Former 49er Mike Wilson Serving as FBU’s Senior Representative for Two-Day Youth Football Tournament, Dec. 2-3Placer Valley Tourism is teaming up with All American Games (AAG) for the second straight year to bring the Football University (FBU) Pacific Region West Championship games to Placer Valley. Twelve youth football teams will take... Read more

After Graduating Just Four Seniors From A Section Championship Team And CIF NorCal Semifinalist, Whitney Softball Is Cooking Up Some Lofty Goals PICTURED ABOVE: Whitney senior pitcher Hannah Duncan smiles during a Feb. 19 workout. (David Gershon photo) It’s a late President’s Day afternoon and Fresno State-bound senior pitcher Hannah... Read more

NorCal Football Talk Helps The 7 Friday Night Hosts Ease Their 49ers Pain As Pittsburg Coach Victor Galli Visits To Talk Pirates Vs. Folsom This Week • PICTURED ABOVE: Pittsburg Coach Victor Galli Holds Up The CIF NorCal Plaque In 2017. (James K. Leash photo) Depressed by the play of... Read more

With High Confidence And Loud Bats, Granada Softball Won A Stacked Livermore Stampede Tournament To Take Over NorCal’s No. 1 Ranking • PICTURED ABOVE: Livermore Stampede tournament MVP, Makayla Winchell. (Chace Bryson photos) As Granada High softball pitcher Alex Mello continued to retire hitter after hitter in the Livermore Stampede... Read more

Unlikely Heroes Emerge As Rocklin Stays Unbeaten In A Wild, Come-From-Behind, Instant-Classic Semifinal Win Over St. Mary’s-Stockton • Friday’s Sac-Joaquin Section Div. I semifinals and Rocklin’s perfect football season hinged on the clutch performance of an acclaimed track-and-field sprinter. And not like you would think. MacGregor Teselle, who earned a... Read more

THUNDER STRIKE: Ivana Erlandsen’s Acrobatic Style And Kennedy Crane’s Steady Lead Are Two Of Many Reasons Rocklin Is Ready To Take Flight In 2019 • Long before she climbed over 30,000 feet en route to Kamehameha’s Labor Day Volleyball Classic on Hawaii’s Big Island, 6-foot Rocklin senior Ivana Erlandsen learned to... Read more

2018 NorCal Players To Watch Served by NCVA HITTERS Sofia Aguilera, California-San Ramon, Jr. | KEY 2017 STATS: 293 kills, 284 digs Julia Cabri, Archbishop Mitty-San Jose, Jr. | KEY 2017 STATS: 120 kills, 99 blocks Zippy Dudziak, Berean Christian-Walnut Creek, Sr. | KEY 2017 STATS: 532 kills, the most... Read more

Placer Valley Helps Bring Premier Women’s West Coast TOC Wrestling Event Back To NorCal — Bigger Than Ever • On Dec. 14-15, Rocklin’s Hardwood Palace will transform into a wrestling mecca. Placer Valley Tourism, Sacramento Area Wrestling Association and Cliff Keen Wrestling are joining forces again to host the 4th... Read more

A Blast at the Quarry More than 100 youth soccer teams from Northern California will be competing at the annual Rocklin FC Quarry Blast, Aug. 17-19. Hitting the fields for this action-packed three-day event are girls and boys comp teams inU9 to U14 divisions. Games are scheduled to be played at... Read more

More Than 1,000 High School Swimmers Compete in Roseville on March 9-10 The 18th Annual Woodcreek High School Swim Invitational is splashing into the newly renovated Roseville Aquatics Complex (RAC) on March 9-10. Woodcreek Aquatics Club and Placer Valley Tourism are thrilled to welcome more than 1,000 student athletes from throughout... Read more

Storied Northern, Sac-Joaquin Section Small School Football Programs Prepare To Chase Hometown Glory Once Again • Story By IKE DODSON From the Oregon border to Merced, small-school football teams in the east half of California have become a utopia of civic pride. And hometown lore. An epic catch, a diving... Read more

This is an incredible opportunity for both players and coaches to spend 3 days with Don Kelbick (in Rocklin) and Jim Huber (at our Livermore camp) learning the same strategies that the pros use. This camp is for serious players – both boys and girls. These are 2 and 3-day basketball camps that will improve... Read more