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,…
The Antioch Sports Legends has just received a $500.00 grant check from the Antioch Community Foundation. Thank you ACF President Keith Archuleta and the Board of Directors! The grant was allocated from a pool of $22,500.00, that was distributed through the Program/Event/Capacity Building Grants and Community Impact Grants for the 2020-21 fiscal year. There were…
On July 18th, Co-Founder Tom Menasco celebrated his 77th Birthday at home with his wife Susan. Tom, a 2019 Hall of Fame Inductee and two time Antioch Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year recipient, has not only enriched our community by his vision and leadership in volunteering to create the Antioch Sports Legends but…
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…
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…
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…
The Antioch Sports Legends office has a new office phone number, 925-238-0565. This is the number to call if you would like to talk with the program coordinator Tom Lamothe or to leave a message. I will do my best to return your call by 24 hours. If your call needs an immediate response, contact…
We’ve just received great news from The Antioch Community Foundation President Keith Archuleta, our $500.00 grant request has been approved! We’re so grateful to be one of the non-profits to have been selected. Thank you President Keith Archuleta and the Antioch Community Foundation Board of Directors! If you are interested in supporting the Antioch Sports…
A very special Happy 90th Birthday to Joanne Bilbo, also known as “Ticket Lady”. If you’ve bought a ticket to the Hall of Fame Gala or to the Antioch Historical Society Crab feed or any event at the museum you most likely bought the ticket from Joanne. For any age, Joanne is an active person….
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