https://gotroubies.com en-us https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220719iz44kh SACRAMENTO, Calif. – St. Francis High midfielder Zahra Smith captured All-America honors as USA Lacrosse rolled out its 2022 year-end high school awards this week. Tue, 19 Jul 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220719iz44kh https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220710xi7xki TOWSON, Md. – Bella McCullough, a 2022 St. Francis High graduate heading to William Penn University, finished almost two weeks of action as a member of the Mexico National Team at the 2022 World Lacrosse Women's World Championship in Towson, Maryland last week. The All-Delta League honoree earned a spot on Team Mexico during a tryout in March. Sun, 10 Jul 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220710xi7xki https://gotroubies.com/general/2021-22/releases/20220601q1vin2 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – St. Francis’ Kevin Warren, Julia Southard and Brian Nabeta each earned Coach of the Year honors in softball, lacrosse and swimming, respectively, while softball pitcher Hope Jenkins and lacrosse midfielder Zahra Smith were both selected as the Player of the Year for her sport as the Delta League rolled out its full slate of spring sports awards following the conclusion of the Sac-Joaquin Section postseason. Wed, 01 Jun 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/general/2021-22/releases/20220601q1vin2 https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220503www9dp KENTFIELD, Calif. – Senior midfielder Zahra Smith scored four goals while freshman Karly Okamoto tallied a goal and two assists for three total points, but St. Francis could not overcome a first-half deficit in falling, 17-10, to Marin Catholic in the first round of the North Coast Section Division I girls’ lacrosse championship tournament Tuesday afternoon at the Ghilotti Family Football Field. Tue, 03 May 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220503www9dp https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220501rqyy78 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – St. Francis High girls’ lacrosse drew a No. 10 seed and will open the North Coast Section Division I tournament at Marin Catholic in Kentfield, the section office announced Sunday. First draw is 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3. Sun, 01 May 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220501rqyy78 https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220428zz76rp DAVIS, Calif. – Senior goalkeeper Bella McCullough totaled 12 saves while senior midfielder Abby Alvernaz notched her second hat trick of the season, but St. Francis ultimately shot just 7-for-20 in falling by a 9-7 final to Vista Del Lago in the third-place game of the Sierra Foothill/Delta League tournament, held Davis’ Ron & Mary Brown Stadium Thursday night. Thu, 28 Apr 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220428zz76rp https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202204270xniwq EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. – Senior goalkeeper Bella McCullough tallied a career-high 17 saves while midfielders Zahra Smith and Elizabeth Barger each performed hat tricks on offense, but St. Francis surrendered a run of six unanswered goals early in the second half to fall to host Oak Ridge, 20-9, in the first round of the Sierra Foothill/Delta League girls’ lacrosse tournament Tuesday night. Tue, 26 Apr 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202204270xniwq https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220422vsitn6 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Sophomore Elizabeth Barger scored a game-high four goals, senior Zahra Smith and sophomore Brynley Hodge each added hat tricks, and freshman Karly Okamoto tallied five assists as St. Francis rolled past Rio Americano, 16-3, in the varsity half of a Delta League girls’ lacrosse doubleheader Friday afternoon. Fri, 22 Apr 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220422vsitn6 https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220420zurdkj FAIR OAKS, Calif. – Sophomore Brynley Hodge scored a team-high five goals while senior Zahra Smith added four goals and an assist, leading St. Francis to a 17-0 shutout of Bella Vista in Delta League varsity girls’ lacrosse action Wednesday night. Wed, 20 Apr 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220420zurdkj https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202204200b6cis ROSEVILLE, Calif. – Senior Abby Alvernaz, sophomore Brynley Hodge and freshman Camdyn Zucker each recorded hat tricks while senior goalkeeper Bella McCullough logged eight saves, leading St. Francis to an 18-4 win over Roseville in Delta League girls’ varsity lacrosse action Tuesday night. Tue, 19 Apr 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202204200b6cis https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202204082xniih DAVIS, Calif. – Senior midfielder Zahra Smith scored six total goals, including five after the halftime break, to lead St. Francis to a comeback 11-10 win over Davis in a showdown of the Delta League’s top two teams Thursday night at Dewey Halden Field.  Thu, 07 Apr 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202204082xniih https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202204063ev34a RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. – Sophomore Brynley Hodge scored five goals, senior Zahra Smith added another four, while freshman Karly Okamoto tallied two goals and four assists for six total points as St. Francis defeated Christian Brothers, 17-4, in the second of two “Holy Stix” rivalry girls’ lacrosse games at Mather Sports Complex Tuesday night. Tue, 05 Apr 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202204063ev34a https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202204022h1wh9 RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. – Freshman Karly Okamoto posted four goals and three assists for a game-high seven points, while senior co-captain Zahra Smith added another five goals, as St. Francis snared a 17-6 win over Rio Americano in a pivotal Delta League girls’ lacrosse matchup at Mather Sports Complex.  Fri, 01 Apr 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202204022h1wh9 https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220330zxovl0 RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — Freshman attacker Karly Okamoto scored two goals with two assists while Lauren Wieser and Brynley Hodge also netted two scores in a 13-9 varsity loss, while Olivia Hamm exploded for an eight-goal performance in a 16-5 junior varsity victory, as St. Francis split its Delta League home lacrosse doubleheader against Davis at Mather Sports Complex Wednesday night. Wed, 30 Mar 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220330zxovl0 https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220328iuhicb SACRAMENTO, Calif. – In every St. Francis lacrosse game, senior Zahra Smith makes things happen. The midfielder and co-captain effortlessly slings around a ball with a pear-shaped netting with nearly the size and rigidity of a small shovel. Her mother, Sabine Goetz, serves as the team’s official scorer and dutifully records the stats posted by Zahra and her 20 or so teammates. Mon, 28 Mar 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220328iuhicb https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220329184kf6 RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — Sophomore Elizabeth Barger scored seven goals in a 17-4 varsity win while freshman Olivia Hamm figured on all but one of her team’s goal in a a 12-3 junior varsity victory, as St. Francis swept Del Oro in a non-league high school girls’ lacrosse doubleheader at Mather Sports Complex Monday night. Mon, 28 Mar 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220329184kf6 https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202203281g4upb SACRAMENTO, Calif. – St. Francis lacrosse player Bella McCullough earned one of 18 slots on the Mexico Women’s National Team roster, Federación de Lacrosse México announced via its social media channels Sunday. Team Mexico will compete at the 2022 World Lacrosse Women’s World Championship in Towson, Maryland, from June 29 to July 9. Sun, 27 Mar 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202203281g4upb https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202203262jek3m RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. – Sophomore Brynley Hodge scored a game-high four goals, senior Zahra Smith won eight of the game’s 20 draws, and the varsity-junior varsity sister tandem of Abby and Olivia Alvernaz combined for seven goals and three assists, as St. Francis won both ends of a home lacrosse doubleheader against Bella Vista at Mather Sports Complex Friday night. Fri, 25 Mar 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202203262jek3m https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202203243017vn RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — Senior goalkeeper Bella McCullough totaled 12 saves in the varsity game while Olivia Hamm and Zia Smith each netted two goals in the junior varsity opener, but St. Francis dropped both ends of a non-league girls’ lacrosse doubleheader to Oak Ridge at Mather Sports Complex Wednesday night. Wed, 23 Mar 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202203243017vn https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202203190wudyb RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. - Senior co-captains Johanna Stevenson and Zahra Smith each achieved the unusual feat of posting at least one goal and save in the same game as St. Francis blanked Roseville, 14-0, in Delta League girls’ lacrosse action at Mather Sports Complex Friday night. Fri, 18 Mar 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202203190wudyb https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/2022031725cgtf SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Senior midfielder Zahra Smith and sophomore attacker Brynley Hodge each scored six goals to propel St. Francis to a commanding 18-2 road win in Delta League varsity girls’ lacrosse action at Peter P. Bollinger Stadium Wednesday night.  Wed, 16 Mar 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/2022031725cgtf https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202203151bqypb RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. -- Senior Bella McCullough tallied seven saves against just three goals while senior Zahra Smith and sophomore Brynley Hodge each performed hat tricks, leading St. Francis to a 12-3 win over perennial area power Granite Bay in non-league girls? varsity lacrosse Monday night at Mather Sports Complex. The Troubadours? win represents the first in the series against the Grizzlies in almost exactly nine years. Mon, 14 Mar 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202203151bqypb https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220311vmgg53 SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Due to a security-related incident on the Davis Senior High School campus Friday afternoon, the Delta League lacrosse doubleheader between St. Francis and the host Blue Devils has been postponed. A rescheduled date for the contest will be announced at a later date. Fri, 11 Mar 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220311vmgg53 https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220309ziigan ROSEVILLE, Calif. – Sophomores Brynley Hodge and Elizabeth Barger amassed totals of six and five goals respectively, propelling St. Francis to a 17-0 shutout of Woodcreek in Delta League girls’ lacrosse action Wednesday night. The nightcap followed a 14-1 win for the Troubadours’ junior varsity, thanks to six goals from Zia Smith. Wed, 09 Mar 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20220309ziigan https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202203050oqfqe DANVILLE, Calif. – Sophomore attacker Brynley Hodge scored a game-high five goals while senior midfielder Zahra Smith added another four goals with two assists, leading St. Francis to an 11-8 victory over Monte Vista in girls’ prep lacrosse action Friday evening. Fri, 04 Mar 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202203050oqfqe https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202203020x1e2c RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. – Freshman Karly Okamoto, senior Zahra Smith and sophomore Brynley Hodge each scored goals while senior goalkeeper Bella McCullough posted three saves in each half but a run of four unanswered Eagle goals sank St. Francis in a 6-3 loss to Vista Del Lago in non-league prep girls’ lacrosse action at Mather Sports Complex Tuesday night. Tue, 01 Mar 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/202203020x1e2c https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/2022022611ujnf RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. – Senior Zahra Smith netted a game-high four goals while freshman Karly Okamoto added a hat trick and three assists as St. Francis scored a 15-0 shutout of Woodcreek in the varsity nightcap of a season-opening Delta League girls’ lacrosse doubleheader at Mather Sports Complex. Fri, 25 Feb 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/2022022611ujnf https://gotroubies.com/general/2021-22/releases/20211110l5584m A total of 12 St. Francis High students committed to compete in eight different sports were recognized during the college preparatory school’s semi-annual National Letter of Intent and College Commitment ceremony, held in the main gymnasium Wednesday morning.  Wed, 10 Nov 2021 05:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/general/2021-22/releases/20211110l5584m https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20211101oy05mo SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Bella McCullough, a senior goalkeeper for the St. Francis High lacrosse team, was announced as the school’s winner for the Heisman High School Scholarship presented by Acceptance Insurance on Monday.  Mon, 01 Nov 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://gotroubies.com/sports/wlax/2021-22/releases/20211101oy05mo