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It was somewhat uncertain how the Mission Prep football team would match up with Bakersfield Christian on Friday night.

Sterling Bullard and Jesse Whitten had touchdown runs for the Atascadero High football team Friday night, but those were the Greyhounds’ only touchdowns against Buena in their 41-14 CIF-Southern Section Northern Division playoff loss.

At the end of the Cal Poly football team’s last practice of the season Thursday, Mustangs head coach Tim Walsh had his regulars either watching or refereeing while the scout teams dueled at Alex G. Spanos Stadium.

SANTA MARIA — It’s been a couple of years since Gunnar Jespersen got in the face of Kris Dutra, saying he was coming to play for the Allan Hancock College football coach whether Dutra liked it or not.

The Cal Poly wrestling team got pins from Filip Novachkov and Ryan DesRoches in a 22-15 win over No. 10 Missouri in a nonconference duel meet Friday at the Hearnes Center in Columbia, Mo.

A day after advancing as a team to the CIF-Southern Section final, four San Luis Obispo High girls tennis team took part in the section’s individual finals Friday.

Cal Poly alums Grant Desme and Brent Morel will square off against each other as the Phoenix Desert Dogs face the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League championship game today at Scottsdale Stadium.

Russ Edwards had just gotten done coaching a basketball game at Judkins Middle School in Pismo Beach in 2005 when Jon Hitchen rerouted his coaching life.

For the first time this decade, all San Luis Obispo County high school football fans will have to hit the road to catch one of their teams’ CIF-Southern Section first-round playoff games.

The San Luis Obispo girls tennis team advanced to the CIF-Southern Section Division III championship match after a 12-6 road win over South Pasadena on Thursday.

The Cuesta College men’s basketball team got 13 points, seven rebounds and three assists from former Templeton High standout Seth Koenig in a 70-62 win over College of the Siskiyous on Thursday in a quarterfinal game at the Mendocino Invitational.

On its face, it may have seemed like just another game between longtime rivals San Luis Obispo and Arroyo Grande.

Three wrestlers from Gilroy high schools are among the five prep wrestlers who have signed National Letters of Intent to wrestle collegiately at Cal Poly.

The winner in Patriot Sportfishing’s fifth-annual lingcod contest nearly missed the whole show, although he’s been a twice-a-month customer for almost 20 years.

NEW YORK — When the phone rang, Zack Greinke let it go — he didn’t recognize the number. Only after listening to the voice mail did he call back and find out he’d won the American League Cy Young Award.

The Cal Poly men’s cross country team will not compete in the NCAA Cross Country Championships on Monday in Terre Haute, Ind. after failing to receive an at-large bid earlier this week.

The San Luis Obispo High girls tennis team advanced to the CIF-Southern Section Division III semifinals with a narrow tiebreaker win over Valencia on Tuesday in Valencia.

Cal Poly junior receiver Dominique Johnson was named one of the Football Championship Subdivision national players of the week Monday by The Sports Network. Johnson had career highs of 13 catches for 273 yards and a school-record five touchdowns in the Mustangs’ 50-48 loss to South Dakota on Saturday at Alex G. Spanos Stadium.

Senior has accounted for 29 touchdowns on offense and leads the Central Section with 10 interceptions on defense

Brehaut sinks birdie putt on 18th hole to give duo the victory