With 2012 coming to a close and a new year about to dawn we here at The Union Sports desk put together a compilation of what we feel were the top-five local sports stories of the year. Transfer travesty, originally published Sept. 7, 2012 In August, the Sac-Joaquin Section received 524 transfer requests from student athletes looking to change schools, according to the section’s communications director. Of those, 465 were granted outright, 53 athletes were required to complete a “sit-out period” and six were denied eligibility to play any sports they participated in at their previous school for a full …