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Youth basketball The Cameron Park Recreation Department is offering its Youth Basketball League. The league is open to first- through 12th-graders. The first- and second-grade is an instructional...
View ArticleBruins drop foundation twinbill
SHINGLE SPRINGS — Four of the 156 Sac-Joaquin Section basketball teams participating in Monday’s Foundation Games were in action at Ponderosa High as the Bruins hosted Christian Brothers for a varsity...
View ArticleLady Bruins hold off Cougar comeback
Old rivalries never die. The traditional preseason girls basketball game between El Dorado and visiting Ponderosa is as important to the players as games were when the teams competed in the Sierra...
View ArticleSubjeck takes third at Doc Buchanan Invitational
CLOVIS — Oak Ridge High 160-pounder Keaton Subjeck defeated Healdsburg’s Matthew Tsarnas 3-0 to win third place Saturday at the 93-team field of the Doc Buchanan Invitational at Clovis High School....
View ArticleArmed robber takes cash, manager’s wallet
A man armed with a pistol robbed a check-cashing store in Cameron Park on Jan. 13, fleeing on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash and the assistant manager’s wallet, according to El Dorado County...
View ArticleInAlliance fun run raises $8k for charity; Pondo runners tie for 1st in 10 mile
Few places match the beauty of the Sierra Nevada foothills in the fall and Saturday, Oct. 9, was no exception as InAlliance hosted the second annual Gold Rush Fun Run & Walk with great success....
View ArticleThink Pink
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS — Ponderosa High School volleyball athletes Samantha Rains and Alex Mettler pose with the rest of the school’s “Think Pink” team to promote breast cancer awareness during the...
View ArticleBruins upset Huskies in 3, Pondo volleyball faces Oak Ridge this week
By Scott Warden Mother Lode News correspondent SHINGLE SPRINGS – With several starters out, another home game on the road and fighting for better playoff positioning, Ponderosa High volleyball showed...
View Article12-year-old skateboarding sensation just a regular kid, sort of
When it comes to skateboarding, Drake Riddiough does it all. He soars over the tops of vert ramps. He carves and grinds in the bowl. And he isn’t afraid to go big on the street, either. He’s won...
View ArticleTrojan cross country teams sweep league championships
FOLSOM — The Oak Ridge High and Ponderosa cross country teams wrapped up the Delta River League championships Saturday at Folsom’s Willow Hills course. The Trojans swept the banners with the varsity...
View ArticleLady Bruins sweep El Dorado
SHINGLE SPRINGS — The Ponderosa High girls basketball played its first preseason game against rival El Dorado Tuesday. The Cougars’ domination over Ponderosa the past four years was a definite thorn in...
View ArticlePonderosa starts new year with new gym
SHINGLE SPRINGS — It’s got curb appeal, grandiosity and loads of amenities. It’s also centrally located — smack in the middle of the school’s campus. Yes, Ponderosa High’s newly reconfigured gym is the...
View ArticleBruins can’t answer Huskies
SHINGLE SPRINGS — With a timely steal at mid-court, Ponderosa’s Ryan Miles, who finished a strong night on the hardwood with eight points, raced the length of the court and softly put in a shot off the...
View ArticleOak Ridge, Ponderosa sports schedules
Tuesday, Feb. 8 Girls basketball *Pleasant Grove @ OR, 7 p.m. PHS @ Folsom, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9 Boys basketball *Folsom @ PHS, 7 p.m. OR @ Pleasant Grove, 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11 Boys basketball...
View ArticleBruins win DRL championship
SHINGLE SPRINGS — Last Wednesday’s dual meet between host Ponderosa High and Folsom to decide the Delta River League title came down to the final few matches with Eric Greybill’s pin in the second...
View ArticlePondo girls roll over Folsom
SHINGLE SPRINGS — The Ponderosa girls basketball team shrugged off Friday’s loss to Oak Ridge in a big way Tuesday, dominating visiting Folsom 66-44. With the victory the Lady Bruins (16-5 overall, 2-2...
View ArticleFolsom overwhelms Pondo boys
SHINGLE SPRINGS — Cold shooting, nonexistent offensive rhythm and turnovers cost host Ponderosa High a chance to win its first Delta River League game Wednesday night in Shingle Springs. Folsom...
View ArticlePondo’s boy skiers secure 4th title
SIERRA-AT-TAHOE — Despite a push by El Dorado in the final race of the season, Ponderosa’s boys skiers claimed their fourth consecutive South 1 Division ski title at Sierra-at-Tahoe. The Bruins won...
View ArticleBruins basketball feels heartache
RYAN MILES puts up a layup during the Bruins’ final game of the season against Oak Ridge High School. After several near-comebacks, Ponderosa was unable to pull off the win and ended the season with a...
View ArticleTaekwondo student brings home the gold
Twelve-year-old Allison Prior of El Dorado Hills traveled to Austin, Texas, last month to compete in the 12-13 year old Cadet 2 category in Sports Poomsae (forms) at USA Taekwondo’s 2011 U.S. Open. She...
View ArticlePonderosa swimmers split with Pleasant Grove
The Ponderosa swim teams held their first Delta River League meet of the season at the Cameron Park Community Service District pool where they’ve been training while their home pool at the school is...
View ArticleDel Oro too much for Pondo
Tuesday night Ponderosa’s boys volleyball team had an opportunity to see how much progress and improvement it has made during the preseason in a home match with Del Oro. The Bruins faced a very...
View ArticleElite Taekwondo USA brings home medals
CAMERON PARK — Elite Taekwondo USA took nine competitors to the 2011 USA Taekwondo National Qualifier recently held in San Diego. This is the first of three qualifiers on the road to the National...
View ArticleTrojans swim hard at Delta River League championships
SACRAMENTO — High school swimmers have two goals through the season — help their teams win their respective league championships and qualify for the Sac-Joaquin Section meet. Unlike most sports,...
View ArticleOR golfers edge Pondo for division berth
SACRAMENTO — The Oak Ridge boys golf team pulled out an amazing finish to the regular season, capturing what seemed like for much of the year an improbable berth in Monday’s Division I tournament....
View ArticlePonderosa baseball downs Folsom
In a season of disappointing losses — some just because the breaks didn’t go Ponderosa’s way and some because the Bruins couldn’t come up with the big hit it needed, the big play, or the key strikeout...
View ArticleLady Bruins shock St. Francis; secure playoff spot
Brittany Gisin’s return shot into the upper right corner minutes in was buttressed by a monstrous game-long defensive effort by the entire Ponderosa soccer squad Wednesday as the host Lady Bruins upset...
View ArticleEight-run inning by Oak Ridge buries Lady Bruins
Pitcher Kasey Stanchek got the outs, catcher Jackie Schmaeling hit one out and the Oak Ridge defense turned three outs on one play as the Trojans defeated host Ponderosa 11-3 in the teams’ final Delta...
View ArticleSix Trojans, two Bruins win gold at Delta River League track meet
El Dorado County will be well represented in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I track and field meet Wednesday and Friday at Elk Grove High. Oak Ridge qualified 10 varsity girls and 14 boys, including...
View ArticleRiver Cats celebrate high school athletes
SACRAMENTO — The Sacramento River Cats hosted their third annual All-City High School Sports Awards Sunday, May 22. The River Cats named All-City boys and girls teams in each sport and the male Art...
View ArticleSara Hickenbottom still a Bruin with Bethany
Ponderosa High senior middle blocker Sara Hickenbottom will continue her volleyball career for Bethany University in Scott’s Valley near Santa Cruz. Hickenbottom put her signature to her letter of...
View ArticleSac-Joaquin Section Swim and Dive roundup
LODI — The Sac-Joaquin Section Swim and Dive Championships were held at Tokay High in Lodi May 5-7. Competitors included all swimmers from every division who had met or surpassed the section standard...
View ArticleSouth dominates North in Optimist softball
SACRAMENTO — Prep softball took a final bow Wednesday in the 34th Optimist All Star North-South game at Capital Christian High School, won by the South 14-6. Oak Ridge’s Kasey Stanchek and Jenessa...
View ArticleElite Taekwondo students add nine more medals
Elite Taekwondo USA took competitors to the 2011 No. Cal State Championships held at UC Davis. This is the final qualifier on the road to the National Competition and Junior Olympics as well as team...
View ArticleTasmanian Devils swim by Sierra Sharks
By Mike McIntee The El Dorado Hills Tasmanian Devils and Sierra Sharks waged a spirited contest through much of the day June 9 before the Taz pulled away for a 479-417 victory. The Taz win sets up...
View ArticleTaz Devils splash to second place at ‘Champs’
By Mike McIntee The El Dorado Hills Tasmanian Devils recreation swim team raced to a second place finish at the Suburban Swim League Championships July 30-31. Despite posting very fast times, the Taz...
View ArticleChristina Fusano’s tennis career veers in new direction
Here’s some good trivia: which professional player from El Dorado County has played women’s tennis great Serena Williams several times? Tough one? Here’s a clue. She prepped at Ponderosa High and faced...
View ArticleRoutsong brothers reunite at Embry Riddle
SHINGLE SPRINGS — When Jesse Routsong returned to Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Ariz, last month for his second year of college and his second wrestling season, he had more than new...
View ArticleBruin volleyball sweeps Griz
By Bill Christner Mother Lode News corresondent GARDEN VALLEY — Golden Sierra High’s volleyball team hosted Ponderosa Monday in the traditional Foundation Game meeting between the programs. After a...
View ArticleTrojan golfers take third, Bruins are fourth in tough league tourney
FOLSOM — The Division I Delta River League’s first 18-hole tournament of the season was Wednesday at Empire Ranch, a par 71 golf course in Folsom. St. Francis, one of the dominant girls golf teams in...
View ArticleTrojan and Bruin tennis open league play
The fall girls tennis season is in full swing for both Oak Ridge and Ponderosa who opened league play this week. Coming on late, the Lady Trojans, coached by Ralph Clark, ended their preseason with a...
View ArticlePonderosa to host ‘DIG PINK’ event
According to the American Cancer Society, there are about 230,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer in women, about 57,650 new cases of carcinoma and about 39,520 deaths from breast cancer each year....
View ArticleTrojans top Bruins in overtime
SHINGLE SPRINGS — Leave it to intra-county rivals Oak Ridge and Ponderosa to extend a volleyball match to five games and, when that’s not enough, overtime. The Trojans’ never-say-die attitude paid off...
View ArticleCross Country: Trojans, Bruins compete in second league meet
SACRAMENTO — Both the Oak Ridge varsity girls and boys cross country teams took second in Wednesday’s Delta River League meet at Granite Regional Park in Sacramento. The girls had 41 points, finishing...
View ArticleFive Bruins sign to join college programs
SHINGLE SPRINGS — Five Ponderosa High athletes — three soccer, one swim, one spiker — recently signed their Letter of Intent forms in the school’s library to play at the college level. From the pitch,...
View ArticleJack O’Camb signs off after 35 years
By Scott Warden SHINGLE SPRINGS — For decades air waves have been graced with the smooth Shakespearean eloquence of Vin Scully, the outrageous, exciteable tones of John Madden, the cool, calm delivery...
View ArticleMessage from the CPCSD: Happy September
Days are getting shorter and kids are back in school, but this September is very different from last September. The Cameron Park Community Services District continues to navigate the COVID-19...
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