Varsity Football

League Record:0-0

Overall Record: 3-1

Last Week: Defeated Clovis West 28-27 on 9/16

This Week: Rocklin travels up to Nevada Union to open up league on 9/23

Bright Spots: Rocklin was able to come back from a 17-0 deficit at halftime behind Blayden Brown’s two rushing touchdowns and Randy Wright’s fumble recovery in the endzone.

They said it: “I was almost able to get an interception, it hit my hands but I wasn’t able to pull it in. I was surprised he threw it my way because there weren’t any receivers by me. It doesn’t really matter though because we won.” Nick Kandris said.

JV Football

League Record: 0-0

Overall Record:  2-1

Last Week: Beat Whitney 42-0

This Week : Home game against Clovis West 9/16

Bright Spots : Whitney couldn’t stop Rocklin’s running game. Able to pull off the shutout.

Frosh Football

League Record: 0-0

Overall Record:  3-0

Last Week: Whitney 27 – 7  

This Week : Clovis West 42 – 8

Bright Spots : Lixon Miller had a 95 yard interception. Donovan Lopez 91 yard touchdown pass, 21 points in the first quarter. Cole Douglas broke his arm towards the end of the second quarter.

Varsity TENNIS

Last Week: Vs River City 9/16

This Week: Vs Oakridge 9/22

Bright Spots: Varsity Tennis had a match almost everyday of this week.  Canela Luna said that playing Granite Bay was tough, but most of the matches went to three sets, and they were able to win 6-3. Yuki Xia said many of this week’s matches were tight; and although they were stressful, she had fun determining which schools would be more difficult opponents.

They said it:: “The last game I played was a really long match and in tennis there are two out of three sets. I ended up having to play three sets and a tie breaker. I played two out of the three sets so it went on forever. It was cool how long it was, but it was also kind of tiring. It was a good experience because my opponent was a very good player” (Canela Luna).

JV TENNIS

League Record: 3-1

Overall Record:

Last Week:The Rocklin girls tennis team won Tuesday’s home conference match against Nevada Union 9-0.

This Week: @ Bella Vista 9/20.

Bright Spots: Gabrielle Cameron said she plays doubles as well as Hannah Horenstein. Hannah’s inspirational quote is “Your biggest success is your fails in life.”

They said it: Hannah and Gabrielle are very happy about the team bonding exercises.

Varsity Water Polo

Boys:

Last Week: Defeated Whitney in the Quarry Fish Bowl 15-7 and beat Ponderosa 16-14

This Week: The Sierra Shootout begins this Friday

Bright Spots: #6 Patrick Guinn led the boys to their close win over Ponderosa on 9/1

They said it:

Girls:

Last Week: In the Quarry Fish Bowl, Varsity Girl’s defeats Whitney in a close game 3-1

This Week: Varsity Girl’s Water Polo plays at Granite Bay on Wednesday the 14th

Bright Spots: After being out sick for a while, their only goalie, Julia Clark, had a great performance at goalie only letting one goal pass while barely being able to talk. Haley Matthews also kept up the team morale by motivating teammates and staying positive throughout their games.

They Said It: “Neither team had good game and Whitney’s pool was very wide which threw us off. There were a few times where girls swam into the walls because the edges are a lot harder to see and our team was more spread out which slowed down the game.”- Skylar Wuelfing

JV Girls Volleyball

Overall Record: 5-2

Last Week: JV Volleyball lost to Del Oro, 25-21, 19-25 and 12-15 on Sep.12. On the 16th, they beat Woodcreek with scores of 25-21 and 25-19.

This Week: Folsom High School 9/19. Granite Bay 9/21.

Bright Spots: Summer Frank went on a serving streak and Allyssa Griffin had great kills. Although they lost to Del Oro, they fought as a team and played hard.

They said it: “We are starting to vibe and work as a team so this going to be a great season.” Cameron Guevara said.

Varsity Cheer

Last Week: The cheer team performed on the sidelines and at halftime during the Varsity football game against Clovis West. Rocklin won 28-27

This Week: Cheer travels up to Nevada Union on 9/23

Bright Spots: It was the first week that the routine was made up by squad members, Allison Gerber and Jenna Wergadal

They Said It: “it turned out really good considering the amount of time we were given to put it together. Allison and Jenna did a great job” Morgan Waltman said.

JV Cheer

Last Week: JV Cheer performs splits halftime and cheers on sidelines with Rocklin Jr. Thunder’s Midget team against Clovis West. JV Football wins 32-6.

This Week: JV Cheer will be cheering on the sidelines at Nevada Union on 9/23. We’re also running through different routines and stunt sequences for future routines.

Bright Spots: All the more advanced stunts hit and the halftime performance overall was really good. It was also really funny when the shoulder sit fell.

They Said It: “performing was already risky since Mariah was injured, so falling wasn’t a big surprise in the shoulder sit. Overall the performance was good and we were glad that no one got more injured, we all had a good laugh afterwards. I’m really hopeful for this week, we’re performing the same routine so we have a chance to hit the shoulder sit”(Shelby Eastwood).