Sports

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune This week in America we’ll all be reflecting on the things we are thankful for in our lives. In the sports world there is a lot to be thankful for, and we should acknowledge it. In the Bay Area this year, we were lucky enough ...

By DONNA-BETH WEILENMAN Martinez Tribune Kyle Busch started the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup season in Halifax Hospital. While his colleagues were fighting to win the Daytona 500 in Florida, Busch was starting his own battle, just to get back into the Joe Gibbs No. 18 Toyota. In an effort that ...

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Former Alhambra quarterback Josh Evans got his first collegiate snaps earlier than he probably would’ve expected, and in a situation he couldn’t have dreamed of. The University of La Verne Leopards had traveled to Minnesota to take on St. Thomas in the NCAA Division III ...

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Anthony Ertola’s outset at the helm of the Bulldogs got off to a promising start with an (un)official first win on Tuesday night against the Encinal Jets, 64-58. The Nov. 24 win was not without its problems, but thats why the game is labeled a ...

By JOEL TIMBRELL Special to the Tribune More than 90 schools sent their best runners to the 2015 North Coast Section Championships at Hayward High School last Saturday, Nov. 21. Hayward has a long history of championship races, dating back to 1999. Throughout the years the distance has remained the ...

Alhambra’s varsity football team left the field at Bishop O’Dowd exactly 364 days after their playoff loss last year with the same result, a second-round loss. That game however could not have been more different than the gritty 17-14 loss the Bulldogs suffered at the hands of the Dragons on ...

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune In what is likely the final game this season at Knowles Field, the Alhambra High School Varsity Football Team beat out the De Anza Dons in a tough first round match up. The Bulldogs 40-14 win on Friday, Nov. 13, was pretty convincing once the ...

By JOEL TIMBRELL Special to the Tribune The seven DFAL schools clashed at the Diablo Foothill Athletic League Championships last Saturday, Nov. 7, at Martinez’s Hidden Valley Park on Center Avenue. Alhambra, which had the least amount of athletes out of any school, faced off against Miramonte, Campolindo, Dougherty Valley, ...

By DONNA-BETH WEILENMAN Martinez Tribune Jimmy Johnson leads just six laps, letting others run at the front of the AAA Texas 500 in Fort Worth for 330 laps. But those six laps let him play spoiler in the Chase for the Championship when he won the race Sunday at Texas ...

By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune The final game of the season is always a chance for the team to honor the seniors, and allow them to enjoy their final game. In recent memory, the varsity Bulldog volleyball team’s final game of the regular season was a day to reflect. There ...