Today Antioch Sports History- April 7, 1970- 51 years ago today Antioch High’s Gene “Butch” Rounsaville toes the rubber at Chicago’s White Sox Stadium as a relief pitcher and becomes Antioch’s first Major League Baseball (MLB) player. It would be eight long years before the 6’3’ 205 pound, 1962 graduate would stand facing his first…
64 years ago this week, February 21, 1957, the Antioch Quarterback Club met at Club Marchetti for the first Gala Sports Night. The Master of Ceremonies was Bob Fouts, the Forty-Niner play by play announcer and father of NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Fouts. Future ASL Hall of Fame inductees Worth Shaw and Nick…
2015 Deer Valley High School’s volleyball star, Jordan Ewert has continued his career by playing professional volleyball in Spain for the Ushaia Ibiza team. As a four year starter at DVHS, Ewert was recognized as 2015 East Bay Volleyball Player of the year and selected as Bay Valley Athletic Leagues MVP twice, in 2014 and…
For Coach Jack Danilovich’s 2007 Hall of Fame Bio
George “Bus” Ackerman, June 15, 1907 – July 15, 1958 Antioch’s first All-American from St Mary’s 1930 team.
The Antioch Sports Legends Office Number has changed to 925-238-0565
2008 Hall of Famer Gregory Glod’s thoughts on Antioch Little League in the 1960s. Several weeks ago some of my dear old friends who I grew up with in Antioch were posting some of their Antioch little league team photos from the mid 1960’s on Facebook. This initialed some great conversation of the fond memories…
A new story from our Recreation Section of the Hall of Fame: While most 68 year old retired men are looking for an easy chair to rest in, David Martinez, better known as Butch, is working hard lifting weights in his home gym here in Antioch. The 1970 Antioch High grad has always enjoyed lifting,…
Taiwan Jones, (Left) ’07 Deer Valley High, now in his ninth season in the NFL and playing for the Buffalo Bills, has been selected for the 53 man roster as a running back but will contribute on kick and punt special teams. Congratulations Taiwan! For more on the Eastern Washington Subdivision NCAA All-American Deer Valley…
At today’s Antioch Historical Museum Board meeting AHS Board President Dwayne Eubanks cancelled the museum’s scheduled opening date of Saturday, August 15, 2020. When asked when the museum would reopen the AHS Board President said, “We have an event scheduled for October (Saturday, October 3rd) with the Bay Bomber’s for a car show, we’ll see…
