Sports

Chester’s Hunter Morris deliberates on which pitch he should throw during the Volcanoes’ game against Greenville on April 10. Photos by James Wilson

James Wilson

  It was a busy week for the baseball teams from all four high schools in Plumas County. In all, the teams played a total of 10 games; some for better and some for worse.

  The big winner of the week was Chester, with three games and three wins. The Volcanoes took Greenville down 18-3 April 10. Continuing its streak, Chester beat Liberty Christian twice in a row during its April 12 double header. The Volcanoes dominated with 19-0 and 17-3 wins.

  “The game against Greenville was ugly,” commented Chester’s coach Terry Hernandez. “Both teams made a lot of errors. We played better against Liberty Christian and we’re now where we want to be.”

Shannon Simpson, of Susanville, celebrates her birthday by landing this beautiful brown trout while fishing Lake Almanor with Bryan Roccucci of Big Daddy’s Guide Service.Photo submitted

Michael Condon

  “Down at the core of every fisherman’s heart is the belief that on any day something wonderful and unlikely could be made to happen, and that if you’re careful and patient enough it could happen to you.”

—John Gierach, “Standing in a River Waving a Stick”

    The fishing is good right now. Does that mean that you will catch a fish on every cast or even every other cast? No.

  When I say the fishing is “good,” I mean an average angler has a good chance of catching something. And we are all average anglers, especially in the opinion of the fish. That might not fit a mathematician’s definition of “average” but fishing has its very own math. Measurements in particular, being more fluid and subjective when applied to angling, are subject to an entirely different set of rules. But let’s save that discussion for another day.

       Lake Almanor West is proud to announce the hiring of golf professional John Joseph. Joseph has been a head golf professional and instructor for more than 40 years.

       Joseph was named by his peers for six years in a row as one of Golf Digest’s top instructors in northern California before he moved to the Palm Springs area.

Turkeys from eggs

  Question: If I want to raise a couple of turkeys from eggs that I believe came from partly or mostly wild stock, would I run afoul of California law? They would not be used for any business purposes and would remain on my property. I would prefer to let them roam around my place, which is quite large and full of native habitat, as opposed to keeping them penned up. There are currently no wild turkeys in my area.

—Tucker