Elk Grove Sports Corner

The biggest dual match of the season is coming up Wednesday when Elk Grove hosts Franklin. It will determine the Delta Valley Conference champion in wrestling. EGHS wrestler Annastassia Ramirez The dual begins at 6 p.m. in the Cartwright Gym. Wrest...

Behind the sharp shooting of Elk Grove guard Danny Goldman, the Thundering Herd grabbed its first Delta Valley Conference win of the year Friday night by downing Laguna Creek, 48-40. Goldman scored 19 points while Connor Sutton tacked on 11 to outsmar...

Elk Grove golfer Spencer Levin has decided to take a medical leave of absence from the PGA Tour in 2013. According to his uncle, Bob, the athletic director at Elk Grove High School, Spencer wanted to insure his injured thumb ligament, injured in Octobe...

In Delta Valley Conference wrestling Wednesday Franklin rolled over Laguna Creek, 70-6. The Wildcats are now 2-0 in DVC duals. They are coming off an impressive showing last weekend at the the "Sharktank" which was held in Corona. Franklin broke ...

The old Delta League, which comprised the Elk Grove-area schools along with Davis, Folsom and Jesuit/St. Francis High Schools, discarded in realignment of the Sac-Joaquin Section about seven years ago, may return. In today's first of what will be four ...

A very good source has just texted me that Pleasant Grove's football coach Joe Cattolico will remain as the Eagles' head football coach. In early December he had announced his resignation after six years, one Section championship and two runner-up fin...

Pleasant Grove looked every bit one of the area's top boys basketball teams tonight as they easily defeated Elk Grove, 75-41. Colfax Nordquist had a very solid night for the Eagles  scoring 24 points and keeping the middle bottled up all night wit...

Sheldon's latest addition to the basketball roster made a definite impression for the Huskies as Derin Johnson scored 24 points in a 65-53 win over Northside H.S. of Lafayette, La. The Huskies are in New Orleans this weekend for the All-Star Sugar Bowl...

Sheldon's boys' basketball team has received lots of ink and attention, and rightfully so, going into this winter. But, watch out for Pleasant Grove, who was impressive Wednesday night in defeating Franklin, 68-45. The Eagles will next be in action Fr...

Glad we don't live by the Mayan calendar around here. Otherwise, we'd be talking about the final year of local sports, but there's many more coming (and 2013 should be quite interesting -- more on that later this week). 2012 definitely had some peaks ...