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James Burns: For Le Grand football, title not enough

LE GRAND -- For exactly one year, their focus had been pointed, fixated on what has proven elusive to many: a Sac-Joaquin Section football championship.

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James Burns: Monteon as dynamic as team would let him be

The numbers are damning, highlighted and overemphasized by the legacy of quarterbacks that came before him. Logan Todd. Brandon Garcia. Allen Huddleston.
COLUMNISTS

James Burns: Black cloud will disappear

The Olympic Games are supposed to start with the lighting of a torch -- not a torch blown out.
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James Burns: Buhach Colony's got that 'special' feeling

ATWATER — The question staggered Buhach Colony coach Kevin Swartwood a bit, rocking him back on his heels like a Money Mayweather jab.
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James Burns: Up for grabs

Pucker up, buttercup.
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James Burns: Chowchilla-Dos Palos goes country with help from Brooks & Dunn

CHOWCHILLA -- It goes down as the longest 10 seconds in the storied rivalry between the Chowchilla and Dos Palos football programs.
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James Burns: Buhach Colony's Baker on road to recovery after diving accident

They told his mom it was close to impossible. That her son, Eric Baker, had a 3 percent chance to recover fully, to really be Eric again. "Six months ago, the doctors told me he’d have no movement from the neck down," said Michelle Hafer, whose cheerleader spirit belied her tired eyes. "They...
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James Burns: Cherf, Lacky winners opened every door

He raised the level of play, setting the bar with his heavy foot and acumen.
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James Burns: Clinton inspires one racer's charity

LIVINGSTON -- Mom wants to protect her young son's innocence, so she kindly asks that you don't print his last name. Or hers.
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

James Burns: Buhach Colony boys hoops off and running

How much has John Bliss' life changed since he took over the Buhach Colony boys basketball program?
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James Burns: Fuentes finds free agency to be slow moving

Brian Fuentes understands the reality of his current situation.