When the news came out that the SFL would be turned into the “super league” with the addition of Oak Ridge and Folsom, the Rocklin High community was skeptical about the 2014-2015 athletic season. However, the Fall sports season has set a high standard of what Rocklin should expect from the rest of their teams.

“There were some questions about how well our Athletic programs would fair in the league. . . but I can proudly tell you that our teams did very well,” Athletic Director Mr. Davis Stewart said.

The fact that we’re writing about the fall sports season in December shows just how successful they were. Every team made it into the postseason, and three teams, Girls Tennis, Girls Volleyball and Boys Water Polo, won league championships.

The addition of Oak Ridge, a powerhouse with a handful of state championships under their belt, into the SFL caused discomfort specifically among the volleyball, football and tennis teams. Ironically, volleyball ended up tying with both Oak Ridge and Granite Bay, for a league title, while tennis tied for first with Oak Ridge in league, and football blew out the Trojans 59-21.

As the fall season has come to an end, the teams’ success has set a precedent of what is to come in the future. Below are the teams final records and a recap of their postseason.

Football

Overall

9-3

League

4-2

Postseason recap: The boys fell 56-14 in the second round of the 2014 CIF Sac-Joaquin Section

playoffs to Saint Mary’s.

Volleyball

Overall

29-14

League (Co-champions with Oak Ridge and Granite Bay)

10-2

Postseason recap: The girls went 5-1 in the postseason, winning the 2014 CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division II championships, and losing in the second round of NorCal playoffs to Archbishop Mitty High school.

Boys Water Polo

Overall

12-8

League

4-1

Postseason Recap: Advanced to the second round of playoffs, and lost 17-3 to Saint Mary’s.

Girls Water Polo

League

7-2

Postseason recap:The girls lost in the first round of playoffs to Lodi by a score of 13-3.

Boys Cross Country

Postseason recap: Andrew Craft (frosh boys), Andrei Matei (soph boys), Geoff Leonhardt, Andrew Clusserath, Johnathan Montoya, Justin Johnson, Spencer Matthews, Craig Yerkes and Connor Emsley (varsity boys) all advanced to sections. The boys varsity team missed going to state finals by one point, but advanced two individual runners, Geoff Leonhardt and Andrew Clusserath.

Girls Cross Country

Postseason recap: Maddie Morrison (Frosh/soph) ,  Elle Knorzer (JV),  Megan Kuo and Sierra Gosting (Varsity) all individually advanced tyo sections.

Tennis

Overall

20-5

League

11-1

Postseason recap: Lost in the section finals to Oak Ridge, but advanced into the Division II NorCal playoffs. The team made it to the second round and lost to Saint Francis of Mountain View 7-0.

Golf

Postseason recap: The team qualified for the first round divisional, and sent Nicole Schroeder and Sara Cluff to the Masters tournament.

Boys soccer

Overall

8-9-1

League

6-5-1

Postseason recap: The boys lost 1-0 in the first round of the CIF Sac-Joaquin 2014 Division II playoffs to Vintage.