Butterfield and Welch lead the way

Spencer Butterfield and Julian Welch led Yuba College over visiting Los Medanos -- here's the game report.

A note on Del Oro's Spencer Butterfield

Del Oro High's Spencer Butterfield won't be signing a fooball letter-of-intent because he wants to play college hoops:

Del Oro football standout holds out for hoops
Bill Paterson
Sacramento Bee
February 2, 2010

Del Oro High School's Spencer Butterfield is considered one of the area's top football prospects. But the Bee All-Metro first-team wide receiver says he will not sign an NCAA national letter of intent Wednesday.

The 6-foot-3, 200-pound senior is committed to playing basketball in college, even though he has gotten a lot less recruiting attention in that sport...

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Spencer Butterfield explodes

Figuratively, not literally.

Top-ranked Sheldon beats Del Oro, but Golden Eagles' Butterfield has game to remember
Bill Paterson
Sacramento Bee
January 17, 2009

It isn't often that top-ranked Sheldon's mega-talented Darius Nelson and Ramon Eaton are overshadowed on the basketball court.

Even though they played big roles in beating No. 14 Del Oro 74-65 Saturday night in the marquee event of the day-long, seven-game Common Good Classic in Loomis, they had to take a back seat to the Golden Eagles' Spencer Butterfield.

The 6-foot-3 senior guard scored 34 points and, if not for some second-half foul trouble, he might have had a lot more...

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