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Gino Campiotti Has That Finishing Touch
Manteca’s Unsung QB May Not Stay Out Of The Spotlight Too Much Longer • Story By IKE DODSON | Photos By JIM JOHNSON A day after blasting Enochs-Modesto 41-0 in the Sac-Joaquin Section nonleague action Sept. 8, Manteca senior quarterback Gino Campiotti found his seat at Aggie Stadium and watched... Read more
Defensive Shields
With A Talented Back Row, Oak Ridge Takes A Defense-Wins-Championship Approach • Story By IKE DODSON | Photos By JAMES K. LEASH Madison Shields could dig her way to China. The savvy senior libero on the Oak Ridge High-El Dorado Hills 
volleyball team is one of the top defensive... Read more
Sierra Shootout, Biggest Water Polo Tournament in West
Five Pools to Host the Biggest Water Polo Tournament in the West Sept. 8-9 and 15-16 as the Sierra Shootout High School Water Polo Tournament Comes to Placer Valley The Sierra Shootout Water Polo Tournament will take place in Placer Valley on back to back weekends after Labor Day. Each year,... Read more
Crock & Roll
Four-Star Receiver Isaah Crocker Is Newest Inderkum Star To Embrace The Task Of Landing Program Its First SJS Title• Story By JIM MCCUE | Photos By JAMES K. LEASH At Inderkum High School, there are expectations. High expectations year in and year out. That’s what winning at least 10... Read more
Grizzlies 2 Bears
Granite Bay football looks to rebound from 4-7 season behind a pair of Cal commits Story By Steven Wilson | Photos By Dave Lawicka When Granite Bay’s football team started 1-6 last year, all eyes turned to second-year coach Jeff Evans. Outside criticisms and rumblings in the community didn’t... Read more
NorCal Preseason #13: Manteca
We begin our 2017 Football coverage by revealing teams #20-11 in our NorCal Preseason Top 20 in a daily countdown to Aug. 24 when #10-1 are revealed in our 2017 Football Preview Special. If you need to catchup, here are links to previous entries: | No. 20 Foothill (Aug.... Read more
NorCal Preseason #15: Elk Grove
We begin our 2017 Football coverage by revealing teams #20-11 in our NorCal Preseason Top 20 in a daily countdown to Aug. 24 when #10-1 are revealed in our 2017 Football Preview Special. If you need to catchup, here are links to previous entries: | No. 20 Foothill (Aug.... Read more
NorCal Preseason #18: Capital Christian-Sacramento
We begin our 2017 Football coverage by revealing teams #20-11 in our NorCal Preseason Top 20 in a daily countdown to Aug. 24 when #10-1 are revealed in our 2017 Football Preview Special. If you need to catchup, here are links to previous entries: | No. 20 Foothill (Aug.... Read more
NorCal Preseason #19: Oakdale
We begin our 2017 Football coverage by revealing teams #20-11 in our NorCal Preseason Top 20 in a daily countdown to Aug. 24 when #10-1 are revealed in our 2017 Football Preview Special. If you need to catchup, here are links to previous entries: | No. 20 Foothill (Aug.... Read more
Ultimate 15
There were a lot of very good players from the Class of 2018 all the way down to some 2022 players at the inaugural 89-team EOT/End of the Trail Bay Area Ultimate Challenge from July 23-25 at the Ultimate Fieldhouse in Walnut Creek. However, the only players to make... Read more
Volleyball: Alexa Edwards’ Smash Hit
Hardwood is in Alexa Edwards’ genes, and she grew up on gymnasium floors. So it is no surprise that the Sacramento resident made herself at home on the volleyball court in 2016 to earn Freshman All-American honors from the media. “Her talent sets her apart, but her volleyball IQ... Read more
USA Softball Fastpitch Championship in Roseville
Maidu Park Gears Up to Host 600 Youth Softball Players as Major Tournament Swings into Roseville, July 31 to Aug. 6  USA Softball of Sacramento and Placer Valley Tourism are teaming up to host the USA Softball Girls Fastpitch 14U Class B Western National Championship from July 31 to Aug. 6.... Read more