100 years ago, on September 13, 1915, owing to the absence of Kyle Potter and having the new battery at work without much practice, combined with the difficulty of pitching against the sand storm, the game between the Stockton Athletics and the Merchants presented no great plays on either side. While Libhart got two of the six hits for Manteca, the local nine still lost the game, 5 to 1.
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60 years ago: September 22, 1955 – The Hayward High Farmers displayed an unstoppable ground attack and a stubborn defense which ground out a 41 to 0 victory over Manteca High at Hayward. The Buffalo offense failed to take them inside the Hayward 20 yard line.
40 years ago: September 17, 1975 – An upset-minded band of Escalon High Cougars pinned a 19-7 grid loss on East Union High in a season opener at Guss Schmiedt Field. The lone Lancer score was a second-quarter 53-yard run by junior halfback Bob Mejorado. It was the only time Mejorado carried the ball all evening. Maurice Cotton kicked the conversion try. James Tokmo was the leading Lancer runner with 123 yards on 23 carries.
Manteca High muscled its way to a 10-0 win over Tracy High in the season opener for both clubs at Tracy’s Peter B. Kyne Field. Buffalo quarterback Vince Cowan tossed a 34-yard scoring pass to Melvin Williams in the first quarter for the game’s only touchdown. Brett Chamberlain kicked the extra point and later, Chamberlain kicked a 34- yard field goal.
The East Union High cross-country team opened the season successfully last Thursday by defeating Bret Harte High of Angels Camp 19-45. Tim Costa’s first–place time for the three-mile course was 18:12.
30 years ago: September 17, 1985 – Manteca High’s Tony Perez and East Union High’s David Jucutan battled for more than 2.5 miles before Perez shot out and defeated the Lancer for first place in a four-way cross-country meet with Ceres and host Los Banos High Schools. The Buffalo senior finished with a 17:04 time in the 3.1 mile race. Jucutan was clocked at 17:44.MHS, under the direction of Coach Bob Baker, also won the meet for their eleventh straight win.
East Union High’s volleyball team improved its season record to 4-0 with a 15-7, 11-15, 15-7 pre-season victory over Stockton’s St. Mary’s High. Karen Kooyman had six service points in the first game and Jo Ann Estrada served the final five points in the third game to win the match for the Lady Lancers.
Manteca High improved its pre-season volleyball record to 6-0 with an easy 15-0, 15-4, 15-4 win over Modesto’s Grace Davis High. Mary Jane Espinoza and Michelle Smith each had six point s in the first game, while Kim Smith finished off the second game with six points.
St. Mary’s High rushed to a 35-21 pre-season football victory over Manteca High at Guss Schmiedt Field. Buffalo quarterback Jim Lindsay tossed two touchdown passes in the game, to Steve Duran for 19 yards and to Bobby Yoon for 34 yards. Mel Armstrong booted three extra points.
East Union High once again played outstanding defense but Franklin High’s big plays were enough to send the game to a 14-14 tie at Edison High in Stockton. The EU defense held the Yellowjackets to 34 yards offense and no first downs in the first half. After a blocked punt, Lancer Ken Cochran plunged one yard to score in the second quarter. Richard Wyrsch tossed a scoring pass to Greg Martz midway through the third period. Jon Skaggs kicked a pair of extra points for EU.
East Union High’s Julie Davis led the Lady Lancers to a 12-3 tennis win over Ceres High.
20 years ago: September 16, 1995 – The upstart Merrill West High football team from Tracy, playing its first VOL game with a senior class, battered Manteca High 34-8 Friday to spoil the Buffaloes’ home and league opener. The Buffs, held to just 118 yards rushing, scored its only touchdown on a 68-yard fourth quarter pass from quarterback Byran Lucas to Jesse Menezes. Lucas then passed to Edmundo Carrasco for the two extra point s.
Host Oakdale High strolled to a 35-6 win over Sierra High Friday. Outgained 454 to 86 yards, the T’wolves finally scored in the fourth quarter. Two plays after scampering 50 yards, Eli Campbell ran the final eight yards to score.
Sierra High clipped Sonora High 2-1 in VOL soccer action Monday as Raul Almeida and Mateo Panigada scored goals for the T’wolves.
In other soccer play, East Union High played to a 1-1 tie with Los Banos High when Shane Williams scored the EU goal. It was the Lancers’ first goal in the past three matches.
East Union High’s volleyball team swept Los Banos High 15-5, 15-3, 15-5 in a VOL contest Tuesday night at Dalben Center. The Lady Lancers improved to 9-2 with the win. Diann Aufdermaur led the team in assists with 18, to go with five kills.
Lancer senior Oscar Denogean hit stride and defeated the field by seven seconds as he covered the 3.1 mile course in 16:32, but Bear Creek High downed East Union High 23-32 in a three-way cross-country meet with BCHS and Sonora High on Wednesday. Sonora also beat the Lancers 24-31. The Lady Lancers handled Bear Creek 23-34 but lost to Sonora High, 27-28. Dawn Sellers took a third for EU.
Mike Ulibarri won the boys’ race and Amy Birmingham was the girls’ winner as Manteca High beat host Los Banos High 30-38 and scored a decisive win over Oakdale High in a three-way cross-country meet. The Buff girls were nipped 29-32 by Los Banos High, but scored a lop-sided win over Oakdale High.
Sierra High freshmen Daniel Garcia and David Ulibarri had never raced 3.1 miles before, but they showed no fear in leading the T’wolves to a near-perfect score of 16 in their first varsity cross-country meet. The T’wolves hammered Ceres High 16-40.
Manteca High’s top singles player, Amy Neustel, swept all three of her matches and the Buffaloes went undefeated in doubles to down Sierra High 11-4 on Thursday. Juliet Cruz and Jill McKiel notched the T’wolf points.
The Manteca High volleyball team rolled to its seventh victory of the season Thursday in a three-gamer over West High that lasted just over an hour. The Lady Buffs dumped the Wolf Pack of Tracy 15-4, 15-2, 16-14 in Winter Gym. MHS junior Casey Birt served seven straight points in the third game.
10 years ago: September 22, 2005 – Sierra High netters swept the doubles portion of Wednesday’s tennis match with East Union High to escape with an 8-7 win over the Lancers in a wild finish. The Timberwolves’ top-ranked doubles pairing of Stephanie Teunissen and Chrissy Rotert took two matches for the win. EU’s Desiree Haroldsen continued her torrid pace in singles by taking three wins.
In a cross-country meet at Frogtown in Angels Camp sponsored by Sonora High, the upstart East Union High girls outlasted Sierra High 27-29 and added a 22-32 win over Sonora High. Sierra also downed Sonora by a 23-32 tally. The T’wolves’ Cherise McNair took the race in 20:08, with Lancer Teresa Sianez following with a 22:34 clocking. EU forfeited the boys’ races, while reigning Valley Oak League champion Sierra dropped the boys’ race 26-20 to Sonora. Jake Hurd was the top finisher in the race with a time of 17:19.
The Sierra High golfers moved into the VOL first place by staving off East Union High 256-261 at the Manteca Golf Course yesterday. Julie Shutler carded a 43 for the T’wolves. Ellen Parker paced the Lancers with a 47.
Antonio Arroyo found the back of the net twice and the Manteca High soccer team snapped Oakdale High’s three-year league win streak with a 2-0 win over the Mustangs on Tuesday.
Manteca High downed East Union High 16-25, 25-16, 25-19, 25-19 in VOL volleyball action Monday evening. Taylor Oliveira picked up six digs and 11 service points for the Lady Buffs. Lia Bloodgood led EU with 19 serve-receive passes, 10 digs and three aces.
Sierra High squeaked past host Weston Ranch High in each game to take a 25-21, 25-20, 28-26 volleyball match last night. Andrya Lacy led all hitters with 11 kills for Coach Tevani Liotard’s girls.
Manteca High’s defensive line came through with a clutch fourth-and-goal stand that sealed a hard-fought 21-13 victory over Modesto High Friday night at Guss Schmiedt Field. The game ended with the ball on the Buffalo one-yard line. Buff linemen Brian Robles and David Mills stopped the ball carrier. Andre Patterson scored a pair of second-half TD’s for the Buffs. Paul Camara caught a blocked punt and ran 30 yards for the game’s first score.
Prayers went out to East Union High’s Mathew Van Gelderen followed Friday‘s 27-26 non-league loss Friday at Bear Creek High. The 5-9, 137-pound junior defender was injured on special teams late in the second quarter, suffering a severe helmet-to-helmet collision with an unidentified Bruins player. He was transferred by ambulance to the San Joaquin County General Hospital. EU principal John Alba said the Van Gelderen was currently on life support. The Lancers were led in the game by running back J. D. Snead, who had a personal-best 207 yards rushing on 26 carries. Snead scored an EU touchdown on a five-yard run in the first quarter and took the ball 20 yards to tally in the third quarter. Daniel DeGraaf ran 34 yards on a keeper in the next period and ended the Lancer scoring with a four-yard TD in the final quarter. It was Bear Creek’s first victory in nearly two years.
Sierra High quarterback Jared Ross completed 16 of 35 pass attempts, racking up 238 yards with scoring tosses to both Scott Scharmann and Adam Maraccini but it wasn’t enough as the T’wolves fell to host Livermore High 21-14 Friday night. Scharmann caught six passes for 100 yards in the game.
East Union High midfielder Trae Lopez scored twice, including the game-winner as the Lancer soccer team stunned 2004 Sac-Joaquin Section finalist Buhach Colony High 3-2 here yesterday.
