2020 Season

The halfback pass became less of a trick play and more of a recurring feature in TJ Ewing’s offense last football season.   Elk Grove (Calif.) Monterey Trail’s head coach thought more creativity would better utilize Prophet Brown’s wide-ranging skill set. On three occasions, Brown received the pitch from his quarterback and threw for a…

Football fields, tracks and weight rooms are empty.   High school football programs across the state would normally spend this month and next engaged in after-school spring team conditioning drills.   Workouts are now done online amid the coronavirus concern as social distancing is crucial to helping quell the disease, to the point that school…

Elk Grove (California) Monterey Trail High School 2021 running back Prophet Brown on Friday evening announced his top six schools – and Nebraska made the cut.   So did Michigan, Oklahoma, USC, Oregon and Notre Dame. NU is recruiting him for its hybrid back/receiver role.   Last season, the 5-foot-11, 180-pound Brown – a four-star…

TENACIOUS MIDDLE LINEBACKER LOGGED 101 SOLO TACKLES IN A SEASON THAT SAW MONTEREY TRAIL DEFEAT FOLSOM AND REACH THE SECTION FINAL    All that Marcus Jones, Jr. has ever wanted and needed is an opportunity. Give him that and he will take care of the rest.    Monterey Trail head football coach T.J. Ewing had…

Becoming the second coach from Monterey Trail High School to earn the honor, varsity football coach T.J. Ewing was named one six coaches to earn the Sac-Joaquin Section’s Model Coach Award.   The award recipients were announced Feb. 3 by the SJS.   Ewing was named along with girls volleyball coach Patti Harris of Hilmar,…

Elk Grove’s Carter Harris, Monterey Trail’s Marcus Jones Jr. named Offensive, Defensive players of the year. Offensive Player of the Year QB — Carter Harris, Elk Grove, Sr. The Sacramento Bee Offensive Player of the Year elevated his game when it mattered most. The senior rushed for 751 yards and 11 touchdowns during the postseason, leading Elk…