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Brian Sumpter

Tournament director John Berry posts stats on the leader board at Adams Springs Golf Course. (File photo- LAKE COUNTY PUBLISHING.)

Thanks, John, for sharing your fantastic life with us

September 13, 2024 at 1:06 p.m.

This is John Berry’s final On the Links column, and my biggest regret is that John isn’t here to write it himself. I am still trying to wrap my head...

Jacob Pullman (55) brings down the Trojans' ball carrier during this season's home opener at Middletown High School. (Minenna Photography)

Friday night lights: Week 11 prep. football preview

November 2, 2023 at 1:19 p.m.

Will it be a solo championship, co-championship or even three- or four-team tie for the championship when the North Central League I race wraps up Friday night?

From left, the Record-Bee newsroom of reporter Walt Neary, reporter Jeff Segol, sports editor Brian Sumpter, assistant editor Cindy Friday and managing editor Ellen Leifeld stroll down North Main Street in Lakeport in the mid-1980s. (Photo by Ron Leifeld)

Looking back on 40 years at the Record-Bee

July 28, 2023 at 1:55 p.m.

Forty years ago a fresh college graduate landed a job in Lakeport as the Record-Bee's first sports editor. Forty years later he's hanging it up. It was a fun ride.

Jake Soderquist of Clear Lake High School and Maddy Young of Upper Lake High School join the honored list of Lake County athletes to receive the Lake County Record-Bee Athlete of the Year award. (Photo courtesy of Michael Lucid)

Honoring Lake County’s top athletes

July 6, 2023 at 12:19 p.m.

LAKE COUNTY — A list of the athletes who have received the Lake County Record-Bee Athlete of the Year award since it was first presented following the 1987-88 sports season....

Mark Cory, head coach of the Clear Lake High School varsity football team, is the Lake County Record-Bee's Coach of the Year in boys sports for the 2022-23 season. Cory directed the Cardinals to a school-best 12-2 record in 2022, league and section championships, and a berth in the state playoffs. (File photo)

Cory is boys sports Coach of the Year

July 4, 2023 at 12:22 p.m.

Clear Lake High School's Mark Cory is the Lake County Record-Bee's Coach of the Year for boy sports for the 2022-23 season. He guided the Cardinals' football team to a...

Raelene Cromwell (left) and Annie Pivniska Petrie, co-head coaches of the Upper Lake High School varsity girls basketball team, are the Lake County Record-Bee's Coach of the Year winners for girls sports in 2022-23. Cromwell and Pivniska Petrie guided the Cougars to a 29-3 record, tying the school and Lake County record for most wins in a single season, to a league title and section runner-up finish, and a berth in the NorCal playoffs. (File photo)

Pivniska Petrie, Cromwell are top girls coaches

July 4, 2023 at 12:10 p.m.

Annie Pivniska Petrie and Raelene Cromwell are the Lake County Record-Bee Coach of the Year winners for girls sports for the 2022-23 season. The co-head coaches of the Upper Lake...

A two-sport All-League first-team selection for Clear Lake, Soderquist also earned All-State honors in football. (Photos by Michael Lucid)

Soderquist is Record-Bee Athlete of the Year

July 3, 2023 at 12:40 p.m.

An ultra-quick study at quarterback, Clear Lake High School junior Jake Soderquist helped guide the Cardinals to a historic 12-2 season that include league and section championships and a berth...

Upper Lake High School's Maddy Young helped the Cougars win undisputed league titles in soccer, basketball and baseball while also winning a North Coast Section championship in wrestling and leading her basketball team to 29 victories, tying a school and Lake County record for most wins in a single season. (Photos by Michael Lucid)

Five-sport star Young is Athlete of the Year

July 3, 2023 at 12:20 p.m.

Upper Lake High School senior Maddy Young dominated like few Lake County athletes have, and her 2022-23 season certainly raised the bar for future athletes. She is the Lake County...

It was a Kelseyville star-studded show in 2023 as the Knights went 14-0 in North Central League I play and 18-6 overall, including a 15-game winning streak. Not surprisingly, the All-Lake County team is dominated by the orange and black, including (above, from left) co-MVP Zayne Barker, Coach of the Year Billy Shaul, and co-MVP Brock Barrick. (Photo by Brian Sumpter)

Barker, Barrick are baseball co-MVPs

June 13, 2023 at 1:04 p.m.

The 2023 All-Lake County baseball team is dominated by the orange and black of Kelseyville High School.

Clear Lake shortstop Amber Smart, Upper Lake head coach Heather Wurm and Upper Lake catcher Ruby Wurm are the co-most valuable players and Coach of the Year on the 2023 edition of the All-Lake County softball team as selected by the Lake County Record-Be. (Photos by Brian Sumpter)

Wurm, Smart share MVP honors

June 12, 2023 at 12:19 p.m.

Upper Lake junior Ruby Wurm and Clear Lake junior Amber Smart are the co-most valuable players on the 2023 edition of the All-Lake County softball team as selected by the...

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