By David Pimentel El Dorado wrestling hosted a three-team dual Thursday that included Oak Ridge and Whitney. Both local squads defeated the Wildcats before the Cougars rallied to defeat the Trojans on a pin by John Kunkle in the evening’s final match. Oak Ridge, minus its top guns, opened its 47-24 win against Whitney. Starting [...]
SHINGLE SPRINGS — Expectations of a tight, competitive intra-county matchup between Oak Ridge and host Ponderosa never materialized as the Lady Trojans, behind a fast start, buried the Bruins 73-30 in Delta River League basketball action Thursday night. Troy’s relentless backcourt pressure, unselfish play and adept shooting early in the first quarter enabled the El Dorado Hills’ [...]
El Dorado Hills club wrestler Jack Santina, a seventh grader, pined his Argronaut Wrestling Club opponent Sunday at Massacre in the Mountains and solidified his spot in the Nor Cal Tournament of Champions. Santina joins eight fellow El Dorado Hills Wrestling CLub grapplers to make the cut. Joining him are: eighth-graders Taylor Chapman, Bobby Mello, Ricky [...]
SIERRA-AT-TAHOE — Two races are in the books, as Alpine racers enjoyed a second consecutive Monday of sunshine as skiers and snowboarders attacked Sierra-at-Tahoe’s Lower Powderhorn course in the season’s second Giant Slalom event. Ponderosa won both boys and girls ski as teams in a repeat of last week. The El Dorado girls boarders did the same [...]
Joe Champion named Oak Ridge’s head soccer coach It was Shakespeare’s Juliet who so famously asked, “What’s in a name?” Joe Champion, Oak Ridge’s new head soccer coach, said his last name has been a lot to live it up to over his lifetime. Yet the name also helped him stand out as a young [...]
SACRAMENTO — Ponderosa High wrestler Nick Troquato capped off a perfect performance Saturday afternoon at the Sacramento Convention Center. The Bruin pinned Liberty’s Tanner Blank in the 182-pound class in one minute, 50 seconds at the Tim Brown Memorial Tournament. The victory capped off a good weekend for Troquato, who went 4-0 in the two-day [...]
The Oak Ridge girls basketball team stayed home and Sheldon Lady Huskies 56-37, in a Delta River League game Friday night at the Trojans’ gym. “Our girls came out really focused and understood the game plan. We did a good job of taking them out of their rhythm. We missed some early shots, but after [...]
