After waiting most of her childhood, Danielle Williams is making her mark at Amador Valley Read more

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Baseball is one of the great equalizing sports. Especially at the high school level. A team may be better than its opponent over the course of a season, but one strong outing from a good pitcher “” or an abnormally bad outing by one “” can tilt the scale on any... Read more

THRILLING 30: Our first, second and third teams for boys and girls 2015-16 SportStars All-NorCal Basketball Teams BOYS FIRST TEAM PLAYER OF THE YEAR SOLOMON YOUNG | 6-7, Forward | Sacramento | Sr. The Dragons’ big man led Sacramento to a 30-win campaign that included a Sac-Joaquin Section Div. II... Read more

To win a championship in a sport as rough as rugby, you need players as tough as granite. Story by Jim Zelinski; Photos by Dan Bandoni. Courtesy of Sports Today Prevailing over a field of the country’s top 24 teams, the Granite Bay Rugby Club has won the national high school boys... Read more

When did May get here? Weren’t we just writing about our All-NorCal football teams and previewing baseball and softball? For whatever reason, it often feels like no high school sporting season goes by faster than spring. As a sports writer, it always feels like we emerge from the basketball state... Read more

HAVE BALL, WILL TRAVEL: If your neighborhood doesn’t have an oversized youth sports facility, it’s falling behind the times. Welcome to SportsPlex Nation! Outside it’s an unseasonably warm January weekday afternoon in Walnut Creek. But Mike Samuels is inside. And happy to be there. Samuels is showing off the brand... Read more

  Published in Issue #113 / March 2016   Hello sports fans! Welcome to spring. As I write this, the sun is blazing through my office window from a pleasant 71 degree afternoon in Concord. I’m wearing shorts and a t-shirt. All of which makes it only feel right that... Read more

Alhambra may have the Bay Area’s best 1-through-9 softball order — and it may not be close Read more

Despite 2 NCS titles in 5 seasons, Dublin soccer still plays with a chip on its shoulder Read more

For two months, Del Oro played with its season on the line — and just kept winning. Read more

As the West Coast Jamboree nears its 16th running from Dec. 28-30, we take a look at each of the top three divisions.    PLATINUM DIVISION The marquee division of this year’s West Coast Jamboree does not have as many of the nationally-ranked teams of some years past, but it... Read more