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By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune If you’ve ever shown up to a game late, you know the frustration of hearing the star shortstop has gone 3-for-3 with two home runs and a double, all after a benches clearing brawl. But if you show up to an Alhambra baseball game late, …

By JOEL TIMBRELL Special to the Tribune After the Bulldog frosh/soph girls narrowly defeated powerhouse Campolindo High School at the last track dual meet with a score of 71-63, the Dogs were hungry for another win. Last Wednesday, March 30, Alhambra visited the Dublin Gaels and Las Lomas Knights at …

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Every student at Alhambra will be happy to be on spring break, but I don’t think anyone will enjoy it with the same sense of satisfaction the Bulldog volleyball team will. After a thrilling 3-2 win over Miramonte on April 1, the Bulldogs take their …

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune They had two innings where they scored seven runs,” isn’t a phrase people say very often. That is unless you watch Alhambra softball. After coming home from Reno and playing competitive softball, the Bulldogs arrived in Orinda on Thursday, March 31, to open Diablo Foothill …

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune The Bulldogs had a rough day on the courts on March 22 against Acalanes, but they made a solid come back against Las Lomas on the road on March 24.  The Bulldogs lost 2-7, taking some of their first wins on the Diablo Foothill Athletic …

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune The Bulldogs ran into the hottest team in the Diablo Foothill Athletic League on March 25. The undefeated Wildcats of Dougherty Valley cruised to a 19-3 win, with only a few positives coming from the Bulldog camp. It would be tough to blame the Alhambra …

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Somewhere between the locker room, the dug out, or the bus, the Alhambra boys baseball team found their hitting shoes and broke out of a small home stand slump. The Bulldogs boys pounded out eight hits (only one more than their total in their three …

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune The Lady Bulldog softball team played their way into the title game of the Reed High School Annual Softball Tournament, but were beaten in the championship game by the host team. Paul Buccellato and the girls left for Reno last week to play their first …

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune It’s tough to say that in a game that ended more than three hours after the first pitch was thrown, the most defining moment happened about an hour and 40 minutes earlier. But down 2-0, with a pair of runners in scoring position, a bunted …

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune All throughout the league campaign, it gets tougher and tougher to pull positives from Alhambra’s lacrosse teams matches. It isn’t as if the boys aren’t trying, when they leave the field nearly ever player is doused in sweat, and looks like they just went 10 …