Sports Updates: Boys soccer wins first league game

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor Boys soccer lost 2-0 against West Campus on Tuesday but won their first league game 9-2 yesterday against Sutter, now sitting 4-2 overall. Their next game is Monday, 6pm at Dixon. Girls soccer also won their game against Sutter yesterday, their first win of the season so far. They play at…

Sports Updates: Winter sports start tomorrow

Winter sports are starting up this week, but league matches won’t begin until after Thanksgiving break. Boys basketball has a 3pm home game against Antioch next Tuesday. Girls basketball plays tomorrow, 6pm, at Encina. Both soccer teams have their first games tomorrow: The boys team plays 6pm at Center and the girls team plays 6:30pm…

Sports Updates: Water polo wraps up their season as a section finalist

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor On Saturday, boys water polo lost their finals playoff match against Roseville 23-11, finishing 18-9 overall. The girls team also lost their finals match against Christian Brothers 8-3, finishing 15-9 overall. Boys soccer has a 5pm non league game at home tomorrow against El Dorado. 

Sports Updates: Water polo in playoff semi-finals

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor Girls water polo plays against Dixon at Rio Americano, 7:30pm tonight in the semi-finals round of playoffs. The winner will play this Saturday, 10am at the Roseville Aquatics Center. Boys water polo will play Nevada Union at Bear River High today at 3:30pm in their semi-finals match. The finals game will…

Girls golf plays in divisionals at Micke Grove

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor On Oct. 27, Ryn Marbach (‘26), Ava Dwyer (‘26) and Sarah Edwards (‘26) went to girls golf divisionals at Micke Grove golf links after taking three of the six league individual qualifying spots. Marbach shot a 117, Edwards shot a 129 and Dwyer shot a 97 to tie for 4th, putting…

Sports Updates: Water polo in playoffs

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor Girls water polo has their first playoff game tomorrow, 8pm, against Oakmont at Rio Americano. The winner will play either Roseville or Rio Linda on Thursday. Boys water polo will play Del Campo at Rio Americano on Wednesday, starting 8pm, for their first playoff game. The winner will face off against…

Sports Updates: Golfer Ava Dwyer goes to Masters

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor On Monday, the top 3 players from the girls golf team went to sectionals at Micke Grove golf links. Ava Dwyer (‘26) shot a 97 to tie for 4th, and is now moving on to the Masters Championships, which no EC golfer has achieved for 3 years. Boys water polo lost…

Sports Updates: Girls golf at sections

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor Today, the top 3 EC girls golf players, Ryn Marbach (‘26), Ava Dwyer (‘26) and Sarah Edwards (‘26), are playing at Micke Grove Golf Links in the 18 hole sectional game. Football lost 49-7 against Casa Robles last Friday and is still on to play in their senior night game this…

Sports Updates: Varsity football reinstated

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor Yesterday afternoon, principal Evelyn Welborn emailed school faculty with the new state of the football team. Welborn stated that there are “not enough healthy and eligible players to safely field both junior varsity and varsity teams.” However, rather than combining moving down remaining varsity players to JV, the administration has decided…

Sports Updates: Remaining varsity football games cancelled

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor Last night, football coach Andy Sullivan sent out a message to EC football families that as of now, varsity players will be placed into JV and the varsity games tomorrow and next Friday are cancelled. The coach cited low player count, missed practices and behavioral concerns as reasons for this decision.…

Girls volleyball celebrates their graduating seniors

Ginger Hogge, Associate Editor As the season came to an end, the girls volleyball team was preparing for senior night at El Camino 10/16, and the freshmen, juniors, and sophomores put on a surprise dance to celebrate our seniors. Rylee Mayfeild (‘26) and Kalli Porter (‘26) are the two seniors graduating on the volleyball team.…

Sports Announcements 10/20

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor The football team lost last Friday’s game against Rio Linda 42-6. They play at Casa Robles this Friday at 7pm. Flag football plays at Casa Robles today and at Sutter on Wednesday, both games starting at 6pm. Girls volleyball plays their last league game tomorrow, 6pm, at Sutter. Water polo plays…

Sports Announcements 10/16

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor Football has their second to last home game tomorrow at 7pm against Rio Linda. Flag football won their game against Woodland 25-0 on Monday, and lost their senior night game last night against Destiny Christian 29-6. Boys water polo won 25-10 against Woodland yesterday and have a game at Rio Linda…

Sports Announcements 10/13

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor Football has a home game this Friday against Rio Linda at 7pm. Flag football plays at Woodland tonight at 6pm, and plays at home against Destiny Christian at 6pm on Wednesday. Girls volleyball lost 3 of the 5 sets they played against Casa Robles last Thursday. They play Natomas tomorrow and…

Sports Announcements 10/9

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor Last Friday, the football team lost 62-0 against Sutter. The team has 3 league games left this season, against Rio Linda, Casa Robles and Woodland. Flag football lost against Sutter 6-0 last Monday and lost to Dixon 35-6 last Wednesday. They lost at Natomas 29-0 this Monday and lost yesterday against…

Exceeding expectations: Joao’s journey in the water

By Liz Wingate, Associate Editor Joao de Oliveira (‘26) didn’t learn how to swim until he was 12 years old. Now, just six years later, he leads the El Camino water polo team with 79 goals and 29 assists, ranking him 12th in all of California, and leading his team to an unbeaten league record…

Sports Updates 9/29

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor Football won the homecoming game last Friday against Natomas 18-13. They play again this Friday at Sutter, starting at 7:15pm. Volleyball lost last Thursday’s game against Sutter in the first 3 sets. The team plays at Rio Linda 6:30pm tomorrow and at home against Dixon 6:30pm Thursday. Girls golf lost last…

Sports Announcements 9/25

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor Football plays in the homecoming game tomorrow at 7pm against Natomas. Girls volleyball lost 3 out of their 4 sets in their game at Woodland on Tuesday. They play at home again tonight, 6:30pm, against Sutter. Flag football lost 35-6 against Destiny Christian on Monday and lost 20-13 against Casa Robles…

Sports Announcements 9/22

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor Football lost last Friday’s away game at Dixon 44-6 and plays Natomas at 7pm this Friday for the homecoming game. The girls golf team’s top six players play in an 18-hole league tournament at Bing Maloney golf course today, the first of two during the season. The team will play again…

Sports Updates 9/18

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor Football has a game tomorrow at Dixon starting at 7pm. Flag football lost their Monday game at Rio Linda 40-0, but won yesterday’s game against Woodland 27-0. Girls volleyball lost their game on Tuesday against Casa Robles in the first 3 sets (25-15, 25-11, 25-21). They play again tonight, 6:30pm, at…

Sports Updates 9/15

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor Football won their home game last Friday against Bret Harte 14-8. They play again this Friday, 7pm, at Dixon. Water polo plays Nevada Union in a home game 5pm tomorrow and plays Casa Robles in another home game on Wednesday (girls at 5pm, boys at 6pm). The girls team went 2-2…

Girls volleyball makes a comeback against Destiny Christian

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor El Camino’s varsity girls volleyball team won their home game against Destiny Christian Academy last night in four sets. The Eagles lost the first set 25-20, but won the next three 25-18, 25-23 and 25-17. Varsity Coach Sarah Vieira noted that the team struggled to perform in the first set, but…

Sports Updates 9/11

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor Yesterday, boys water polo won 18-10 in a home game against Dixon, and girls won 7-6. Football has a 7pm home game against Bret Harte tomorrow. Girls volleyball won 3 out of the 4 sets played in their Tuesday game at Dixon. Flag football lost 32-6 at Dixon on Monday, and…

Water polo takes 5th at Sierra Shootout

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor On Sept. 5 and 6, El Camino’s boys water polo team played in the 19th annual Sierra Shootout, a multi-bracket tournament that hosts teams from all over Northern California. Cory Stowell, coach for the water polo team, recalled there being 58 teams among the four divisions of the tournament this year:…

Sports Updates 9/8

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor Football lost their game last Friday against Marysville 57-6. The team plays Bret Harte this Friday at home, starting at 7pm. Flag football lost against Rio Americano last Thursday 12-0. They play at Dixon tonight and in a home game against Natomas on Wednesday, starting both games at 6pm. Boys water…

Sports Updates 9/4

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor Both boys and girls water polo lost to Bella Vista in a home game yesterday, and will play again today at River City (boys at 5:30pm, girls at 4:30pm). The boys team will also be playing in the gold bracket of the Sierra Shootout starting at 8am at West Park tomorrow,…

Sports Updates 9/2

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor Last Friday, varsity football lost 36-0 against Center HS. Both varsity and junior varsity will play this Friday at Marysville, with JV starting at 5:30pm and varsity starting at 7pm. Flag football lost their game last Thursday at Del Campo 35-0. They have a home game at 6pm tonight against Rosemont…

Football team kicks off 25-26 season

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor El Camino’s football season kicked off last Friday in a home game against Rosemont, where varsity lost 53-0 and junior varsity won 26-14. Last year the team won no games, but Head Coach Andy Sullivan expects better results this year. “It’s going to be a tough season, but there has been…

8/28 Sports Updates

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor On Tuesday, El Camino’s flag football team won 12-6 against Bella Vista, and will play at Del Campo 7pm tonight. The football team has an away game at Center 7:30pm tomorrow. Girls golf plays Dixon at Wild Wings golf course today at 4:30pm. Yesterday, boys water polo won 18-9 against Christian…

Sports Announcements 8/25

Keaton Yost, Sports Editor Last Friday, El Camino’s JV football team won against Rosemont 26 to 14, while varsity lost 53-0 after having their only touchdown revoked due to a false start. The varsity team will play again this Friday at Center HS, starting at 7:30pm. On Thursday, both girls and boys water polo teams…