9/4/10 | Roseville Press-Tribune Brett Ransford – Granite Bay is down three singles players, but Forlini twins will lead charge for a fourth section title in a row. Fuzzy green balls and hard-wired racquets meet again as Roseville-area high school girls tennis hits the pavement. League matches are around the corner, and the stakes are … Continue reading
8/7/10 | Roseville Press-Tribune Brett Ransford – Raw talent often comes in young packages. Thirteen-year-old softball pitcher Naomi Monahan burned her way into the starting rotation of the 16U Division of Miken Elite Fastpitch Softball. As just an 8th grader at Buljan Middle School in Roseville, Monahan is the youngest player on Head Coach Derek … Continue reading
7/21/10 | Roseville Press-Tribune Brett Ransford – Granite Bay’s Clare Carroll races ahead of the pack At the 2010 USA Track & Field Youth National Championships outside of Chicago one Roseville star streaked her way into history. Fourteen-year-old Clare Carroll will walk on campus a freshman at Granite Bay High School the same year she … Continue reading
6/24/10 | Roseville Press-Tribune Brett Ransford – Local fighters to battle on Fair stage Friday night Live from the Placer County Fair Grounds on Friday the octagon of mixed martial arts will feature the finest local fighters in the Pound for Pound Fighter 5. The California Mixed Martial Arts Organization Inc., Pound for Pound Fighter … Continue reading
6/12/10 | Roseville Press-Tribune Brett Ransford – More than 1,500 people were on hand for the American Bicycle Association Summer Nationals at Oak Creek BMX track in Roseville last weekend. The best riders competed in the ABA PRO Series event that brought riders from around the world. This was also a Union Cycliste Internationale points … Continue reading
6/4/10 | Roseville Press-Tribune Brett Ransford – Top riders prepare to race for titles this weekend Bruce and Linda Minton welcome back the American Bicycle Association’s Summer Nationals of Bicycle Motocross to their Oak Creek BMX track in Roseville this weekend. In 25 years of operation at Oak Creek, the event has become an annual … Continue reading
5/21/10 | Roseville Press-Tribune Brett Ransford – Roseville’s Paige Crouch plays soccer while her father defends our country Chief Warrant Officer Thaddeus Crouch will take some time away from his duties in Afghanistan today to root for the Roseville High girls soccer team. Black Hawk helicopter maintenance pilot is Crouch’s job, but following his kids’ … Continue reading
5/1/10 | Roseville Press-Tribune Brett Ransford – Granite Bay senior honored for school, hoops and service One Granite Bay High girls’ basketball player was recognized this week for her work on and off the court. After a season that took the Grizzlies into the second round of the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs, Libby Jelinek of Granite … Continue reading
4/24/10 | Granite Bay Press-Tribune Brett Ransford – Schlehofer overcomes head injury, returns to Granite Bay pitching rotation A head injury suffered just weeks before his first year of Granite Bay High varsity baseball cost pitcher Kyle Schlehofer his junior year. Due to lingering arm injuries, Schlehofer showed up at an ad-libbed practice just before … Continue reading
4/17/10 | Roseville Press-Tribune Brett Ransford – Carson Williams ranked in top 50 nationally Following his sixth-place finish at the United States Tennis Association National Open tournament, 14-year-old Granite Bay native Carson Williams is blazing a trail through Advantage Tennis Academy. Based in Irvine, ATA provides a training environment for high-level athletes like Williams poised … Continue reading
