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As we look forward to another year of athletic accomplishments by our El Dorado County athletes, it’s also a time to look back with pride on what 2012 gave us. Through hard work, effort, resilience and determination, our athletes and athletic teams didn’t disappoint and offered an array of highlights from the alpine racers that open the year; football [...]
CAMERON PARK — Friends, family, supporters and yes — Olympic medal winners — came together Sunday afternoon to raise funds for Zachary Pickett, the Ponderosa athlete who suffered a spinal cord injury days before the start of the 2012-13 school year. Granite Bay sisters Alyssa and Haley Anderson, who each won a swim medal at [...]
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF: If you read the “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff” calendar, you will find the following advice: “Scheduling a little time each day as if it were an actual appointment is the only way to ensure that you will take some time to work on yourself. How you choose to use the [...]
GET OUTSIDE YOURSELF: The “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff” calendar makes the following love statement: “Living the day with love suggests that, whenever possible, you make an effort to be generous and complimentary, as well as humble and sincere.” ZACHARY PICKETT FUNDRAISERS: The Cameron Park Life newspaper recently published the following information on Zachary Pickett [...]
CAMERON PARK — Ponderosa High swimmer Zachary Pickett suffered a serious injury days before the start of the 2012-13 school year, leaving a void on the Shingle Springs’ campus as classes got underway. Lifeguarding at Cameron Park Lake, the junior class president, according to his dad Tod, simply ran into the water and dove in [...]
ROCKLIN — The Sierra Sharks took fourth place at the recent 8-team Suburban Swim League Champs Meet held at Sierra College. During the regular season, the Sharks’ 5-2 record was good for third place. Conversely, Granite Bay’s 2-5 record didn’t prevent the Gators from finishing above Sierra at the Champs Meet. Park Terrace came in [...]
CAMERON PARK — The 10-15 points spread between the host Sierra Sharks and the Folsom Sea Otters finally swung the Sharks’ way at the conclusion of Saturday’s final regular season Suburban Swim League meet at the Cameron Park CSD pool. Now separated by three points entering the freestyle relays, Sierra pulled out the back-and-forth meet [...]
Sharks 488, College Greens 296 Girls (top 3 Sharks) 9-10 — 100IM: 1-Jordyn McPherson, 1:24.85. 11-12 — 100IM: 2-Madeline Dean, 1:17.90; 3-Trinity Williams, 1:40.51. 13-14 — 100IM: 3-Rachel C. Muha, 1:15.83; 15-18 — 100IM: 1-Alex Rader, 1:06.72; 3-Alexandra Nisson, 1:16.82; 4-Torianna Green, 1:21.46. 7-8 — 100MR: 1-Sophie Yoder, Brooklyn Barraza, Anna Pagcaliuagan, Avaleis Vos, 1:22.85; 3-Kirsten [...]
CAMERON PARK — The El Dorado Hills Tasmanian Devils defeated the Sierra Sharks 422-367 last Saturday in an intra-county swim matchup at the Cameron Park Community Services District Pool. The meet was close, competitive and both teams demonstrated great sportsmanship. At various breaks during the meet, the spread was between 10-15 points. Individually, the Taz, led [...]
Suburban Swim League Sierra Sharks 411, Broadstone Barracudas 377 Top 3 Shark placers listed Girls (events by age) 6 and under — 25 free: 3-Linden Krieger, 24.52; 4-Hollyn Krieger, 24.71; 8-Phoebe Yoder, 27.57. 25 back: 1-P. Yoder, 28.62; 2-H. Krieger, 29.55; L. Krieger, 35.76. 7-8 — 100MR: 1-Julianna Lenzi, Sophie Yoder, Anna Pagcaliuagan, Analeis Vos, [...]
Water polo Ponderosa girls 7, Davis 20 — PHS goals: Hannah Hill, 3; Ellie Miller, 2; Heidi Hill; Adrianne Dreese. Assists: Heidi, 2; Miller; Hannah. Saves: Leigh Thomas, 5. Ponderosa boys 12, Davis 22 — PHS goals: Graham McClone, 8; Ty Pensa, 2; Joshua Seligsohn, Connor Grubaugh. Assists: Conner Jensen, 3; Grubaugh, 2; Bradley Bresnahan, [...]