Just as in Kevin Costner’s movie, “Field of Dreams” the 1947 Antioch Bears played baseball in a cornfield. The Bears, a sandlot team made up of 9 to 13 year old boys played ball in a growing cornfield in Antioch’s old Prosserville District on Seventh Street. Each day after work, Penrose “Penny” Russell would watched…
Congratulations to Antioch High’s 1995 Baseball Team for breaking into CalHiSports’ 40 Greatest Baseball Teams in California history. The ’95 Panther’s, inducted into the Antioch Sports Legends Hall of Fame (HOF) in 2018, were proceeded by team members Aaron Miles HOF 2014, Brian Oliver HOF 2015, Manual Bermudez HOF 2014 and Coached by John Whitman…
Between 1963 and 1965 the two Hall of Famers paths crossed for 32 games with the Colts
Oakley’s Freedom High’s Joe Mixon also selected
The Alumni BBQ scheduled for July 20th has been rescheduled to August 31st. The time and place is the same, from 5:00-8:30 at the gazebo on the Antioch Historical Museum lawn and BBQ area. All inductees, volunteers and supporters of the Antioch Sports Legends are welcomed to a free BBQ dinner by Kinders. We will…
1995 AHS Boys Volleyball Team
Brian White, Cross-Country AHS 1991
Chuck Stapleton, Football AHS 1948
Angela Lindsay, Water Polo AHS 1996
Herb Miles, Wrestling AHS 1964
