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At halftime with the game tied at 14, it looked as though Oak Ridge and Monterey Trail were two evenly matched teams and the game would be decided late in the fourth quarter.   Wrong.   Monterey Trail scored on five straight possessions, while the Oak Ridge offense only managed one more touchdown, as the…

After steamrolling through the Metro League, the number two seeded Monterey Trail Mustangs finally reached what they have been waiting all season long for, the playoffs. Being one of the top two seeded teams in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Division I Section Playoffs, along with top-ranked Folsom, the Mustangs received a first-round bye last week and…

In arguably their biggest challenge since facing Del Oro in early October, the Oak Ridge football team travels to Monterey Trail Friday to face the No. 2 seed in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I playoffs. The teams have met only once before in the first round of the playoffs in 2015 with Oak Ridge coming…

Monterey Trail junior lineman Marcus Jones is consistently around the ball. At 6-foot-0 and 180 pounds, Jones doesn’t have wasted steps as he reads a play, knives around blockers and is a sure tackler at the ball.  Jones anchors on the second level for the Mustangs is should be on linebacker lists for the 2020…

The recruiting process had sped up in recent years, but a big senior year can still generate recruiting momentum. This is the case for Monterey Trail defensive back Jehiel Budgett (6-foot-0, 185 pounds). He has a power/speed blend that was on display on both sides of the ball Friday in a win over Pitman. Offensively,…

It all starts in this space, out of the public eye, athletes pumping iron in a sweat box stashed on the side of the campus gymnasium.  The weight room at Monterey Trail High School offers up all the smells and charm of an old muffler shop, and the sweat that is poured here is a…

For many high school students, juggling class work, homework, and a social life is challenging enough. Mix in playing several sports, maintaining a 4.0 GPA, and jet-setting to several college campuses while being recruited by Division I college football programs, and no one would blame a young athlete if they were overwhelmed.  Yet for Monterey…

The playoffs are here as we finally hit November. The Sac-Joaquin Section football brackets for Divisions I-VII include several teams in these rankings. For the first time since the playoffs started in this section in 1971, there will be first-round byes for the top four seeds, which is good for several reasons.  A good many…

The Monterey Trail Mustangs win the Metro Conference Championship undefeated after beating McClatchy Oct. 26 and are headed to the Division I playoffs. With an opportunity to secure an undefeated regular season record as well as a legitimate shot at a first round bye in the upcoming CIF Sac Joaquin Section Division I playoffs, the…

Although it is a new week, some things do not change in regard to Monterey Trail. Another Metro League game and just like the previous, another Metro League blowout.   Monterey Trail remains undefeated on the season and in the Metro after a 62-0 victory last Friday against Laguna Creek at Cosumnes River College.  …