Titan Holiday Classic, Dec. 10-12Another great, local high school tournament that guarantees some serious basketball action is the 7th Annual Titan Holiday Classic on Dec. 10-12 at Antelope High School.  With five local teams, two Bay Area teams and one team coming all the way from Australia this is one tournament... Read more

   Fans of Northern California prep football better start getting used to the term “competitive equity” as it relates to the playoffs in the Sac-Joaquin Section, North Coast Section and Central Coast Section.    To be precise, competitive equity is simply a different method used to determine which playoff divisions... Read more

Davis cross country aims high behind leader Fiona O’Keeffe, perhaps the state’s best runner Read more

The games on Oct. 2 will mark the mid-season point of the high school football season, which means there’s no better time to for a look at who is making the grade. Here are the SportStars Mid-Season Football Honors for both the Sac-Joaquin and Bay Area regions. SURPRISE TEAM  ... Read more

   Everyone talks about a graduating class from high school and key athletes moving on into college, but it’s always fun to check out those who’ve earned jobs as rookies in the NFL after playing in college.    There’s a strong group of those players this year from Northern California... Read more

State of Play: Mark Tennis (California Football Preseason TOP 20 follows below)    Preseason prep football coverage tends to be dominated by rankings of the top teams, but looking at players has always been important as well.    Key factors one always looks at for teams includes returning starters, what happened during... Read more

There was no better elite AAU girls basketball team in the nation this summer than the Orinda-based Cal Stars. And it wasn’t even close. Literally. The CalStars closed out a 54-1 season by steamrolling the competition at the Nike Nationals in North Augusta, South Carolina, from July 27-30. The Cal... Read more

June and July brought no rest for the wrestlers of Concord’s Community Youth Center When it comes to wins and losses, Mark Halvorson has done enough this year to justify taking an entire summer off. When he piloted his De La Salle High wrestling team to both a North Coast... Read more

Alhambra’s Briana Perez and College Park’s Joe DeMers were a cut above Read more

Two four-year starters, best friends with 800 kills between them, bring Deer Valley another NCS title Read more

Unshakable belief between coach, players and community led San Ramon Valley to its first state title Read more

   In some sports, such as track and field, it’s much easier for great California high school athletes to end their careers with a magical moment.    It’s the final race, final jump, final relay leg and they do what they usually do. Win, collect a medal, wave to the... Read more