It was a season of struggle for both Ripon and Ripon Christian, but both squads had a number of talented players, and four were named to the all-Trans Valley League team.
Valley Oak League coaches paid homage to a talented graduating class at their annual year-end meeting, as all but five named to the all-conference first and second teams are seniors.
It's been a busy week in the City of Ripon in terms of high school student athletes moving on to the college-level.
Anthony Chapman, the nervous wreck that he is, has done the math over and over in his head and on paper since Tuesday's Sac-Joaquin Section Division III Trials and Modesto Junior College.
In the article entitled, "T'Wolves dominate all-VOL selections" published in Wednesday's edition of the Bulletin, Sierra High sophomore midfielder Stephanie Vanni and Manteca freshman keeper Jimi Guibor were omitted from the all-Valley Oak League selection list. Vanni, who scored 10 goals and helped on 11 assists for the 2009 VOL champions, was named to the second team. Guibor was an honorable mention. The Bulletin regrets the errors.
There were very few surprises when the Valley Oak League released its 2009 girls soccer all-league selections this week, as 11 Timberwolves were honored after a 14-0 campaign.
Taylor-Renae Wilson jumped straight up and buried her face into her hands while landing in a crouched position.
STOCKTON - A few years ago, Bryce Perkins predicted big things from the Ripon High girls varsity soccer team.
STOCKTON – Manuel Pires tried to put Saturday's 4-1 loss to Whitney in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV championship game into perspective.
At Saturday's Sac-Joaquin Section swim championships, Chris Johnson made a wager with his freestyle relay team of Natalie Heihn, Alicia Alfter, Maryline Hoste, and Heather Craft.
Ripon High girls soccer squad leads the way in the 2009 all-Trans Valley League. The Sac-Joaquin Section Division V champions boast the league's most valuable player in senior Kate Isganitis and one of the top offensive players in Meredith Perkins. The Ripon High senior shared the honor with Escalon High senior Amanda Franklin. Top defensive honors went to Hughson senior Gabby Ybarra while her coach, Nick Martin, earned coach-of-the-year honor. The all-TVL team, as selected ...
ROSEVILLE - Two games. That's all that stood between Manteca's Yassen Aniss and Arnie Morales and a Sac-Joaquin Section Division II doubles tournament championship Friday at Johnson Ranch Racquet Club. Aniss and Morales went straight to work to open the semifinals, dispatching Pioneer's No. 3 seed, Allen Toscano and Oscar Figueroa, in routine fashion, 6-2, 7-5. "They took an easy lead in the second set, and then (Toscano and Figueroa) made a comeback to take ...
LODI - Both East Union head coach Chris Johnson and Sierra assistant coach Clay Basepayne were ecstatic following the Sac-Joaquin Section Championship Trials Thursday and Friday at Tokay High, and for good reason.
Sierra High will make its eighth Sac-Joaquin Section title-game appearance today at Lincoln High in Stockton, but this one has a little more meaning than the rest for 14th-year head coach Manuel Pires.
Manteca is losing a big part of its basketball family. Sierra High varsity girls assistant basketball coach Johnny Aguilar was named the new head coach of the varsity girls program at Galt High this week. Aguilar, a 1985 Manteca High graduate who played for the Buffaloes under head coach Steve Winter, has 23 years of basketball coaching experience including stints with Stagg, Linden and Long Beach. Aguilar won a championship last season as the head ...
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.
Nick Sharp could feel the shadow cast and left behind by arguably the most gifted golfer to play for Ripon High's tradition rich boys program.
Celina Cooper needed just two innings to rack up six RBIs, and Peyton Rose twirled a mercy-shortened three-hitter as Manteca walloped visiting Lathrop 17-0 Friday.
Those pesky Warriors from Orestimba were at it again.
Marc Wilson had a huge game from the plate on Thursday.
Yok Jing Ma repeats as a champion, while Angel Tejada gets to go out as one.
East Union is starting to peak at the right time.
Nick Sharp brought his best to Stevinson Ranch on Thursday.
Manteca lost its outright grip on the top spot in the Valley Oak League with its 3-1 defeat at Oakdale Thursday.
Ripon made quick work of visiting Modesto Christian on Thursday, amassing seven runs in the second inning en route to a 10-0 mercy-shortened win. The Indians plated their final two runs in the bottom of the fifth to end it early.