Imagine the pressure each of the players who sported a Turlock High girls soccer uniform felt on a damp Turlock Sports Complex field on Wednesday afternoon, as the Bulldogs faced their most dangerous threat of the season in Merced High, and with what many considered the Central California Conference title on the line.
There's an old saying in baseball and Del Oro High coach Bret Lachemann may have hit it right on the head.
HILMAR - "Mantê-lo no quadro."
When Steve Hammell wanted to pick up golf, his father wasn't quick to hand him gloves, a club and a golf ball. The inspiring golfer had to learn the rules of the game first, and that led to actual playing on the course and golf etiquette.
The Pitman High girls track and field team pulled off a stunner on Friday, winning the Stanislaus County Meet at Modesto Junior College over Oakdale High with several top two finishes.
On Monday, the Turlock High girls soccer team was without an integral member of the program in the past decade.
Late Friday Swimming CCC • Merced boys 128, Turlock 56 • Merced girls 128, Turlock 55 Monday Boys golf Nonconference • Hilmar 234, Le Grand forfeit Girls soccer CCC • Turlock 3, Golden Valley 1 • Pitman 9, Los Banos 0
By definition, a pitchers' duel is a low-scoring affair with the starting pitchers on both sides allowing no more than a run or two. The term was in full display at the Turlock High softball field, where crosstown rivals Pitman and Turlock met for the first time this season. If it weren't for some clever base-running and key hits by the Bulldogs, Thursday afternoon's showdown might still be taking place right now.
Fueled by a strong outing from pitcher Trevor Starn and timely hitting late in the game, the Turlock Christian High baseball team came away with a 5-2 victory over the Denair High Coyotes at Pedretti Park on Thursday afternoon.
Late Tuesday Baseball Southern League • TC 6, Waterford 4 WAC • Livingston 4, Hilmar 1 Boys golf WAC • Hilmar 231, Patterson 333 Southern League • Turlock Christian 199, Le Grand 345 Boys tennis CCC • Pitman 9, Atwater 0 • Turlock 7, Merced 2 Girls soccer WAC • Hilmar 13, Gustine 0 Wednesday Baseball CCC • Golden Valley 4, Turlock 3 • Merced 5, Pitman 4 Boys golf Southern League • Turlock Christian ...
Fourteen words, 10 seconds, one breath. That was all coach Mick Tate could offer after he witnessed perhaps the most impossible sequence of events in his three decades of coaching. He didn't have many words to say after his Pitman High baseball team blew a five-run advantage heading into the final inning against Merced High on Friday afternoon before allowing eight runs on three hits and three errors to lose 13-10 in the Central California ...
WATERFORD - Don't make Robbie Smallwood angry. If you do, you're bound to see the Turlock Christian High senior baseball player do some incredible things.
When it was all over, there weren't too many happy faces along the sideline of the Pitman High girls soccer team. Nor were there sad faces. Players changed their shoes and packed up their stuff after a hard-fought day at the Turlock Sports Complex against one of the top teams in the Central California Conference.
MODESTO - By the time the extra inning rolled around, Turlock High ace Vince Wheeland was nowhere near tired. Yeah, his face was sweaty after throwing more than 100 pitches at that point, all while chasing his second no-hitter of the season.
The boys at Turlock and Pitman high are in full swing as the 2012 tennis season is underway. Last year the Pride beat out the Bulldogs for their seventh Central California Conference championship and fifth undefeated season. Turlock sat in second place for the second year in a row behind Pitman, something the Bulldogs plan on changing this time around. "We got down to the nitty-gritty," Turlock's head coach Juan Alaniz said of ...
Turlock Christian's girls basketball team officially ended its season on Saturday after a 61-57 loss to St. Joseph Notre Dame High in the second round of state playoffs. The loss caps off the best performance from a girls basketball team in TC's history which included a SAL championship and an appearance in the Division V SJS Championship game. "It was a good, exciting game," TC's head coach Edwin Santiago said. "It was tough ...
Pitman High won its first Pedretti Championship over the weekend by defeating Lincoln High, building up a heap of confidence for this year's baseball season. Turlock High missed the final round by one run and finished in third place after beating Lodi High on Saturday. The first round of the Pedretti tournament began on Thursday as Pitman faced Oakdale and Turlock battled Johansen. The Pride got out to an early lead against ...
Turlock Christian and Denair High performed well in the first Southern Athletic League track meet, held March 8. TC's girls finished in second place as a team and its boys finished in third. Denair's team total was similar as its boys finished second and its girls ended the meet in third place. "I was very happy with everybody's performances," TC's head coach Pam Franco said. "Overall, I think we did okay, even ...
Nationwide Crivelli Insurance donated $3 for every three point basket made during the Turlock High boys basketball season. Lori Crivelli presented a check to Alek Carlson, Cristian Jimenez and Doug Cornfoot in the amount of $258.
Last week Turlock Christian came up short in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division V Championship game, disappointing its girls and their fans. It wasn't the end of the road though; TC still had the Division V State Basketball Tournament to look forward to. The season wasn't over. On Wednesday, the Lady Eagles (27-4 overall) transformed their disappointment into motivation as they battled with North Section semi-finalists Durham High. Although the Trojans (11-17 overall) didn't ...
Co-Coach of the Year: Keith Larsen, Pitman High 2nd place: Pitman High 11-4 First Team: Morgan Renshaw, 12th grade; Parmine Randhawa, 12th grade Second Team: Marissa Marable, 12th grade; Alex DeChari, 11th grade 4th place: Turlock High 9-6 First Team: Shilo Soto, 12th grade; Lindy Avila, 12th grade Second Team: Gabriela Belmonte, 12th grade
Sixteen schools gathered at Joe Debely Stadium on a hot and sunny Friday afternoon for the Stanislaus County Track meet. Turlock and Pitman high were among those schools in attendance, competing against each other as well as the rest of the field in one of the first tests of the 2012 track and field season. When it was all said and done Pitman came out ahead of its cross town rival, taking first ...
Last season the Hilmar High girls soccer team finished in third place in the Trans Valley League for the second straight year, missing the league title by a few points, before advancing all the way to the second round of playoffs. Turlock Christian and Denair High weren't as lucky as they finished in seventh and sixth place in the Southern Athletic League, respectively. This season the girls of Hilmar, TC, and Denair plan ...
Turlock and Pitman high's swimmers and divers are making waves as they prepare for another competitive season in the Central California Conference. Turlock is grooming a young and talented crop of swimmers who will compliment the experience of its returners on the boys side while Pitman, with first year head coach Kim Corgiat at the helm, plans on making a serious run at league and sections with its girls team. The Bulldogs ...
Turlock High was one of 262 California schools to compete in the 2012 CIF State Championship this past weekend with four wrestlers in the tournament - Jason Valdovinos, Isaac Bertalotto, Erick Parsons, and Ernesto Guiang. After a earning a CCC championship and finishing fifth at Masters, the Bulldogs were confident heading into Friday's competition. By Saturday, however, only one Bulldog remained. Parsons advanced to the top-12 finale after a dominant first day performance. ...
Girls soccer is back as Turlock and Pitman high officially kicked off the 2012 season on Tuesday. After five straight top-three finishes in the Central California Conference, the Pride finally earned their second league title last year with a 13-1-1 season. The Bulldogs, who had defended the CCC title for five consecutive years prior to last season, finished in fifth place with a disappointing record of 2-7-3. Now, with the first CCC game ...
Hilmar, Turlock Christian, and Denair High's girls are back on the softball field. Last season each team had varying degrees of success but they all have one thing in common this season, a desire to improve and win a league title. The Yellowjackets finished last season 7-5 in the Trans Valley League, finishing in third place. The seven win season was a step back for a Hilmar team that had three straight 12-win ...
Boys Basketball 6th place: Denair High 3-11 All –League: Juan De La Cruz, 12th grade Honorable Mention: Ryan Cascia, 12th grade; Zack Baily, 12th grade 8th place: Turlock Christian High 1-13 Honorable Mention: Thomas Sawyer, 11th grade; Chase Gonzales, 11th grade Girls Basketball League Co-Champions: Turlock Christian High Co-Coach of the Year: Edwin Santiago, Turlock Christian League MVP: Halie ...
It spread like a wildfire.