Colt Matteson and Kennedy Batchelder signed their National Letter of Intent yesterday (Feb. 2)  on National College Signing Day. Both Bronco Linebackers have accepted scholarships to play football next year.

Colt Matteson (L) will play at Eastern Oregon University. He will study Nursing.

Kennedy Batchelder (R) will play at McPherson College in Kansas. He will automotive engineering.

Bronco Linebacker coach, Chris Matteson says “ I am extremely proud of both of these boys and look forward to watching their success at the next level”.

Last Saturday, the Bishop Bronco Wrestling Team competed in a tournament at Arroyo High School in El Monte, where they came home with a team trophy for 5th place.

The wrestlers competing were senior Renee Ashworth and juniors Will Hennarty, Carson Schmidt, John Drew and Zayn Crockett.

Three Bronco wrestlers finished in first place in their weight class: Carson Schmidt at 132 pounds, Will Hennarty at 145 pounds, and Zayn Crockett at 195 pounds

John Drew at 126 pounds made it to the finals where he earned a second-place medal.

Head Coach Kodsart Denaro said, “I was very pleased with how well everyone on the team wrestled. The level of competition was perfect.”

Assistant Coach Mark Hodges said, “This is the first team trophy that the Broncos have brought home in many years. To finish in 5th place out of 18 teams with only five wrestlers is impressive! Their hard work in the wrestling room is paying off.”

(Photo Courtesy of Bishop Bronco Westling)

With declining COVID numbers, Dr. Caryn Slack, Mono County’s Health Officer, rescinded her Mammoth Unified School District school closure order on Thursday, January 20.

Students are back to in-class instruction as of today (1-24). The 3-week long order affected all six MUSD campuses, high, middle, elementary schools, along with Sierra High, Husky Club, and the preschool on campus of the elementary school.

The back-in-class condition means the scheduled matchup between the Mammoth Huskies and rivals BIshp Broncos Basketball will go on. Game time in Bishop is 7:30 p.m. for varsity boys. AM 1230 KBOV will cover the game live with Play-by -paly announcer Adam Gonzalez., with Live Stream on kibskbov.com.

The Bishop Bronco High School Ski Team competed last week in a series of races against the Mammoth Huskies and the Rim of the World Fighting Scot’s (Lake Arrowhead. )

Bishop’s Coach Bill Egan was incredibly proud of how the students performed. For several team members, this was the first time racing and they all did very well.

In the first Giant Slalom race, junior Wyatt Schober (main photo) placed second and senior Jack McKinzey placed third.

All of the Bishop men placed in the top 11 in a field of 24.  Senior Marion Beadle was the only woman able to compete for BUHS and had an excellent outing.

With the New Year and a fair amount of change already having taken place, it’s a good time to take a look at where the Dodgers 40-man roster stands as of early January. – Remembering pitchers and catchers show up for Arizona spring training in just seven weeks. 

First, let’s look at who’s missing from last year’s team.

Gone

• Scott Alexander (DFA)
• Andy Burns (Outrighted)
• Danny Duffy (Free agent)
• Joe Kelly (Free agent)
• Kenley Jansen (Free agent)
• Clayton Kershaw (Free agent)
• Corey Knebel (Signed 1 year deal with PHI)
• Sheldon Neuse (DFA)
• Jimmy Nelson (Free agent)
• Billy McKinney (Traded)
• Albert Pujols (Free agent)
• Zach Reks (Traded)
• Max Scherzer (Signed 3-year deal with NYM)
• Corey Seager (Signed 10-year deal with TEX)
• Jimmy Sherfy (Outrighted)
• Steven Souza (Free agent)

Additions This Winter

• Andrew Heaney (1-year deal)
• Daniel Hudson (1-year deal)
• Jorbit Vivas (Rule 5 protection)
• James Outman (Rule 5 protection)
• Eddys Leonard (Rule 5 protection)
• Jacob Amaya (Rule 5 protection)
• Michael Grove (Rule 5 protection)

40-Man Roster As It Stands Now

• Trevor Bauer
• Phil Bickford
• Justin Bruihl
• Walker Buehler
• Garrett Cleavinger
• Caleb Ferguson
• Tony Gonsolin
• Victor Gonzalez
• Brusdar Graterol
• Michael Grove
• Andrew Heaney
• Daniel Hudson
• Andre Jackson
• Tommy Kahnle
• Dustin May
• Darien Nunez
• Evan Phillips
• David Price
• Blake Treinen
• Julio Urias
• Alex Vesia
• Mitch White

Catchers

• Austin Barnes
• Will Smith

Infielders

• Jacob Amaya
• Matt Beaty
• Eddys Leonard
• Gavin Lux
• Max Muncy
• Edwin Rios
• Trea Turner
• Justin Turner
• Jorbit Vivas

Outfielders

• Cody Bellinger (Agreed to 1-year, $17 M deal)
• Mookie Betts
• Zach McKinstry
• James Outman
• AJ Pollock
• Luke Raley
• Chris Taylor (Re-signed, 4-year deal)

Will this be the final roster by opening day? Absolutely not. With the MLB lockout in place, transactions are, of course, frozen. Once teams can get back to work, it’s easy to assume the Dodgers try to add a starting pitcher or two before or into spring training.

This very much changes depending on how the league and the team handle Trevor Bauer’s legal situation. He currently remains under investigation for allegations of sexual assault.

Projected Lineup

1. Mookie Betts (RF)
2. Max Muncy (1B)
3. Trea Turner (SS)
4. Will Smith (C)
5. Justin Turner (3B)
6. Cody Bellinger (CF)
7. AJ Pollock (DH)
8. Chris Taylor (LF)
9. Gavin Lux (2B)

Edited  From DodgerNation – the leading fan site for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Join us LIVE on KBOV AM1320 – The Eastern Sierra’s Voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers for the last 35 years.  Each game – home and away with the Dodgers on Deck pre-game show, followed the greatest baseball broadcasters in the Major League.

Stacy Van Nest, Athletic Director for Bishop Union High School Sports has announced the cancellation of the school’s hosting of the Annual Christmas Classic. She stated there were not enough teams willing to travel over the holidays to attend.

A replacement game has been added for the boy’s teams on Tuesday, December 28, vs. the Mineral County Serpents out of Hawthorne.

KBOV’s live play-by-play of Bronco Varsity Boys Basketball games will start with the first league game on January 4 @ Rosamond. AM 1230 KBOV’s Adam Gonzalez will broadcast all home and away games.