James Burns
James Burns
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
STRONG FINISHING KICK
Abraham Alvarado leaned forward, extending his head and shoulders through the finish line. To state ... by a nose.
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Livingston boys cross country team bound for state
Livingston's boys cross country became the first team in program history to clinch a berth at the state meet, which returns to Woodward Park in Fresno on Saturday morning.
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MERCED COLLEGE
Huddleston ready to shine at Fresno State
Allen Huddleston didn't leave the game of basketball. It just appeared that way. After two productive yet uncomfortable years at the University of the Pacific, the Merced High scoring champ packed his bags and headed south along Highway 99.
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SPORTS
Merced girls water polo team rises to occasion
With coach Kristie Dunham pulling all the right strings, the Merced girls water polo team clinched a Final Four berth in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division 1 tournament.
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SPORTS
Hilmar's Bettencourt cousins opponents for once
Teammates at Hilmar High for so long and family forever, Tuesday's showdown between Modesto Junior College and Delta divided one of the area's preeminent soccer duos in cousins Alex and Kurtis Bettencourt.
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PREP FOOTBALL
Merced football back in playoffs with win over Atwater
Merced High snapped its three-year playoff drought Friday evening, mixing hard hits, an opportunistic defense, sound special teams and a quick-strike offense in a 17-7 victory over Atwater in the 43rd Santa Fe Bowl.
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PREP FOOTBALL
Defense the key for Merced football
For all the points the Merced High football team scored during last Friday's 44-13 victory over Pitman, the playoff-starved Bears woke up this morning with realistic playoff hopes because of their defense.
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PREP FOOTBALL
Merced football runs past Pitman
Eli Gutierrez tossed two touchdown passes and highlighted a flurry of fourth quarter points with a 43-yard scoring run, and Merced's much-maligned defense atoned for last week's turnstile effort against Buhach Colony by stymieing Pitman's Wing-T in a 44-13 victory Friday night.
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Los Banos is looking for more from Moore
On the biggest night of James Sams' career, Delvonte Moore was on a trainer's table with a badly twisted ankle.




