Boys Soccer
- ALL-AREA BOYS SOCCER; Falcons' goalkeeper Montoya named Player of the Year
- RV senior allowed just one goal all season
- By Jimmy Graben/Appeal-Democrat
- As he and his teammates coasted along I-5 to Stockton, Triston Montoya was convinced he was a part of a team of destiny.
On Nov. 10 of last year, River Valley High's senior goalkeeper walked on to the pitch at Lincoln High's Alex G. Spanos Stadium a... Full story
- ALL-AREA BOYS SOCCER: River Valley's Franco named Coach of the Year
- Third-year coach led Falcons to section title
- By Andy Arrenquin/Appeal-Democrat
- Abel Franco has come a long way since first learning the game of soccer as a youth in Mexico.
There were no synthetic fields, grandstands or scoreboards, just a group of kids kicking a ball around on a make-shift field.
It may not have been much, b... Full story
- PREP ROUNDUP: Yuba City girls hoops roll Rio Linda
- New Life Christian's six improve to 6-1
- Appeal-Democrat staff report
- Tiffany Friend scored 21 points and the Yuba City High girls basketball team topped Rio Linda 49-39 at the Lincoln Tournament on Thursday.
Alisha Aery added 14 points in the victory for Yuba City, which improved to 3-5 overall.
The Honkers will pla... Full story
- PREP ROUNDUP: Chavez leads Yuba City soccer past Natomas
- Appeal-Democrat staff report
- Michael Chavez recorded a hat trick and the Yuba City High boys soccer team cruised past Natomas 4-0 in a Tri-County Conference matchup at home on Monday.
The win sets up a pivitol match against River Valley on Wednesday as the two teams sit atop th... Full story
- All-Area Player of the Year: Soccer Cibrian's vehicle for life
- By Jimmy Graben/Appeal-Democrat
- On the day he left his native country, Hector Cibrian did what he always does when he's feeling like things are starting to fall apart around him — he played soccer.
In a small neighborhood located in Mascota, Jalisco, Cibrian wanted to spend ... Full story
- Franco leads River Valley out from shadows, named top coach
- By Jimmy Graben/Appeal-Democrat
- Dressed to the nines as usual, Abel Franco huddled his team together following the biggest win in school history.
The first-year coach, clad in his trademark shirts, slacks, and tie ensemble had the daunting task of telling his River Valley High boy... Full story
- Live Oak boys advance in soccer playoffs
- By Jimmy Graben/Appeal-Democrat
- Things are becoming eerily familiar to Live Oak High boys soccer coach Mike Owen.
To win the Northern Section Division II championship, the Lions will need to repeat the exact same formula they followed in 2008's banner season: Overcome a season-end... Full story
- Soccer playoff time is here
- By Jimmy Graben/Appeal-Democrat
- Mike Owen's Live Oak High boys' soccer team paid close attention when coach held a film session last week.
Watching the game film from their 2-0 loss to Willows may have felt like watching a horror flick, though it was absolutely necessary.
If the ... Full story
- Crushing loss for Live Oak
- Dominating regular season ends in disappointing fashion
- By Andy Arrenquin/Appeal-Democrat
- The match was over, and all they could do was sit on the sidelines and stare off in disbelief.
There was no way to explain how it all slipped away — especially in the final game of the regular season.
With a chance to sew up the Sacramento Va... Full story
- Sutter holds off Gridley for tie
- By Andy Arrenquin/Appeal-Democrat
- One coach chalked it up as being an unlucky day and the other gave all the credit to his goalkeeper.
No matter how one looks at it, Thursday's Butte View League match up between Gridley and Sutter High's boys soccer teams could've gone either way.
... Full story
- Prep Roundup: Colusa scores two goals in two minutes of stoppage
- Appeal-Democrat staff report
- Colusa boys soccer coach Dan Kiely said "he'd never seen anything like it."
Down 2-0 to Durham with two minutes of stoppage time remaining, freshman defender Felipe Granados scored two goals on his own to prevent a loss on the road Tuesday, leading ... Full story
- Roundup: Live Oak soccer rolls 12-0
- Appeal-Democrat
- Hector Cibrian scored five goals and the Live Oak High boys soccer team routed Mercy 13-0 at home on Tuesday to remain undefeated on the season.
The Lions (11-0-1 overall, 2-0 in the Sacramento Valley League) got goals from Armando Araujo, Jose Cuel... Full story
- Prep Roundup: Live Oak soccer cruises by Pierce
- Appeal-Democrat
- Pierce High may have struck first on Thursday, but the Live Oak boys soccer team struck four times to win 4-1, keeping the Lions unblemished to start the season.
Hector Cibrian scored on a penalty kick just before the end of the first half to knot t... Full story
- Lions king of the Mid-Valley area?
- By Ryan Klocke/Appeal-Democrat
- The visitor's bus had long pulled away, making that familiar left turn on Spruce Street to reach Highway 99 South and cruise back to Live Oak. The sun had set, the spectators had cleared and still, the lecture continued.
A roster-full of players sat... Full story
- Northern Section soccer kicks off
- Live Oak boys back in form, blank Wheatland 2-0 on the road
- By Jimmy Graben/Appeal-Democrat
- In his first soccer match of the year, Live Oak High junior Armando Araujo has already checked a few things off his bucket list.
Scoring on a penalty kick, a highlight-reel header into the goal and, to top it off, coach Mike Owen named him captain &... Full story
- Falcons’ first playoff berth ends in rout
- By Ryan Klocke/Appeal-Democrat
- Wearing teary, exasperated facial expressions, the members of the of the River Valley High soccer team stood hand-in-hand, bowed to the crowd in unison and softly uttered "thank you."
Even with as far as the Falcons have come, this was far from the ... Full story
- R.V., Faith prepare for postseason
- River Valley and Faith Christian High's boys soccer teams have each qualified for the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs after the section released its postseason brackets on Tuesday.
The Falcons finished the regular season at 5-4-2 overall and took secon... Full story
- Prep Roundup: Iskikian, Faith rout Bradshaw
- Appeal-Democrat
- Spencer Iskikian scored three goals and assisted on the fourth to help the Faith Christian boys soccer team to a 4-0 Sacramento Metropolitan Athletic League home contest over Bradshaw Christian on Thursday.
Blake Lavin scored the other goal while Bl... Full story
- Prep Roundup: Yuba City volleyball wins TCC opener
- Appeal-Democrat
- Tori Thomas tallied 12 assists and Gabi Hinz finished with 19 service points and three aces to help the Honkers to a victory over the Knighthawks in their Tri-County Conference opener.
Andrea Hazel had seven digs and six kills, Katie Reiland finishe... Full story
- Finally, a first for Falcons
- River Valley ends drought, tops Yuba City
- By Jimmy Graben/For the Appeal-Democrat
- There is plenty of youth on the River Valley High soccer team this season, but the guy with the biggest smile and widest eyes stood on the sidelines in slacks and a tie on Tuesday night.
First-year coach Abel Franco, who was hired after school start... Full story
- Honkers fly past Blazers
- Teyes scores two goals in Yuba City's 3-0 victory
- By Ryan Klocke/Appeal-Democrat
- Dario Teyes is hardwired for impassioned pep talks — the type of athlete who since his fifth birthday has put his teammates in a circle and let his voice be heard.
Saturday was no different, and with the Yuba City High soccer team in locked ar... Full story
- Local soccer teams ready to get their kicks
- Appeal-Democrat
- There are plenty of changes for the Yuba City High boys soccer team this season and it all starts at the top.
First-year coach Sean Nelson takes over at the helm after serving as an assistant for longtime head man Paul Shank for the last two seasons... Full story
- Yuba City’s Mora named All-Area MVP
- By Ryan Klocke/Appeal-Democrat
- Issac Mora stepped onto Yuba City's field as a freshman having never scored a real goal. He had plenty back at "The Camp," a little patch of grass off Garden Highway where he and his friends played every day, fashioning goal posts out of buckets, swe... Full story
- Press Box: Talking soccer, without talking soccer
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- Lions fall short in title game
- Appeal-Democrat
- Live Oak High's boys soccer team gave everything it had during Saturday's Northern Section Division II championship game in Orland before two goals in the final 15 minutes lifted the Trojans to a 4-1 victory.
"The field conditions were terrible, but... Full story
- Athlete of the Week: Hector Cibrian
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The junior standout is clearly one of the top players in the Mid-Valley. After scoring eight goals two weeks ago, Cibrian cooled off and scored just four in two games, leading the Lions to a No. 6 seed in the playoffs.
... Full story
- Prep Roundup: Yuba College downed by Shasta
- Appeal-Democrat
- Doug Cornelius called it one of the most frustrating losses since taking over as head coach at Yuba College.
Shasta college jumped all over the 49ers men's basketball team early, and even though Yuba mounted a 14-point comeback to bring the score to... Full story
- Prep Roundup: Pierce tops Live Oak, remains undefeated
- Appeal-Democrat
- Ricardo Ambriz netted the tie-breaking goal with eight minutes remaining in the match to lift Pierce High's boys soccer team to a 2-1 victory over Live Oak on a cold Monday in Arbuckle.
With the win, the undefeated Bears (3-0) moved into first place... Full story
- Lindhurst soccer falls in section semis
- By Ryan Klocke/Appeal-Democrat
- Walking away from Dean Miller Stadium, Lindhurst's Erik Machuca reflected in the parking lot about what had just transpired on his home field.
With a chance to play for the section title on the line, the Blazers soccer team lost amid comfortable sur... Full story
- Yuba City gearing up for playoffs
- Honkers fly by Tigers 2-1
- By Ryan Klocke/Appeal-Democrat
- His team had just notched their 20th win of the season, but Paul Shank wasn't in the mood to shovel praise onto his players.
Instead, he just laid out the singular goal of the next day's practice for the Yuba City High soccer team.
"Finishing, fini... Full story
