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Live Coverage: Brian VanderBeek at the Modesto Christian tournament

Follow Brian VanderBeek on Twitter as he reporters from the Modesto Christian Basketball Tournament.

Live Coverage: Brian VanderBeek at the Modesto Christian Tournament

Follow Brian VanderBeek on Twitter as he reports from the Modesto Christian Basketball Tournament. Also, read his story from action earlier today in Salida.

Modesto's Central Catholic survives, ends Manteca's baseball season

No high school in the Sac-Joaquin Section has won more baseball titles than Central Catholic. So it's safe to say the Raiders have seldom, if ever, had to endure a postseason doubleheader like they did on Tuesday.

Frustration mounts as Modesto Nuts' offense continues to struggle

Seated and still in uniform 10 minutes after the final pitch, many of the Modesto Nuts stared blankly into the back of their lockers, as if there were answers in the wood grain.

BEEK'S BLOG: Eating-up innings

The Modesto Nuts no longer have the worst batting average in the Cal League - they’ve actually moved ahead of both Bakersfield and Stockton with a robust .242 average. But that only obscures the fact that no team has scored fewer runs th...

Pigskin Podcast: Brian VanderBeek and Ron Agostini break down Week 7

Featherston swats grand slam, drives in 5 RBIs for Modesto Nuts

Through the first month of the season the best way to ensure the Modesto Nuts wouldn't score was to allow them to load the bases. That's only a very slight exaggeration, since this team was woefully inept offensively with runners on ba...

Oakdale's Machado fires no-hitter

Put yourself in the multi-sport shoes of Oakdale's Eddie Machado and answer this question: Which would make you more nervous — lining up as a defensive back in a state bowl championship game against a receiver bigger and faster than y...

BEEK'S BLOG: One bad pitch in 1999

Lake Elsinore pitching coach Brian Lawrence pitched six seasons in the major leagues and won 50 games - most of them for the San Diego Padres. In fact, he was the Padres’ opening-day starter in 2003-04. While making his way to the majors...

Music rebel Dwight Yoakam heads to Gallo Center

It's called the Bakersfield sound, but it resonates from the entire San Joaquin Valley.