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SIERRA SNEAKS PAST BATTERED BUFFALOES Manteca High’s girls soccer team was already without goal-scoring dynamo Airenne Curry, who had to miss her second straight match with an illness. 
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East Union holds on to beat Stagg After breaking the game open with a seven-run third inning, East Union was forced to close out a close one, halting Stagg’s comeback with the tying run at the plate in an 11-9 Lancers win over the Delta Kings Thursday.
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EU gives up late goal to settle for tie It was a physical battle between two top programs, but nothing was left settled in a big Valley Oak League showdown between East Union and visiting Oakdale at Dino Cunial Field Thursday. |
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Lancers drop opportunity to take outright lead of league OAKDALE – Entering the match, both programs stood with undefeated Valley Oak League marks, but after nine holes of play East Union was left coping with its first league defeat and the Mustangs sitting alone atop the VOL standings following a 208-225 loss. |
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Lancer win sets up showdown with MHS OAKDALE — The stage is set. East Union’s boys tennis team wrapped up the toughest week of its Valley Oak League schedule by upending Oakdale 8.5-6.5 Thursday. The Lancers are off to a surprising 5-1 start in league play and will end the first half of the regular season next Wednesday with a make-up match against undefeated Manteca. “Manteca’s had a great tennis program for many years and always has been at or near the ... |
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Miramontes leads Buffs over Lathrop Field issues at Lathrop High forced the Manteca Buffaloes to host their final Valley Oak league meeting with the Spartans and hitting first had no ill effects on the Buffaloes, as they remained unblemished after their first league series with a 12-1 win Wednesday. |
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Ripon bats go silent in loss to Hughson RIPON – The Trans Valley League season could have opened with better results, nonetheless, the Ripon Indians are going to have to rebound after a disheartening 7-1 loss to the Hughson Huskies Thursday. |
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Three East Union pitchers combine for three-hit shutout East Union High’s sophomore baseball team had a combined three-hit shutout from three pitchers who helped the Squires snap a three-game losing streak and roll into the Valley Oak League season behind am 8-0 win over Stagg Thursday. |
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Crews’ one-ounce edge wins tournament Congratulations to John Crews from Virginia for winning the recent Bassmaster Elite Series Tournament held on the Delta. He caught a 5-pound bass on his very last cast of the TroKar Duel.
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AND THEY’RE OFF Getting the Valley Oak League season underway must have been on the minds of the Sierra High track athletes, after dismantling the Ceres Bulldogs on both levels of completion Wednesday in the VOL opener.
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Buffaloes serve up victory When your No. 1 singles player takes two-out-of-three matches from an opponent that’s part of an established program you’re probably going to have a good day.
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Ripon Christian rolled by Huskies RIPON — Little time had elapsed when the Hughson Huskies struck gold after a throw-in led to a breakaway goal, giving a glimpse of things to come in Ripon Christian’s 6-0 loss to Hughson in Trans Valley League play Wednesday.
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Sierra drops VOL match with Oakdale The Sierra Timberwolves had an opportunity to take a stride forward on the Valley Oak League golf scene, but Oakdale High had other intentions during Sierra’s 210-221 loss to the Mustangs Wednesday at Manteca Golf Course. |
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Weston Ranch outlasts Mustangs in extra innings STOCKTON – The Weston Ranch baseball squad found themselves down 5-0 after three innings, but the deficit was just the first hurdle in the Cougars’ come-from-behind win over Monterey Trail in the Claudia Lewis Tournament at McNair High. |
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Masters bowling tourney on Sunday The Manteca Bowling Association is sponsoring the Masters Tournament March 21 beginning at 9 a.m. The tournament will be divided in six divisions, set up by averages. |
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BUFFS WALK TO EASY WIN After one inning of play, the Lathrop Spartans looked as if competing in its Valley Oak League debut would not be a problem, but two huge innings and 14 runs later Manteca High showed that would not be the case in a 15-0 shellacking Tuesday.
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Lancers make big statement at Sonora SONORA — The first marquee soccer matchup in the Valley Oak League came on opening day Tuesday, and it was a chance for East Union to stake its claim as one of the conference’s teams to beat.
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Sierra’s bats go silent against Vikings MODESTO – Sierra High’s defense only committed two errors, but they proved costly in the Timberwolves’ 6-1 loss to Johansen High Tuesday. |
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Ill-stricken Lancers drop first VOL loss East Union’s tennis team met its first test in Valley Oak League play Tuesday against defending singles champion Luis Ochoa and the Ceres Bulldogs. |
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Contente’s one-hitter holds game Lathrop team LATHROP — Ripon played near perfect softball save for poor execution on the base paths on a few plays, but head coach Robert Vernon gave kudos to first-year varsity Lathrop’s defensive effort.
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Injury-plagued Indians rout Riverbank Competing without some of its best players is nothing new to Ripon High’s girls soccer team. |
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Lathrop no match for Timberwolves It was business as usual for the Sierra High golf team, which took care of Lathrop High’s developing program with ease 205- 348 Tuesday at Manteca Golf Course. |
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Sierra sophs roll over Vikings MODESTO – The Sierra High sophomore baseball team got quality pitching from Mike Leland to cruise to an easy 6-1 non-league victory over Johansen Tuesday. |
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Ordinary Joe meets the bass pro ... kinda Two hours into my latest habit of not catching fish, I stared across the slough at a wake caused by a fish trying to fly and failing miserably. The result was impressive though, and the concussion captured my attention. |
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Rivals are among contenders for Sierra’s title Don’t write off Sierra High’s girls soccer team because of its record. Yes, the 4-4 Timberwolves won’t match their incredible 26-1-2 finish from 2009. Yes, they did graduate two of the area’s most prolific goal scorers, including All-American and program record-holder Nicole Vanni, and two all-league defenders. And yes, they are still the ones to beat in the always-competitive Valley Oak League. The Timberwolves’ .500 non-league finish can be more attributed to whom they played ...
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Manteca, Lathrop begin VOL race today Over the last three seasons it was Oakdale and everybody else in the Valley Oak League. With several key members graduated and another coming off offseason Tommy John surgery, the Mustangs may not be what they have been but are still formidable. Parity in the VOL is nothing new, but this year the rest of the contending field is looking to end Oakdale’s three-year reign. Oakdale and Sonora qualified for the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV ...
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Sub-par effort enough for Buffs Manteca High’s boys golf team made easy work of Central Valley, 264-370, at Manteca Park Golf Course Monday, but coach Dave Fontanilla wants to see better with the Valley Oak League season now in full swing. |
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BOWLING NEWS MANTECA BOWL & FAMILY FUN CENTER |
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Mayhem Fastpitch under-10 softball tryouts on Sunday Mayhem Fastpitch is having tryouts for under-10 players on March 21 and 28 at Mossdale Landing Park (700 Town Centre Drive) in Lathrop. Players are asked to arrive 10 minutes early to warm up. |
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Leading Lady Lancers East Union goalie Taylor Maruca played solid throughout the Lancers’ action in their three-team tournament Saturday, but her final play proved to loom largest, as the Lancers rode Maruca’s penalty kick goalie-stand to the tourney title in front of the home fans.
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Gebhardt Cup eludes Timberwolves Everything that could possibly go wrong went wrong for Sierra High during a four-minute, tournament-costing portion of its 3-2 Vern Gebhardt Champions Cup loss to the Turlock Bulldogs Saturday in Daniel Teicheira Memorial Stadium
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LITTLE LEAGUE OPENS Manteca Little League opened the 2010 season Saturday at Lincoln Park going from 200 players last year to 270 this year.
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1950: Buff baseball opens season with win over Lodi Ninety years ago, on March 12, 1920, the San Joaquin-Stanislaus Counties baseball league has been formed and the first game will be played April 4. The plan outlined two weeks ago did not materialize so the new league will be composed of Manteca, Tracy, Newman, Modesto and Keyes. For the Manteca team, P. J. Peltier has been re-elected manager and C. L. Callendar has been chosen secretary. Manager Peltier spent three days this week in ... |
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This week in varsity sports March 15-20 MONDAY, March 15 Soccer Riverbank at Ripon, 4:30 p.m. Golf Central Valley at Manteca, 3:30 p.m. Ripon Christian at Yellowjacket Invitational (Stevenson Ranch), 8 a.m. TUESDAY, March 16 Baseball East Union at Escalon, 3:30 p.m. Lathrop at Manteca, 4 p.m. Sierra at Johansen, 3:30 p.m. Weston Ranch at McNair Tournament, 3:30 p.m. Ripon at Bret Harte, 3:30 p.m. Summerville at Ripon Christian, 3:30 p.m. ... |
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Sierra holds turf with two shutouts The pressure of hosting the 5th Annual Vern Gebhardt Champions Cup as defending champions didn’t seem to faze Sierra High’s soccer team, as the Timberwolves came out of pool play with a 3-0 win over Downey and a 2-0 win over Stagg Friday.
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SWIMMING IN THE RAIN Sierra High’s girls swimming team clinched its second straight outright Valley Oak League championship and third in a row overall in its final regular-season dual meet against East Union last year.
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Lancers dominate Cougars in opener East Union High’s track and field team found strength in numbers in blowout wins against undermanned Weston Ranch Thursday. |
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Buffaloes can’t keep up with Oakdale OAKDALE – The Oakdale Mustangs took advantage of their home course, getting five solid rounds in less-than-favorable conditions during their 225-289 Valley Oak League win over the Manteca Buffaloes Friday at Oakdale Golf and Country Club. |
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EU BOOTS AWAY VICTORY AT BLD It was a pitchers’ duel for five innings. Then the bats woke up while defenses fell asleep. East Union’s softball team led by a run heading into the seventh inning, but visiting St. Mary’s capitalized on two multiple-base errors to sneak away with a 5-2 non-league win at Big League Dream’s Yankee Stadium Thursday. “We took victory and turned it into defeat,” East Union coach Brian Goulart said. The Lancers dropped their first game of ...
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Gatorade honors Gray as California Player of the Year Another day, another high-profile award for Manteca native Chelsea Gray. The St. Mary’s High (Stockton) guard and Duke-bound senior was named the Gatorade California Girls Basketball Player of the Year Thursday. Gatorade, in collaboration with ESPN RISE, will announce the winner of the National Player of the Year distinction later this month. Such accolades are nothing new to Gray, who averages 16.1 points, 6.3 assists, 5.3 steals and 4.1 rebounds. She is also a finalist ...
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Buffs trample contending Oakdale OAKDALE — With the toughest two-match stretch of the Valley Oak League season behind them, coach Frank Fontana and his Manteca High boys tennis team can breathe a sigh of relief — for now — after beating Oakdale 11-4 Thursday. |
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Defense helps Timberwolves top Atwater Sierra High can be proud of several things after its 6-4 non-league victory over the Atwater Falcons, but superb defensive play will likely reign supreme after a clutch catch from centerfielder Kenny Leasure wrapped up the Timeberwolves’ second win in two days.
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Goslinga, Ratto share TVL honor In-town rivals Ripon and Ripon Christian’s boys and girls basketball teams were awarded for successful seasons during the year-end coaches meetings.
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Manteca clobbers Chavez STOCKTON – Manteca shrugged off a tough 6-2 loss Wednesday against Davis High and took it out on the Chavez Titans in a 15-0 blowout Thursday at Chavez High. |
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Sierra in cruise control over Hawks CERES – The Sierra High golf team didn’t need its best effort, but the squad came close nonetheless, in beating Central Valley with relative ease in a 179-292 Valley Oak League win at River Oaks Golf Course Thursday. |
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Hafed hat-trick leads Cougars over McNair WESTON RANCH – Wafa Hafed put on a performance to remember as the Weston Ranch soccer squad rolled the McNair Eagles 6-0 to close out its non-league schedule with an impressive win. |
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T’Wolves too much for Modesto The Sierra High sophomore softball team exposed the Modesto Panthers in a 15-0 non-league blowout Wednesday at Sierra High. |
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Delta veterans struggle in TroKar Duel practices The Bassmaster TroKar Duel in the Delta has begun. Pre-tournament favorites of the event always seem to be the anglers with the most experience on the Delta — native Californians. The last time the Bassmaster Elite Trail visited the Delta, Californian Aaron Martens, took home the top prize. Practice reports have been very bleak from most anglers, including those who have fished the Delta for years. Last weekend during a local tournament, a 21-pound catch ... |
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ROUND ONE The Valley Oak League unquestionably has some of the best golfers in the Sac-Joaquin Section and a handful of them were on display Wednesday when Sierra High was edged out by East Union 204-216 Wednesday at Manteca Golf Course.
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Bordi following familiar path to Nationals Vince Bordi has taken a familiar path to success in his final season for San Francisco State’s wrestling team.
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