Sports

The world of summer community baseball was hit by a screwball this week, as the Healdsburg Prune Packers—perhaps the most successful of such teams in Northern California—announced its divorce from the California Collegiate League (CCL) and the formation of a new confederation of teams,...

With the advent of the North Bay – Redwood league season this week, the Healdsburg girls basketball team is sitting on an 11-2 record and appears poised to dominate the seven-team league again this year. Healdsburg puts its girls team—now 9 players strong—into action against...

The 74th year of the Redwood Empire Invitational Basketball Tournament kept both teams and fans busy last week during four days of action at Healdsburg High’s main gym, Smith Robinson, and its smaller, older East Gym. “REIBT is a fundraiser traditionally used for Healdsburg basketball,”...

Starting Wednesday, Dec. 6, 16 basketball teams from all over Northern California will compete in the 74th annual REIBT at Healdsburg High School. Eight boys teams and eight girls teams will vie in the elimination tournament during the next several days until the championship...

After winning their first six games this season, Healdsburg’s girls basketball team was finally defeated last week, falling 32-18 to San Marin in the first round of the Piner tournament. “It was a battle between two extraordinary defensive teams of which neither were able to...

Thanksgiving Day gets off to an early start in Healdsburg, and Nov. 23, 2023, was no different. Almost  3,000 participants registered for the fundraising Turkey Trot benefit, “plus lots of kids in strollers and dogs,” according to Susanne Esquivel. “The youngest Trotter was two...

Picking up where they left off last year, the Healdsburg Greyhound girls basketball team is 6-0 just over two weeks into the season, despite having a small roster composed primarily of junior and sophomore talent. The only senior is Hailey Webb, and while all the...

Last year’s girls basketball team from Healdsburg, the Lady Hounds, were a force to be reckoned with, amassing a 24-5 record overall and dominating the North Bay Redwood League with an 11-1 record. They took that success three games deep into the Division 4 playoffs,...

There’s more than one high school in Healdsburg. As well as the public Healdsburg High School, three miles up Bailache Road south of town is the Rio Lindo Adventist Academy, a private boarding school for grades 9-12. The total enrollment is only 108, on...

The Greyhounds ended their 2023 season last Friday, Nov. 3, with a loss to Piner High in Santa Rosa. The 28-14 final score gave Piner (5-5, 1-3 in the league) fourth place in the five-team NCS Redwood League, ahead of Healdsburg (0-9-1, 0-4). At the...