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Portola’s Connor Kennedy slides into third before Quincy’s Kyle Froggatt has a chance to tag him out. The two teams started their seasons last Friday with a rivalry game against one another. Photos by James Wilson

James Wilson

  The sound of a bat cracking against the ball means one thing; baseball season has started. Portola, Quincy and Chester all started the season March 8 at the Glenn Cox Baseball Tournament at Los Molinos High School.

  All three teams played three games. Chester took on Fall River early Friday morning to lose its first game 3-1. Immediately afterward, Quincy took down its rival Portola 8-6 in a game that got down to the wire.

  Quincy went on to get shut down 9-0 by Fall River and then beat Princeton 11-0. Portola took down Chester 11-2 and Biggs 13-1. After losing to Portola, Chester won its last game of the tournament 15-3 against Los Molinos.

  The Feather River College rodeo team raked in the wins March 1 – 2 at the West Coast regional rodeo at Cal Poly Pomona. The team ended up winning six out of the nine listed events.

  Both the men’s and women’s team made history in the West Coast Region by placing first. This was the first time a junior college won both the men’s and women’s divisions since the University of Nevada Las Vegas moved into the region in 1996.

  Donkeys took to the court all over Plumas County last week as all four high schools in the county hosted Donkey Basketball fundraisers. Masses showed up to watch community members try to control the ball on top of their stubborn modes of transportation.

  Greenville held its fundraiser first, Feb. 25. Quincy’s game took place March 4, Chester’s the following day and Portola’s the day after that. All schools held the event in their corresponding gym.

The Chester Volcanoes basketball team poses for a group photo after competing in the Northern Section Division VI championship March 1 in Chico. The Volcanoes went up against Redding Christian and lost 51-43. The loss broke the Volcanoes’ 12-game winning streak. Photo by Tony Cordero

James Wilson

  All good things must come to an end. The Chester boys’ basketball team learned this first hand March 1 when Redding Christian took down the Volcanoes 51-43 at the Division VI championship game in Chico.

  Chester was the number one seeded team in the playoffs while Redding Christian was seeded second.

  Chester came off an 11 game winning streak and seemed unstoppable. To boot, the last time the two teams faced off, Feb. 5, Chester walloped Redding Christian 64-46. The odds were in the Volcanoes’ favor, but strong defensive play by the Lions put a stop to Chester’s powerhouse.