NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings Open 2024 With Just Three New Teams Entering; Showcases And Transfer Eligibility May Spice Things Up Though • NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings All records are through Saturday, Dec. 30 Previous rank in parenthesis. Records obtained through MaxPreps.com PICTURED ABOVE: Junior Jada Tupou of No. 2 Folsom.... Read more

Bailey Hartman Is The Latest National-Level Swimmer At Carondelet — But The First Since 2013 To Help Carry The Cougars To An NCS Title • Bailey Hartman sat comfortably in her fold-out camping chair posted squarely in the front corner of the Carondelet swimming tent.  Throughout the morning of May... Read more

Our First In-Season NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings Has Nine Teams Rising From Their Preseason Spot; PLUS: Some Analysis On New NCS Playoff Proposal • NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings All records are through Monday, Dec. 11. Previous rank in parenthesis. Records obtained through MaxPreps.com PICTURED ABOVE: No. 17 Salesian from last... Read more

Focused Return To The Veer Offense, Dominant Defense Sends De La Salle Back To A CIF State Bowl After Shutout Of Clovis North PICTURE ABOVE: Jackson Barth (77) leads the way as Derrick Blanche follows during the CIF 1-AA NorCal regional on Friday against Clovis North-Fresno. (Ben Enos photos) Whether... Read more

In A Jam-Packed Hour, The 7 Friday Night Team Revisits An Epic Section Finals Weekend And Breaks Down Several CIF Bowl Playoff Matchups PICTURED ABOVE: Grant-Sacramento running back Devin Green carries the ball during the Sac-Joaquin Section Div. III final. (David Gershon photo) This week’s show sees Ben and Chace... Read more

El Cerrito Football Punches Its Return Ticket Into CIF Bowl Playoffs With Last-Minute Comeback Win Over Windsor PICTURED ABOVE: Jayvon Bolds celebrates his go-ahead touchdown with a little more than a minute left in the game. (Ben Enos photos) It would be easy to understand if the El Cerrito High... Read more

Despite Two Major Challenges From San Ramon Valley, De La Salle Football Upholds Three-Plus Decade Of Excellence Over North Coast Section Presented without context, the numbers associated with the De La Salle-Concord football team’s dominance of its own backyard never cease to amaze. 31 straight North Coast Section titles. 38... Read more

It’s A 7 Friday Night Mega-Playoff Pod, Plus San Marin QB Dom Ingrassia Joins The Show To Share About The Mustangs Historic Win Over Marin Catholic As Coach Eidson waxes poetic about a nip in the air, the changing leaves and the stadium lights turning on by 5 o’clock, the... Read more

BREAKING: De La Salle Football Will Host El Cerrito With Heavy Hearts Tonight Following Death Of Defensive Line Coach, Steve Jacoby PICTURED ABOVE: Steve Jacoby, left, stands next to Justin Alumbaugh during the national anthem prior to the game at Folsom on Sept. 22. (BEN ENOS Photo) The De La... Read more

All Three 7 Friday Night Personalities Share Thoughts On Being At Last Week’s Thriller Between De La Salle & San Ramon Valley; PLUS Previews, Picks & MORE All three members of the podcast just happened to be at the biggest game of last week, and perhaps the biggest game of... Read more

With Both Hosts Back Together, 7 Friday Night Delivers An Hour Of NorCal Football Talk & Welcomes Oak Ridge-El Dorado Hills Coach Casey Taylor Onto The Show SportStars’ managing editor, Chace Bryson, returns to the command seat and promptly screws up a recording session. However, he and Ben persevere for... Read more

Rushing For Video-Game Like Numbers, Herschel Turner Jr. Has Energized Concord’s Mt. Diablo High Football Program — And Put It Squarely In The League Title Race Herschel Turner Jr. looks restless. Midway through the first quarter of Mt. Diablo-Concord’s homecoming game against Ygnacio Valley-Concord, Turner hasn’t played a snap yet.... Read more