John R. Hull

John R. Hull I am a sportswriter for the Elk Grove Citizen. Daily, I blog with the latest sports news from the City of Elk Grove.

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EG Wins D-I North Over Franklin, 4-2

May 24, 2013

The Elk Grove Thundering Herd for the ninth time has won the Sac-Joaquin Section's Division I North baseball championship. Friday night they defeated Franklin, its Delta Valley Conference rival, for the fifth time in as many games this season, by the s...

Day One – SJS Masters’ Track and Field

May 23, 2013

There were several EGUSD student/athletes who advanced to Friday's finals of the Sac-Joaquin Section's Masters' Track and Field Meet at Elk Grove High School. Here is a list of the athletes advancing in Thursday's preliminary races/events: Girls' 4x10...

EG Beats PG, 5-0, To Advance To D-I North Championship

May 21, 2013
EG Beats PG, 5-0, To Advance To D-I North Championship

Elk Grove has ridden the back of ace pitcher David Smith all the way to the Sac-Joaquin Section’s Division I North baseball championship game. The senior righthander has appeared in all four of the Herd’s playoff games, winni...

Franklin Scores Seven Times in 7th, Beats Davis

May 20, 2013

In the Division I North Sac-Joaquin Section championship's losers' bracket, Franklin used a seven-run seventh inning to defeat Delta Valley Conference champion Davis, 12-3. The loss ends the season for the Blue Devils while the Wildcats, after beating...

C.Oaks Girls Win 3rd Straight D-IV Track Title

May 20, 2013
C.Oaks Girls Win 3rd Straight D-IV Track Title

Cosumnes Oaks High School’s girls’ track and field team needed only eight athletes, two of them seniors, to win the Sac-Joaquin Section’s Division IV championship for the third year in a row. Once again it came down to the 4...

Mico, Tellez, Smith Lead EG To Win Over Franklin

May 18, 2013

DJ Mico has been a very typical role player for the Elk Grove Thundering Herd. He usually bats eighth or ninth in the lineup, is generally the first guy out of the dugout at the beginning of each inning to take his place in left fiel...

Inspirational Runner Leads EGHS To Strong D-I Track Showing

May 17, 2013
Inspirational Runner Leads EGHS To Strong D-I Track Showing

Jack Ploeg may only be a sophomore, but the Elk Grove High School runner is one of the Sac-Joaquin Section's top performers in the 800 meters and the 1600 meters. On Friday night at the Section's Division I Track and Field Championships, Ploeg finished...

Blog Notebook

May 16, 2013

I got quite a smattering of things, so here we go .... Remember Emily Caruthers? She was a part of the 2009 Pleasant Grove softball team that won the Sac-Joaquin Section championship in an upset win over Jolene Henderson/Danielle Henderson/Lindse...

EG Wins 8-Inning Thriller, Franklin Upsets O.R.

May 16, 2013

A pair of EGUSD baseball teams won key first round games Wednesday night to advance to Saturday where the Delta Valley Conference rivals will face off against each other in the Sac-Joaquin Section's Division I North playoffs. In the opener at Sacramen...

Elk Grove Holds Off Vintage

May 13, 2013
Elk Grove Holds Off Vintage

Ty Madrigal wasn’t feeling very good Monday. But the Elk Grove sophomore pitcher knew he needed to answer Coach Jeff Carlson’s call to start in the Herd’s biggest game thus far this season. “He did a good job of keeping us in the...



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