http://www.TheUnion.com Serving Grass Valley, Ca Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 en 30 http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6562311-113/camp-basketball-patrick-june Lady Bruins pitcher Nerisa Long earned a complete game victory in the opening round of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III softball playoffs Friday, allowing just one run on four hits and striking out 14 to beat Woodland. Long also scored a run in the 2-1 win. … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6562244-113/run-2-1-allowing-beat It wasn’t pretty, but the Bear River softball team got it done. The Lady Bruins overcame being no-hit Friday against Woodland to win 2-1 in the first round of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III playoffs and continue their title defense. “The girls battle,” Bear River head coach Jason Bohrer said. … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6562224-113/river-bear-lady-woodland http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6569564-113/houlihan-coaching-team-varsity There are already more than 200 runners pre-registered for today’s Run for the Community 5K/10K with dozens more expected to register before the starting pistol fires. Within that group will be a handful of Fairchilds. Actually, the Fairchilds can found at almost every race in the Gold Country Grand Prix … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6562323-113/john-running-church-community http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6562308-113/camp-camps-tennis-club ELK GROVE — For the fourth time in five years, Granite Bay will hoist the Sac-Joaquin Section boys volleyball championship banner. The Grizzlies defeated Nevada Union in four sets, 25-17, 25-21, 22-25, 25-23, Thursday night at Monterey Trail High School to solidify their volleyball dynasty. It was the second time … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6549955-113/game-bay-granite-kills http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6549998-113/qualified-100-team-200 http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6550028-113/blake-job-nevada-starting The Lady Bruins and freshman star pitcher Nerissa Long begin their postseason quest for a Sac-Joaquin Section Division III softball championship when they battle Woodland at 6 p.m. today at the Sacramento Softball Complex. Bear River (12-9, 9-1 PVL) will be the home team as it wrapped up its regular … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6549969-113/lady-river-woodland-bear Heading into Wednesday’s Sac-Joaquin Section Division VII girls soccer semifinal, the Forest Lake Christian team knew the odds were stacked against it. The Lady Falcons were missing head coach Lyndsay Barham and key offensive threat Sarah Jeffries, and goaltender Riley Ballard was playing with a painful right wrist injury. On … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6534239-113/christian-game-ballard-bradshaw Junior Chandler Heppe is one of those guys you grow to respect. He does his talking on the court. His job is to hunt down volleyballs and make sure they do not strike floor. He is the libero, the often-unsung hero. Heppe and his Nevada Union volleyball teammates successfully dismantled … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6534228-113/bay-granite-volleyball-game It was all smiles for Mt. Saint Mary’s volleyball teams as both the seventh and eighth grade girls teams took first place at the Nevada Union Small Schools Girls Volleyball Tournament. Both teams had great seasons and the seventh-grade team went undefeated. … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6534267-113/girls-teams-volleyball-grade http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6534260-113/golf-pga-free-lessons http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6534252-113/angels-game-showdown-zolldan The Nevada Union boys volleyball team is heading back to the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I championship for the first time since 2009 after taking down Del Oro in four sets, 25-10, 25-22, 23-25, 25-18, Tuesday at Albert Ali Gymnasium. “We’re peaking big time,” NU head coach Marco Salcedo said. “Its … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6521148-113/game-del-oro-kills Bear River pushed two-time Sac-Joaquin Division II defending champ Vista del Lago to the brink of its playoff life Tuesday night in the Eagles home nest, but fell short in five battle-tested sets, 19-25, 25-20, 15-25, 31-29, 13-15. “A few bounces and it could have gone either way,” Bruins head … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6521081-113/bruins-game-beskeen-mansuetti The Pleasant Valley eighth grade girls volleyball team went undefeated this season with a 12-0 record and won the Large School Division Championship held at Nevada Union. … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6521560-113/season-union-12-0-alex http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6521163-113/giants-scored-single-tigers The Forest Lake Christian baseball team begins its playoff quest today at Tony Zupo Field in Lodi when it takes on Ripon Christian. The Falcons (11-6, 7-3 Central Valley California League) enter the contest reeling from a pair of tough losses but will look to get back on track in … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6509378-113/christian-ripon-falcons-flc The Bear River swim team wrapped its season over the weekend, competing at the Sac-Joaquin Sections in Lodi. To swim at sections, each swimmer must have qualifying times for his or her events. There were 114 teams that had swimmers participating at sections this year. There are no divisions in … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6508398-113/free-team-cutter-200 Competing in the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters tournament at The Reserve at Spanos Park in Stockton, Nevada Union’s Logan Lowe and Bear River’s Jake DePass put their skills up against the best from around the section. To advance to the Norcal tournament, individuals needed to shoot under par at the par-72 … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6508364-113/team-depass-lowe-par The Bear River and Vista del Lago volleyball teams have been here before. Almost a year ago to the day, the Bruins and the Eagles matched up in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division-II semifinals. On that day, it was Vista del Lago that walked off its home court with a three-set … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6508357-113/del-lago-vista-bruins Nevada Union volleyball coach Marco Salcedo was unusually calm. For a man preoccupied with the performance of his team over the last month, he finally seemed to be resigned to the fact that the Miners may be as ready as they ever will be. He did not speak of apprehension. … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6508343-113/miners-nevada-union-salcedo http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6508623-113/baseball-camp-skills-com http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6495101-113/game-state-runs-batting http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6495098-113/inches-meter-savannah-shot When the Team USA youth football squads lace ’em up this ummer against international competition, they will be getting some help from a pair of Nevada Union Junior Miners. Local footballers Garrett Graves, 12, and Chris Hubble, 15, earned their way onto Team USA at a March 17 tryout in … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6471423-113/team-graves-hubble-usa There is a faction of student-athletes at Nevada Union that is tired of the negativity that has seeped into the school’s athletic programs, and it has turned to the past to find a solution. Thirty-plus NU student-athletes brought together by a group of NU teacher-coaches have banded together to resurrect … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6471388-113/athletes-student-block-role The 2013 Nevada Union Mountain Bike Club/Team is a young group of dedicated athletes who train three times per week on local trails, ride more than 1,500 miles a season and take their talents as far as Monterey to compete against other high schools in the NorCal High School MTB … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6471667-113/placed-racing-girls-nevada http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6471459-113/clinic-bear-cheer-instruction Nevada Union distance runners David French and Garrett Migliozzi highlighted a rather pedestrian day by the Miners at the Sierra Foothill League track and field finals Thursday in Roseville. French, a senior competing in the 800-meter race, beat out No. 1 seeded Arturo Sotomayor from Roseville and No. 2 seed … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6471457-113/french-meet-migliozzi-section http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6471447-113/rbis-tigers-hits-win Nestled in the quiet pastures of Nevada County’s own Penn Valley resides one of the last local instructors of the vaunted equestrian sport of eventing. Also known as horse trials, eventing is the triathlon of the horse world, putting a single rider and horse combination through competition that includes dressage, … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6471439-113/horse-eventing-frazier-hart Rachel Last Bear River Softball On Tuesday Bear River’s Rachel Last came through when her softball team needed her most. With sole possession of the Pioneer Valley League title on the line, Last, a junior, hit a two-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the eighth inning against Center … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6471438-113/bear-river-rachel-league http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6471434-113/boosters-football-nuhs-percent The Gold Country Stampede garnered three All-League selections in the North Division of the Northern California Junior Lacrosse Association. Senior captains Luke Agness and Zane Weinberger, along with junior midfielder and faceoff specialist Ryan Owen, led the team during the Stampede’s run for the playoffs and were rewarded with recognition … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6471415-113/stampede-agness-gold-owen The Challenger baseball league is back for its 11th season and boasts more than 60 players competing every Sunday at Pioneer Park in Nevada City. … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6471399-113/baseball-challenger-league-season http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6474980-113/fast-pitch-season-game Extreme dream team: The SNBA Extreme, a fifth-grade girls AAU team comprised of players from the Grass Valley and Auburn areas, won the Full Court Press tournament hosted May 4-5 at the Hardwood Palace in Rocklin. Front row, left to right, are Grace Billingsley, Gabrielle Corralejo, Sofia Ramos, Katie Neal … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6471442-113/extreme-court-full-press It had been eight days since the Nevada Union volleyball team had taken the court in competition. Thursday at Albert Ali Gymnasium, the Miners (28-7) showed no ill effects from the long layoff as they won their Sac-Joaquin Section Division I playoff game against Oak Ridge in four sets, 25-13, … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6459009-113/kills-oak-ridge-curtis A different, more confident Bear River boys volleyball team walked onto the court Thursday night at Rio Linda and completely stole the show as it knocked the Knights off their Sac-Joaquin Section Division II playoff horse in three straight sets in front of their home crowd, 25-14, 25-21, 25-16. “We … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6458915-113/mansuetti-bear-bruins-river With the Pioneer Valley League track and field prelims concluded, several Bear River athletes have their sights set on a PVL title and more. Heading into Wednesday’s prelim, senior hurdler Savannah Welz said she wanted to win both the 100-meter and 300-meter hurdle events. After the prelims, she sits in … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6459135-113/meet-pvl-section-finals http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6459094-113/run-community-free-church When it came time to decide where she would play basketball next season, Nicole Lierly narrowed it down to three schools. The shortlist read: Humboldt State University, William Jessup University and California State University, San Marcos, Lierly said. On Thursday, in front of family, friends and both former and future … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6459047-113/lierly-basketball-marcos-san http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6459026-113/woodcreek-miners-season-lady The Seven Hills seventh-grade volleyball team finished the season with an overall 26-0 record, 12-0 league record, as well as three tournament championships, including the Nevada County Seventh Grade Girls Volleyball Championship. Amazing, phenomenal and dominating are just a few words to describe the Lady Raiders, many of whom had … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6447514-113/season-volleyball-county-grade Wednesday afternoon at Ted White field, the Nevada Union baseball team wrapped its up-and-down season with a 10-4 loss at the hands of this year’s Sierra Foothill League champs, Woodcreek. The Miners played the Timberwolves even for much of the game, but a big sixth inning by Woodcreek was the … ]]> http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6447508-113/woodcreek-season-miners-inning http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6447492-113/golf-game-ball-green http://www.TheUnion.com/news/sports/6447530-113/season-anderson-bear-bruins