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At its Thursday meeting, the El Dorado County Planning Commission took a first step in establishing a new West County animal shelter facility. Up for consideration by the commission was whether or not the location of the animal shelter within an industrial park was compatible with the county’s General Plan. Proposed plans for the shelter [...]
Folsom Lake (USBR) 12 a.m. May 16, 2013 Elevation (feet) 440.5 maximum 466 Storage (acre-feet) 711,200 73% of maximum 976,965 Inflow (cubic ft/sec) 2,207 Outflow 1,022 at Nimbus Dam Sly Park’s Jenkinson Lake (EID) 8 a.m. May 15, 2013 Elevation (ft) 3,470.76 maximum 3,471 Storage (af) 40,879 100% of maximum 41033 Inflow (cfs) 25 Outflow [...]
STOCKTON — Three outs was all the Union Mine High softball team needed to beat Ceres in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV playoff game at Arnaiz Softball Complex on Wednesday. The Diamondbacks, the Sierra Valley Conference champions who grabbed the conference’s No. 1 seed, lead 5-4 in the top of the seventh inning over [...]
Oak Ridge baseball coach Todd Melton received good news after the Trojans’ win over Ponderosa on May 8 — Pleasant Grove defeated Jesuit to give Oak Ridge its first Delta River League title since the school joined Division I. Though the Trojans and Eagles share the banner, Oak Ridge holds the tiebreaker and gets the No. [...]
Track and Field fans who packed the home stands at El Dorado High School Thursday witnessed performances by Sierra Valley Conference athletes who turned in quality performances. As the sun set on the Sierra Sapphire track, the host Cougars were at the top of the heap for both varsity boys and girls teams in the final conference standings. “The overall team [...]
Folsom Lake (USBR) 12 a.m. May 9, 2013 Elevation (feet) 438.9 maximum 466 Storage (acre-feet) 695,800 71% of maximum 976,965 Inflow (cubic ft/sec) 2,908 Outflow 1,018 at Nimbus Dam Sly Park’s Jenkinson Lake (EID) 8 a.m. May 7, 2013 Elevation (ft) 3,470.86 maximum 3,471 Storage (af) 40,093 98% of maximum 41033 Inflow (cfs) 29 Outflow [...]
Tennis CIF Playoffs D-I semifinals Oak Ridge 3, Davis 6 Singles (OR first): Brandon Sutter def. Hull, 6-7, 6-2, 10-6; Jimmy Giovannini def. by Dumit, 3-6, 3-6; Jacob Zetlin def. by Yee, 2-6, 1-6; Charlie Conarro def. Mishra, 6-1, 7-5; Simon Chan def. by Zhang, 2-6, 0-6; Matt Fergerson def. by Dutts, 4-6, 4-6. Doubles [...]
Oak Ridge and Ponderosa, members of the Delta River League since fall 2010, are set to join new leagues starting in August 2014. Oak Ridge will join the Sierra Foothill League with Folsom, Del Oro, Granite Bay, Nevada Union, Rocklin and Woodcreek. “Oak Ridge is excited to join the new league because the Sierra Foothill [...]
Softball Golden Sierra 21, Bradshaw Christian 2 — The Grizzlies won the Sierra Delta League title with Wednesday’s big road win. Golden Sierra scored in each inning of the 5-inning game. Savannah Stevens led the hit parade going 4-for-4, scoring four times, driving in 4 and tripling twice; Kenna Barth went 2-for-3 and scored four [...]
“We’ve been hitting strongly at the beginning of the season.We just played good.” Union Mine center fielder SarahPhillis, who was 3-for-3, all doubles, plus an RBI in her team’s 11-1 win over Liberty Ranch. EL DORADO — Eight doubles, including three off the bat of Sarah Phillis, paved the way for the Union Mine High softball [...]
HEAVENLY ADVICE: John Chapman was nice enough to provide the following “Advice from the Night Sky” T-shirt statement: “See the big picture * Be a star * Keep looking up * Don’t be afraid of the dark * Stay full of wonder * Expand your horizons * Turn off the lights!” Thank you, John. FEEL [...]
Tennis CIF Playoffs Oak Ridge 9, Armijo 0 Singles (OR first): Brandon Sutter def. Mestas, 6-0, 6-0; Jacob Zetlin def. Marquez, 6-1, 6-1; Charlie Conarro def. Wadsworth, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2; Simon Chan def. Dolan, 6-2, 6-4; Matt Fergerson def. Nsayen, 6-2, 6-3; Matthew Lai def. San Miguel, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles (OR first): Clarence Lai-Scotty Lee [...]
The backside of a T-shirt El Dorado High coach Marci Brown donned at a recent Cougars’ game spelled out “Endurance Dedication Hustle Softball.” El Dorado has lived up to those words this season: 3-9 in the Sierra Valley Conference and 9-15 overall. One win was a 5-4 decision over playoff contender Vista del Lago. “We finally [...]
Folsom Lake (USBR) 12 a.m. May 2, 2013 Elevation (feet) 437.48 maximum 466 Storage (acre-feet) 682,400 70% of maximum 976,965 Inflow (cubic ft/sec) 1,695 Outflow 1,026 at Nimbus Dam Sly Park’s Jenkinson Lake (EID) 8 a.m. April 30, 2013 Elevation (ft) 3,471.04 maximum 3,471 Storage (af) 41,059 100% of maximum 41033 Inflow (cfs) 27 Outflow [...]
Art on the Divide Cooperative Gallery is featuring the works of Christine McClellan during the month of May. She will be showing her nature inspired watercolor paintings and photography. McClellan is one of the original artists in the gallery that opened in May 2010. Gallery artists invite everyone to come to a reception for McClellan on [...]
EL DORADO — The El Dorado High girls swim team had a strong finish in the Sierra Valley Conference meet Saturday at the Western Slope Aquatic Center. Out of seven schools, the Lady Cougars took second place with 478 points. Host Union Mine was third with 277.50 points. Top Lady Cougar swimmers were Molly Covington [...]
LAGUNA CREEK — Union Mine’s Chandler Bruttig, seeded No. 2, fell short in last week’s finals of the Sierra Valley Conference championships at Laguna Creek Racquet Club. Bruttig, a junior, lost 2-6, 1-6 to Liberty Ranch’s Taylor Gayla after defeating Vista del Lago’s Angelica Frank 10-6 in the quarters and Chloe Anderson (Cosumnes Oaks) 6-3, [...]
Tennis D-I Section Playoffs Oak Ridge 9, Golden Valley 0 Singles (OR first): Brandon Sutter def. Nava, 6-0, 6-0; Jacob Zetlin def. Becker, 7-5, 6-4; Charlie Conarro def. Garcia, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Simon Chan def. Gallegas, 6-1, 6-2; Matt Fergerson def. Moua, 6-2, 6-2; Matthew Lai def. Smith, 6-2, 6-4. Doubles (OR first): Clarence Lai-Scotty [...]
EL DORADO — Sean Gregg has been competing in 800, 1,600 and 3,200 meter races for the El Dorado High boys track team this season. But in a tri-Sierra Valley Conference dual meet against Union Mine and Galt on Wednesday afternoon at the Diamondbacks’ football field, Gregg competed only in the 800 and 1,600 races. He [...]
Baseball El Dorado 9, Union Mine 8 — The Cougars edged the D’backs Wednesday to sweep the season series from Union Mine. Tied at 3-3 after four innings, the D’backs scored four runs in the fifth to go in front but El Dorado came back with three in both the fifth and sixth innings to [...]