Bleacher Bits by Craig Purcell

'Tagging out' youth physical fitness

Okay, I guess I can kind of understand why many schools have removed the game of dodgeball from their P.E. curriculum. Not that I didn't enjoy taking out a little aggression on an imposing player with a high-speed "kill" shot, but I was also on the receiving...

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Is this 'next year'?

It's been 100 years since the Chicago Cubs last won a World Series, and the last time they were even in one was 1945. I should know — I've followed them religiously for the last 39 years. There have been colossal collapses that prevented my beloved...

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Good news, sports fans!

By Craig Purcell/Sports editor

School is definitely back in full session at high schools throughout Glenn, Colusa and Tehama counties, and I'm here to tell you that school is out for me. It's out in the sense that for my first couple weeks as sports editor I was learning the lay of...

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The new quarterback

By Craig Purcell/Sports editor

Hello Tri-County sports fans, my name is Craig Purcell and I am the new sports editor for Tri-County Newspapers. I was the full-time sports reporter for the Corning Observer from 2005-2007, and before that I covered sports simultaneously for the Dyersville...

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