Barbless hooks worth looking into

I've been hearing a lot about anglers fishing with barbless hooks.

Red Devils win championship cup

SACRAMENTO - After a season that put the Manteca Futbol Club's girls under-11 Red Devils team against some of the best teams from all over Northern California, the Red Devils closed out the Norcal State Cup Championship games with a 4-3 victory over the Sacramento United for the championship cup.

Dissecting dreams and the theory of ‘dreefee’

My dreams are usually mindless and make about as much sense as Axe commercials.

Arsenal second MASL team to take home Founders’ Cup

MORGAN HILL - The Manteca Area Soccer League won its first and only Founders' Cup championship in 1999.

BOWLING NEWS

1989: Buffs pull off wild OT win against Mission

20 years ago: December 16, 1989: East Union High, playing against Beyer High, a team with players 6-5 and 7-0, took the Patriots into overtime before losing 58-56 last night. Armando Avina tried to keep the Lancers in the game with 23 points, including all four EU counters in overtime.

A Friend(ly) clinic

Finding suitable baseball clinics in and around the Central Valley was a challenge for former East Union-standout Justin Friend – forcing him to travel to Sacramento and the Bay Area for the special instruction he wanted.

1929: Lions host champion Manteca High gridders

Eighty years ago, on December 12, 1929, the Lions Club had the pleasure of entertaining as guests at their weekly luncheon meeting at Hotel Manteca the members of the Manteca High football squad, which recently won the Central California High School Athletic League Class B championship by defeating the Elk Grove High team. Coaches Cleetis Brown and Joe Santos, to whom much of the success of the team is due, were also guests. Maurice Tracie, vice-principal of the high school, was also a guest. The members of the championship squad are as follows: Harry Bruton, Jim Barber, John Benincasa, Floyd ...

Four years of writing columns has perks

Every once in a while I run into people who have been reading my weekly columns.

Christmas dream list presented to Santa

Dear Santa,

MASL teams produce mixed results at Founders’ Cup

MORGAN HILL - Manteca Area Soccer League's under-14 boys Sporting went 2-1 during the California Youth Soccer Association Founders' Cup this past weekend.

1979: Pinto earns 3rd section gymnastics trip

On December 7, 1929, at Elk Grove High School, Manteca High downed the Elk Grove football team in a crushing defeat of 33-0. This gives the Buffaloes first place in class "B" football in Central California. The Elk Grove boys were a fast and tricky team but they could not stand up to the heavy pounding of the Buffalo line. This is the first time in the history of Manteca Union High School that the Buffaloes have won the championship of Central California.

Now the best time to service all your fishing equipment

As winter has set in and the New Year is quickly approaching, now is the best time to service all your fishing equipment.

Vanni named NSCAA/adidas All-American

Nicole Vanni started her decorated four-year varsity soccer career at Sierra High as a promising defensive midfielder.

A new meaning for ‘catch and release’

I used to be a young troller, fishing for phone numbers at the Ketchikan mall back home whenever the team or group I was a part of left the island for competition.

Junior Buffaloes drop close contest to Junior Bulldogs

The Manteca Jr. Buffaloes varsity lost a close Cen-Cal game to the Turlock Jr. Bulldogs 29-20 at Guss Schmiedt Field on Saturday.

Kingsmen trip up Ripon Knights in TVFL contest

RIPON – The junior varsity Ripon Knights could not get on track Saturday in a 44-7 loss to the Modesto Christian Kingsmen in Trans Valley Youth ...