By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Over the past two games the Bulldogs have made some improvements over their deficiencies from the earlier part of the season. But they still lacked a little extra, and were beaten by Concord High for the second time this season Tuesday night. The 54-48 loss …
Read More »Athlete of the Week: Thomas McDonald
THOMAS McDONALD Alhambra High School senior Thomas McDonald (21) is this week’s Tribune Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Matthew C Rinn of State Farm. McDonald was the leading scorer for the Bulldogs in both their loss to Clayton Valley on Jan. 24 ( he scored 12 points on the …
Read More »Bulldogs late surge puts them ahead in win over Devils
By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune If you saw the Mt. Diablo boys basketball team play the Bulldogs on Tuesday night, you’d be forgiven if you didn’t believe they were winless on the season. Not that they didn’t have fire in their play, and an extra incentive to compete hard in …
Read More »Concord boys use height to beat Alhambra
By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune The Bulldog boys are reeling. They’ve lost four in a row, they’ve yet to get their first Diablo Athletic League win, and they’ve hit the point of the season where winning out is the only way the playoffs are a reality. Their 62-46 loss to …
Read More »Alhambra boys basketball runs into wall late in home loss
By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune As the season wears on for the Bulldog boys, and the list of games left to play gets shorter, they’re going to want this one back. The facts are simple. Alhambra had a seven-point lead in the game before basically disappearing in the fourth quarter …
Read More »College Park makes quick work of Bulldog boys
By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Alhambra’s boy’s basketball team had it’s worst defensive performance of the season at the worst possible time. That’s because they were visiting College Park. If there’s anything either team on the opposite side of the rivalry wants to do, is lose against the other. Alhambra’s …
Read More »Bulldog boys battle back to beat Capuchino
By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune Alhambra’s longest lead on Wednesday afternoon only lasted 58.1 seconds. But luckily for them they were the most important 58 seconds of the basketball game: the last 58. The Bulldogs’ 71-68 come from behind win over Capuchino-San Bruno on Jan. 4 saw them start their …
Read More »Players set goals for program turnaround
By GERARDO RECINOS Martinez Tribune In the second week of November, the boys all sat around and in a team meeting established what their goals were for this season of basketball. Of the 12 players, seven of them are seniors who were staring straight into the teeth of their fourth …
Read More »McDonald and Eglite lead boys over Tennyson
Over the last three games the Bulldogs’ point differential against their opponents has only been +10, but despite that, all three have been wins. Life hasn’t been too easy for Alhambra’s boys. They hung on in a tough contest against Tennyson-Hayward on Thursday night, winning 53-48. But it took a …
Read More »Seniors rally for a 2-0 win headed into playoffs
By GABE AGURCIA Special to the Tribune Alhambra baseball ended the regular season on a high note, defeating Las Lomas on Senior Night, May 19, with a 2-0 shutout. Runs were at a premium, and not many rallies were strung together by either team. The Knights came out strong, putting …
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