2019 Season

6. (6) Monterey Trail (Elk Grove), 12-2 Section: Sac-Joaquin League: Metro Coach: TJ Ewing Update: The Mustangs lost to Oak Ridge in the SJS Division I finals 35-27 despite a four-touchdown show by Prophet Brown a week after eliminating seven-time champion Folsom.  Next: Season complete   You can view the original article by clicking HERE

The coaches spotted each other Monday morning, shook hands, bear hugged a moment and chatted about their journey to Saturday night’s Sac-Joaquin Section Division I championship game.   The underlining theme when Eric Cavaliere saw T.J. Ewing at a section championship breakfast in Lodi was admiration and respect.   Coaches form a unique fraternity that…

The Monterey Trail Mustangs handed the Folsom Bulldogs their first loss in the Sac-Joaquin Section since the 2016 season and got redemption Friday night where the Mustangs won 35-23 in a brisk battle in Folsom.   Friday was a rematch of last year’s Sac Joaquin Section Division I title game where the Bulldogs beat a…

T.J. Ewing is a bear of a man, towering over a good many of the football players he coaches like a boss and cares for like a father. The stout 6-foot-3 Monterey Trail High School football coach can still hold his own in the weight room, and blocking sleds may wince when he approaches, but…

It required a Herculean effort to dethrone Folsom High School, and Monterey Trail came up with the perfect formula.   Controlling the line of scrimmage and the time of possession, the fifth-seeded Mustangs of the Elk Grove Unified School District stunned top-seeded Folsom 35-23 in a Sac-Joaquin Section Division I semifinal on Friday night in…

Bouncing around the high school football regions in a forward lean:   Blazing a new trail: For starters, it’s Monterey Trail — not trails as too many have mistaken, but it was happy trails for the Mustangs of the Elk Grove Unified School District on a historic Friday night.   In as remarkable of a display…