SACRAMENTO - Torture, a 50-foot heave, perfection, upsets and a handful of high school state champions highlight the top sports moments of 2010 for the Sacramento and Northern California area.
FOLSOM - The Folsom Bulldogs finally know who they will face in Saturday's Division II California Interscholastic Federation State Football Championship, and they are preparing against that opponent as if they were any other team the Bulldogs have faced all season.
FOLSOM - The News10 High School Football Player of the Year is statistically, a prolific quarterback the Sac - Joaquin Section has yet see. Dano Graves, a senior on the state bowl bound Folsom Bulldogs is this year's News10 Player of the Year.
SACRAMENTO - Overshadowed by the hype surrounding the rematch between Folsom and Grant, is the D-I Sac-Joaquin Section Championships rematch between the (1) Pleasant Grove Eagles and (10) Monterey Trail Mustangs.
SACRAMENTO - After a shaky start the Del Oro Golden Eagles finished the season strong by beating the Oakdale Mustangs 21-0 to win the Sac-Joaquin Division Three Section Title at Hornets Stadium Saturday night.
SACRAMENTO - The Pleasant Grove Eagles defeated the Monterey Trail Mustangs 21-6 to win the Sac-Joaquin Division One Championship at Hornets Stadium Saturday afternoon.
STOCKTON - The Escalon Cougars held off the Calaveras Redskins to win the D-IV Section Championship 22-20 Friday night at Lincoln High School in Stockton.
SACRAMENTO - The Folsom Bulldogs, led by seniors Dano Graves and Jordan Richards, rounded out their storybook season by upsetting the state's top ranked Grant Pacers 41-20 in front of 20,000 people at Sacramento State's Hornet Stadium, in Friday's Sac - Joaquin Division II Section Championship.
LOOMIS - Max Magleby could have pouted. He could have felt sorry for himself. He could have become another distraction in a season full of them for the Del Oro High football team.
SACRAMENTO - The question of whether (2) Grant Pacers (13-0) standout running back / defensive backs Shaq Thompson and Ference Lang, would play against the (4) Folsom Bulldogs (12-1) was answered at Wednesday afternoon's practice.
FOLSOM - Bulldogs quarterback Dano Graves continues to nurse a sore right knee, but insists he will be ready to play when Folsom takes on Grant for the Sac-Joaquin D-II title Friday night at Sacramento State.
LODI - The Grant Pacers and Folsom Bulldogs will meet for the D-II title Friday night after the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section released their championship schedule this morning.
SACRAMENTO - The Grant High Pacers and the Folsom Bulldogs win in the division two semifinals setting up a championship rematch, and top seeded Plesant Grove rolls through division one to face Monterey Trail.