High School Sports

I'll be twittering updates frequently tonight from Sleep Train Arena as Pleasant Grove faces Santa Monica for the California Division I boys' State Basketball Championship. Follow me @EGCitizenJHull

Davis, Franklin and Elk Grove have been the top three baseball teams in the Delta Valley Conference for much of the past ten seasons. The other DVC clubs – Laguna Creek, Grant and Monterey Trail -  just haven’t found ways to...

Saturday’s deadly crash at Marysville Raceway Park which killed two spectators brought back memories of the multi-car pile-up three weeks ago at Daytona Motor Speedway in Florida. Several fans in the stands were hit by flying debri...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - George Washington freshman Carlee Gray was named Atlantic 10 Softball Rookie of the Week for games played March 11-17, the conference announced on Tuesday. Carlee Gray, a 2012 grad of Elk Grove,doing quite well ...

My congratulations to John DePonte and his Pleasant Grove Eagles on their 73-60 defeat of Deer Valley Saturday in the NorCal Regional Basketball Tournament's Division I championship game. The Eagles now will face Santa Monica H.S. Friday at 8 p.m. for...

It was only six years ago when as a 10-year-old, Hank LoForte and his Laguna Youth Baseball All-Star teammates were sitting atop the world. They had won the Cal Ripken World Series. They were the best group of 10-year-old baseball pl...

While I was watching the Bradshaw Christian girls self-destruct Tuesday night in their NorCal Regional Semi-final game against Piedmont, the two area boys teams were taking care of business quite well. In the Open Division, Sheldon defeated the state'...

There's four area basketball teams competing tonight in the semi-finals of the NorCal Basketball Tournament. The winners will all advance to the NorCal Championships on Saturday. The Open Division along with Divisions I and II will play games at Sleep ...

In their biggest test thus far this season, the Elk Grove baseball team, ranked seventh nationally by Maxpreps, shut out Valley Christian High School in San Jose Saturday, 4-0. Dave Smith threw a four-hitter, struck out six, walked none, but hit two ba...

Student/Athletes, or more correctly written, their parents have made certain that their sons/daughters are playing their sport at a school where they perceive their child will have the best opportunity for: 1. Quality coaching 2. Win a Championship 3. ...