Former Oakmont High School star Tony Gill considers himself a late bloomer, partly because he didn’t play high-level Amateur Athletic Union basketball until after his junior season. Gill was a Cal-Hi Sports All-State Division II and Bee All-Metro first team selection this past season in leading the Vikings to the Sac-Joaquin Section D-II championship game.
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Monterey Trail track novice turns in remarkable senior season
Roderick Giles, who will compete in Saturday’s Golden West Invitational track meet at Folsom High School, did pretty well for someone who took up the sport “just for fun” as a senior. The Monterey Trail graduate (on May 24) reached Saturday’s boys 110-meter hurdle finals of the CIF State Track and Field championships in Clovis
Prep Blog: Former Bee Player of Year Waldron taken in fifth round by Pirates
Tyler Waldron, The Bee’s 2007 Player of the Year from Golden Sierra High School, has been selected today in the fifth round (147th overall) by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2010 Major League Baseball player draft.
Preps: Rocklin QB Laughrea gives verbal commitment to play for national power Boise State
From a bad break, then another to some good ones, it’s been some whirlwind winter and spring for Jimmy Laughrea. The Rocklin High School senior-to-be quarterback who broke his non-throwing arm in the playoffs last fall, then broke it again months later, has given a verbal commitment to play on scholarship at national power Boise State. He made the decision official after a visit with the Broncos coaching staff, including head coach Chris Petersen, the former Yuba City, Sacramento City College and UC Davis star.
Prep Blog: Yuba City wins D-III baseball title; coach Stassi retires
Sam Kuykendall and Cody Kent combined for a five-hitter and Blake Parks and Zak Morgan had RBI singles to lead Yuba City to an emotional 4-1 win over Benicia in today’s Sac-Joaquin Section Division III baseball championship game at Sacramento City College. It was the fourth consecutive D-III section title for the Honkers (29-2), the third straight over the Panthers (20-9).
Prep Blog: Bradshaw Christian upsets Valley Christian in D-VII baseball final
Brady Dragmire struck out 11 and pitched his way out of a one-out, bases-loaded jam in the fifth to lead Bradshaw Christian to a 4-2 upset of two-time defending champion Valley Christian in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division VII baseball championship game today at Sacramento City College. Valley Christian star Ryan Cordell, who shared Sacramento Metropolitan Athletic Conference co-MVP honors with Dragmire, allowed only four hits but was betrayed by poor defense.
Elk Grove rallies to beat Franklin 7-6 in 9 innings in D-I baseball playoffs
It wasn’t much of a competition in the regular season when these teams met despite the star-studded lineups anchored by scholarship talent. Elk Grove High School drubbed Franklin in three games to coast to the Delta Valley Conference championship, winning by a total of 31-4
Yuba City beats Rio Americano in D-III baseball; seek section four-peat
Yuba City beat Rio Americano 11-2 tonight in a Sac-Joaquin Section Division III semifinal to advance to the finals Monday at Sacramento City College where the Honkers seek their fourth consecutive section championship in a last hurrah push for the Stassi family. Coach Jim Stassi, The Bee’s Player of the Year from Yuba City in 1978, has featured his slugging and/or pitching sons for each of his section titles. He now has senior Jake Stassi, who improved to 9-1 with the win over Rio with six strikeouts
Preps: Today’s high school baseball and softball games are postponed
All baseball and softball games scheduled for today have been postponed due to inclement weather, reports Will DeBoard, the Sac-Joaquin Section’s director of communications.
Prep Blog: Oak Ridge’s Schu scores winning run in 12th against Rocklin
Jake Schu scored the winning run in the top of the 12th inning on a bang-bang play tonight to lead Oak Ridge to a 2-1 win over Rocklin in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II baseball playoffs at Sacramento City College and thus force a third and deciding game in the best of three series 7 p.m.
