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Why was Morro Bay High School’s football coach really fired?

Written on 1 Nov, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

School officials fired the head coach of the Morro Bay High football team after he recently told a junior varsity player to stop looking at him like a homosexual. Yet, some players on the team say they believe their coach... (Continue reading)

Former Paso Robles football coach blasts school board

Written on 13 Sep, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Paso Robles High School’s former head football coach, Rich Schimke, who was the first of two Bearcat coaches to be ousted over the last year, spoke out at a school board meeting Tuesday, in which he chastised district officials for... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles High parts ways with new football coach after first game

Written on 31 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

Just one game into the season and months after hiring him, Paso Robles High School is parting ways with its head football coach, Larry Grant, a former NFL linebacker. The Paso Robles Unified School District hired Grant following a months-long... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles High cuts ties with football coach after syrup incident

Written on 6 Jan, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

Months following a raunchy locker room incident that divided the city of Paso Robles, school district officials have announced they are searching for a new head football coach. It is not clear whether the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles coach to stay on leave for rest of season

Written on 4 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Paso Robles High School Head Coach Rich Schimke will remain on administrative leave for the rest of the football season. However, he has been reinstated as a teacher at the high school. On Oct. 14, following a football game against... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles coach supporters picket district office

Written on 3 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

About 10 supporters of football coach Rich Schimke picketed outside the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District offices Wednesday calling for the coach’s reinstatement. Schimke is currently on administrative leave as district officials investigate a locker room incident in which... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles torn over football coach syrup incident

Written on 2 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 38 comments

The fallout from a raunchy high school football locker room incident that was caught on camera is dividing the city of Paso Robles. Some parents, students and city residents are calling for the Paso Robles High School coach to lose... (Continue reading)

Injured Templeton football player returns home

Written on 23 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Injured Templeton High School football player Isaac Lindsey returned home Tuesday more than three months after suffering a brain injury. He received a police escort as his car traveled down Templeton’s Main Street. Lindsey suffered a brain injury during a... (Continue reading)

Atascadero vs St. Joseph football, game photos

Written on 15 Nov, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

St. Joseph Knights won Friday’s nights football playoff game against the  Atascadero Greyhounds by a score of 26-16, in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Northern Division playoffs. Photographer Richard Bastian watched as multiple players suffered injuries during the... (Continue reading)

Templeton High football player in critical condition

Written on 21 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A Templeton High School football player is in critical condition following a head injury he suffered during a game Friday night. Isaac Lindsey, 16, is being treated at the trauma and neurological ICU units at Sierra Vista hospital, according to... (Continue reading)