Kyle Bonagura is the former regional sports editor for Patch in the East Bay. He covers Stanford football and basketball for CBSSports.com and freelances for Patch, the San Francisco Chronicle and MaxPreps.com.
Before moving to Patch in the spring of 2010, he spent nearly four years on staff as a sports writer at the Bay Area Newsgroup, where he helped anchor the prep sports coverage for the <i>Contra Costa Times, Fremont Argus </i>and<i> Tri-Valley Herald </i>primarily covering the Tri-Valley and the East Bay Athletic League.
He was the sports editor for the <i>Daily Evergreen</i> at Washington State University, where he also served as the beat writer for the school's football and men's basketball teams. While at WSU, Kyle was the campus correspondent for <i>Sports Illustrated on Campus</i> and contributed to a WSU blog for the <i>Sporting News</i>.
Kyle began covering local sports in the East Bay as a correspondent for the <i>Tri-Valley Herald </i>and ANG Newspapers in the Fall of 2000 and is a graduate of California High in San Ramon.
Contact him at kbonagura@gmail.com
Tri-Valley will play Tallahassee, Flor., in the title games — a rematch from the 13-year-old championship game a year ago that Tri-Valley lost by a run.
Quarterback remains the biggest question mark headed into Friday's season-opener against Pittsburg.
Jake Dronkers picks up the win for Tri-Valley.
In 11 games, the Slammers hit 38 home runs.
Josh Sprugasci tied the Babe Ruth World Series record for most hits in a game (4).
A year ago, the majority of this year's team finished second in the nation.
The California Interscholastic Federation will follow the National Federation of State High School Association's lead in rules for high school baseball bats.
The CIF will follow the NFHS' lead in rules for high school baseball bats.
A collection of stories touching on Mannion's transition to Division I football.
The California Interscholastic Federation will follow the National Federation of State High School Association's lead in rules for high school baseball bats.
A golf tournament and dinner auction will help students participate in high school sports.
The 16-year-old set two Northern California records at the meet.
Late entry tops New York team in penalty kicks to win the San Diego tournament.
A 4-3, come-from-behind win in the third-place game highlights the tournament.
Pleasanton-based team finishes fifth at the meet.
Danville Hoots beat Seattle Shockers 3-1 to stay alive.
For the first time in San Ramon history (SRLL or CCLL) a Little League All Star team wins the NorCal title.
Spenser Linney and Andy Eslick combined for a no-hitter in a 5-0 Hoots win.
For just the fourth time in three years, this group of Danville Little Leaguers loses. They'll play for the NorCal title Saturday.
Danville can repeat as Northern California champions in Friday at Osage Park.
