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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…

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 Folsom….

Folsom might have more talent and might be a more dynamic football team than Monterey Trail, but on Friday night the Mustangs were the better team.   Monterey Trail’s offense possessed the ball for 20 minutes and 38 seconds of the 24-minute second half, scoring two touchdowns on their way to a 35-23 victory over…

The Monterey Trail Mustangs showed how special their team is this season as they beat the St. Mary’s Rams of Stockton 28-21 Friday night in the quarterfinals of the Sac-Joaquin Division I playoffs.   The fifth seeded Mustangs made a statement when they stopped the Rams on their first possession of the game.   The…

STOCKTON — With every carry from Elk Grove-Monterey Trail, the clock unmercifully ticked the waning moments of St. Mary’s football’s season away.   No. 5 Monterey Trail topped the fourth-seeded Rams 28-21 in a Sac-Joaquin Section Division I quarterfinal Friday at Sanguinetti Field behind a 50-carry, 292-rushing yard performance.   And for the Mustangs —…

The Monterey Trail Mustangs had to adjust their coverages in the second half of their first round of the California Interscholastic Federation Sac-Joaquin Section Division I matchup as they beat the Pleasant Grove Eagles 28-14 Friday night.   Monterey Trail (10-1, 5-0) started the game a little sluggish as they punted on their first possession…

Place your vote for our Monterey Trail Mustang Varsity player, Caleb Ramseur for the Bee’s Prep of the Week!   Caleb Ramsuer Rushed for 162 yards and had two scores in a 28-14 win over Pleasant Grove.   You can place your vote by clicking HERE 

Caleb Ramsuer rushed for 162 yards and two scores, Prophet Brown had his running-back moments and the offensive line stood tall in No. 5-seeded Monterey Trail’s 28-14 D-I win over Pleasant Grove, but it was the defense that saved this one.   Marcus Jones had 13 tackles and two sacks and Christian Calvan had the game-sealing…

T.J. Ewing has a punchy way of describing his top football players.   “We’ve got dudes, serious dudes,” the Monterey Trail coach said of his primary playmakers and stoppers. “You’ve got to have dudes to compete.” The Mustangs have dudes in abundance, and quite a few were on display Friday night in a Sac-Joaquin Section…

As both programs are undefeated in league play, the Monterey Trail Mustangs and the Laguna Creek Cardinals matchup tonight should be brimming with intensity.   The Mustangs defeated River City, Kennedy and won by forfeit last week over Burbank, while the Cardinals defeated Burbank, McClatchy and Kennedy.   Despite the outcome of tonight’s game, there…