OAKDALE - Oakdale scored the game's last 35 points Friday night to come from behind and defeat visiting Sierra 45-14 at The Corral to open the Valley Oak League campaign.
Ripon High's fantastic start to the season was derailed by a 49-13 loss to host Hilmar Friday in a battle between two Trans-Valley League contenders.
RIPON – The Knights had enough of an offensive arsenal to put a scare in Southern League favorite Le Grand on Friday.
Lathrop High will try and notch its first Valley Oak League win in varsity play Friday when it hosts East Union on homecoming night.
No real scoop here: Oakdale High is the favorite to win the Valley Oak League, and with good reason.
The Trans-Valley League has long been considered one of the toughest, if not the toughest, small-school football conferences in the state.
The path to the California Interscholastic Federation State Championship Bowl Games is set for Le Grand, the runaway favorite in the Southern League.
Four different Buffaloes reached the end zone in a complete team effort on Thursday by defeating Stagg 42-0 as Manteca High's freshmen moved its nonleague record to 3-0 and begins the Valley Oak League season next week.
RIPON - The Ripon High sophomore football team's comeback bid was thwarted near midfield, where quarterback Riley Clark was sacked on fourth-and-5 with 56 seconds left.
East Union visited Ceres Friday with hopes of leaving with a little momentum going into the Valley Oak League season.
RIPON - Jordan Sullivan is one of Ripon High's bigger linemen, checking in at 6 feet, 2 inches and 225 pounds.
STOCKTON - The Manteca High varsity football squad closed out the preseason Friday with a rather impressive 32-12 win at Stagg.
LINDEN – Ripon Christian's Andrew Brown broke a 91-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and found the end zone three other times to complement his 116 rushing yards Friday night against the Linden Lions.
WESTON RANCH – Throw the common opponent theory out the window. Going into Friday's game, Weston Ranch was supposed to walk right through visiting Bear Creek based on their shared experience with Tokay. The Cougars destroyed the Tigers the week prior, while the Bruins couldn't keep them from finding the end zone. None of that mattered two minutes into the second half of their showdown Friday night when Javin Lynch-Perry finally gave Bear Creek the ...
The area's two remaining undefeated football teams will be put to the test Friday. Manteca High (2-0) heads to Stagg (3-0) in Stockton as two dominant defenses square off, while Ripon (3-0) plays host to Argonaut (2-0) in a battle of prolific offenses. Manteca is coming off a hard-fought 16-6 win over Edison, Stagg's neighboring rival. With size at the line of scrimmage and speed everywhere else, Edison gave Manteca all it could handle. Stagg ...