With the start of football season right around the corner, it is very easy to look ahead to the bright lights that will be illuminating stadiums across the region on Friday nights this fall. But for the Monterey Trail Mustangs varsity football program and head coach TJ Ewing, staying in the moment and understanding the…
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The fantastic weekend at the CIF Track and Field Championships could easily have happened at the end of Zach Larrier’s junior season, but the Monterey Trail three-sport standout found himself fighting against a 104-degree fever heading into the weekend, and then a torn hamstring suffered during the weekend. Instead of letting the disappointment saddle him…
Northern California Media Members Weigh In On Their Favorite NorCal Sports Highlights Of 2018-19 As part of our annual Yearbook Special Edition, SportStars likes to survey a handful of high school sports writers for their NorCal sports highlights of the past year. Some of the writers are regular SportStars contributors. Some write for other outlets….
Monterey Trail-Elk Grove Senior Zach Larrier Has Blazing Fast Speed, And Zooming Toward Even More Hardware Everything in Zach Larrier’s life is fast. From the gridiron to the track, the classroom to his life at home; there are times when it’s all a blur. In the fall, his alarm is set early for football conditioning….
SportStars And The Sacramento River Cats Ask Fans To Weigh In On The Finalists For The All-City Team’s Male And Female Athlete Of The Year. The SportStars 10th Annual All-City Team was recently announced in the Sac-Joaquin Edition of our May issue. The team is produced in partnership with the Sacramento River Cats and presented by…
The CIF Sac-Joaquin Section is proud to announce $26,350 in scholarships will be awarded to the 49 winners of the A. Dale Lacky/CSEA Scholarships. Andre Crump received the A. Dale Lacky/CSEA Scholarships for his outstanding athletic performance, community service and academic success during the four years of high school. Andre played basketball for four years and football for one…
Andreas Argumedo outlasted his opponent in the final match of the night at the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV wrestling tournament and, representing the Monterey Trail Mustangs, brought home the 285-pound weight class championship at Casa Roble High School. Argumedo defeated Jason Gallegos by decision for the win, and continued a storybook season for the Mustangs,…
Jacob Trach and Zach Larrier have seen one another on the football field for the past four seasons. Soon, Trach, from Cosumnes Oaks and Larrier, who attends Monterey Trail, will play on the same team, as both signed football scholarships Feb. 6 to play for the Air Force Academy. The pair were part of the…
It was quite a haul for area football players, punctuated by their selections to the Cal-Hi Sports All-State teams. All-State medium schools players from the region: offensive linemen Joey Capra and Blake Baughman of Placer and Shane Semeit of Capital Christian; linebacker Isaiah Ward of Inderkum; multi-purpose D’Marcus Ross of Capital Christian, Cameron Skattebo of…