Sun Staff Reports

Corrigan Sports, the team behind the Oakland Marathon, is putting on a 10-mile race in Alameda, Saturday, Aug. 28.

Sun Staff Reports

The fourth Alameda High School Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place in person Saturday Aug. 28, at 5:30 p.m., at the Alameda Elks Club.

Dennis Evanosky

This Saturday, July 11, the Oakland Colonels will treat Alamedans to a base ball (two words, please) game that follows 1886 rules and etiquette. The players will use 1886 equipment and just might remind you of the base ball team pictured above.

Encinal Women’s Water Polo defeated Alameda 7-5 on May 29 for the WACC League Championship. With the win the Jets finished a perfect 8-0 this season.

“I was super proud of the team,” said senior Selma Malkic. “We played so well as a team and communicated a lot.”

Alameda High defeated Encinal High, 2-1, at Don Grant Field on May 13. The island rivals battled for the first time this season as the Hornets won a spirited match.

(Pictured at the right): Pepper and Paige thank each other with a golf-club tap after a match during the Alameda Junior Golf Club’s (AJGC) successful 2020 season. The players all wore masks, as Pepper and Paige are doing, and practiced social distancing during their matches.

Encinal High School (EHS) has recognized six scholar-athletes for their work in the classroom and on the field. Volleyball player Madelyn Macaskill has been named EHS Female Athlete of the Year and baseball player Jeriah Lewis has been named Male Athlete of the Year.

Vince Hal, cashier at Alameda Natural Grocery, sprays disinfectant onto shopping baskets and carts. Shoppers enter incrementally after washing hands at the portable sinks or using hand-sanitizing stations provided at the parking lot entrance.