Local Sports

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune The season started for the Alhambra girls water polo team exactly the way it did last season: with a win over Bishop O’Dowd. This time it only took four quarters for the two teams to decided the outcome of the match, but on Sept. 6 …

The Martinez Bocce Federation consists of 235 teams within excess of 500 players participating across 32 different divisions. The courts are located at the Martinez Marina. MBF Standings current as of Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016.

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Willie Marchesano’s Alhambra girls volleyball had something to prove on Tuesday night, and a statement to make for the rest of the teams in the newly formed Diablo Athletic League’s Foothill Conference. That statement was simple: this is our league. The Lady Bulldogs made a …

There were a lot of questions being asked before the Bulldogs and Dons kicked off the 2016-2017 football season on Friday night, but there would be even more after the final buzzer sounded. The Aug. 26 loss to the Dons was a wash. Acalanes dominated in every facet of the …

The Martinez Bocce Federation consists of 235 teams within excess of 500 players participating across 32 different divisions. The courts are located at the Martinez Marina. MBF Standings current as of Saturday, Aug 20, 2016.

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Alhambra Football has endured many changes over its decades as a program, but this season especially will be all about change. The first and biggest change will be the inception of a new league. The Diablo Athletic League is a 16-team super-conference with two conferences …

The Martinez Bocce Federation consists of 235 teams within excess of 500 players participating across 32 different divisions. The courts are located at the Martinez Marina. MBF Standings current as of Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016.

On Saturday, Aug. 6, five Contra Costa County swim teams met to compete in the Twin Counties Swim League (TCSL) Championship. After a full day of stiff competition and excellent swimming, the Martinez Community Swim Team (MCST) Otters won the TCSL Championship, for the fifth year in a row. With …

In one of their finest seasons, the Forest Hills Swim Team sent 21 swimmers to the qualification-only County Meet on Aug. 13-14 to compete against some of the best swim teams in the area. Many swimmers were nattling it out in the highly-competitve County Meet for the first time, where …

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune In a little over a month, the Diablo Athletic League will debut and Alhambra will take its place among the 12-team league that has been split into two conferences. The move was made as part of an initiative to restore competitive equity to all sports …