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• History rolls through Lodi

• S.J. County sued over mosque approval

• Locals vie for memorial tickets, reflect on Jackson's career

• Three-vehicle crash sends motorcyclist to hospital

• Fourth of July pursuit ends with Lodi arrest

• Regional Roundup

• Acampo man accused of kidnapping, torturing girlfriend

• No alternative for Lodi Unified?

• Wrong numbers and a puzzling press release

• With the Colors

February 9th, 2010

• Middle College High School rated one of the best — and a bargain, to boot

• Lodi decathlon boasts top team in county

• Man who sparked counterfeit case pleads guilty

• Local businessman will visit Haiti to look for family

• Man who claimed to be Yosemite Sam pleads guilty to meth charge

• David Harmer seeks Republican congressional nod

• Lack of evidence in case against suspect in 'drug deal' stabbing

• Regional Roundup

February 8th, 2010

• Public Meetings

• Locals pick best, most memorable Super Bowl commercials

• Regional Roundup

February 6th, 2010

• The Home Depot hopes to join Costco at Reynolds Ranch

• Meet Larry, Curly and Moe

• Baboon business

• Regional Roundup

• Several Lodi venues let you watch the Super Bowl in style

• Lodi Library celebrates 100 years of serving the community

• Culinary craft

February 5th, 2010

• Kids, teachers help Haiti by collecting pennies for Learning Link

• Lodi, Galt students reach out to help Haiti earthquake survivors

• Tasered suspect claims he is Yosemite Sam

• Hours of sweat and work go into putting on crab feeds

• Things looking up for state's real estate

• Correction

• Regional Roundup

• Stray bullet strikes Lodi home; police suspect gang activity may be factor

February 4th, 2010

• Managers at Geweke Toyota answer questions about recall

• Lodi City Council votes to replace play structure at Century Park

• Lodi extends ban on pot shops for another year

• Mokelumne River triathlon set for June

• Family, friends to run half-marathon in memory of Galt family

February 3rd, 2010

• Correction

• Delta College trustees again collide over stipend committee

• Bad bugs, weeds are hot topics at Grape Day

• Lodi-area senators Dave Cox, Lois Wolk admit to gifts; Tom Berryhill case pending

• Lodi Unified School District president issues warning to speakers over cuts

• Galt City Council avoids budget cuts — for now

• New Lodi Memorial Hospital emergency room opens to the public without a hitch

• Regional Roundup

February 2nd, 2010

• Local business leaders say tourism, Costco, Home Depot may play roles in city's future

• Correction

• Former Lodian Erica Davis is first paraplegic woman to summit Kilimanjaro

• Regional Roundup

• No snow leopards, otters for Micke Grove

• McNerney leads in campaign cash

• Police: Train victim was a Lodi teen

• Big rig plows 7 cars

• Jumpers across California

The following stories have received the most reader comments during the last 7 days.

• Will terrorists be given Miranda warnings? (75)
• Lodi Unified School District president issues warning to speakers over cuts (64)
• President Obama's first year (45)
• Many reject the politics of 'no' (45)
• Islamic symbol in mosaic — what is all the fuss? (44)
• Writer comments on Neely column (42)
• The Home Depot hopes to join Costco at Reynolds Ranch (41)
• Time to shed the convenient sham of 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy (34)
• We need to conduct respectful conversations (30)
• Tasered suspect claims he is Yosemite Sam (25)

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Lodi Baseball Club sweeps past El Dorado

Another series and another sweep for the Lodi Baseball Club.

Lodi defeated the El Dorado Hills Vipers 7-5 and 10-5 over the weekend at Tony Zupo Field to complete a three-game sweep and move to 22-1 on the season.

On Sunday, in Lodi's 10-5 win, former Lodi High star Ryan Fischer got his second win of the season, giving up one run on four hits and four walks with six strikeouts in six innings. Lodi's bullpen gave up runs in the final innings, but thanks to a big day at the plate from Jake Fuller, Matt Fuson and Stephen Malcolm, the squad was able to hang on for the win.

Fuller hit his third homer of the season and went 3-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBI. Fuson, a Lodi High graduate, also raised his season home run count to three by going 2-for-4 with a solo shot.

Former Tokay High star Malcolm went 2-for-5 with a run scored and an RBI. Tyler Kuresa and Andrew Oldfield both went 1-for-3 with a run scored and two RBI apiece.

On Saturday, Lodi came back to beat the Vipers 7-5. Oldfield hit a sacrifice grounder to tie the game at 5-all in the eighth inning before Alex Ring hit a two-run single with the bases loaded and two outs to score the winning runs.

Ring, a former Tokay High star, went 3-for-5 with three RBI and one run scored. Malcolm went 2-for-4, scored a pair of runs, had one RBI and stole a base, Joe Koerper went 2-for-2 with a run scored and an RBI and Dustin Torchio and Fuller each doubled.

Justin Cooper (4-0) got the win on the mound, giving up one run in 3 1/3 innings of relief. Thomas Berolzheimer tossed a scoreless ninth for his fourth save of the season.

Lodi is headed to Atwater to take on the Aviators in its first road trip of the season tonight at 6:30 p.m. The game will not have an audio broadcast on the team's Web site (www.lodibaseballclub.org).

Lodi will then return to Zupo for a four-game series against the Folsom Pioneers Thursday through Sunday.

On Saturday, players will be at the Avenue Grill from 9:30-11:30 a.m. to meet with fans, sign autographs and take pictures.

To view team statistics, visit the team's Web site at www.lodibaseballclub.org.

Baseball

Lodi Legion

Lodi's senior team went 2-1 in the Lodi Legion Tournament this past weekend at Zupo Field and Lodi High School.

Lodi defeated the Stockton Mudcats 11-5 in the opener, with Ryan Pudwell doubling and driving in two runs. B.J. Bailon and Zach Costa each had two RBIs.

Joey Armstrong, Pat Armstrong and Nick Camarena each singled and drove in a run, Shane Chavez singled and Chad Holley and Luke Simon each had an RBI.

Lodi defeated the Bay Area Warriors 15-5 in the second game, getting two doubles and four RBIs from Pat Armstrong. Matt Clark had two hits and three RBIs, Andrew Cotton doubled, singled and drove in a run and Ryan Heinle singled and had three RBIs.

Tyler Stieb had a single and two RBIs, Joey Armstrong had two hits and an RBI, Pudwell doubled and Bailon singled and drove in a run.

Lodi lost to the San Francisco Seals 9-8 in the finale.

Pudwell had two hits and an RBI, Pat Armstrong homered and Mike Valenzuela tripled and drove in a run. Jon Haley had a double and an RBI, Bailon singled and drove in a run and Seth Mitchell and Luke Simon each singled.

Softball

16-U Girls

Lodi Crush

The Lodi Crush went 2-0-1 in Saturday's pool play and then lost the first game of Sunday's elimination play at the California Grapettes FireWorks Tournament in Morada.

Pitcher Tori Mickelsen won two games for Lodi. Leading the Crush offense was Kelsey McCarty with five hits, followed by Katie Bentz and Taylor Sousa with three hits each. Alyx Alvarez, Gina Luiz, Jennifer Pfennig and Avery Anderson had two hits each and Luci Martinez and Tori Mickelsen each added one.

Auto Racing

99 Speedway

Jacob Gomes of Manteca, Scott Winters of Tracy, Aaron Coonfield of Riverbank and Ben Lewis II of Stockton won races Saturday in front of a crowd of 3,633 at Stockton 99 Speedway.

Gomes, 16, won a tight a battle with Guy Guibor of Manteca to capture the second leg of the 150-lap NASCAR Western Late Model Tri-Holiday Classic.

Winters won the Grand American Modified race, while Coonfield (Street Stocks) and Lewis (Bombers) also claimed victories.

— Stockton Record