All records through Jan. 17   Rank (Last Wk.) School Record 1 (2) Salesian-Richmond 15-2 2 (3) De La Salle-Concord 14-2 3 (1) Archbishop Mitty-San Jose  12-3 4 (4) Sheldon-Sacramento 13-3 5 (5) Newark Memorial-Newark 12-4 6 (6) Jesuit-Sacramento 14-4 7 (7) Bishop O’Dowd-Oakland 11-4 8 (8) Pleasant Grove-Elk Grove... Read more

All records through Jan. 28   Rank (Last Wk.) School Record 1 (1) Salesian-Richmond 15-2 2 (2) De La Salle-Concord 18-2 3 (3) Archbishop Mitty-San Jose 16-3 4 (5) Newark Memorial-Newark 17-4 5 (6) Jesuit-Sacramento 18-4 6 (4) Sheldon-Sacramento 16-4 7 (7) Bishop O’Dowd-Oakland 15-5 8 (8) Pleasant Grove-Elk Grove... Read more

NorCal Boys Top 20 All records through end of regular season. Rankings are not updated during the playoffs.    Rank (Last Wk.) School Record 1 (1) Salesian-Richmond 26-2 2 (2) De La Salle-Concord 24-2 3 (3) Archbishop Mitty-San Jose 24-3 4 (4) Newark Memorial-Newark 22-4 5 (6) Sheldon-Sacramento 22-5 6... Read more

BASEBALL PRESEASON TOP 20   NorCal rankings only. Records are from 2011   1. Jesuit-Carmichael (25-6) If your ace is committed to Stanford and your SS to Oregon State, good things are happening.   2. St. Mary’s-Stockton (22-9) Switch-hitting star Gio Brusa leads the way for a Rams squad loaded... Read more

By CHACE BRYSON | Editor   It should’ve felt like a bigger deal “” a bigger moment.  After 32 minutes of making the Windsor High boys basketball team wish it could be anywhere else, Newark Memorial was about to be crowned the North Coast Section Division II champion following a 60-41... Read more

By CHACE BRYSON | Editor   At this point, it’s gotten ridiculous.  Over the past three seasons, the Foothill High boys golf team has been as consistently good “” scratch that, dominant “” as any high school sports program in Northern California. That goes for any sport. After their most recent sweep... Read more

Welcome to Impulse, your one-stop shop for gadgets, gizmos and gear. Compiled by staff writer Erik Stordahl, Impulse provides you with the latest & greatest and what’s currently hot on the market. This week, we continue to look at summer hotspots for your family, friends and bros.   De La... Read more

  Record Highs: Eight East Bay SportStars Baseball teammates are going to North Carolina this year. “I thought it would be tough to top last year, but we did!!” exclaimed team GM, Jason Sekany of TPC in Pleasanton, CA in a morning interview Friday. The players, (from U14 and U17... Read more

Top 5 Ways to turn the De La Salle football movie into a blockbuster.   You might have heard that Hollywood has finally gotten wise to what’s been going on in Contra Costa County. Concord, more specifically (Winton Ave, if you wanna get super-picky). That’s right. The De La Salle... Read more

Bellarmine Prep High’s football team might consider changing its logo from a Bell to a Question Mark for the 2012 season. The Central Coast Section Bells bookended their stellar 2011 campaign with tough losses – falling 26-23 in double-overtime to De La Salle-Concord in Week 1 and 42-37 to Santa Margarita-... Read more

Freedom High (BVAL) coach Kevin Hartwig preaches to his players to focus on the following motto: “Are we going to be 1-0 or 0-1 this week?” It’s obviously the 11-year Falcons coach’s attempt at keeping his players focused on one game at a time. Even though 90 percent of the... Read more

OFFENSE   QB ““ Jared Goff (Marin Catholic-Kentfield) 6-4, 190, Sr. Cal-commit tossed 44 TDs a year ago and is one of seven returning offensive starters.   RB ““ Olito Thompson (Concord) 5-10, 210, Sr. Sky is the limit for the guy who set the NorCal single-season rushing record in... Read more