60th Aniversary Coming Soon
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Chris Lonergan - October 22nd, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Sierra valley memories by Chris Lonergan
1979 Loyalton High championship baseball team.
My greatest memory is of the 1979 championship baseball team that I was on. We finished as co-champs along with Westwood, and Dave Gallegos of Westwood, and myself were co-mvp's of the league that year. Undoubtedly we were and still are the greatest baseball team to come out of Loyalon High School to this day! Our team became the first team in school history to bring a baseball championship to the school. On that team was myself, My brother Greg Lonergan, versatile Mitch Wilson, Guy Wilmoth, Robbie Gillen, John Donnelly, Richard White, Philip Jaquez, Donny Holton, Kacy Killian, my great catcher,Fabian Plazola and a freshman on that team who did an incredible job, that being Jon Clark. I hope that I haven't forgotten anybody on that team, and who could forget our manager that year, Mr. Gene Moses! We finished off the season by shutting out Westwood on there home field. after the game we had to get a police escort to the bus to get out of town after defeating them in front of there home crowd in a highly emotional and intense game. We got on the bus, where Juanita Wilmoth, our great bus driver who drove us to all our away games, quickly got us out of Westwood, amidst quite the celebration on the bus on the trip back to Loyalton. 1979 was also a awesome year for football (league champs) and basketball. Being a part of the greatest baseball team ever to date at Loyalton High stands out as my greatest memory.
1979 Loyalton High championship baseball team.
My greatest memory is of the 1979 championship baseball team that I was on. We finished as co-champs along with Westwood, and Dave Gallegos of Westwood, and myself were co-mvp's of the league that year. Undoubtedly we were and still are the greatest baseball team to come out of Loyalon High School to this day! Our team became the first team in school history to bring a baseball championship to the school. On that team was myself, My brother Greg Lonergan, versatile Mitch Wilson, Guy Wilmoth, Robbie Gillen, John Donnelly, Richard White, Philip Jaquez, Donny Holton, Kacy Killian, my great catcher,Fabian Plazola and a freshman on that team who did an incredible job, that being Jon Clark. I hope that I haven't forgotten anybody on that team, and who could forget our manager that year, Mr. Gene Moses! We finished off the season by shutting out Westwood on there home field. after the game we had to get a police escort to the bus to get out of town after defeating them in front of there home crowd in a highly emotional and intense game. We got on the bus, where Juanita Wilmoth, our great bus driver who drove us to all our away games, quickly got us out of Westwood, amidst quite the celebration on the bus on the trip back to Loyalton. 1979 was also a awesome year for football (league champs) and basketball. Being a part of the greatest baseball team ever to date at Loyalton High stands out as my greatest memory.
jean myles - October 22nd, 2009 at 4:49 PM
BIG BOPPER - Senior LHS mid-fielder Tony Lizarde struts his stuff during a recent home win in Loyalton against Plumas Christian. The Grizzlies are having a sensational season with only one loss on the year. The soccer team has their sites set on a September 20th rematch with Quincy - a close loss to the Trojans by the score of 5-4 is the only blemish on their record - that would even the slate. Loyalton dominated recent home matches with a 12-0 win against Plumas Christian and a 9-3 victory over Squaw Valley Academy.
STARTING NORTH FROM NEVADA CITY, YOU CAN FOLLOW A WINDING TWO LANE HIGHWAY THROUGH PINE STUDDED FOOTHILLS … BETWEEN CURVES YOU GET IMPRESSIONS - OAK TREES, BRUSH, PINE TREES, MEADOWS, SHADY CREEKS, THE REMAINS OF A FOREST FIRE … IF YOU lIKE TO SWIM, YOU'LL WANT TO PLUNGE IN THE COOL DEEP WATER [OF THE YUBA] … TREES ON EVERY SIDE MAKE THIS ONE OF CALIFORNIA'S MOST FABULOUS DRIVES. YOU GO THROUGH THE BEST PARTS OF NEVADA AND YUBA COUNTIES AND ENTER AN ENCHANTING NEW PHASE IN YOUR LIFE. YOU ARE GOING TO SEE CALIFORNIA'S MOST SCENIC COUNTY. YOU ARE GOING TO LIVE. YOU ARE ENTERING SIERRA COUNTY.
HAL WRIGHT, SIERRA BOOSTER, 1948.
Hal and Allene Wright drove into Sierra County's mountains and high valleys, they fell in love with the area, they stayed … and they created the Sierra Booster. In an article in the Oct. 4 RGJ, Barry Smith, executive director of the Nevada Press Association, stated, “Newspapers are changing, not dead.” In today's world of keyboards on computers and telephones … ah, remember the party line telephone? … local newspapers are still the one place where people find news of family, friends and community. You can hold a newspaper, smell the ink and know that someone deeply involved in the community they live and work in researched and wrote the words you are reading. In 1949, Hal and Allene Wright made a commitment to their community with the first issue of the Sierra Booster, a commitment continued by their daughter Jan Buck, and granddaughter Nicole Johnson.
Local newspapers bring people together in a way that no other news media can. News and photos of weddings, births, deaths, school games, graduations, scholarship and other awards, family reunions, county supervisors meetings, fund raising events, rodeos, harvests and farmer's markets, weather, fires, earthquakes, new businesses and old, industry layoffs … and the advertisements that connect us with local businesses … these are all part of the community that exists in Sierra Valley … and away, for those who have moved to other areas. Smith points out that over the past century and a half, Nevada has had some 450 newspapers, and is now down to 50. The Sierra Booster has appeared at our doors … or down a chimney or two … every two weeks for the past 60 years, which is quite a record.
STARTING NORTH FROM NEVADA CITY, YOU CAN FOLLOW A WINDING TWO LANE HIGHWAY THROUGH PINE STUDDED FOOTHILLS … BETWEEN CURVES YOU GET IMPRESSIONS - OAK TREES, BRUSH, PINE TREES, MEADOWS, SHADY CREEKS, THE REMAINS OF A FOREST FIRE … IF YOU lIKE TO SWIM, YOU'LL WANT TO PLUNGE IN THE COOL DEEP WATER [OF THE YUBA] … TREES ON EVERY SIDE MAKE THIS ONE OF CALIFORNIA'S MOST FABULOUS DRIVES. YOU GO THROUGH THE BEST PARTS OF NEVADA AND YUBA COUNTIES AND ENTER AN ENCHANTING NEW PHASE IN YOUR LIFE. YOU ARE GOING TO SEE CALIFORNIA'S MOST SCENIC COUNTY. YOU ARE GOING TO LIVE. YOU ARE ENTERING SIERRA COUNTY.
HAL WRIGHT, SIERRA BOOSTER, 1948.
Hal and Allene Wright drove into Sierra County's mountains and high valleys, they fell in love with the area, they stayed … and they created the Sierra Booster. In an article in the Oct. 4 RGJ, Barry Smith, executive director of the Nevada Press Association, stated, “Newspapers are changing, not dead.” In today's world of keyboards on computers and telephones … ah, remember the party line telephone? … local newspapers are still the one place where people find news of family, friends and community. You can hold a newspaper, smell the ink and know that someone deeply involved in the community they live and work in researched and wrote the words you are reading. In 1949, Hal and Allene Wright made a commitment to their community with the first issue of the Sierra Booster, a commitment continued by their daughter Jan Buck, and granddaughter Nicole Johnson.
Local newspapers bring people together in a way that no other news media can. News and photos of weddings, births, deaths, school games, graduations, scholarship and other awards, family reunions, county supervisors meetings, fund raising events, rodeos, harvests and farmer's markets, weather, fires, earthquakes, new businesses and old, industry layoffs … and the advertisements that connect us with local businesses … these are all part of the community that exists in Sierra Valley … and away, for those who have moved to other areas. Smith points out that over the past century and a half, Nevada has had some 450 newspapers, and is now down to 50. The Sierra Booster has appeared at our doors … or down a chimney or two … every two weeks for the past 60 years, which is quite a record.
David Squires - November 6th, 2009 at 8:15 AM
I just finished reading the 60 year anniversary of Hal Wright and the Booster. I live in Iowa now and really enjoy "going home" by reading the booster each week. The anniversary really gave me an insight about Hal. He was really a great ambitous guy. I kind of remember him and his wife when I was little.
I'm glad the Booster is still up and running.
I'm glad the Booster is still up and running.
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