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So, just how good is this Nevada Union football team? more...
  11/18/2009 11:30pm
Golf course properties are some of the most beautiful places on Earth. This description is used loosely for other topics or sometimes spoken for dramatic emphasis. The evidence, however, does show that many 18-hole rounds are truly played on some of the...
  11/18/2009 11:26pm
Winter weather is closing in this week and the fishing is changing. The best news is the opener of salmon fishing on the Sacramento River. 
  11/16/2009 11:06pm
The fourth annual Michael Bratton II Turkey Trot 5K and 10K races, the last in this year's Gold Country Grand Prix, will be held on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26, starting and finishing on the track at Nevada Union High School.
  11/14/2009 12:04am
Today's modern golf courses demand a larger range of shots than in days past. Traditional layouts have fewer bunkers and often allow approach shots to roll onto the green. As opposed to many recent designs which have numerous “bunker...
  11/11/2009 10:36pm
This fall the lake fishing is better than most of our river fisheries. 

The best fish story of the week came from local angler Mike Pumphery. He keeps his eye on the weather, looking for the right conditions to fish Rollins Lake. 
  11/09/2009 11:20pm
Phil finally beat Tiger, mano-a-mano. The game, however, was Chinese Chess (which from appearances is akin to checkers). An update to the lifetime tally has Tiger ahead 14-3 in major tournament wins and Phil ahead 1-0 in board games.
  11/04/2009 10:59pm
It's not often that Nevada Union's volleyball team looks like the underdog.

After all, the Lady Miners are the seven-time defending Division I section champions.
  11/04/2009 11:10pm
I have always thought of Halloween as the peak of the salmon spawn in the Sacramento Valley. There have been spawning fish for weeks and there are a few fish that will spawn as late as Christmas. 
  11/03/2009 12:13am
Matt Freitas, former Nevada Union standout cross country runner, smashed the Run Through the Colors 5K race record last Sunday, October 25, on a less cold than usual race day in Nevada City. The record, which was set 13 years ago by Sacramento top-notch...
  11/02/2009 5:59pm
Last week, Get Into Golf began prepping you for winter. Cold feet may keep us from doing some things that we ought to do, but they shouldn't keep us from playing golf while the weather is less than perfect.
  10/28/2009 11:33pm
Plodding along on the practice squad wasn't exactly what Spencer Havner had in mind for his career in the National Football League.
  10/27/2009 10:18pm
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) completed the annual coho (silver salmon) plant in Lake Oroville last week. 
  10/26/2009 11:24pm
In her memoirs, Jami Hopper writes, “I was not positive and became very sad, angry and heartbroken all over again. I could not believe this was happening. He did everything he was asked to do and received no rewards for his efforts. Kirby comforted...
  10/24/2009 12:47am
Just a couple of years ago, during our annual “State of the Classic” sitdown, I was chatting up Duane Strawser about the upcoming golden anniversary of the Nevada City Classic bike race.
  10/22/2009 11:19pm
Cold feet may keep you from doing some things that you ought to do, but they shouldn't keep you from playing golf in the winter. As we enter into these cold and wet months, Get Into Golf will spend a couple of weeks helping you prepare for a round...
  10/21/2009 11:16pm
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