Local Sports

By GABRIEL AGURCIA Special to the Tribune Alhambra’s boy’s varsity soccer team was defeated at home by Campolindo on Friday, Feb. 5, by a score of 1-0. The Bulldogs came out a bit sluggish and out of sync, which the Cougars tried to take advantage of. Unable to get into …

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune As the Bulldogs’ time in the Diablo Foothill Athletic League comes to a close, there seem to be some mixed feelings about Alhambra’s final few games. On the one hand, no wins in the league campaign so far makes the league change a welcome change. …

On Tuesday night the Alhambra girls varsity basketball team did something that could only happen in a small town like Martinez. During their 45-31 victory over the Las Lomas Knights, they honored a group of eight grade girls who will soon enough be incoming Bulldogs in the class of 2020 …

By LUKE JOHNSON Special to the Tribune In 1946, Alhambra and Antioch Unified High Schools had three things in common: mascots (Panthers), colors (navy and gold) and initials (AUHS). This stirred up a lot of controversy. They were essentially neighbors with far less high schools established in the East San …

By LUKE JOHNSON Special to Martinez Tribune Turnovers ended up being costly with a ratio of 37-14 in Dougherty Valley High School’s 55-40 win against host Alhambra last Friday night (Jan. 8) in a Diablo Foothill Athletic League girls’ basketball game. “For our guards, this is the first taste of …

By LUKE JOHNSON Special to Martinez Tribune The damage had already been done by Dougherty Valley High School senior center Jushan Samra and point guard Gokul Srini as they were able to sit in the fourth quarter and watch their team cruise to a 61-38 victory in the Diablo Foothill …

By LUKE JOHNSON Special to the Tribune Freshman forward Sasha Sadoff cut from the right to the center of the field, broke two defenders in the box, and tapped the ball past the keeper for what would be the game-deciding goal with 10 minutes left in Acalanes High School’s 3-2 …

Antioch falls short despite having twice as many shots on goal By LUKE JOHNSON Martinez Tribune An errant pass by host Antioch High School that allowed an easy goal for Tim Catalan ended up being a costly mistake in Alhambra’s 2-1 victory during Monday night’s (Jan. 11) non-league boys’ soccer …