Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Stories for 3/1

Happy March! We've got Division 1 and 2 boys basketball semifinals going on at Arco tonight, as well as Division 5 boys and girls semis at Galt HS. Good luck to all the remaining teams!

BOYS BASKETBALL: Colfax d. Ripon 58-36. Click here. ... Modesto Christian held off Calaveras in a D4 game. Click here. ... Woodcreek d. Wood 60-48 in a D2 game. Click here. ... Granite Bay d. McNair 77-60 in a D1 quarterfinal. Click here. ... Valley Christian d. Global Youth Charter 74-63 in a D5 quarterfinal. Click here. ... Summerville d. Capital Christian 59-58 in a D4 quarterfinal. Click here. ... Franklin-EG beat Turlock in a D1 quarterfinal. Click here. ... Jesuit d. Napa 81-65 in a D1 quarterfinal. Click here.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: The Calaveras girls play Bear River in a D4 semifinal on Wednesday. Click here. ... Vallejo girls basketball coach Jim Capoot is taking a leave of absence. Click here for the story.

WRESTLING: Del Oro's Austin Branum and Kevin Burrage won Section Masters titles. Click here. ... Bret Harte and Calaveras are each sending two wrestlers to state. Click here. ... The Roseville-area is sending 10 wrestlers to state, including Masters champion Jake Elliott. Click here. ... McNair's Jim Wilson took second to Oak Ridge's Vince Waldhauser at Masters and is going to state. Click here. ... Two Manteca-area wrestlers are going to state. Click here. ... Four Merced-area wrestlers qualified for state. Click here. ... Nine Placerville-area wrestlers advanced to state. Click here. ... Click here for the Sacramento Bee article from Masters. ... Four Tracy-area wrestlers advanced to state. Click here.