James Patrick isn't ready to saddle that Harley quite yet. "I don't want to hang a number on anything because that's when you're announcing retirement," the 54-year-old Clovis High baseball coach said during practice Monday, three days after he won his 600th game when the Cougars scored eight runs in the last two innings to stun Clovis East 8-7.

There was a day not too long ago when the domestic diamond duels of the Patricks were quite the buzz in Tri-River Athletic Conference baseball: James the father vs. Kevin the son; brothers Chris vs. Kevin; Dad vs. Chris, and so on.

REEDLEY -- They'll stuff three charter buses at Immanuel High this afternoon, roll down south and thunder for their Eagles in a Southern California Regional Division V semifinal against Sierra Canyon-Chatsworth.

Even in a story as long and involved as the one I wrote in Sunday's paper about the River West Open Space Area, some stuff inevitably gets left out.

Jason Torlano and Jonathan Blair are more than just extreme skiers who earlier this month made the first descent of Clouds Rest in Yosemite National Park.

The two orphaned bear cubs that were returned to the wild last winter near Kaiser Pass have gone native. In other words, they've up and vanished.

Enter the Warzone, the kook in your breakfast nook.

Enter the Warzone, charm school valedictorian.

Enter the Warzone, Page 2 of your Sports section but No. 1 in your hearts.