Photos by Maggie Beck, The Union Democrat

 Over 220 runners enjoyed perfect weather and competed in the annual Jamestown Run on Saturday at Jamestown Elementary School. The race featured races of 2-miles and 10k. Alan Quintero claimed the title in the 10k while Conner Landis was quickest in the 2-mile. Julie Baker was the fastest woman in the 10k and was sixth overall. 10k race winner Alan Quintero (right) leads the pack right from the start of the race.

Calaveras’ Mike Seawell (right) successfully steals second base while Sonora shortstop Justin Payne waits for the throw. Cat second baseman Gino Balestrieri backs up. Amy Alonzo Rozak / Union Democrat

Sonora junior Rocky Rozadilla hurled the first four innings and allowed just one run on three hits to earn his first win of the year.

Bret Harte’s Elaine Jordan (above, left) makes a pass with Summerville’s Camila Richardson defending. Maggie Beck / Union Democrat

Bullfrogs forward Elaine Jordan scored Bret Harte’s first goal 34 minutes into the game after a shot by midfielder Allie Steele deflected off Summerville’s goalkeeper. Jordan was in perfect position to put the ball in the net for the game’s first score. 

“Elaine made a good followup,” said midfielder Lauren Redding. “That’s what we work on and it was our advantage tonight.”

Redding, a junior, scored Bret Harte’s second goal three minutes later off a drive from about 15 yards.

Sonora Wildcat senior Bennett Personius powers past the competiton on his way to a first place finish in the 200 IM on Wednesday against the Manteca Buffaloes at the Sonora pool. Personius also helped the 200 medley and 400 free relay team earn wins. Amy Alonzo Rozak / Union Democrat

That goal, other than leaving Valley Oak League foe Manteca in its wake, was to record times that would qualify it for a pair of events in the section trials, the prestigious end of season event which is held in May.

The relay team of seniors Bennett Personius and Cody Hansten along with junior Matt Scanlin and freshman Seth Farwell achieved its goal and reserved its spot.

“It was really exciting that we set a goal before the meet and those guys went out and did it,” said Wildcat head coach John-Jay Verhuel. “I’m real proud of those guys.”

Sonora ace Ryan Stevenson (10, above) hurls Tuesday during his complete game one-hitter with 15 strikeouts against the Summerville Bears at Bev Barron Field. Maggie Beck / Union Democrat

Stevenson pitched a complete-game one-hitter with 15 strikeouts and made the defensive play of the game to lead the Wildcats to a 7-1 baseball victory over their county rivals the Summerville Bears at Bev Barron Field.

“That was vintage Stevenson,” said Wildcat head coach Scott Johnson. “We just seem to play a lot better when he’s on the bump. Our guys don’t want to win when he is pitching, they expect to win.”

The Sonora Wildcat girls’ soccer team opened Valley Oak League Tuesday with a 1-0 victory over host Weston Ranch.

The Wildcats survived a Cougar first-half surge that produced 12 shots on goal keeper Hannah Taylor, who let nothing get by.

More than 45 vendors have donated thousands of dollars worth of merchandise to be raffled later this month at a special event honoring two fallen Bret Harte students.

Big ticket items include a HovieSUP standup paddle board and cosmetics package worth more than $2,000, plus gift certificates for restaurants, massages and other goods and services will also be offered, said Sean Plummer, mother of Alex and Macaila Marshall, who were killed earlier this year by their father, Philip Marshall, 54, in a murder-suicide at the family’s residence in Murphys.

“There’s going to be something for everyone,” she said. “It’s going to be a big event, but the raffle alone will raise a lot of money for the school and community that gave so much to Alex and Macaila.”

Get ready Mother Lode League because here come the Sonora Wildcats.

Schools seeking to prevent Sonora High’s football team from competing in the MLL were dealt what could be the final blow Tuesday, when a committee tasked with overseeing the Sac-Joaquin Section’s four-year realignment plan again failed to act on an alternate proposal that would send the Wildcats elsewhere.

MLL officials unsuccessfully argued in favor of an alternate proposal that placed Sonora gridders in the Trans Valley League rather than the MLL at the final committee meeting before its 2014-18 Realignment Plan is considered by the CIF’s Board of Managers for approval in April.

Iconic slugger Reggie Jackson is scheduled to appear at Bret Harte’s first home game of the 2013 baseball season March 20 to honor a Bullfrog player and his sister, who were both slain by their father in a murder-suicide earlier this year.

Jackson, also known by the nickname “Mr. October” for his clutch postseason play, will wear Alex Marshall’s jersey, No. 15, and sit in place of the fallen student-athlete in the Bret Harte dugout for the duration of the game.

He will also be on-hand to talk with players and fans at the special opening day event intended to raise money for a scholarship fund in the names of Alex and his sister, Macaila, as well as serve as a token of appreciation to a community that has helped surviving family members cope with the tragedy.

“I think it’s going to give back to the community that gave to me,” said Sean Plummer, mother of Alex and Macaila.

Bear Logen Foster (above, left) makes a leaping catch while Central Valley’s Austin Burns (right) slides to the base. Maggie Beck / Union Democrat

Brocchini, along with Bryce Farrell, Logen Foster and Connor Morningstar, made his return from the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV Championship-winning varsity basketball team that suffered a loss in the first round of the state playoffs Wednesday night. 

Brocchini faced seven batters over two innings against the Central Valley Hawks on Friday in a 12-3 loss at home. He had two strikeouts and held them to only two hits and no runs.