Grinding Toward Greatness | Top-Seeded Placer Football Aims For 7th SJS Title
High School FootballNewsTickerSac-Joaquin Section November 11, 2022 0
Battle-Tested And Powered By Legacy, The 10-0 Placer Football Team Opens Its Postseason Hosting Woodcreek In A Sac-Joaquin Section Quarterfinal • PICTURED ABOVE: Sophomore Running Back Baylor Kelley Celebrates During Placer’s Sept. 9 Win Over Vista del Lago-Folsom (Ike Dodson photos) “It’s great to be a Hillman.” Coach Joey... Read more
Earning Their Stripes | Lincoln Fighting Zebras Aim To Keep Pace With FVL Rival
High School FootballNewsTickerSac-Joaquin Section September 2, 2022 0
Spirted Comeback Win Over Yuba City Has Lincoln Football Off To 2-0 Start — The Same As Perennial Foothill Valley League Juggernaut, Placer • PICTURED ABOVE: Lincoln QB Thomas Mukai, left, and running back Sean Cotten. (Ike Dodson photos) The term “rivalry” gets tossed around like a spread formation... Read more
Elimination Sensation | Placer Football Shines Under Must-Win Pressure
High School FootballSac-Joaquin Section November 11, 2021 0
After An 0-5 Start Left Placer One Loss From Playoff Disqualification, The Hillmen Have Stormed Their Way To SJS Quarterfinals • PICTURED ABOVE: Placer Running Back LaVelle Davis (Ike Dodson photo) The 56 teams still laundering funky game jerseys for use in one of seven Sac-Joaquin Section football brackets... Read more
The Grim Leaper | Morgan Colyer, Lincoln Volleyball Are Killing It
High School Sports FeaturesSac-Joaquin SectionVOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA October 7, 2021 1
Oregon-Bound Morgan Colyer Finished September As The State-Leader In Kills, And With Her Lincoln Fighting Zebras Atop The Sac-Joaquin Section • There is no game plan that keeps the volleyball from striking the palm of California’s leader in kills, Lincoln High senior Morgan Colyer. One way or another, Colyer... Read more
Anson Aroz: The Constant | Meet Placer Baseball’s Problem Solver
High School Baseball/SoftballHigh School Sports FeaturesSac-Joaquin Section July 6, 2020 0
Baseball Is A Game Of Equations For Relentlessly Driven Oregon-Bound Catcher Anson Aroz Of Placer-Auburn There’s baseball IQ and then there’s whatever-in-the-Isaac-Newton Anson Aroz is. The Oregon-committed, switch-hitting catcher from Placer High-Auburn seems to see the diamond in code — or at least in distances and times. “Say a... Read more
Placer Football: Size & Smarts Guide Hillmen’s Leading Duo
High School FootballSac-Joaquin Section October 4, 2019 0
Placer Football Plows Toward League Title Run Behind Punishing Fullback Hans Grassmann And Scholarly Lineman Kyle Christensen • Before the monster under your bed goes to sleep at night, he first checks to see if Placer Football fullback Hans Grassmann is hiding in the closet. The Auburn school’s hulking... Read more
