Grizzlies football team off to roaring start
Cameron McKeon, Sports Editor
October 16, 2018
Filed under Sports
The Grizzlies are in mid-season form as Friday Night Lights are back and in full effect. Led by Coach Eric Billeci, now in his 10th year, Cal looks to make a run at another North Coast Section title game. Cal (2-1 EBAL, 5-2 overall) handled Foothill on Oct. 5 with relative ease, securing a ...
Grizzlies host Monte Vista tonight in EBAL showdown
Cameron McKeon, Sports Editor
September 28, 2018
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The Grizzlies varsity football team faces off against Monte Vista tonight in the most crucial game thus far for each team this season. Cal and the Mustangs both come into tonight’s game with a 4-1 record overall, looking to edge one another in the early stages of league play. The home game for...
Billeci’s actions were out of line
Brendan Ogburn, Sports Editor
September 29, 2016
The Cal High varsity football team enjoyed a 56-7 blowout victory over visiting Livermore on Sept. 9. The Grizzlies excelled in every facet of the game and cruised to a dominating win, pushing their record to 3-0 at the time. The only thing missing from the near-perfect performance was head coach...
Freshman football player injured
Brendan Ogburn and Patrick Rettig, Californian Editors
September 2, 2016
During Thursday night’s freshman football game at Cal High, a Foothill defensive player was airlifted to Children’s Hospital in Oakland, after sustaining a neck injury. The incident occurred on the first play from scrimmage in the second half, when the player ended up on the bottom of the pile wh...
Sophomore kicks off football career
Paige Zilinskas, Staff Writer
November 21, 2014
Although it seemed like just another football season for the Cal High Grizzlies, there was something slightly different this year: one of the JV kickers was a girl. Sophomore Olivia Duba has set a new standard at Cal for female athletes by joining and suiting up for the JV football team. As...
Fall sports finishing on strong note
November 22, 2013
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Senior Maggie Laskovics skies high to spike a shot in the varsity volleyball team’s win over Irvington in the first round of the NCS playoffs. No. 4 seeded Cal traveled to top seed San Ramon Valley Wednesday night for the semifinals. Results were not available before The Californian wentto press. Varsity ten...
Grizzlies flying high entering NCS
Luke Finkel, Eric Yee, Ashwath Mohan, and Alec Bandler
November 16, 2012
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For only the second time in school history, Cal’s varsity football team can call themselves EBAL champions The Grizzlies earned a co-championship with San Ramon Valley after both teams finished 5-1 in league. Although Cal handed the Wolves their only loss by the score of 41-38 on Oct. 12, the...
Football team gets policed
May 30, 2012
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by Zach Stalcup and Haley DeLuc, staff writers The Cal High football team will soon be adding a new member to its coaching staff, someone who knows a thing or two about discipline. Scott Holder will be stepping in as an assistant head coach to the varsity football team, which finished 7-4 last...
Freshmen complete historic season
December 13, 2011
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by John Sexton, sports editor Football history was made this year, but it came from an unlikely source. Cal High’s freshman football team became the first Grizzly football team at any level to go undefeated during the season. The team cemented their perfect season and won the EBAL title with...
Long and winding road ends
December 13, 2011
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by Justine Chang, staff writer After a tough journey to NCS this season, the Cal High cross country teams have finally reached the finish line. At the NCS meet on Nov.19, the men placed 10th of 20 schools, and the women took 12th place of 17 schools in Hayward. Senior Sameer Patel led the men’s...