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Section Championship Eludes BC Pride

Dec 06, 2024 11:03AM ● By Alejandro Barron

Last season the Bradshaw Christian Pride fell to the Hughson Huskies in the Sac-Joaquin Section Championship game at Sacramento City College, and they arguably came back better this season.

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Eagles Shaw, Urias are State Cross-Country Qualifiers

Dec 06, 2024 10:57AM ● By Alejandro Barron

Two members of the Pleasant Grove Eagles cross-country team qualified for the 2024 CIF State Cross Country Championships in Fresno, California at Woodward Park on Nov. 30.

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Elk Grove FFA Alum Elected National Officer

Nov 27, 2024 01:56PM ● By Matthew Malone

For the next year, Elk Grove FFA alumna Abigale Jacobsen will represent the Western United States as a national FFA officer.

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Teen Driver Dies in Collision with Tree

Nov 27, 2024 01:50PM ● By MPG Staff

A teenage driver died in a car crash Nov. 20 on Big Horn Boulevard, Elk Grove Police Department reported.

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BC Pride Reaches Section Championship

Nov 27, 2024 01:49PM ● By Alejandro Barron

The Bradshaw Christian Pride took care of business against the Linden Lions by a score of 40-15 on their home field in the pouring rain on Nov. 22 to advance to the Division VI CIF Sac-Joaquin Section championship game.

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Hawks Send Roadrunners Sprinting Home

Nov 27, 2024 01:47PM ● By Alejandro Barron

As the top seed in a playoff matchup, you want to show you’re the better team early on in the match. The Cosumnes River Hawks did that as the No. 10 seed against the No. 23 seed Butte College Roadrunners on Nov. 21.

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All-Delta League Awards Announced

Nov 27, 2024 01:45PM ● By MPG Staff

Fall sports for the 2024 season have concluded with many local student-athletes being recognized by their league as All-League players.

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Road Closures Nov. 28 for Gobble Wobble

Nov 25, 2024 11:41AM ● By City of Elk Grove News Release

Motorists should expect delays between 7:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.

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Walk at Edna Batey Honors Ruby Bridges

Nov 21, 2024 09:24AM ● By Matthew Malone

Honoring the pioneering steps of Ruby Bridges to integrate education, students, parents and staff at Edna Batey Elementary School participated in Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day.

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Pride Slays the Knights in Quarterfinals

Nov 21, 2024 09:19AM ● By Alejandro Barron

Despite having a bye week in the first round of the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section football playoffs, the Bradshaw Christian Pride showed no rust in their quarterfinal matchup against the Ripon Christian Knights.

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Prop. 28 Brings as Many Problems as Solutions to Arts and Music Funding

Nov 21, 2024 09:17AM ● By Skyla Nguyen SacSchoolBeat, Cosumnes Oaks High School

In 2022, nearly seven million California voters approved Proposition 28: The Arts and Music in Schools Funding Guarantee and Accountability Act. The proposition provides around $800 million to $1 billion worth of annual funding to PK-12 and charter schools as long as they are state-funded to “supplement arts education programs.”

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BC’s State Championship Hopes Remain Alive

Nov 21, 2024 09:14AM ● By Alejandro Barron

A rematch of the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division V finals between the Bradshaw Christian Pride and the Big Valley Christian Lions took place in Round II of the CIF State Tournament.

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Football Roundup: One Team Remains Standing

Nov 21, 2024 08:59AM ● By Alejandro Barron

Following the quarterfinal round of the Sac-Joaquin Section football playoffs, only one local team remains in the hunt for a section title following the elimination of two other local teams.

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Elk Grove Moves on to Quarterfinals

Nov 14, 2024 09:26AM ● By Alejandro Barron

In a game where mistakes were capitalized on, the Elk Grove Thundering Herd defeated the Kimball Jaguars by a score of 32-7 in the first round of the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs in the Division II playoff bracket.

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Football Roundup: Five Featured in Playoffs

Nov 14, 2024 09:11AM ● By Alejandro Barron

The conclusion of the regular season has brought us the first round of the CIF Sac-Joaquin section football playoffs, which were played on Nov. 8.

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Laguna Creek Clinches No. 11 Seed

Nov 07, 2024 11:32AM ● By Alejandro Barron

With their win over the Pleasant Grove Eagles in a wet and slippery game at Sheldon-Pleasant Grove Stadium, on Friday, Nov. 1, the Laguna Creek Cardinals came out victorious by a score of 34-19.

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Football Playoff Preview: Battle Continues for Playoff Teams

Nov 07, 2024 11:27AM ● By Alejandro Barron

We have reached the end of the regular football season, and while some teams have limped into the playoffs, others have thrived.

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Doctors Say Bacterial Pneumonia Increasing, Especially Among Children

Nov 05, 2024 10:56AM ● By UC Davis Health News Release

Cases of pneumonia caused by the bacteria Mycoplasma, also known as "walking pneumonia," have been on the rise this year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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UC Davis Children's Hospital Named Among Best For 2024-2025

Nov 05, 2024 10:35AM ● By UC Davis News Release

UC Davis Children's Hospital has been recognized as a 2024-2025 Best Children's Hospital by U.S. News & World Report.

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Renovated STEAM Classrooms Enable Students' Creativity, Collaboration

Oct 31, 2024 10:42AM ● By Pia Manez, SacSchoolBeat, Franklin High School

Over the summer, Franklin High School started to renovate several of its science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) classrooms.

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Eagles Tame the Herd Running Game

Oct 31, 2024 10:24AM ● By Daniel Canfield

On Friday, Oct. 25, the Pleasant Grove High School Eagles hosted the Elk Grove Thundering Herd at Sheldon-Pleasant Grove Community Stadium. The two high school campuses are a mere 3.5 miles apart but the two approaches to the game plan were worlds apart.

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Elk Grove USD Middle School Cross Country Champions

Oct 31, 2024 10:19AM ● By Joe Wirt

Race results from middle school tournaments.

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Elk Grove Middle School Volleyball Champions

Oct 31, 2024 10:15AM ● By Joe Wirt

Championship players and coaches listed.

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Football Roundup: Playoffs on the Horizon

Oct 31, 2024 10:09AM ● By Alejandro Barron

Besides the Sheldon Huskies who have a bye week, there’s one more game for each local team in the regular season with the playoffs on the horizon.

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Elk Grove Citizen
Varsity Volleyball: Five Local Teams in Playoffs

Oct 31, 2024 09:56AM ● By Alejandro Barron

With the conclusion of the girls volleyball regular season last week, five local teams have qualified for playoffs including one team that is undefeated in league. Division I Bracket

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Football Roundup: Three Remain Undefeated in League

Oct 24, 2024 05:23PM ● By Alejandro Barron

Teams in the area continue their dominance, while others struggle to put points on the board as the conclusion of the regular season is inching closer.

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Jiving and Thriving at NewSongs School of Music

Oct 24, 2024 04:32PM ● By Ramona and Chris Scarborough

A local Elk Grove citizen is making noise as a world-class music teacher and entrepreneur. Michael Hemsworth was raised and educated in Elk Grove and operates the popular NewSongs School of Music.

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Colorful Fundraiser Blows Powder, Bubbles

Oct 24, 2024 04:24PM ● By Emanuel Espinoza

More than 100 people gathered to run and get powdered in the inaugural Dreams in Motion Color Run on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 20.

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School Bands Sound Off at Franklin

Oct 17, 2024 11:03AM ● By J.G. Wirt

Franklin High School neighbors got a daylong dose of school band music when the Franklin Invitational Band Review filled the campus on Saturday, Oct. 12.

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Football Roundup: Teams Aiming for Playoff Spots

Oct 17, 2024 10:26AM ● By Alejandro Barron

Another week of football has gone by, meaning we are closer to the end of the regular season. Local teams have two or three remaining games and they’re all looking to lock up a playoff spot to try and make a deep run toward a section title.

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Elk Grove Citizen
Flag Football Roundup

Oct 11, 2024 04:22PM ● By Alejandro Barron

With approximately three weeks left in the regular flag football season, what is for many schools their first season has been a success.

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Laguna Creek Spoils Cosumnes Oaks' Comeback

Oct 11, 2024 04:14PM ● By Alejandro Barron, photo by Alejandro Barron

It’s fourth down and six for the Cosumnes Oaks Wolfpack at the Laguna Creek Cardinals' 14-yard line as the Cardinals hold on to their 35-34 lead in the dying minutes of this league matchup.

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Inaugural Color Run for All Ages

Oct 11, 2024 12:44PM ● By Emanuel Espinoza

Elk Grove High School will host the inaugural Dreams in Motion Color Run on Oct. 20 to raise funds for youth sports, scholarships for graduating seniors in the Elk Grove Unified School District and the RISE Women of Elk Grove organization.

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Braden Community Will Include 4 EGUSD Schools

Oct 03, 2024 01:43PM ● By Ornella Rossi

The Braden Master Planned Community, just outside Rancho Cordova along Grant Line Road, will include four schools under the Elk Grove Unified School District.

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Monterey Trail Mustangs Win Homecoming Game

Oct 03, 2024 01:25PM ● By Alejandro Barron

Despite starting the season 0-4, the Mustangs are now 2-0 in the Delta League after their home game win over the Sheldon Huskies on Friday, Sept. 27 for their Homecoming matchup. The final score was an impressive 47-0.

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