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Clippers Get Blanked By Stompers 8-0 (photo gallery 7/25/18)
Photos by Mark Fierner ( Martinez News-Gazette )
MCST wraps up a busy and successful June with three meets in the last week
MCST in Antioch Tanner Lopez, Nelly Nevares, Jenna Hekl, Briar Cue, Alathea Fuller, Addie Purweal, Dani Morill, and Sierra Thompson. By COURTNEY MASELLA-O’BRIEN The Martinez Community Swim Team (MCST) Otters started off a busy week on June 25, 2018 with the Middle Ages Invitational at Gehringer Park in Concord. The invitational was for local 9 […]
Joey Mellows travels from England to see Clippers play
Joey Mellows, right, with artist and traveling companion Andy Brown at a recent Martinez Clippers game. Here is a story on Brown, who paints the ballparks he visits with Mellows. MARTINEZ, Calif. – Martinez Clippers games have drawn baseball fans from past Sacramento and from such other Bay Area cities as Sunnyvale and Livermore. But […]
Clippers showing progress at midseason
MARTINEZ, Calif. – The Martinez Clippers struggled their inaugural opening night May 31 against the Sonoma Stompers, falling 13-2. By July 10, the team had a new field manager, Dan Parker, who traded his usual summer off from his head coach job for the Napa Valley College Storm. In his debut, the Clippers threatened the […]
Chris Powell promoted to Frontier League as Clippers say goodbye to starter
Just six starts into his tenure in the Pacific Association, RHP Chris Powell is headed to the Schaumburg Boomers of the independent Frontier League after posting a 2-1 win-loss record and a 5.35 ERA with the Martinez Clippers. Chris Powell is the first Clippers player to be promoted in franchise history, as he joins his […]
Martinez takes care of Hawaii in opening game of LLSB Western Regional
Back row left to right: coach Jim Higgins. Manager Phil Raines. Coach Matt Schuler Middle row left to right: Stevie Fong, Jade Watson-Finta, Makenzie Stenson, Kiera Sullivan, Malory Hill, Kyomi Apalit and Erin Holliday. Bottom left to right. Mariah Titlow, Samantha Schuler, Alyssa McCarthy The Martinez Girls Softball 10- to 12-year-old All-Stars earned a 7-2 […]
Martinez takes care of Hawaii in opening game of LLSB Western Regional
Early lead for No. California champions seals fate for Hawaii The Martinez Girls Softball 10- to 12-year-old All-Stars earned a 7-2 win over Hawaii in their opening game of the Little League Softball Western Regional tournament in San Bernardino, California, Sunday. Hawaii watched the game slip away early and couldn’t recover in a 7-2 loss. Martinez scored […]
MCST Otters stay undefeated after week 3
Millie Thomas, Shasta Thompson, Gianna Smith, Daphne Smyth, Maddie McKeown, and Nikki Elrod By Courtney Masella-O’Brien At the end of the third week of the swim season, the Martinez Community Swim Team (MCST) Otters were undefeated, winning their fifth and sixth meets at Pleasant Hill and Benicia. The combined team scores at the June 20, […]
Big Win For Clippers Over San Rafael 9-7 Photo Gallery
Photos by Mark Fierner (Martinez News-Gazette)
