bulldogs in 2016. The Acalanes Dons made easy work of the Bulldogs on Sept. 15, taking …

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Matadors cruise to victory over Bulldogs

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune If you looked at the Lady Dogs game last week against Acalanes, and then again at their game against Miramonte on Tuesday night, you’d see they were basically carbon copy answers to one question. Why were the leagues re-conferenced? When you have a team that …

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