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STOCKTON — Matthew Ubick came up just short of a NorCal berth on Tuesday, but he didn’t leave the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Tournament disappointed. The Ripon Christian junior led a contingent of area golfers on a warm and uncharacteristically windless day at The Reserve at Spanos Park, shooting his personal best on the course at 4-under 68.

Twenty-one area athletes will have the opportunity to qualify for the state meet this Saturday when they compete in the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Finals at Folsom High.

Joaquin Rodriguez will continue his wrestling career in the Midwest after a decorated career at Ripon High.

Late in his third and final season as Ripon Christian coach, Joe Darretta decided it was time step away. He doubled as athletic director at the school and thought it best to focus on those administrative responsibilities moving forward. It was then, in April of 2009, that he handed the reins to Ripon Christian alumnus John de Visser, a young and fiery assistant with dreams of raising the program’s profile in a region rich with baseball talent.

Four members of the Manteca High softball team’s accomplished senior class are ready to take their talents to the next level.

It has been an eventful final week of high school for now-graduates Kaiya Kroutil and Clara Schoolland.

Six years ago, a young Gabriel Fa’ali’i witnessed his older sister fulfill a lifelong dream when she signed a letter of intent to continue playing volleyball at a four-year university.

Manteca’s talented front-row tandem of Jesus Gomez and Rob Hevener have made the All-Valley Oak League First Team for a second straight season.

Sophia Heidrich and Aiden Weber have spent much of their teenage years testing their minds and bodies.

Three of the seven local athletes to make the 106th California Interscholastic Federation State Championships are returning to Veterans Memorial Stadium today for the finals.