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Bombs A-May: Behind St. Mary’s Football’s Hail Mary Playoff Win

High School Football High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section November 14, 2018 1

After Missing His 2017 Season With A Shoulder Injury, Quarterback Noah May Delivered An Epic Hail Mary Throw To Send St. Mary’s Football Into The Sac-Joaquin Semifinals • Call it luck, or call it skill. The truth is it’s a little of both for the quarterback of the St.... Read more

Inderkum Football: Depth Charge

High School Football High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section November 8, 2018 0

With No Obvious Superstars, Inderkum Football Has Used Its Widespread Talent To Carry On A Tradition Of Excellence • As November arrives, high school football looks to the postseason and gridiron news also centers on student-athletes making commitments to colleges. Inderkum football has been at the center of both of... Read more

Johnny Guzman Has Del Oro Football In Top Gear

High School Football High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section November 2, 2018 0

Del Oro Football Touchdown Specialist Johnny Guzman Has The Golden Eagles Speeding Into The Sac-Joaquin Section Playoffs • Vin Diesel wants a 10-second car, but Del Oro football coach Jeff Walters only asks for a 12-second touchdown. Walters, whose team is bound for the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs after a... Read more

St. Francis Volleyball: Troubie Tough

Sac-Joaquin Section VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA October 23, 2018 0

With A Delta League Title And No. 1 Seed Already Secured By The Sacramento Power, St. Francis Volleyball Begins The Second Season As A Force To Be Reckoned With • Sorry boys, but if your Homecoming date plays the St. Francis volleyball team, you’re officially on standby. That’s because... Read more

Pleasant Grove’s Bright Lights

High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA October 17, 2018 0

Youngest Light Sisters Are Helping Pleasant Grove Volleyball Illuminate A Path Toward Sac-Joaquin Section Glory • It is the middle of an era of sorts for the Pleasant Grove volleyball program. It’s an era of Light, as in the Light sisters. And while the two youngest Light sisters, Vivian and... Read more

Placer BloodLINE: Capra Brothers Power Hillmen

High School Football High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section October 5, 2018 0

Joey Capra Is The Last Of A Trio Of Linemen Brothers Who Have Brought A Pac-12 Sparkle — And More Than A Few Banners — To Placer Football • Legends linger a little longer in Auburn, home to the world’s oldest 100-mile trail race, California’s longest-lasting prep basketball tournament... Read more

Rising Capital: D’Marcus Ross Leads Potent Capital Christian

High School Football Sac-Joaquin Section September 28, 2018 0

With Perhaps Sacramento’s Best Two-Way Player Running The Show, Capital Christian Football Eyes A Deep Postseason Run • Needing just six carries Friday night, senior tailback D’Marcus Ross led a potent Capital Christian-Sacramento offensive onslaught as he reached the end zone three times en route to a 56-13 shellacking... Read more

Megan Trottier: Woodland Christian Volleyball’s Hitmaker

High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA September 19, 2018 0

Woodland Christian Senior Knows How To Rock & Roll — And She May Just Be The State’s Best Small-School Volleyball Player • The Boots Randolph blooper anthem “Yakety Sax” would have aptly narrated a Woodland Christian dig this preseason in the third set of a sweep of Bradshaw Christian-Sacramento.... Read more

Holy Court: Clean Sweep

Sac-Joaquin Section VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA September 10, 2018 0

St. Francis Volleyball Sweeps Christian Brothers in Holy Court Matchup The St. Francis volleyball team swept Christian Brothers 25-14, 25-13, 25-14 to take the annual Holy Court matchup in front of a sold out St. Francis Gym and live local television audience. “I am really proud of the way... Read more

Sac-Joaquin Realignment: All Shook Up

High School Football High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section August 15, 2018 0

Placer’s Move To Div. III-Size Foothill Valley League Among Storylines In Sac-Joaquin Section Realignment • Michael Stuck had to crane his neck and shout to be heard on the Placer High practice field Aug. 1. The Auburn school’s three-year quarterback kept such a furious pace during conditioning that his... Read more

De La Salle vs. Folsom: Collision Course

High School Football High School Sports Features North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section August 2, 2018 0

De La Salle And Folsom Will Potentially Play NorCal’s Biggest Football Game Of The Season — On Opening Night • From coffee shops to weight rooms, water coolers to dinner tables, there’s one game everyone in Northern California is talking about. This year, for the first time, Folsom High... Read more

Southern Storm: 45th Lions All-Star Football Classic Wrap

High School Football Sac-Joaquin Section June 18, 2018 0

Dominant Defensive Effort, Impressive Chemistry Lead The South To Convincing Victory In 45th Lions All-Star Football Classic With time running out in the 45th Lions All-Star Football Classic, Patterson quarterback Gabe Sanchez showed he knew the importance of closure. Just in case any North players were clinging to impractical... Read more

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