Franklin Squeaks By Elk Grove, 4th Straight DVC Championship

Jesse Formaker has really established one of the top basketball programs in the Sac-Joaquin Section. For the fourth year in a row he has combed some of the top Elk Grove-area players into a quality team that has grabbed the 2012 Delta Valley Conference championship.

Except for a momentary slip-up a couple weeks back at Laguna Creek, the Wildcats have shown they are the class of the conference once again. On Friday night, some tough defense on top of quality free throw shooting gave Franklin a 54-48 win over Elk Grove. The Wildcats made 19 of their 20 charity tosses to overcome a scrappy Thundering Herd team that is on the bubble of qualifying for the Section playoffs.

Here's the final three minutes of Friday's game at Franklin:

Other BOYS BASKETBALL results from Friday:

COSUMNES OAKS 77, GALT 32 (The Wolfpack are heading into the D-II post-season)

GRANT 77, LAGUNA CREEK 65 (puts a big dent in the Cardinals' playoff hopes)

PLEASANT GROVE 67, FOLSOM 36 (Cody Demps had 18 to lead the Eagles)

GIRLS' BASKETBALL

PLEASANT GROVE 69, FOLSOM 30

GRANT 46, LAGUNA CREEK 36

FRANKLIN 47, ELK GROVE 37

SHELDON 47, PONDEROSA 37

COSUMNES OAKS 38, GALT 36

WILTON CHRISTIAN 56, SACRAMENTO COUNTRY DAY 29 (Watch out for Wilton in the D-V playoffs, right now they have the #2 seed)