WESTON RANCH – Goalkeeper Mayra Ambriz had eight saves and the Weston Ranch defense played its best contest of the season, as the Cougars battled McNair to a scoreless tie Thursday at home.
GALT - Things went pretty much as expected Wednesday afternoon at Galt High, the site of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III semifinals.
]RIPON – Experience helped the Ripon High girls soccer team keep its non-league record flawless against an opponent coach Jose Bobadilla says is the best his Indians have played thus far.
My first of three encounters with Chelsea Gray started on her family's driveway. Then an incoming 6th grader at Brock Elliot School, she was decked out in her AAU team uniform and dribbling a basketball between her legs while I scouted for a spot to take a picture. The basketball hoop silhouetted by the blinding sun and bright, blue sky caught my eye, but for a half second I was no longer thinking about the ...
Ripon Christian junior Tyler Goslinga left a good enough impression on opposing Trans Valley League coaches that he earned both their respect and one of the conference's top honors.
ATWATER – Sierra had its opportunities to pick up its second win Wednesday in Atwater, but three Falcon unearned runs on two fielding errors in the second led to a 3-2 setback.
Heather Scharmann was determined not to make the same mistake twice. Scharmann keyed host Sierra's five-run rally in the sixth inning, belting a go-ahead single to left in the Timberwolves' 5-2 come-from-behind victory over Tracy Tuesday. The third-year varsity starter lined into an inning-ending double play with two base runners on in the fourth. She found herself in a similar situation in the sixth, with one out and runners in scoring position. Scharmann battled Tracy ...
When it comes to high school wrestling, there is no bigger stage than the California Interscholastic Federation State Championships, which kick off Friday at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield.
It took four minutes for Mariela Pimentel to find Delaine Quaresma for Sierra High's first score Tuesday afternoon.
Great becomes good, or horrible without warning. A single element can change a round of golf, for instance. Last week at the Escalon golfing square, a single tree went all Hakeem Olajuwan on me, blocking four straight shots after my 7-iron went far left off the tee. I settled for a nine. Since, as you might be gathering at this point, I am not a strong golfer it didn't matter too much, and all it ...
In my last column, I told you about the antelope my son, Bill, shot and that we were waiting for the required drying time before having it was measured by Montana Fish and Game.
Sierra's sophomore softball team did its best work in the clutch during its 4-3 home victory over Tracy Tuesday.
RIPON - Ripon Christian scored all of its runs in the fifth and sixth innings, but the non-league contest was called to darkness, preventing the Knights from completing a comeback in a 10-9 loss to Bret Harte Tuesday.
Christian Williams became the first at Sierra High, and Dave Asuncion achieved a first-in-a-long-time honor at Manteca.
There's good. And there's St. Mary's. East Union High's second-year head coach, Jim Agostini, the rest of the staff and all of their players know what they're up against Wednesday when they resume the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III playoffs in the semifinal round at Galt High. Top-seeded St. Mary's of Stockton is and has been among the nation's elite. The Rams (25-3) are ranked the second best Division III team in the state, fifth overall ...
OAKLAND (AP) - His star point guard slowed by a sore left ankle, Warriors coach Mark Jackson told Stephen Curry in the first half he might shut him down for the rest of the game.
OAKLAND (AP) - His face full of dirt and his body atop the third base bag, Eric Sogard was more concerned with being safe than watching the throw from Baltimore's Manny Machado sail into left field.
OAKLAND (AP) - His star point guard slowed by a sore left ankle, Warriors coach Mark Jackson told Stephen Curry in the first half he might shut him down for the rest of the game.
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The San Francisco Giants played some regulars Sunday who might have otherwise rested after a night game and it still didn't keep their losing streak from reaching a season-high five games.
STOCKTON – The Alaska Aces used three goals in the third period to stave off a rally and playoff elimination, sending the Stockton Thunder to a 4-2 defeat in Game 5 of the Western Conference Semifinals in front of 4,327 fans at Stockton Arena on Sunday.
BOSTON (AP) - Jason Terry's nose still hurt. He wasn't about to let his pride suffer as well.
IRVING, Texas (AP) - Inbee Park was already preparing to congratulate Carlota Ciganda for winning the inaugural North Texas LPGA Shootout.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - All those months of hard work and rehab are starting to pay off for Rafael Nadal. Yet he is still not sure what this means for the French Open.