Home of the Delta Kings

STOCKTON - Stagg High School's homecoming parade, resurrected last year after a 25-year absence - will once again briefly shut down Pacific Avenue this afternoon for the school celebration.

Pacific Avenue from Harding Way to Castle Street will be closed at 1:30 p.m. until about 4 p.m. The parade is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m.

Businesses along that stretch of Pacific will remain open, and parade spectators are free to use parking lots in the area, which can be accessed by entering off of Center, Commerce or Allston. Street parking will be restricted.

The grand marshal is Dallas Braden, a 2002 graduate of Stagg High and a starting pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. His major-league career has not kept him from remembering his hometown roots, as he hosted 226 players from the Hoover Tyler Little League in June at the Coliseum in Oakland. As a boy, he'd played in that Little League organization.

Last year, in 22 starts for the A's, Braden went 8-9 and had a 3.89 ERA. He walked 42 and struck out 81.

The parade will include members of Stagg's baseball, badminton and football teams as well as the homecoming court and cheerleaders.

Emily Ballus of the Miracle Mile Improvement District said the parade gives the school a way to celebrate its accomplishments, adding that Stagg's varsity football team is 4-0 so far this season. The Delta Kings play Mills of Milbrae at 2 p.m. Saturday at Chavez High for their homecoming game.

For more information, call the Miracle Mile Improvement Association at (209) 948-6453.

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