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Grant High School Basketball is Rolling With The Punches

High School Basketball Sac-Joaquin Section November 22, 2017 0

Even After Losing Its Top Returning Player To An ACL Injury, Grant-Sacramento Has Never Been More Confident • In an instant, everything came crashing down for TreShon Jones-Smoots. The three-time All-Delta-League selection and leading scorer for the Grant Pacers last year landed awkwardly after going up for a layup... Read more

SportStars NorCal High School Girls Volleyball Top 20

Central Coast Section North Coast Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA November 15, 2017 0

Turlock Jumps While Lowell-S.F., Pleasant Grove-Elk Grove Join The Fray Following Section Playoffs • Through games played on 11/11 NorCal High School Girls Volleyball Top 20: 1. (1) ARCHBISHOP MITTY-SAN JOSE (33-5) 2. (2) MARIN CATHOLIC (30-4) 3. (3) ST. IGNATIUS-S.F. (33-9) 4. (4) MONTE VISTA-DANVILLE (34-2) 5. (5)... Read more

Talons Up – Christian Brothers Falcons Take Aim At First Section Title

High School Football Sac-Joaquin Section November 9, 2017 1

Fueled By Recent Successes And Failures, The Christian Brothers Falcons Take Aim At Their First Section Title In More Than 35 Years • Story by JIM MCCUE | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH Players for the 2017 Christian Brothers football team do not remember the program’s last Sac-Joaquin Section... Read more

NCS SJS Football: Small Schools, Big Goals

High School Football Northern Section Sac-Joaquin Section November 9, 2017 0

Storied Northern, Sac-Joaquin Section Small School Football Programs Prepare To Chase Hometown Glory Once Again • Story By IKE DODSON From the Oregon border to Merced, small-school football teams in the east half of California have become a utopia of civic pride. And hometown lore. An epic catch, a... Read more

Folsom’s Dogged Consistency

High School Football Sac-Joaquin Section November 8, 2017 0

Another Year, Another Undefeated League Title For A Folsom Football Team Determined To Reclaim Its Section Throne • Story by STEVEN WILSON | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH They’re not known for being a slow-starting team, but Folsom High’s football program fell behind in the first quarter of its... Read more

Natomas Nighthawks’ New Day

High School Football High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section November 2, 2017 0

Behind A New Coach And A Blossoming Star At Quarterback, An Exciting New Chapter Is Being Written At Natomas • Story by JIM MCCUE | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH Rome was not built in a day. But a new era of Natomas High football has progressed by leaps... Read more

Jesuit’s Rutherford is all Family Business

High School Football Sac-Joaquin Section October 20, 2017 2

Like His Dad Before Him, Jesuit’s Isaiah Rutherford — An Alabama Recruit At Cornerback — Has Also Become A Game-Breaking Running Back • Story By STEVEN WILSON | Photos By JAMES K. LEASH Like father, like son. Former Cal running back Reynard Rutherford, who racked up over 2,200 yards... Read more

St. Francis Rallies for North State Fire Victims

Aquatics Sac-Joaquin Section Water Polo October 17, 2017 0

St. Francis Water Polo Rallies Donation Effort for Fire Victims The St. Francis water polo program played a tournament in Napa last Saturday and will return for another at the end of the month. When the team, coaches and parents heard about the devastation caused by the recent fires... Read more

Trojans’ Triple Threat

High School Football Sac-Joaquin Section October 13, 2017 0

Led By A Trio Of Multi-Purpose Stars, Oak Ridge Football Is Off To Its Best Start In Years • Story by IKE DODSON | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH Though he’s just 6 feet and 170 pounds, dual-threat Oak Ridge-El Dorado Hills quarterback sensation Marco Baldocchino is impossible to... Read more

UC Merced Chalks Up 7th Player of the Week Honors

HS / CLUB Soccer Sac-Joaquin Section October 10, 2017 0

Senior forward Cruz Trenado of the men’s soccer team has been named the California Pacific Conference Offensive Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, October 8. Trenado, a Enochs High School, Modesto grad, earns this award after playing a key role in the Bobcats 3-1 victory against Benedictine University... Read more

How The West Has Won

High School Basketball Sac-Joaquin Section October 5, 2017 0

West Campus Girls Hoops Begins A New Era In 2017-18 — One As A Defending State Champ • Story by CLAY KALLAM | Photos by DAVE LAWICKA Northern Illinois. Eastern Washington. Western Michigan … In the world of collegiate sports, these fine institutions are known as “directionals,” and their... Read more

Bruin Confidence

Sac-Joaquin Section VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA October 5, 2017 0

After A 16-2 Start To Its Season, The Ponderosa Girls Volleyball Team Isn’t Shy About Its Big Goals • Story by STEVEN WILSON | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH Julin Kenison isn’t wasting any time with typical goals. The junior outside hitter for Ponderosa High School’s girls volleyball team... Read more