PREP ROUNDUP Live Oak records fourth victory over East Nic
Marysville girl’s soccer tops Lions 9-0
The Lions topped the Spartans at home on Wednesday by a final score of 84-54.
Live Oak was led by the play of Brendan Miner with a total of 26 points and Lucio Topete with 19 points.
Despite the loss, the Spartans saw great plays from David Earhart with 25 points and Devin Fernandes with 12 points. Westin Dunbar also dished out five assists on the night.
Live Oak (4-6) will get back on the court today when they start play in the Anderson tournament at 6:30 p.m. vs. Anderson. East Nicolaus (2-5) will have some time to practice before they hit the road to take on Golden Sierra on Tuesday.
Gridley 53, Willows 36 In Gridley – The Bulldogs were able to notch
their fourth win of the season on Wednesday when they took down the Honkers.
Leading the way for Gridley was Cameron Erickson with 14 points, four steals and five rebounds. Helping him out was Emedel Guerrero with nine points and three steals.
Also chipping in was was Colby Norton with seven points and four rebounds.
The Bulldogs (4-5) will be back in action in the Colusa tournament on Friday when they face-off against Marysville at 3 p.m. Dixon 55, Lindhurst 44 In Olivehurst – The Blazers fell in a hard fought game on Tuesday as Dixon bested them by an 11 point differential.
Despite the loss, Lindhurst saw good performances from Zack Massey with 11 points and Dominic Paxson with 10 points and seven rebounds.
The Blazers (4-3) will play today against Victory Christian in Carmichael at 7 p.m. GIRL’S BASKETBALL East Nicolaus 42,
Live Oak 37 In East Nicolaus – The Lady Spartans were able to edge out the Lions on Wednesday behind an impressive performance by Tiara Caesar.
Caesar led the team with 14 points while her teammate, Jane Menigoz tallied 13 points nine rebounds, and three assists. Also chipping in was Alilia Faupula with eight points.
East Nicolaus also won the junior varsity game over Live Oak by a final score of 36-26.
Some of the standout player in the JV game were Taylor Rocucci with 12 points, Brynn Lauppe with 10 points and Mariana
Coach Jon Gruden, not surprisingly, wants to keep things as normal as possible next season but stressed he was focusing on Sunday’s road game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
“It’s always something every day here, isn’t it?,” Gruden said. “I want to play in Oakland and I’m real sensitive like you would expect. It’s where I want to play. Let’s see what happens.”
Asked about the logistics of practicing in Alameda and possibly having what amounts to an entire season on the road, Gruden said, “I can’t even think about that. I don’t like to sit around and speculate. We’ve tried to get ready for the Bengals. I’m not the right guy to (answer) those questions. We’ve got enough issues to try and figure out ourselves.”
Carr described the situation as like being in college Reynoso with eight points and eight rebounds.
Both the varsity (7-3) and junior varsity (7-0) Spartans will now have a chance to prepare in practice before they travel to Golden Sierra on Tuesday.
GIRL’S SOCCER Antelope 2, Yuba City 0 In Antelope – The Honkers girl’s soccer team fell in a tough match to the Titans on Tuesday by two goals.
Genesis Solorzano had an incredible game in goal as she totaled 26 saves. Meanwhile, Mia Ramos, Jerzie Schroeder, Taylynn Schroeder and Natalie Bender battled hard all 80 minutes on YCS defensive line keeping the game in reach.
“We played a lot of defense in this game, but without the hard work and aggressive play from our keeper and our defensive line, Antelope could have scored a lot more than and moving on to the NFL.
“You don’t know where you’re going to be,” Carr said. “The good thing is you have experience, you know what team you’re going to be on. You know who your coach is going to be. You know the system. Where you’re going to play your home games, that’s just weird.
“It’s nothing no one wants to go through but there’s no book on how to do this. I’ll figure it out the best I can day by day.”
Wide receiver Jordy Nelson, who joined the Raiders as an unrestricted free agent after being released by the Green Bay Packers, has watched prominent players such as Khalil Mack and Amari Cooper got traded and most recently the firing of general manager Reggie Mckenzie.
Now there’s talk the Raiders could be on the move a year early. they did,” said head coach Amanda Corey.
The Honkers (3-6) will be back in action on Friday when they take on their rival, the Falcons, at River Valley High School. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. Marysville 9, Gridley 0 In Linda – The Indians and Bulldogs faced off at Yuba College on Wednesday night in a match that the Marysville offense may remember for the rest of the season.
The Indians tallied a total of nine goals, led by Anastasia Bancroft with five goals and two assists. Amelia Adamson was next on the stat line with two goals while Bryseida Camolinga had a good performance tallying one goal and four assists.
Despite the tough loss, Gridley head coach Mark Canfield was happy with his goalie.
“I thought Julia Martinez
“It’s been a unique one, for sure,” Nelson said. “Something I’ve tried to do for years is control what I can control and so all that’s out of my hands. Just try to do my job and be prepared and we’ll see.
“Obviously we’ll be here the majority of the time next year, then if we have to go somewhere else to play a game, then we do. It will just be a different experience and we’ll handle that when it comes.”
It’s not a foregone conclusion the Raiders will leave, even if being sued. During an interview with ESPN.COM a month ago, Davis said as much.
“Emotionally, I would say, why give them $3 million, $4 million, $5 million in rent that they’re going to turn around and sue me,” Davis told ESPN. com. “But at the same time, if they’ll have us, I won’t turn on the fans. I can’t do it.” played well in her first game as a varsity goalie,” said Canfield.
Gridley (0-1) will have some time off to prepare for their next match on Jan 8. at home against Wheatland. Meanwhile Marysville will get right back into action on Saturday when they host Las Plumas at noon.
BOY’S SOCCER Live Oak 1, Colusa 0 In Live Oak – The Redhawks traveled to Live Oak on Tuesday to take on the Lions in a league game and came away with a 1-0 loss.
Colusa played a great game both on offense and defense, but Live Oak would find the back of the net late in the second half to go up 1-0.
The Redhawks had strong defensive play from Fullbacks Victor Hernandez, Darien Sarabia, Jesus Hernandez and Saul Velez.
Colusa keepers Diego Avila and Omar Huerta had good outings with Avila recording seven saves in the first half and Huerta posting six saves in the second half.
The Redhawks are now 1-2-1 overall and will host Pierce on today at 3:15 p.m. for another SVL matchup. Marysville 4, Gridley 1 In Linda – The Indians were able to come away with a win on Wednesday against Gridley thanks to the play of William Townsend.
Townsend was able to net two goals in the contest while his teammate Felix Santiago pitched in with one goal.
Other notable performances came from Alberto Canales with one goal and Westin Hopkins with some shutdown defense.
Marysville (3-1-1) will now prepare for the Live Oak tournament on Friday.