On Friday, Feb. 28, former Madera High School standout Erika Perez’s current college team, the Creighton Bluejays, won 1-0 in their NCAA Division I softball game against the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos.
The game took place at Campus Diamond. This was their first matchup against the Gauchos this season.
The Bluejays’ next game is scheduled for Saturday, March 1 at 9 a.m. at Campus Diamond against Saint Mary’s Gaels.
In January 2025, Mecklenburg County Magistrate Teresa Stokes signed the release of DeCarlos Brown Jr., a repeat arrestee later accused of fatally stabbing Iryna Zarutska on Charlotte’s light-rail.
Mecklenburg County received $3.3 million from a Chicago-based political foundation after leaders agreed to “reduce the use of incarceration” for repeat criminals like DeCarlos Brown, Jr.
The week of Monday, Sept. 8 will see these former Merced Metro area high school standouts in action.
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