By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Alhambra is just good enough to lose at the moment, and that fact can easily be backed up by numbers. During their current six game losing streak, Alhambra’s baseball team has lost five of those games by a combined total of nine runs. The only ...
Read More »Gifford handcuffs Hornets in 2-0 win
By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Alhambra rode the arm of junior pitcher Cole Gifford for their second win of the season on Tuesday afternoon in a 3-0 win over Novato. The Feb. 28 win was also Gifford’s second win of his second varsity campaign, but the junior looked seasoned ...
Read More »Bulldogs outlast Falcons in shootout
By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Football fans in Martinez were smiling Friday night, and will probably carry that smile with them all week, because at Alhambra, it’s always a sight worth a smile when you beat College Park. The 46-42 win not only catapulted the Bulldogs into the North Coast ...
Read More »Broncos stun Bulldogs with fourth quarter comeback
By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune There are two magic numbers for Alhambra’s football team. The first is one, and the second in eight. Despite a heartbreaking loss on Friday night, the deal is simple, win and you’re in. That’s one. The second is eight. Of the 35 players on the ...
Read More »Defense creates points in Homecoming win
By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune For the 110th time Alhambra High School celebrated their Homecoming last week. They played their 62nd football game and came out the victors over Mt. Diablo-Concord. It seems appropriate that the oldest school in Contra Costa County played against the second-best (Mt. Diablo was founded ...
Read More »Berean Christian takes down Alhambra in fiery battle
By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Big players can take over big games and in their game against Berean Christian Friday night, the Bulldogs saw up close that they can also live up to the hype. Four-star rated Rivals.com recruit Isaiah Hodgins and the Eagles hosted the Bulldogs at Clayton Valley ...
Read More »Dogs turns it around after slow start
By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune In a heavyweight fight sometimes a scrappy underdog can land an early knockdown. It takes a lot to get up, but when you do the huge momentum swing can be the spark. And it was the spark for the Bulldog football team. They got punched ...
Read More »Miramonte runs riot on Bulldog defense in loss
By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Alhambra’s football team visited a familiar foe on Friday night, knowing full well that their opponent would probably be their toughest test of the entire season. Miramonte was rolling, they came into, and left the match undefeated after the 57-25 win. So the Bulldogs knew ...
Read More »Alhambra trounces Las Lomas 42-9
By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune It’s finally happening, Alhambra is starting to gel and settle in as a team. And as a team they settled in all over George De Klotz Stadium in Walnut Creek, destroying the Las Lomas Knights. Alhambra’s 42-9 win on Sept. 16, saw them put up ...
Read More »Alhambra Football comes out ahead over Washington-Fremont
Three weeks after the start of the 2016 football season, the Alhambra Bulldogs finally got into the win column. There were positive signs, but after last week’s loss which could’ve been a win, no one is scoffing at the 15-14 win by the Bulldogs over Washington-Fremont on Sept. 9. After ...
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