High School Sports Section
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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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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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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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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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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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Buffaloes battle, fall to Grace Davis The eyes of Major League Baseball were watching and Manteca High junior Matt Burrows was poised to take the spotlight. Burrows came close, but he was unable to match the performance of Grace Davis standout pitcher Jake Sisco during the Buffaloes 6-2 loss to Davis Wednesday at Manteca High.
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Lancers blow past Buhach Colony The East Union Lancers have picked up a little steam and now they are rolling into Valley Oak League action, putting together another shutout Wednesday in a 3-0 non-league win over Buhach Colony. |
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T’Wolves roll over Modesto High with ease Sierra High broke open a close game with a six-run fourth inning and kept things out of reach with a dominant pitching performance from senior Gabby Hawkins in a non-league victory over Modesto High Wednesday. |
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Dominant pitching lifts Sierra over Crusaders SALIDA – The Sierra High baseball team got a nice opening to its 2010 season, beating a talented Modesto Christian team 2-1 in the squads’ season debut. |
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Season ending Knight-mare RIPON – Ripon Christian’s basketball squad could not have opened its first-round California Interscholastic Federation State boys Championships game against Liberty Christian any better, but its perfect start could not have been more misleading, as the Knights fell 76-73 in overtime Tuesday for a season-ending loss.
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Ripon Christian’s road stops in Oakland OAKLAND – One of the most entertaining teams this postseason finally met its match, as the Ripon Christian girls basketball team closed out its improbable postseason run with a 59-36 in the opening round of the California Interscholastic Federation State Championships Tuesday. |
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Big inning pushes West past Manteca West High’s softball team didn’t waste any time pushing two run across the plate and that wouldn’t be all the Wolf Pack would tally in an 11-2 non-league victory over the host Manteca Buffaloes Tuesday.
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Buffaloes battle tough second-year Cosumnes to tie For a school with no seniors, Cosumnes Oaks of Elk Grove already has a girls soccer team to be reckoned with. |
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Maestretti’s clutch hit clinches win for Sierra LINDEN — Sierra’s softball team rapped out 10 hits, but only one of them drove in runs. |
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East Union, Manteca notch big wins Just two contests into the season, East Union’s boys tennis team has already matched its Valley Oak League win total from a year ago.
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Joseph shines in Cougars’ second win WESTON RANCH — Antonio Joseph hurt Edison with his arm as much as he did with his bat Tuesday. |
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Summers, Gonzales lead Manteca past Ceres Nick Gonzales and Kenny Summers shared medalist honors, and Manteca High’s golf team evened its Valley Oak League record to 1-1 with a 248-272 win against Ceres. |
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Bonus time: RC’s season continues at NorCals The Ripon Christian boys basketball team’s 68-64 overtime loss to Victory Christian in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division V finals at Arco Arena Friday didn’t prove too costly for seeding purposes in the California Interscholastic Federation State Championships.
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East Union shows early-season rust It could have been the unusually cold weather, or the lack of practice time outdoors because of the recent rainstorms.
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Buffaloes edged out by Pitman in extra inning Manteca’s baseball team again pitched well enough to win, but lapses elsewhere led to another non-league loss, this time by a tough-to-swallow 3-2 margin in eight innings to visiting Pitman of Turlock Monday. |
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EU opens season with win over defending champs The East Union High tennis team’s delayed start to the Valley Oak League season ended up being worth the wait. |
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Squires can’t overcome 11-run inning Tracy High’s sophomore baseball team did all the damage it needed to inflict in the second inning when it rallied for 11 runs to upend host East Union 12-3 Monday. |
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T’WOLVES TOPS The Sierra High track and field program invited nearly 30 programs to participate in the 12th Annual Tom Moore relays and it was the Timberwolves who looked most impressive, winning the varsity boys meet and taking second in varsity girls action for an impressive team finish Saturday at the recently completed track in Daniel Teicheira Memorial Stadium.
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Buffaloe Bragging Rights The Manteca High varity soccer program is off to a grand start when it comes to accomplishing its goals, winning its 2nd Annual Buff Cup tournament title with a convincing 4-0 win over Bret Harte Saturday at Guss Schmiedt Field.
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Lancers roll in pool play to tourney title RIVERBANK – The season is just getting underway, but East Union High’s softball squad is pretty close to mid-season form after continuing its dominance in the Ceres Tournament with two victories and a pool play championship Saturday at Rainbow Fields. |
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Buffs can’t get on track in Johansen tournament MODESTO – Manteca High’s varsity baseball ran out of time in its Johansen Tournament 5-5 tie against Los Banos, but simply did not play well in a 7-3 loss to host Johansen Saturday in preseason play. |
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VICTORY IS VICTORY’S SACRAMENTO — “Tiger Claws” were never unsheathed. That was the play Ripon Christian boys basketball coach Ron Vander Molen called with the Sac-Joaquin Section Division V title game tied at 61 and with 23.3 seconds left against top-seeded Victory Christian of Carmichael at Arco Arena Friday. A turnover kept No. 2 RC from possibly ending it in regulation, and Victory (27-3) went on to capture its second section title 68-64 in overtime. The Knights (22-7) ...
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Manteca trio bounced from state tourney BAKERSFIELD — Bob Blanco theatrical reenactment of a takedown at the edge of the mat inside Rabobank Arena left Sierra High junior Alex Nuanez with a small glimmer of hope, but the official would not change his stance, signaling an end to area wrestling as the last of three Mantecans saw his season come to a close.
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Section finals loss bittersweet for Vander Molens SACRAMENTO — It was a bittersweet end to the Ripon Christian boys basketball team’s run through the Sac-Joaquin Section Division V playoffs for the Vander Molens.
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East Union opens season with two wins RIVERBANK – The East Union High softball team opened its season as well as the Ceres Tournament hitting on all cylinders, handling Patterson High 3-1 before taking the nightcap from Modesto Christian 6-1 Friday at Rainbow Fields. |
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Spartans bring home first win LATHROP – On the back of a strong performance on the mound by Oscar Calix, the Lathrop Spartans erupted for 10 runs in a five-inning rout of Rio Vista for their first varsity win Friday. |
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Buffaloes blow past Los Banos The Manteca High varsity soccer team wasted little time separating itself from its opening-round opponent of the 2nd Annual Buffalo Cup, blowing past Los Banos in a hurry with a 7-0 win Friday at Guss Schmiedt Field.
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Indians downed by Central Catholic RIPON – Mitchell Evans didn’t expect to see his Ripon Indians surrender double-digit runs to Modesto’s Central Catholic when they squared off Friday afternoon. |
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T’Wolves split dual with Tracy TRACY – The Sierra High swimming program got a convincing 113-57 win over Tracy High on the girls side, but dropped the meet on the boys side 97-73 Friday in non-league action. |
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RC gunning for 10th section title Rigid non-conference and Trans Valley League schedules helped Ripon Christian’s boys basketball team prepare for the Sac-Joaquin Division V playoffs.
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BACK IN THE SWING The Valley Oak League’s reigning MVP, Kyle Harman, has some competition. And it’s coming from his own team. The senior standout shot an even 37 in East Union’s 199-265 Valley Oak League season-opening victory over crosstown rival Manteca Thursday on Manteca Park Golf Course’s front nine, but sophomore Jordan Duvall did him one better with a 36 for medalist honors. East Union, which has aspirations to advance to the state tournament as a team this ...
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