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The 3rd annual Merced County all-star football game was held today at Golden Valley High School. The game featured athletes from Mariposa, Patterson, Turlock, Hilmar, Los Banos, Summerville, Delhi, Sonora, Atwater, and many other schools.
The South, led by El Capitan's Xavier Ramirez, defeated the North, led by Hilmar's Frank Marquez, by a score of 22-13.
El Capitan's Anthony Jones was the South's Player of the Game. He scored two touchdowns to help lead the South over the North.
Merced High's Vicente Cortez tossed three touchdown passes for the South including two to Jones and one to Hayden Czirban.
Thank you to the Merced Breakfast Lions Club for putting on the event!
Looks like the El Capitan Gauchos lost a close one today in the opening round of the NorCal baseball regional tournament.
The Alameda Hornets defeated the El Capitan Gauchos by a score of 5-4. The Gauchos made it interesting in the 6th with the tying run on second base, but the Hornets escaped the jam and were able to advance to the next round.
El Capitan played well all postseason. Every game was exciting from start to finish. Good season, El Cap.
The Merced Bears tennis team had quite a season this year. To say it was memorable would be an understatement.
The Bears won their first section title since 1991. Read about how their season progressed, the struggles they overcame and the key to their victories in the latest #ALMS article.
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Whoa! After a few singles by the Gauchos and a few errors by Manteca, El Capitan has busted things open in the 5th inning, scoring 6 runs and sealing the game 11-0 after the Mercy Rule was triggered in the bottom of the 5th inning. Final Score Gauchos 11, Buffaloes 0.
How bout them Gauchos?
PLAYOFF UPDATE: The El Capitan Gauchos, hosting the Manteca Buffaloes for game 2 of the SJS D3 semifinals, are up 4-0 in the bottom of the 4th behind starting pitcher Benny Centeno who's allowed 1 hit through four innings.
The Gauchos will advance to the section finals if they win.
Hows about a softball playoff update for the Merced County folks....
D2
Merced High succeeded over Lodi High by a score of 6-5 (look out for the article on that game tomorrow)
Rocklin High defeated Atwater 7-2. Good season, ladies.
D3
Manteca High advances over Buhach Colony 17-0
Vanden High moves on over El Capitan 14-0
Both EC and BC showed a lot of improvement this year despite this result. Good season, ladies.
D4
Del Campo High defeats Los Banos High 24-3. Tough loss for the Tigers, but overall, good season.
D5
Calaveras High defeated Livingston High 8-0. Way to advance out of the play-in game, Livingston. Good season.
D6
Summerville High upsets Stone Ridge Christian 11-4. Good season, Knights.
Hilmar High defeats Mariposa County 5-0. Way to go, Hilmar!
D7 (1) Le Grand had a first-round bye and will host (8) Rio Vista on Friday.
BIG-TIME UPSETS: (12) St. Francis High upset (5) Kimball High 2-0
(11) Lincoln High upsets (6) Ripon 10-3
The second round begins on Friday. Good luck, Merced, Hilmar, and Le grand!
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El Capitan High wins Game 1 of the Sac Joaquin D3 Semifinals by defeating the Manteca High Buffaloes 3-0. Starting pitcher for the Gauchos, Matt Mcquillen, pitched 6 shutout innings, collecting the win. While Brennan Casey collects his second save of the postseason.
Holy cow, the Gauchos are playing some fine baseball. Through three playoff games this postseason, the Gauchos pitchers have thrown 20 innings and given up 2 runs.
Gauchos infielder Noah Ruiz is 6-10 at the plate in three postseason games so far.
Next up for the Gauchos, they will host Manteca High for game two at El capitan High on Thursday, May 14th.
All stats according to GameChanger.
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BASEBALL PLAYOFF UPDATE: The El Capitan Gauchos, the last team in Merced County from the Sac Joaquin Section that's still standing in the playoffs, have the lead over Manteca High at the moment, 2-0, as game one heads to the top of the 5th inning.
Merced High completed their regular season on Thursday (5/7) against El Capitan High by defeating the Gauchos 4-1.
The Bears end the regular season with an overall record of 19-3. They enter the playoffs as the 6th seed in Division 2 and will play Lodi High at Merced on May 13th.
Read about their impressive victory against the Gauchos in the link.
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Another update: Hilmar High has lost to Bear River by a score of 2-0. Hilmar finishes the season 11-13 but played very competitive in the playoffs as an 11 seed. They had a first-round victory against #6 Summerville, 11-8, and they lose a close one by two runs to #3 seed Bear River.
Good season, Hilmar.
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