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• 'I-5 Strangler' sentenced to 6 terms of life

• Young girl is 200,000th person to assemble AIDS, HIV care kit

• Jury convicts Acampo man of torture, assault of his girlfriend

• Woman in wheelchair struck by car

• Lodi man accused of smuggling drugs, weapons for inmates at state prison

• Regional Roundup

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

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Sierra Valley Conference tennis tournament has 'super' ending for Warrior tandem

Galt High's Christina Phillips and Jana Hackett had a super finish to their Sierra Valley Conference seasons on Thursday at Broadstone Country Club in Folsom.

The Warrior tandem defeated Oak Ridge's Julia Dunnigan and Rachel Waugh 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) in the super doubles championship match at the SVC tournament. Super doubles is the best two teams of singles players from each team.

Phillips and Hackett advanced to the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II tournament, which will be held next Thursday and Friday at Johnson Ranch Racquet Club in Roseville.

"They played beautifully," Galt coach Suzanne Stebbins said. "It's really exciting. They decided at the last minute to play together and they were obviously the best team."

Phillips and Hackett, the third-seeded team heading into the tourney, had a first-round bye and then knocked off Christian Brothers' Katie Marshall and Natalie Dryer 6-1, 6-3 in the second round and Oak Ridge's Grace Kim and Katrina Lund 6-1, 6-4 in the semifinals.

In other super doubles action, Galt's Sarah Houghtaling and Alexis Silva lost their first-round and consolation matches.

In regular doubles play, Galt's No. 1 doubles team of Allison Barsetti and Dani Wise won their first-round match 8-6 over Union Mine's Gabby Aveni and Laura Hammond before falling to Oak Ridge's Lund and Kaitlin Corell in the second round.

Galt's No. 2 doubles squad of Corrine Madison and Courtney Wright made a run to the finals, beating Union Mine's Dylan Jacoy and Michelle Lee 8-1 in the first round and Oak Ridge's Madison McRonald and Clara Johnson 8-5 in the second round. In the finals, the Warrior duo lost 8-4 to Ponderosa's Susan Parkyn and Katelyn Roberts.

Alyssa Greenhaw and Olivia Seifert, Galt's No. 3 doubles team, beat Liberty Ranch's Faith Lamire-Baeten and Monica Fregoso 8-0 in the first round and Union Mine's Jessi McPeters and Hannah Edminster 8-0 in the second round before falling to an Oak Ridge team, 4-6, 6-4, 2-6 in the finals.

The Warriors finished third in the SVC standings this season after posting a 10-4 league mark.