The three Little Leagues organizations in Manteca will get a preview of their District 67 Tournament of Champions competition next week.
Five athletes from Manteca will try to accomplish a rare feat in the California Interscholastic Federation State Track and Field Championships at Buchanan High's Veterans Memorial Stadium in Clovis Friday and, should they make it, Saturday.
Ty Wells and Darrel Yamamura each won three individual events and were part of two winning relays to lead the Manteca Dolphins in a three-team Mid-Valley Swim League meet at Ripon High Saturday.
LODI - It was only a matter of time that Manteca High's baseball team would break after bending so many times from missed opportunities and crucial mistakes in its first-ever appearance in a Sac-Joaquin Section championship game Monday at Tony Zupo Field.
Several of the Manteca area athletes have earned all league status for spring high school sports.
GALT - Advancing to the Sac-Joaquin Section Division-V semifinals did not seem like any sort of solace for the Ripon baseball team, as it closed out an impressive season with a 9-2 loss to Summerville Thursday at Galt Community Park.
SACRAMENTO - Walk across the stage for a high school diploma, or run and jump for a Sac-Joaquin Section Masters medal and a berth to the California Interscholastic Federation State Track and Field Championships?
It was a two-bird, one-stone trip to Ripon for Kevin Lubbers of Trinity Christian College. The men's basketball coach of the Palos Heights, Ill.-based school was at Ripon Christian High Wednesday to present seniors Tim Hoeksema and Logan Vos with letters of intent that they signed in the school's administration building. Vos will play basketball for Lubbers but will also join Hoeksema, a familiar name at Trinity, on the fledgling golf team. Both are receiving ...
The remaining members of Sierra High's senior-loaded boys track and field team and Manteca High's Paul Lyons have accomplished all they have wanted to accomplish up to this point in the season.
Jessie Ochoa drove in Julian Medrano for the game-winning run of the Spreckels Park Little League White Sox's 7-6 win over the Phillies Monday at Brock Elliot School.
BAKERSFIELD - Eighteen-year-old Jacob Gomes won his first career SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series event on May 14 at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The Lancer Youth Wrestling Club had eight top-four placers in the San Joaquin Wrestling Association Freestyle Championships Saturday at Livingston High. The team returned home with four champions and a second-place team finish in the novice division. Trinidad Diaz captured first-place honors in the 70-pound intermediate division, Jaysen Reindel won the 130-pound novice, Tyler Diaz is the champ at 55-pound bantam and Cade Smith was No. 1 in 105-pound novice. Branden Rullan (70-pound novice) and ...
STOCKTON – The Delta Mustangs find themselves one victory away from the California Community College Athletic Association Baseball State Championship with a pair of former Manteca area standouts right in the middle of the Mustangs' success.
ESCALON – With an effort that left the Ripon baseball team four outs from a Trans Valley League win over Escalon High, senior pitcher Justin Scott had everyone in the park anticipating the upset.
Larry Keethe, at 69 years young, may be far from done with coaching. But late in December he thought it was "time for a change," deciding to step down as Ripon High's varsity volleyball coach after six successful seasons. "I wouldn't mind staying there forever, but it was time to move on," Keethe said. "I wanted to stay long enough to coach this present group of (seniors). Then I got to thinking that I wanted ...
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.