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Freedom sacked by Turlock: 'We didn't feel like they were ready to play with us'

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Game of the Week

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Aug

23

Return of 'Bold or Just Bald?' Front Row prognosticators pick Week 0's winners

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Previews

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Aug

22

Football hasn't even started and there's already a dogfight in the TVL

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Rankings

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Aug

21

Dog's day ahead? Turlock closing the gap with perpetual preseason No. 1 CC

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Rankings

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Aug

21

Large & in charge: Meet the All-Region Large-School Preseason Football Team

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News

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Aug

18

Big fish in a little pond: Introducing the All-Region Small-School Football Team

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News

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Aug

16

'We’ll still go after it, but ...': Is Sonora's reign in the Mother Lode in jeopardy?

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Previews

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Aug

16

How it happened: A closer look at Modesto Christian's unusual offseason

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News

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Aug

13

Fans favor tradition: Which Week 0 game was voted the most intriguing?

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Previews

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Aug

9

'We're confident he'll take over': Davis replaces region's top QB, but with who?

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News

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Aug

8

Fan Poll: Which of Week 0's high school football games is the most intriguing?

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Previews

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Aug

7

'Excited about Plan B': New QB in command of defending state champion

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News

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Aug

5

'Super athlete.' These players aren't defined by position, but by versatility

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Previews

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Aug

5

In good hands: Who are the region's top returning quarterbacks?

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Previews

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Aug

2

Chasing history: Is the region's rushing record in jeopardy this fall?

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Previews

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Jul

31

Mane objective: Lions hunting program's first Sac-Joaquin Section banner

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Previews

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Jul

14

Ripon Power — is it real? Indians hunting elusive Sac-Joaquin Section banner

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Previews

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Jul

2

Region's top football team has talent and a tailback beaming with confidence

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Previews

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Jun

28

'Ready for a new challenge,' Lewis leaves Manteca to become VP at Weston Ranch

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News

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Jun

23

One year after winning section title, Ripon Christian names new girls coach

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Jun

23

Angel in the outfield: Why the final score reminded Escalon of coach's late wife

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May

28

Ripon softball completes historic year along Acacia Avenue with 1st state title

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May

28

Webb goes deep as top-ranked Oakdale returns to the Division III section final

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May

22

Small shift: Hilmar upsets season-long No. 1, but who is the real winner?

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Rankings

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May

6

Earning their stripes: Tigers clinch share of CCC title, jump in poll after upset

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Rankings

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May

6

No. 1 Ripon sneaks by No. 2 Calaveras. Here's comes another Top 5 foe.

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Rankings

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Apr

30

By a country mile: As rankings expand to 10 teams, Oakdale still clear-cut No. 1

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Rankings

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Apr

30

Top football prospect leaving California for a perennial Utah state champion

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News

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Apr

29

Proving Ground: 6 County All-Star Game brings together top graduating talent

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Apr

24

Softball teams in the large-school Top 5 gear up for league title pushes

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Rankings

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Apr

23

Budding ace vaults sub-.500 softball team into the small-school Top 5

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Rankings

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Apr

23

Holding an ace: Bertuccio in the hunt for state 'K' crown, plus other stat leaders

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Apr

23

Which boys basketball players made an All-State underclassmen team?

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Apr

17

Where does Oakdale softball rank among the state's best?

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Apr

17

Softball slugger Thomas has become the region's 'Big Hurt,' leads in hits and HRs.

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Apr

15

City of Ripon at center of softball buzz: Ripon No. 1, No. 4 RC threatens in SL

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Rankings

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Apr

15

Switching lanes: Former Sonora football star now running track for rival

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News

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Apr

15

'Frutz' of her labor: Turlock ace pitches Bulldogs into large-school Top 5

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Rankings

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Apr

15

RBI Machine: Runner in scoring position? She's the one you want at the plate.

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Apr

10

Softball's stat leaders, April 8: Golden Valley star chases pitching's triple crown

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Apr

8

Webb, Oakdale still crushing it as No. 1, but are the top teams in danger?

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Rankings

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Apr

7

Moving week among small schools: How title races in TVL, SL will affect top-5.

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Rankings

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Apr

7

'It hurts our area and our town.' Prolific hoops coach resigns after 20 seasons.

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Apr

4

CCC a pitcher's paradise, but reigning champions ready to slug it out

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Apr

1

'Our guardian angel': Team rallies around softball coach whose wife died of cancer

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Apr

1

Softball stats leaders, April 1: No joke, Gose, Bertuccio region's top performers

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Apr

1

Ripon still No. 1, but plenty of movement behind Indians in small-school poll

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Rankings

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Apr

1

No change in large-school poll: Oakdale No. 1 in regional, sectional rankings

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Rankings

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Apr

1

Three 20-point scorers make their way onto small-school All-Region team

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News

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Mar

31

Chip off the ol' block: Son finds success on diamond replacing hall-of-fame dad

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Mar

26

'I was pretty on.' Webb perfect in win over two-time section champion.

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Mar

25

Softball's statistical leaders: Hit parade in Hughson and GV's strikeout artist

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Mar

25

'We got some talent.' Enochs young enough not to know of rival's recent dominance.

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Mar

25

'Cats on the climb, while a third TVL team joins this week's small-school top 5

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Rankings

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Mar

25

Falcons, Eagles soar in large-school poll; GV keeps pace with No. 1 Oakdale

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Rankings

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Mar

25

'I'm a little crazier.' CC adds SoCal giant to schedule that also includes De La Salle

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Mar

21

'Nothing is going to keep me from that field.' He draws strength from surgeries.

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Mar

20

Two years after hosting Folsom, The Corral prepares for another state power

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Mar

20

Young and energetic, Modesto's next football coach hopes to be 'force for good'

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Mar

19

'They want a ring.' TVL team hires five coaches with large-school credentials.

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Mar

18

Softball rankings: No. 1 Ripon sitting pretty after winning 'ugly games'

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Rankings

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Mar

18

Softball's statistical leaders: 'Rabbits' running wild on the West Side

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Mar

18

Pacific gives pitching prospect OK to play QB for 6-time section champion.

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Mar

17

Lions South coach: Versatility 'clutch,' selects 5 players with QB experience

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Mar

15

Escalon baseball's red-hot offense can't catch up to mistakes in the field

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Mar

15

Softball pitcher without elbow looks to hurl team to 3rd straight section title

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Mar

14

MC defensive coordinator's job: 'Develop 3 or 4 more Xavier Carltons'

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Mar

13

Mother's tears help Boys Basketball Player of the Year turn toward success.

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Mar

12

Oakdale, Escalon softball debut at No. 1, but Bertuccio, GV lead list of contenders

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Mar

11

Oakdale's ultimate weapon may also be 'the best player in the country,' rival says

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Mar

11

Plenty of explosive scorers on All-Region small-school boys basketball team.

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Mar

11

Open Division, closed debate: Top boys teams dominate large-school All-Region.

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Mar

11

Softball's statistical leaders: A look at the area's top hitters and pitchers.

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Mar

11

Tuxedos and touchdowns: Five area football players receive national honors

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Mar

8

After Open loss, MC believes 2019-20 could be 'shining, shimmering, splendid'

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Mar

7

'When they get rolling, they get rolling.' The end came quickly for Crusaders.

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Mar

5

'That's a bad boy right now': How a freshman shot MC into the NorCal final.

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Mar

4

Modesto Christian-Sheldon, Part II: Star power in post carries NorCal Open final

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Mar

4

Quarterback returns to Modesto Junior College looking to reboot his career

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Mar

1

Murphy on hoops: 'It's a man's game, but I play it like a kid — full of heart'

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Feb

27

Small-School Roundup: Sonora boys survive another OT thriller at Bud Castle

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Feb

21

I know what you did last summer: MC star looking for payback in postseason.

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Feb

21

Football star powers Central Catholic's return to Sac-Joaquin Section D3 final

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Feb

21

'We're different than most.' Reigning CIF finalist's tattoo contains brother's ashes.

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Feb

20

M&M: How #3 Modesto Christian plans to deliver sweet victory at #2 Folsom

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Feb

19

History in the making: Which wrestlers, boys and girls, will compete at State?

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Feb

19

In 140 characters or less: Opening day at Sac-Joaquin Section Masters

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Feb

15

'I felt it pop.' Ankle injury forces state hopeful to take the long way at Masters.

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Feb

15

At 9, he nearly had his face ripped off by barbed wire. Today, he is state's No. 2 seed.

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Feb

15

Signed: Top dual-threat quarterback will play for a six-time national champion.

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Feb

13

It ain't over until it's over: Nation's longest league winning streak lives on

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Feb

13

Trading Places: Ripon edges rival for TVL title, takes over at No. 2 in final poll

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Rankings

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Feb

11

Weston Ranch finishes regular season No. 1. Can it go all the way in loaded D3?

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Rankings

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Feb

11

Boys basketball: Who made the playoffs and how you can catch the action!

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News

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Feb

10

One of the region's top trainers now associate football coach at Modesto Christian

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News

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Feb

10

'We were going to lose, but he took over.' Meet Sonora's perfect weapon.

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News

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Feb

7

Into the Hornet's nest: All-Region center Betz will walk on at Sacramento State.

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Feb

6

Signing Day: CC honors 3 players, but region's top recruit puts his party on hold

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Feb

6

Top small-school team survives a scare, TVL title contenders on collision course

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Rankings

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Feb

4

No debate now: Winners of 24 straight, Weston Ranch boys hoops the new No. 1

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Rankings

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Feb

4