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Mariposa County High School’s football season continues Friday, Nov. 13, when the sixth-seeded Grizzlies travel to third-seeded Linden for a 6 p.m. Sac-Joaquin Section Division VII quarterfinal. The game will be played at Linden High School in Linden, with both teams entering the postseason at 7-3. The matchup puts Mariposa’s productive running game and season-long…

Mariposa’s postseason run ended against a familiar nemesis as the Colfax Falcons defeated the Mariposa County High School girls’ flag football team 13-7 in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division V playoffs at Colfax Tuesday afternoon. The loss halted a seven-game winning streak, , and brought an abrupt finish to a season in which the Grizzlies repeatedly…

Mariposa County High School rolled past Waterford, 33-7, last Friday night, improving to 7-2 overall and keeping the Grizzlies in pursuit of Southern League leader Denair. The victory followed Mariposa’s 19-7 win over Stone Ridge Christian a week earlier. The Grizzlies have allowed 81 points through nine games, including just seven in each of their…

Mariposa County High School opened the girls’ flag football postseason with a 31-0 victory over Bradshaw Christian on Wednesday, advancing in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division V playoffs. The seventh-seeded Grizzlies will travel to No. 2 Colfax for a Division V quarterfinal at 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 2. The Falcons advanced with a first-round…

Mariposa County High School’s girls’ volleyball team saw its CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division V playoff run end Tuesday evening, as visiting Amador defeated the Grizzlies in four sets. The score was 3–1, with set scores of 25–22, 24–26, 25–19 and 25–15. Mariposa entered the postseason as the undefeated Southern League champion, bringing a 27–10 overall…

Mariposa County High School will host Bradshaw Christian at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, in the first round of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division V girls’ flag football playoffs. The matchup sends the 12-5 Grizzlies against the 14-8 Pride. Mariposa finished second in the Southern Athletic League at 12-2, while Bradshaw Christian placed fifth in the…

Mariposa County High School’s undefeated Southern League champion volleyball team will host Amador at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, in the opening round of the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division V playoffs. The match is set for the Loyd Hobby Gymnasium on the MCHS campus. The Grizzlies enter the postseason 27-10 overall and 14-0 in league…

Denair needs to stumble to give MCHS a shot at a tie for the title Mariposa County kept its Southern League championship hopes alive Friday night, defeating Stone Ridge Christian 19-7 in a matchup of league contenders. The victory lifted the Grizzlies to 6-2 overall and 4-1 in league play, while Stone Ridge fell to…

With little room left for another league loss, the Mariposa County High School football team will host Stone Ridge Christian at 7:15 p.m. tonight in a matchup between two contenders trying to keep pace in the Southern League championship race. The Grizzlies and Knights enter with identical 5-2 overall records and 3-1 league marks, one…

Mariposa County High School’s girls flag football team carried a five-game winning streak and an 11-4 overall record into its regular-season finale after routing Linden 59-7 Tuesday night and receiving a 1-0 forfeit victory over Vanguard College Prep in its previous contest. The Grizzlies’ latest victory was another display of the balance that has defined…