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

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

Heavy Hearts Take Center Stage As 7 Friday Night Pays Tribute To The Late De La Salle Assistant Steve Jacoby; PLUS Acalanes Receiver Trevor Rogers Visits The entire 7 Friday Night team opens the show on a somber note as they gather to share some thoughts on the passing of... Read more

Monterey Trail Football Found Strength, Cohesion During Tough Nonleague Slate — And After 35-34 Win Over Grant, They’re Metro League Champs Once Again PICTURED ABOVE: Monterey Trail captains, from left to right: Elijah Folau, Elijah Wilder, Cam Haynie and Joseph Barrientos. (Ben Enos photos) When adversity hits, the most consistent... 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

Del Oro Football Quarterback Caden Pinnick Joins 7 Friday Night To Talk Up Golden Eagles’ 5-0 Start; Plus, DLS-Folsom Chatter And More! It’s a busy week at 7 Friday Night as Ben returns to the co-host chair, Coach Eidson still brings the heat from his usual spot, and Del Oro-Loomis... Read more

A No. 2 vs. No. 3 Matchup Highlights The Schedule This Week After A Relatively Quiet Week Within The NorCal Football Rankings • PICTURED AT TOP: Linebacker Drew Cunningham of No. 3 De La Salle. (Chace Bryson Photo) Northern California football teams are slowly but surely transitioning from nonleague play... Read more

Our NorCal Football Rankings Get Their First Real Shake-Up Of The Season, Including A Flip-Flop Of The No. 2 And No. 3 Teams • PICTURED AT TOP: Wayshawn Parker of No. 9 Grant-Sacramento. (David Gershon Photo) After three weeks of football in Northern California, the picture is becoming just a... Read more

Our 11th Annual Bay Area 75 Athlete Rankings For The ’22-’23 School Year Begins Here With Nos. 75-51 PICTURED ABOVE: No. 54, Jonathan Guerrero of De La Salle-Concord Football, Track Welcome to our 11th annual Bay Area 75 rankings — SportStars’ countdown of the top 75 Bay Area athletes from... Read more

Oakland Tech Girls Basketball, Davis Boys Soccer Survive Week-Plus Vote And Social Media Playoffs To Earn NorCal Team Of The Year Honors • In the month of June, when so many Athlete Of The Year honors are bestowed, we wanted to start something that also honored the collective and not... Read more

FOUND STRENGTH: Sophia Mariottini Pushed Herself To Become A Lockdown Pitcher, Dependable Bat For NorCal & State’s Top Team • PHOTOS: Larry Kauk / Legndz Photography For the Hollister softball team and Sophia Mariottini, expectations for the 2023 season were modest at best.  There were only a handful of returning... Read more

Early Grind Of Games In March, And Pivotal Loss On May 1, Built Hollister Softball Into An Unstoppable Force By Season’s End • PHOTOS: Larry Kauk / Legndz Photography After a 33-game season, it’s not always easy to recall vivid details from just any game. But Hollister softball senior pitcher... Read more