Riverbank cross country teams hosted the third round of the Mother Lode League Tournament, on Wednesday, Oct. 16. The runners were in action along with many other Bruin squads, including contests for football, flag football, volleyball and golf.
Bruin Cross Country
Both Riverbank running squads, girls and boys, hosted the third round of the Mother Lode League meet at Jacob Myers Park. Cross Country Coach Monte Wood reported that Giselle Fernandez won the varsity girls race, while Armando Garcia won the varsity boys competition.
Wood also noted that the RHS girls squad finished the dual meet season undefeated at 5-0, while the boys are 4-1 in second place.
“Both have good chances to win league titles,” Wood said.
The fourth MLL meet will be in San Andreas, hosted by Calaveras High School on Wednesday, Oct. 30.
Lady Bruin Flag Football
Girls football hosted Big Valley Christian on Thursday, Oct. 17, with the Lady Lions going home with a 13-2 Southern Athletic League win.
The Riverbank high point reportedly came when Maya Guzman intercepted a 2-point PAT attempt in the opponent’s endzone for the safety.
Riverbank was to host the Lady Grizzlies from Mariposa for their last home game of the season on Oct. 22 and then travel to Gustine on Thursday, Oct. 24.
Lady Bruin Volleyball
Riverbank’s girls varsity netters had two matches this past week, at Big Valley Chrisitan High in Modesto on Tuesday, Oct. 15, falling 3-0 to the Lady Lions, then hosting the Lady Red Hawks of Calaveras on Thursday, also going down 3-0 in league play.
The girls volleyball was to travel to Bret Harte on Tuesday, Oct. 22, to finish out league play.
Bruin Football
The varsity boys team hosted Linden on Friday, Oct. 18, in Mother Lode League action.
Linden took off on the first play from scrimmage at the beginning of the game, scoring in the first 15 seconds, and Riverbank’s night headed downhill from there. The host Lions won the league contest, 77-3, overwhelming the varsity Bruins.
The RHS team heads to Angels Camp to take on the Bret Harte Bullfrogs on Friday, Oct. 25.
Lady Bruin Golf
The Riverbank girl golfers were to host the Mother Lode League Championship Tournament this week, at the Escalon Golf Course.