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As the Healdsburg Prune Packers continue their dominance of the California Collegiate League’s northern division this summer, it sometimes leads to a certain predictability in the outcome. Especially when they play cross-county rivals the Sonoma Stompers, over which the Packers have demonstrated clear “ownage,”...

The midpoint of the California Collegiate League season came as June turned into July, and over a three-day period the league-leading Healdsburg Prune Packers (13-3) met the fourth-place Sonoma Stompers (7-9) for wine country bragging rights. If their respective position in the CCL standings were...

The 18-game winning streak that made the Prune Packers the wonder of West Coast baseball ended on Sunday, June 25, as the Solano Mudcats won the first game of a Sunday double-header, 4-2. The second game found Prune Packers restoring their dominance with an impressive...

When the Healdsburg Prune Packers set out to win an unheard of three-peat as California Collegiate League champions, their chances looked pretty good. Now they look better. With 14 straight victories without a loss over both league and non-league opponents, the 102-year-old franchise is setting...

The Healdsburg Prune Packers opened their 2023 season in dynamic style by winning six straight games against four different opponents. All games were played at their home field at Rec Park before near-capacity crowds who cheered their home team loudly and, as it turned...

The Healdsburg Prune Packers, one of the oldest and most venerated community baseball teams in the state, got its season underway with a ceremonial first pitch by Mayor Ariel Kelley at 6pm on Tuesday, June 6. Clarence Ruonavaara Grandstands at Art McCaffrey Field began filling...

Healdsburg High School’s spring sports programs are almost complete, with a few exceptions. Two track runners are looking forward to racing in the regional Meet of Champions this weekend, and the baseball Hounds hope they can pull off an upset in the NCS tournament.  Several...

Last weekend’s North Bay League (NBL) championships brought the region’s best high school swimmers into one pool on Friday and Saturday, April 27-28, at Santa Rosa Junior College. While Maria Carrillo’s two teams came out on top, as expected, Healdsburg High swimmers made a...

Prep baseball season is running full tilt this time of year, with the top teams in the league meeting for their second or third games as the NCS playoffs loom, beginning May 16.  In the Redwood League, there is no clear league leader as the...

Healdsburg’s varsity softball team is putting the pieces together as the season swings into its final month. After losing their first five games, sometimes by embarrassing scores, the Hounds turned around in April and are on a winning streak as we go to press. It...