RIPON - Zach Evans plated Ripon's first run with a leadoff homer in the sixth. And he, along with many others in attendance, thought he scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth to stun undefeated Escalon during an anticipated Trans Valley League contest. With two outs and Evans representing the deciding score at third base, teammate Jared Macedo got caught in a pickle between the first- and second-base bags to catch Escalon ...
Kelsey Emmerson was fantastic for the East Union sophomore softball team in a double-header sweep Wednesday at Northgate Park.
Curtiss May couldn't have pitched much better for Manteca in a 10-1 loss Tuesday. And Oakdale's Nick Vander Tuig, oddly enough, could have. Vander Tuig beaned Ricky Acosta in the fourth inning to break up a perfect game, and two errors in the fifth allowed Kevin Allen to reach and score Manteca's only run. "He was close (to a perfect game), but at least he gets the no-no," Oakdale coach Hondo Arpoika said. The UCLA-bound ...
Playing a home match on the road once again, Sierra fell to the Buffaloes, 5-0, Tuesday afternoon at Manteca High.
SONORA - Sierra has reason to celebrate. More like reasons. The Timberwolves' commanding 6-0 victory over three-time defending Valley Oak League and Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV champion Sonora was their first at Dunlavy Field since 2004. And with the win comes the decorated program's 10th conference title in 14 varsity seasons. Sierra's last title came in 2006, which was shared with Sonora. "There's so much to be proud of with this game," Sierra coach Manuel ...
CERES - Jode Johnson hit a walk-off three-run blast Tuesday at Ceres High, where the second-place Bulldogs stunned Valley Oak League frontrunner East Union, 8-6.
LA GRANGE - Chris Musseman can't help but run the "what ifs" through his mind after his Ripon Indians won the second Trans Valley League Tournament Tuesday at Lake Don Pedro Golf and Country Club.
East Union took out a frustrating week against Sonora with a 15-3 pounding of Ceres Tuesday at Agostini Field.
CERES - Jared Twomey got it done on both sides of the ball Tuesday in Ceres, as the Sierra sophomore baseball team tripped up Central Valley, 9-5.
Sierra High head coach Dave Breitenbucher gathered the troops near rival East Union's pool to make one last announcement.
There's a reason half of East Union's roster was on hand Friday at Sierra High to witness the Timberwolves saddle Oakdale with another 1-0 loss.
HUGHSON – Copperfield? Blaine? Maybe Penn? Perhaps Teller? Somebody check the Ripon High dugout for ringers. Something magical is happening. The Indians completed a two-game sweep of Hughson Friday afternoon with an 11-8 victory produced by yet another come-from-behind offensive explosion. Not only was the win the sixth in Ripon's last seven outings, but the victory also vaulted the Indians into a second-place tie with Modesto Christian with four games left to play in the ...
SONORA - Sonora got its revenge. Again. The Wildcats edged Weston Ranch for the second time in seven days, this time by a 4-3 margin in Valley Oak League play Friday at Standard Park. Jacee Malone closed the book on the contest with a bases-loaded gapper to left center, scoring Amanda Tye for the winning run for Sonora (2-8, 9-12 overall) in the bottom of the seventh inning. In the Nor-Cal Classic in Tracy last ...
The score wasn't a good indication of how thoroughly the Lancers handled Ceres in a 3-1 win Friday night at Dino Cunial Field.
LATHROP – Steven Gigli went 4 for 4 with six RBIs and a grand slam Friday afternoon as the East Union sophomore baseball team blasted Lathrop, 22-3, on the road.
Ripon didn't play its best, but it was plenty good enough to clinch its third straight Trans-Valley League championship.
Weston Ranch punched its ticket into the quarterfinal of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II boys tennis tournament on Tuesday afternoon.
Manteca bounced back from consecutive losses against Oakdale last week and took out its frustration on Kimball Tuesday.
Manteca High's boys tennis team ended a four-year slide in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division-II playoffs with Monday's commanding 8-1 victory over Western Athletic Conference No. 3 seed Livingston at Manteca Regional Tennis Center.
Going into the regular-season finale between East Union and Manteca girls soccer teams there's plenty of intrigue beyond feuding neighbors.
RIPON – For Tami Kamper and the Ripon Christian tennis team, the matches will get infinitely harder beginning with the Sac-Joaquin Section Team Tournament.
Ripon Christian's boys golf team got even with Southern League rival Turlock Christian in the conference tournament Monday at the Oakdale Golf and Country Club.