High School Sports Section
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EASY AS 1-2-3 DAVIS — Ripon Christian had not lost a postseason game, let alone a match, leading up to its Sac-Joaquin Section Division V championship-round meeting against top-seeded Bradshaw Christian. 
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Ripon falls to Christian Brothers again DAVIS — Ripon has proven time and again that it can beat Christian Brothers. The Indians just haven’t. Their best chance to do so may have been Thursday in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV championship match at UC Davis. Down two games, the No. 3 Indians turned a quick and disappointing sprint into a riveting five-game marathon but fell short — 14-25, 20-25, 25-14, 25-23, 12-15. Ripon was on the cusp of winning the program’s ...
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Manteca set to do battle with defending champs Eric Reis is a fan of the Sac-Joaquin Section’s new playoff format. Last year, his Manteca Buffaloes went 8-2 but missed the postseason after finishing third in the Valley Oak League, and it just so happened to be the year that the conference was allotted just two berths. Back in the postseason for the fifth time in six years, Manteca (7-3) is itching to get back to a fifth section final game this decade. The ...
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Third-seeded Sierra returns to playoffs with title hopes Sierra will venture into familiar territory Friday when the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III playoffs kick off but will wear an unfamiliar target on its back. |
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Indians must beat Summerville again to extend season Back in September it seemed like a nine-point loss to a middle-of-the-pack Trans Valley League team, now Ripon High’s 32-23 win over the Summerville Bears glares as the only blemish on an otherwise perfect Summerville season. |
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SAC-JOAQUIN SECTION FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS Division III • Frontrunner: No. 1 Inderkum (10-0) … The Tigers are ranked eighth overall in the section according to MaxPreps.com. Defense has four shutouts and allows just nine points per game, and offense features two terrific backs in Antonio Bumpers (1,682 yards, 27 TDs) and Devin Hartley (858 yards, seven TDs). Inderkum is one of just seven teams section wide with a perfect record. • Contenders: No. 2 Del Campo (9-1), No. ... |
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Five Timberwolves on first team Area goal leader Braian Gomez was one of five Sierra Timberwolves named to the all-Valley Oak League first team.
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UC Davis meet Ripon volleyball Neither squad has anything to prove. They have played for Sac-Joaquin Section titles and won them, just as they have walked off the court as the runner up. Now these two highly-respected programs will lift the city of Ripon onto their shoulders and stroll into the UC Davis gym in search of a section banner. “At the beginning of the season my personal expectations were high,” Ripon High head coach Larry Keethe said. “The team ... |
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T’Wolves lead local all-VOL honors A strong showing on the 2009 season lifted Sierra High into the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III Volleyball Championships and some of the squads’ top individual performers were recognized.
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BUSINESS AS USUAL RIPON — Just getting to the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV girls volleyball championship at UC Davis Thursday would have thrilled the seventh-seeded Summerville Bears, but the berth merely seemed like business as usual for No. 3 in its 3-0 sweep over the visiting Mother Lode League champions.
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Knights continue surprise playoff run AUBURN — Ripon Christian is back in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division V title match for the third straight year with a chance to win a third straight title. |
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Indians, Knights back in semis For the fourth straight season, in-town rivals Ripon and Ripon Christian are in the Sac-Joaquin Section’s final-four round. |
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Manteca, Sierra hosting 1st-round games Manteca head coach Eric Reis tried to anticipate whom his team would face in the first round of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III playoffs, narrowing it down to a handful of candidates. |
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Bowers’ seventh place finish good for State meet berth FOLSOM – Those who were running in the Sac-Joaquin Section Cross Country meet had already outlasted most of the high school distance runners, but that was not enough for Sierra High senior John Bowers who extended his season with a berth in the CIF State Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno. |
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MANTECA BLANKS EU The Manteca High freshman football team used three second quarter touchdowns to blow past East Union High 56-0 in the Valley Oak League’s final contest for the season.
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Soph Timberwolves claws thru Cougars When the Sierra High sophomore football team took care of business in a 28-0 thrashing of the Weston Ranch Cougars they had no idea what its reward would be. |
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Sierra captures first VOL title Sierra High knew what it had to do to close out its Valley Oak League season, and there was nothing the Weston Ranch Cougars could do about it during a 35-14 league championship clinching victory at Daniel Teicheira Memorial Stadium.
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T’Wolves celebrate championship, but work left to be done No banners. No ceremonies. No pomp. No circumstance. There was no indication of Sierra High being 48 minutes away from clinching a share of the Valley Oak League championship. Players and coaches filed out of the locker room and went into pre-game warm-ups with hardly any emotion. Their focus was on the opening kickoff. “We came out business as usual,” Sierra running back Jarrod Daniels said. Sierra erased last week’s paramount 44-42 upset of Oakdale ...
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Manteca rolls into postseason Marquis Miller had a personal goal of scoring five touchdowns. Manteca High’s speedy 5-9, 194-yard senior running back accomplished just that against crosstown rival East Union in the Valley Oak League finale Friday at Guss Schmiedt Field, amassing 231 yards on 16 carries in the process. But more importantly, he led the Buffaloes to a lopsided 69-21 win to secure a Sac-Joaquin Division III playoff berth. “There’s a chance we might host a first-round game,” ...
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Escalon continues domination of playoff-bound Ripon RIPON – After getting beat 11 straight times, it’s safe to say that there’s going to be a little bit of intimidation.
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Firing Blanks CERES — The third time was not the charm for Sierra. Ceres swept the Timberwolves during the Valley Oak League season with two one-goal wins and completed the trifecta Thursday with a 2-0 victory in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV semifinals at Bulldog Stadium. Ceres (16-5-3) will try to get a monkey off its own back Saturday during its section straight finals appearance. Two-time defending VOL champion and crosstown rival Central Valley, which is 4-0-2 ...
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Season comes to close for formidable Sierra doubles team ROCKLIN – It took more than 30 matches, but the Sierra High No. 1 doubles team finally met defeat during the quarterfinals of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II Girls Individual Tennis Tournament Thursday in Rocklin. |
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Big Valley no test for Ripon Christian; Knights slay Lions MODESTO – In what seemed like record time, the Ripon Christian volleyball team showed up to Big Valley Christians gym and ruined what was a terrific season when the Knights pulled off a second-round 3-0 upset of the hosts Lions.
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Indians one win from championship RIPON – Things looked like business as usual for the Ripon High volleyball team as it continued steadfast on is mission for the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV title with a 3-0 straight-sets win over Orestimba High. |
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PREPPING FOR POSTSEASON Jeff Harbison opened his postgame speech at Oakdale High with a simple statement that he repeated during an interview with the media.
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Squires even VOL record CERES — East Union High’s 1-2 backfield punch of Paul Fajardo and Steven Gigli shined in the Squires’ 41-33 shootout victory over Ceres Friday to even their Valley Oak League record to 3-3. |
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Third-seeded teams confident on the road Sierra and Ripon have tough draws to start the Sac-Joaquin Section boys soccer playoffs, but they like to think that their opponents do, too.
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THEN THERE WERE THREE One program has more Sac-Joaquin Section titles than anyone, including the last two in Division V.
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