Local Roundup: Soccer team climbs in
NorCal Premiere rankings
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The Tracy Futbol Club Fireballs, playing in NorCal Premiere Soccer’s under-12 Gold division, recently moved into the No. 1 spot in the NorCal District 8 Fall League and are ranked No. 10 in Northern California, according to NationalSoccerRanking.com.
The Fireballs have been finalists in tournaments going back to midsummer, when they finished first in the Diablo Tournament on July 25 and 26, second in the Livermore Tournament on Aug. 1 and 2, and in the semifinals of the Battle of the Bay on Sept. 26 and 27.
Recent wins include a 2-1 victory over the Manteca Pumas Gold on Oct. 17; a victory in Fresno on Oct. 31 against Cal Odyssey, 5-0; and a 3-1 win over South Valley United at Bohn Elementary School.
Players are Bella Cardenas, Iris Cruz, Jasmine Basuil, Rebekah Bonds, Taylor Boren, Tiffani Edwards, Miriam Garibay, Ashley Hallen, Carsyn Hoodendoorn, Mariah Jeffery, Alexis Phillips, Shayla Simonich and Christina Suarez.
The Fireballs will play the Pumas again today at Bohn School. They will also compete in TFC’s Turkey Bowl on Nov. 28 and 29 at Plasencia Fields.
Storm wins Tahoe basketball tournament
The Tracy Storm basketball team took first place in the South Lake Tahoe Optimist Club tournament two weeks ago. The Storm went undefeated among 16 Northern California teams.
In their first game, the Storm defeated St. Teresa’s CYO team, 62-6. Charise Holloway, Shania Ratliff, Noni Kuumba and Ariana Vaughn-Smith led all scorers with 12 points each. Jasmine Hampton scored eight, and Abby Waters added seven.
In game two, the Storm defeated the Weimar Mustangs, 43-31. Holloway led all scorers with 10 points and nine rebounds, while Vaughn-Smith and Ratliff both added eight. Allie Schmidt contributed five.
The Storm had to get past Jackson in the semifinal, and they pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 31-23 win. Kate Bell scored 10 points, Hampton added five points and pulled down 11 rebounds, and Holloway added six points.
The Storm defeated last year’s champs, the Carson City Ballers, in the finals, 37-25. Kuumba’s defensive effort but shut down Carson’s top scorer. Ratliff led all scorers with 13 points, Holloway had six points, and Hampton and Bell both added four. Point guard Ashley Lucas was credited with multiple steals and assists.
The Fireballs have been finalists in tournaments going back to midsummer, when they finished first in the Diablo Tournament on July 25 and 26, second in the Livermore Tournament on Aug. 1 and 2, and in the semifinals of the Battle of the Bay on Sept. 26 and 27.
Recent wins include a 2-1 victory over the Manteca Pumas Gold on Oct. 17; a victory in Fresno on Oct. 31 against Cal Odyssey, 5-0; and a 3-1 win over South Valley United at Bohn Elementary School.
Players are Bella Cardenas, Iris Cruz, Jasmine Basuil, Rebekah Bonds, Taylor Boren, Tiffani Edwards, Miriam Garibay, Ashley Hallen, Carsyn Hoodendoorn, Mariah Jeffery, Alexis Phillips, Shayla Simonich and Christina Suarez.
The Fireballs will play the Pumas again today at Bohn School. They will also compete in TFC’s Turkey Bowl on Nov. 28 and 29 at Plasencia Fields.
Storm wins Tahoe basketball tournament
The Tracy Storm basketball team took first place in the South Lake Tahoe Optimist Club tournament two weeks ago. The Storm went undefeated among 16 Northern California teams.
In their first game, the Storm defeated St. Teresa’s CYO team, 62-6. Charise Holloway, Shania Ratliff, Noni Kuumba and Ariana Vaughn-Smith led all scorers with 12 points each. Jasmine Hampton scored eight, and Abby Waters added seven.
In game two, the Storm defeated the Weimar Mustangs, 43-31. Holloway led all scorers with 10 points and nine rebounds, while Vaughn-Smith and Ratliff both added eight. Allie Schmidt contributed five.
The Storm had to get past Jackson in the semifinal, and they pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 31-23 win. Kate Bell scored 10 points, Hampton added five points and pulled down 11 rebounds, and Holloway added six points.
The Storm defeated last year’s champs, the Carson City Ballers, in the finals, 37-25. Kuumba’s defensive effort but shut down Carson’s top scorer. Ratliff led all scorers with 13 points, Holloway had six points, and Hampton and Bell both added four. Point guard Ashley Lucas was credited with multiple steals and assists.
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« finally wrote on Friday, Nov 06 at 11:04 PM »
Finally this city is starting to realize how great all the Compettive soccer teams out here, great jobs to thoes girls, and great job to all the other Tracy FC teams, Finally hope the press will be having more articles about Tracy Compettive soccer, Im getting preety tired of only reading about baseball and football and how they keep losing....
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