Junior Singles Player Kate Hsia Produces Golden Match Of 48 Consecutive Points In A Mid-October Win During West Bay Athletic League Play Story & Photos: Pam McKenney for Menlo School Menlo’s legendary coach Bill Shine has been around tennis for over 60 years, his teams have won 27 Central Coast... Read more

East Bay Coaches Weren’t Shy About Telling The Newest Amador Valley Volleyball Coach His Team Was Ready To Take Off — And The Dons Appear To Be Proving Them Right PICTURED ABOVE: Amador Valley senior outside hitter, Zoe Allison. After a long stretch of focus on club volleyball, Jacky Yao... Read more

A Physical, Grind-It-Out Victory At Folsom Puts De La Salle Football Back At No. 2 In NorCal Rankings And On A Trajectory Many Have Seen Before For the better part of four decades, watching the De La Salle-Concord football team at the beginning of the season and then watching again... Read more

After Nearly A Year Of Rehab, Sac High’s Celebrated Two-Way Talent Lamar Radcliffe Returned To Action For Sac High Football — Where Family Awaited Lamar Radcliffe’s first carry went into the middle of the Sacramento High line, and when there wasn’t a lane available, he bounced right looking for more... Read more

Q&A: Renown Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Semon Bader Answers Our Questions On ACL Tears, The Recovery Process And Prevention Methods This is an edited transcript from our 2022 Know & GO Podcast series featuring physicians and trainers from Golden State Orthopedic & Spine. For our second ever episode of the Know... 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

Guest Contributor Michael Van Gerpen Offers Up A Dozen Benefits To Adding Cycling To Your Summer Activities Lists • Beyond being just a mode of transportation or another form of exercise, cycling offers a multitude of additional benefits as well. Whether you prefer riding indoors or outdoors, a leisurely ride... Read more

Nationally-Ranked Players, Sumaswara And Suneri Chinthalapati, Take No. 2 Seed Into CIF Doubles Tournament For Valley Christian Of San Jose • PICTURED ABOVE: Sumaswara Chinthalapati (Inside Left) And Her Sister Suneri Show Off Some Of Their Championship Hardware With Coaches Mark DeLuca (Far Right) And Davis Gunter. (Contributed Photo) After... Read more

A Roster With 19 Seniors And An Identity Forged During The Covid Summer Of 2020, Has Cardinal Newman Baseball Among NorCal’s Elite • PICTURED ABOVE: Senior infielder Raul Valdivia (22) gets a high-five from Anane Wilson on his way back to the dugout. (David Gershon photos) During the summer and... Read more

St. Mary’s-Stockton Junior Jordan Lee Was The Driving Force For A Rams Team That Reached Div. I NorCal Final Despite A Slew Of Injuries • Jordan Lee put 47 on Oakland Tech in the NorCals, so she’s got to be one of those score-first wings, right? And though 47 is... Read more

Archbishop Mitty Girls Basketball Left To Regroup, Recommit After Battle Of National Top 10 Teams Ends In A Buzzer-Beater Defeat To Etiwanda • PICTURED ABOVE: Mitty Star Freshman McKenna Woliczko Grabs A Rebound During The CIF Open Div. State Final. (David Gershon photos) Sue Phillips, the legendary Archbishop Mitty girls... Read more