A combination of strong pitching and solid hits helped the American East Rangers take the sting out of the National AAA's Bees ball play Friday night and clinch the City Championship minor league title, 11-1.
The Hilmar Hammerheads are the Merced County Swim League champions for the first time after years of dominance by the Los Banos Tigersharks, who had won the title the previous 19 years.
The kids in the Turlock Youth Football League can't help but widen their eyes when they hear names like Colin Kaepernick, Tom Brandstater and Anthony Harding - with the first two being in the NFL and Harding having played at Fresno State. That's because they represent the ultimate success stories of the local organization.
After collecting thousands of miles across the United States, visiting historic sites along the way and challenging America's best youth athletes, the results are in: Thad Moren's cross country road trip with his Team Olympians athletes ended in some jewelry.
SALIDA - For recent Turlock High graduate and UCLA-bound shortstop Kevin Kramer, it was a dream that turned into reality. Like most baseball players, he grew up dreaming about his shot at heroics - his opportunity to win an important game with one swing of the bat.
The thought of the Senior League Baseball World Series has been etched into the minds of the Turlock Americans ever since the group got together months ago. And that thought did not go away Monday night, when the boys faced their fiercest competitors so far in this campaign.
Pitman High coach Thad Moren and a group of youth track and field athletes are making one of the biggest trips of their athletic lives.
MODESTO - The roster for the Modesto Babe Ruth 18-under baseball team looks intimidating, considering that all but two won't be playing at the college level next season. That's because those two still have a year left of high school. The other players either have a year of college experience or are about to.
The Turlock American Seniors are now a step closer to their goal.
The 10- to 11-year-olds of the Turlock American All-Stars found themselves in a humbling hole.
Looking back, the Little Leaguers are glad they experienced the loss.
Three years ago, a group of Turlock Little Leaguers made a serious run into the World Series.
They considered themselves the underdogs, but they didn't play like one.
Entering the fifth inning, the Orioles weren't in panic mode despite what the scoreboard at Julien Field told them late Tuesday night. They needed to conquer a three-run deficit, with just two full innings left.
Teammates like to call Trevor Price "Bam Bam," a nickname he earned from his friends at Dennis Earl Elementary. That moniker then transitioned onto the baseball field, where it is perhaps the most appropriate.
In one of Thursday's two elimination games in the Turlock Little League City Tournament at Soderquist Park, the Dodgers of the National League prevailed 7-5 over the Red Sox of the National League. Today, the Dodgers will face the Pirates at 5 p.m. followed by the Tigers-Orioles game at 7:30 p.m., as both contests will be held at Julien Field.