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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…

ASL Co-Founder Tom Menasco Meets with Jeff Pico at 2015 Spring Training

ASL Co-Founder Tom Menasco went to the 2015 MLB Spring Training in Arizona in March. He met up with Cincinnati Reds head pitching coach and ASL Hall of Fame 2010 Inductee Jeff Pico. Pico graduated from Antioch High School and was drafted directly afterwards by the Chicago Cubs in 1984. He played in the minors…

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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…

AHS Soph Najee Harris runs for 279 yards, 4 TDs in Antioch’s win

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 Historical Sports Legends Host Antioch High Panthers Football Team for Fundraiser

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