July 13, 2012
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Ages: 7, 11, 13 Team: Dana Hills Swim Team Otters Sport: Swimming During the recreation swimming season age groups are arranged primarily in twoyear increments, such as 7-8 year-olds. Generally this sets up for the older half of the age group to win most races. However once a year the Battle of the Ages meet has competition limited to each individual age, affording those in the lower half of their age group a chance to compete only against swimmers of the
same age. No one was happier for the Battle of the Ages than Scotty, Ryan and Erick Iannaccone of the Dana Hills Swim Team. Both seven-yearold Stephanie and 13-year-old Erick were age group champs for the Otters while Ryan Iannaccone was second in the 11year-old age group. DHST finished runner-up in the Battle of the Ages team standings to Crow Canyon Country Club of Danville, the only
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The Clayton Pioneer congratulates Stephanie, Ryan & Erick Iannaccone and rewards their achievements with a gift certificate to Rocco’s Ristorante & Pizzeria. Do you know a young athlete who should be recognized? Perhaps he or she has shown exceptional sportsmanship, remarkable improvement or great heart for the sport. Send your nomination for the Rocco’s Pioneer Athlete Spotlight today to sports@claytonpioneer.com.
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The time-worn wedding phrase “Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue” can be applied to the Clayton Valley Charter High School athletics department for the forthcoming 201213 school year. Something old: There are many long-time coaches and teachers at CVCHS who will be coaching teams in the new school year. Something new: From the school name to a new athletic director to several other firsttime Eagles coaches, there will be many new things about the sports program on Alberta Way. Something borrowed: The 201213 coaching staff includes women and men who have held various positions at CVHS over the years and are now taking on different roles. Something blue: Make that “something blue and red” as the Ugly Eagles uniforms will carry the same color scheme the school has had since opening in 1958. Greg Fister was appointed the new athletic director and he’s also taken on the role as head girls and boys cross country coach. The new AD has taught at Clayton Valley the past two years and coached either soccer or cross country at Vallejo High School from 2002-2011 before concentrating last year on his education while finishing his Master’s degree studies and also getting his preliminary Administrative Services Credential in the process. Fister made his Clayton Valley coaching debut in 2011 when he was head JV baseball coach. The team went 22-1-1, won the league championship and was the #1 ranked JV team in Northern California. Brandon Enriquez returns for his second year as an assistant cross country coach and Debra Osteen, who is on the track and field coaching staff for distance runners, will also help out this fall. Michelle Howisey led the Eagles for the past five years before resigning after last season. The longest-serving Clayton Valley coach, Dennis Bledsoe,
will be on the pool deck this school year for girls water polo in the fall and swimming in the spring. Bledsoe first coached at CVHS in 1966. Fister says, “The Clayton Valley aquatics program (water polo and swimming) is a direct result of the continued dedication and leadership of Mr. Bledsoe. Our students are better people because they have known Dennis Bledsoe.”
tennis and Dave Hobson girls volleyball. “We are looking to create the best environment for success and learning for our students and student athletes. The experience our student athletes are going to enjoy this fall season is going to propel our program to the next level. We already have record numbers signed up for volleyball, cross country and
Ralston coached Eagles baseball for 11 years before leaving for Cal State University East Bay last year. Pardi took over as interim head coach and is pleased to be working on Coakley’s staff again next season. Also on Coakley’s staff are Dave Leal, Matt Bucci, Ken Evanson and Matt Kavanaugh. CV baseball has reached the NCS playoffs every year dating
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CASEY COAKLEY (CENTER) HAS ONCE AGAIN TAKEN THE REINS of the highly-successful Clayton Valley Charter High School baseball team for the upcoming season. Coakley led the Eagles in the 2007 and 2008 seasons before resurrecting the Los Medanos College program for the past four years. Coakley continues a family tradition for the Eagles as his brother-in-law Bob Ralston was in the dugout for 11 seasons and Coakley’s late father Jerry Coakley was a CVHS football coach for 15 years until his untimely passing earlier this year. The CVCHS baseball staff includes, from left, Kenny Evanson, Matt Bucci, Coakley, Herc Pardi and David Leal. Pardi served as interim head coach in 2012, taking the Eagles to the NCS playoffs.
Nicholas Ballew will be coaching the defending Diablo Valley Athletic League champion Eagles boys water polo team. A previously announced coaching change has Tim Murphy taking over for the retired Herc Pardi with the football program. Murphy is still assembling his staff, which will be a mix of returning and new coaches for the Eagles. Fister adds, “Tim’s passion and enthusiasm for the game is contagious among his coaching staff and the players.” Jennifer Moore last coached Clayton Valley girls golf in 2009 and she returns to lead the Eagles at their Oakhurst Country Club home this fall. Rick Ortega continues coaching girls
football,” Fister says. The coaching changes aren’t limited to fall sports. Casey Coakley is returning as CVCHS baseball head coach. Coakley was Eagles head coach in 2007 and 2008 where his teams reached the North Coast Section semi-finals both years while compiling a 41-11 overall mark. He then left to resurrect the Los Medanos College baseball program. Over the past four years the Mustangs made the State playoffs twice and 34 players transferred from LMC to play at four-year schools. Coakley will also be Dean of Students at CVCHS. He is a Clayton Valley alumnus who went on to play at St. Mary’s College. His brother-in-law Bob
back to the 1990s and won the section championship in 2010 plus playing in three other NCS finals (2002, 2003 and 2011). Head track and field coach Les Garaventa left for a position at Liberty High in Brentwood, leaving Fister with another position to fill. Clayton Valley Charter High School makes its official sports bow next month as the Ugly Eagles football team plays its first game at long-time rivals Pittsburg High on Aug. 24. The first home football game at Gonsalves Stadium isn’t until Sept. 21. The first DVAL action for Clayton Valley Charter High School will be Sept. 4 with Mt. Diablo visiting CVCHS in girls tennis.
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