PARIS (AP) — The slam dunk contest was a spectacle. Facing Kobe Bryant was something he will never forget. Now Chase Budinger has some Olympic memories to go along with those NBA career highlights. “Playing in the Olympics, playing in this venue, will definitely be up there with some of my greatest basketball moments, for […]
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Coronado Youth Softball U14 team competes at Western National Championships
For the first time in a decade, the Coronado Youth Softball all-star team competed at the USA Softball Western National Championships in Everett, Washington. In the tournament late last month, the team of girls aged 14 and under played five games, including three pool games that determined their seeding for a double-elimination bracket. Coronado Youth […]
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Local dance group claims national championship
A local dance team from Coronado, Heart2Art (H2A), competed at Planet Hollywood – Revolution West Coast Nationals in Las Vegas on July 16. The Luxe – Senior team, which consists of dancers ages 14 and up, placed first in hip hop and claimed the title of national champions. The dancers on the senior team are […]
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Coronado native Ryan Seggerman cracks ATP Tennis Top 100
Another athlete has joined the ranks of professionals from Coronado as Coronado High School alum Ryan Seggerman won his first ever Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour tennis match with his doubles partner Patrik Trhac at the Indian Wells Masters 1000 tournament in May. “As wild card entries into the draw, we felt like we […]
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Simone Biles and Team USA earn ‘redemption’ by powering to Olympic gold in women’s gymnastics
PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Sunisa Lee spent the night before perhaps the biggest gymnastics meet of their lives restless. There was a tension in the air. They’d all been in the Olympic spotlight before, experiences that left them with medals but also the kind of scars — be they physical, psychological […]
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No Olympic medal for caddies. Xander Schauffele’s looper was moved to tears by a gold ring
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Caddies do not get a medal in the Olympics, only the golfers do. The caddie for Xander Schauffele received some gold that he considers just as valuable from the Tokyo Games.Schauffele and his family gave Austin Kaiser a gold ring. “They knew it meant a lot to me, too,” Kaiser said […]
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Quinn Waitley: Seven-time National Champion in Adaptive Surfing
One of the first things Quinn Waitley and her family purchased after moving from East County to Coronado in 2009 was a foam surfboard from Costco. Waitley’s dad, David, screwed metal handles onto the top of the board to make catching waves accessible for his daughter, who was diagnosed with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy at […]
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US beach stars Kloth, Nuss didn’t need the Golden State. They’re going for gold at Olympics anyway
PARIS (AP) — A South Dakota native, Taryn Kloth had never even played beach volleyball until after she graduated from Creighton as a star in the indoor version of the sport. In pursuit of a business degree, she landed at LSU without any beach skills at all. “I actually got dismantled. I was horrible. I […]
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First runners reach the finish in the annual Death Valley ultramarathon called the world’s toughest
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The first few runners of an ultramarathon that steps off in desolate Death Valley hit the finish line early on July 24, a little more than 24 hours after they began this year’s Badwater 135, billed as the world’s toughest foot race. Ninety-seven runners launched the 48-hour race […]
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Jim Harbaugh’s first practice, new facility give Chargers a feeling of rebirth
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers’ first practice of training camp had elements of a rebirth. Not only was it the first practice under coach Jim Harbaugh, who made an appearance at this year’s Coronado Fourth of July parade, it was the team’s first workout in their new practice facility. The Chargers […]
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Coronado Youth Soccer League has British ties
Growing up in London with a dad who was a dedicated fan of a professional soccer club, the Tottenham Hotspurs, now San Diegan Simon Hayward knew he was destined for the sport. Hayward, the current director of coaching for the Coronado FC, the Coronado Youth Soccer League, said his father was born very close to […]
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Padres catcher Kyle Higashioka receives replica medal for grandfather’s World War II service
WASHINGTON (AP) — San Diego Padres catcher Kyle Higashioka received a replica of the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to his grandfather’s World War II unit on July 22 during a ceremony at the National Museum of the United States Army. The late G. Shigeru Higashioka was part of the 100th Infantry Battalion of the 442nd […]
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Navy Water Polo alumni to host golf tournament
The third annual Navy Water Polo Golf Tournament will take place on Aug. 2 at the Sea ’N Air Golf Course on Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, where 75 golfers, many of them current active-duty or retired military, will compete in the name of supporting Naval Athletics. The tournament is organized by alumni […]
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After Soto’s departure, San Diego’s record looks similar to last year
Juan Soto has come and gone, and the San Diego Padres don’t seem to have changed much. The Padres were 12 games over .500 in August 2022 when they acquired Soto in a blockbuster deal with the Washington Nationals. They finished that year a distant second to the Dodgers in the NL West, but then […]
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DirecTV signs multiyear deal as kit sponsor for the MLS expansion San Diego FC
SAN DIEGO (AP) — DirecTV has signed a multiyear deal to become the jersey partner of the San Diego FC, its first foray into kit sponsorship in MLS while expanding its presence in the local sports market. DirecTV will appear across the front of SDFC’s primary and secondary jerseys when the expansion club begins play […]
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Coronado High’s Susanna Pate and Luke Machin honored as Athletes of the Year
After an eventful 2023-2024 athletic calendar for the Coronado High School Islanders, women’s basketball and softball player Susanna Pate was named Women’s Athlete of the Year, while water polo standout Luke Machin took home Male Athlete of the Year honors. Pate led the Islanders to a 15-9-2 record, including a 7-2-1 record in City League […]