Punching bags and exercise balls line the walls of Morgan’s Martial Arts, a small training center in Lodi’s industrial section. Inside on the matted floor, Kari Salinas connects combos with her bright-pink boxing gloves.

San Francisco’s bishop approves the Supreme Court, finally deciding the so-called marriage controversy. No, all was fulfilled 2,000 years ago in Christ. Source of “inalienable” rights? Most Holy Triune God — not the state.

It was an uphill battle, to be sure — one that Matt Fuson will always remember. In the spring of 2005, his Lodi High School baseball team needed a pair of wins to return to the postseason.

Here are the top graduating students for 2013 from Tokay High School:

Here are the top graduating students for 2013 from Lodi High School:

Excel Academy, a special high school to prepare students for collegiate sports and health science, will have an open house from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the academy, 2720 Transworld Drive, Stockton.

A trio of local student-athletes were among the 48 winners of the Sac-Joaquin Section’s A. Dale Lacky/CSEA Scholarships, which reward athletic performance, academic success and community service.

Former Lodi High School Principal Bill Atterberry has been named principal of Bear Creek High School in North Stockton.

If comments by board members are any indication, it appears that student athletes in Lodi Unified School District may only have to participate in two afterschool sports per year in order to have their second year of physical education waived as a graduation requirement.

Catherine Brown lives in a Lodi apartment, and is dedicated to water conservation.

In recent years, she has purchased a low-flow toilet and a front-loading washing machine to reduce her water use. She keeps an eye out for neighboring properties who run too much water, or have leaky sprinkler heads.

But living in an apartment means sharing a water main with dozens of neighbors. The requirement to install water meters means sharing costs with those same neighbors.

Braden Casillas and Christopher Siliverdis-Rodriguez each placed second in their repsective at the California State Championships this past weekend in Fresno.

Accomplishment: Lodi Wrestling Club's Justin Medeiros recently placed second place at the Northern California Tournament of Champions.

Justin Medeiros had two pins and placed second at the NorCal Middle School Tournament of Champions last weekend at Del Oro High at Loomis.

Kristopher Kranich captured gold in the 182-pound Freshmen Division at the USA California State Championships last weekend in Fresno.

Tokay High School got a pair of victories Friday at the California Interscholastic Federation State Wrestling Championships, and that's certainly something to brag about.

Who can blame these Hawks for refusing to go home? Their playoff debut has been way too much fun. And it’s not about to stop, either. After overcoming foul trouble, outmuscling a taller opponent and dodging a crushing dagger on Wednesday night, the Liberty Ranch Hawks varsity boys basketball team is still soaring.

Next destination: Sleep Train Arena.

The No. 4 Hawks stunned top-seeded Colfax 64-59 in a thrilling overtime classic at Tokay High School, and can now — against all odds — cap their first-ever postseason appearance with a section title.

The night before clinching a state berth, Tokay High School senior Anthony Sorbera had a dream about his elimination bout to start Saturday competition at Masters.

Two Tokay seniors. Two tactically different wrestlers. One destination: The CIF State Wrestling Championships. Jakob Schallberger is the ultimate strategist. His teammate, Anthony Sorbera, is the hard-charger.

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