In Memory of 1938-1950 Antioch High Coach, Jack Danilovich February 10th, 1910 – April 22nd, 1988
The Antioch Sports Legends is now selling raffle tickets for the chance to win a pair of tickets to attend the Super Bowl 50 NFL Hall of Fame luncheon in San Francisco on February 5th, 2016 at the Union Square Hilton from 11:00-2:30. The luncheon will honor Super Bowl Xl winning Raider Coach John Madden….
Tasha Cupp, Softball AHS 1994
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…
Antioch 30, Acalanes 28: Sophomore sensation Najee Harris ran for 279 yards and four touchdowns, allowing the Panthers to withstand the remarkable efforts of Acalanes quarterback Casey Harrington on Friday, August 29. Harrington passed for 366 yards and two touchdowns and ran for two more scores. He gave the Dons a 14-0 first-half lead with…
Antioch High School football star Najee Harris has orally committed to the University of Alabama, his mother, Tianna Hicks, confirmed early Monday afternoon. Harris, a 6-foot-2, 209-pound running back, rushed for 2,263 yards, averaged 205.7 yards per game, and scored 23 touchdowns during his fantastic sophomore season in 2014. He broke the school record for…
Stacey Johnson, surrounded by her husband and parents, wiped away tears as she studied the display case in the Antioch Sports Legends Hall of Fame celebrating her accomplishments as an all-around athlete at Antioch High School. “This is very humbling,” said Johnson, a 1991 graduate and one of 14 individuals, plus one team, inducted Saturday…