By JOEL TIMBRELL Special to the Tribune The Bulldogs traveled to Pittsburg High School for the 17th Annual Pittsburg Pirate Relays this past Saturday, April 16. For only the third invitational Track and Field meet this year, the Bulldogs put up some impressive times and marks, several of which were …

By JAEGER MOORE Special to the Tribune Typically walking down the streets of downtown Martinez, you never know what kinds of interesting things you may find. Goers of last weekend’s Annual “Bay Area Craft Beer Festival” were pleasantly surprised to walk the streets and find Downtown Martinez’s Art Beat, a …

By PAUL CRAIG Special to the Tribune Ruth Boyer is our head librarian! Ruth is a non-stop bundle of energy and ideas. She showed Rotary her “musical bananas” during a recent meeting of the Martinez Rotary. Real bananas. Touching them makes music. The educational “thing of it” is that her …

Kiwanis Club of Martinez members shared cake and champagne in celebration of receiving its Kiwanis International Charter on April 15, 1926, making the local chapter 90 years old. Speaker for the occasion was Justin Gomez of States Coffee & Mercantile, which roasts its own coffee beans and offers a selection …

If there has ever been a better example of the parity of the Diablo Foothill Athletic League, then please let Alhambra’s volleyball team know. Because they’ll need to know that to soften the blow of their 3-2 loss on April 14. The Las Lomas Knights came into the Alhambra gym, …

In what has been perhaps Sam Whitworth’s finest moment as a Bulldog, the senior right-hander capped off her performance in pool play against St. Mary’s-Stockton with a no-hitter and a first place finish in Pool D, or the “group of death.” Whitworth got the win as a result of gritty …

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune After a win over Foothill, things not only didn’t get easier, they got tougher. Looming in an afternoon clash was the Archbishop Mitty-San Jose Monarchs, a Central Coast Section power akin to the Bulldogs. It was always going to be a tight affair going against …

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Thursday’s opening game of the Livermore Stampede showed two different ways teams can win a ball game. Neither way is “right or wrong.” That is of course unless you win, then it is always the right way. Alhambra relied on the long ball while their …

It’ll be really weird on Friday when the first pitch of the ball game will actually be the fourth of the at bat. But whether it’ll still be junior Jordyn Eglite delivering the pitch remains to be seen. But don’t bet on the right-hander continuing his outing after Friday’s Alhambra …

By GABE AGURCIA Special to the Tribune Alhambra baseball defeated Dublin on Tuesday, April 12 at home by a score of 4-1. The Bulldogs jumped on the Gaels in the first inning. After a 1-2-3 top half, second baseman Trent Greene led off with an infield single. Greene proceeded to …