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• Local reaction to economic growth

• Officials hope new Highway 12 stoplight will make road safer

• Stockton breaks ground on Delta Water Supply Project

• Get an early start trick-or-treating in Downtown Lodi

• Regional Roundup

• Lodi sales tax revenue less than expected

• Lockeford soldier Kyle Coumas' funeral set for Monday

• Roundup of Lodi-area Halloween events

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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Sports Shorts

Water Polo
Varsity Girls
Lodi 16, Tracy 5

The Flames (20-7, 6-2 SJAA) routed the Bulldogs in their final regular-season match.

Taylor Gums and Ashlyn Daniels had four goals each, Brie Day, Amy Jacoy and Lauren Plunkett each had two and Paige Budiselich and Amy Daneke had one apiece. Jillian Rohrbach had nine saves in the net.

Lodi opens the playoffs next Friday against Davis at Johansen High in Modesto.

Frosh-Soph Boys
Lodi 13, Tracy 5

Mitch Thomas had seven goals and two steals and Zack Piazza scored three times for the Flames (6-0 SJAA), who finished the league season unbeaten.

Mikee Whiteside had five steals, two assists and one goal, Kevin den Hartog recorded three steals, one assist and one goal and Connor Silva had one steal and one goal.

Jack Morris had two steals and an assist, Cameron White had one steal and keeper Andrew Watts had eight saves.

Frosh-Soph girls
Lodi 6, Tracy 2

In Lodi's season finale, Pori Detloff and Jessica Camper each scored two goals to help the Flames finish in a tie for first place in the San Joaquin Athletic Association with Lincoln.

Nicole Haley and Anna Prada scored one goal apiece for the Flames (5-1 SJAA), who were also helped by Jadin Kidson-Trigg's eight saves in the cage.

Girls Tennis
Christian Brothers 8, Galt 1

Galt's doubles pair of Alyssa Greenhaw and Olivia Seifert recorded the only win for the Warriors on Thursday as Galt finished its season with a 10-4 mark in the Sierra Valley Conference.

Also in doubles, Warriors Allison Barsetti and Dani Wise fell to Kate Costa and Haley Havelock 6-2, 6-4 and Courtney Wright and Corinne Madison were defeated by Madison McRonald and Clara Johnson 7-5, 5-7 (10-8).

In singles play, Galt's Christina Phillips lost to Ashley Turpen 6-2, 6-2, Jana Hackett fell to Mary Alice Curran 6-2, 6-2, Sarah Houghtaling was defeated by Katie Marshall 6-2, 6-1, Alexis Silva was beat 6-1, 6-0 by Natalie Dryer, Devin Smith lost to Emily Bonsignore 6-3, 6-2 and Ashley Rose lost to Molly Hopcraft 6-4, 6-1.

Football
Freshmen
Liberty Ranch 28, Christopher 0

Matt Holland led the Hawks with two touchdowns on Thursday, scoring on runs of 25 and 10 yards, as Liberty Ranch improved to 7-1 in its inaugural season. Mike Messerole scored on a 70-yard TD run and George Sienze found the end zone on a 35-yard TD run for the Hawks.

Boys Soccer
Frosh-Soph
Tokay 2, Edison 1

Fernando Delasancha and Luis Basulto each had a goal and Ricardo Castillo and Santiago Prieto both had an assist for the Tigers (8-3-1).

Fabian Ordaz and Brent Snyder were solid in the net and John Canepa, Luke Khoury and Emanuel Zabala also had strong games.

Junior Football
Tokay Thunder (Varsity)
Tokay 39, Esparto Spartans 0

Anthony Aguirre led Tokay with two TDs on runs of 21 and 2 yards and the Thunder defense shut out its seventh opponent.

Anthony Zamora had a 26-yard TD run, Michael Ybarra scored ran in from 36 yards out and Gary Norwood rushed for a 5-yard score. Kenny Havens converted 3 PATs. Jason Woods recovered a fumble in the end zone for a TD.

Rookies
Tokay 32, Esparto 0

The Thunder (8-1) recorded their fifth shutout of the year as Kyle Fleming and Americo Salazar scored on interception returns. Gavan Fabian scored on a pass from Fleming, who also rushed and ran back a punt for scores.

In other games, Esparto won the JV contest 44-20, Tokay won the Rookies contest 34-0 and the Starts game 28-0.

College Basketball
Big West
Preseason Poll

The Pacific basketball team is picked to finish fifth in the Big West Conference in the 2009-10 preseason media poll released Thursday by the league.

Long Beach State was picked to win the league with 209 points and 17 first-place votes from the 24 person panel. The Tigers ended up with 126 points and one first-place vote.

"I think this year the teams in the Big West are going to really improve," said 22nd year head coach Bob Thomason. "I think there are six teams that could win the league."

The Tigers open the 2009-10 exhibition season with a home game against Cal State Monterey Bay this Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Spanos Center.