Alhambra athletes recently delivered over 100 toys to the Martinez Police Department, for children in need this holiday season. The toys were collected by the Alhambra Sports Boosters and Midnighters Car Club at last month’s Toys for Tots car show. Pictured from left are: Bri Perez, Jeremy Abraham, Wyatt Hammer, …
Read More »Alhambra boys lack defensive strength in 15-10 playoff loss
By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Out of 22 water polo games the Bulldogs have played this season, only seven have seen an opponent score less than 10 goals. So it was appropriate they would exit the playoffs in a shootout. Number 10 seed San Marin upset the seventh seeded Bulldogs …
Read More »Bulldogs withstand Eagles’ late onslaught
By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Alhambra’s boys don’t really like to play defense, it seems, but they survived a second-half onslaught from Clayton Valley Charter-Concord to escape with a 19-17 win on Wednesday night. Their Oct. 26 win really showed two different sides to the team. One where they can …
Read More »Alhambra boys polo cruises in easy win
By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune When the opposing teams shows up and before a game has even started is saying, “so we’re really going to go through with this?”, it’s easy to see who’s going to come out victorious. The Hercules Titans only had seven players suited up, so Alhambra …
Read More »Falcon boys outlast Dogs in shootout
By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune The Bulldogs and Falcons went at each other on Wednesday afternoon, racking up the goals in a shootout. The Falcons were victorious by a score of 20-15 to even up the rivalry over the last four years. After a quick goal off that bat from …
Read More »Dogs score 24 in big win over Concord
By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune So far so good for the Alhambra boys water polo team. Two games in league play, two 20-goal scoring outputs, those numbers are huge at any level. Ok, so we expected the Bulldogs to start off their league campaign hot, but the magnitude of how …
Read More »Boys polo scores 23 goals in DAL opening win at St. Pat’s
By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Alhambra’s boys water polo opened up their Diablo Athletic League campaign with an explosive win on Sept. 14, by thrashing an upstart St. Patrick-St. Vincent-Vallejo team on the road. While they may not be so happy with how many goals the allowed, there is no …
Read More »Dragons get the better of Bulldogs in grudge match
By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Revenge was on the brain when the Alhambra Bulldogs welcomed the Bishop O’Dowd Dragons to Alhambra on Sept. 6, but unlike last season’s opener and too similar to last season’s playoff exit, it was no fun for the Dogs. Alhambra opened up their season with …
Read More »Beavers end season with 21 swimmers at County
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 …
Read More »Alhambra continues to write history
By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune When athletes win title games, they celebrate. The scene is usually set in Las Vegas, New York City, maybe New Orleans. But when you’re 18, there’s really only one choice: Disneyland. The seniors on the boys volleyball team – nine out of the 15 players …
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