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All According To Plan | Acalanes Football Executes To Perfection
With Big Plays At The Right Time, The Acalanes Football Team Came From Behind To Beat Sheldon-Sacramento And Remain Unbeaten • PICTURED ABOVE: Acalanes junior QB Sully Bailey. (Ben Enos photos) Check, check, check. For three-plus quarters against host Sheldon-Sacramento, the Acalanes football team executed its game plan. Bubble... Read more
Miramonte Runs On Duncan
Orinda’s Miramonte High Football Team Opened Its Season 2-0 Behind 6-foot-6 Luke Duncan — A UCLA-Bound Quarterback Supercharged By A New Position Coach • PICTURED ABOVE: Luke Duncan warms up prior to the Matadors’ Sept. 2 game vs. Encinal. (Ben Enos photos) With his Miramonte High football team leading... Read more
Fashionably Late | Rancho Cotate Football Opens 2022 Slow, But Strong
A Late Running Bus, Sluggish First Half Couldn’t Derail The Rancho Cotate Football Team From A Strong Start To A Season With High Expectations • PICTURED ABOVE: Malik Cleveland Leads Rancho Cotate Onto The Field. (Ben Enos photos) Liam Keaney and his Rancho Cotate-Rohnert Park teammates worked all spring... Read more
San Marin Football Digs In
NORCAL FB 2022: After An Historic 2021 Season Yielded The Program’s First CIF State Bowl Title, San Marin Football Looks To Flex Its Staying Power • Last season, the San Marin-Novato football team electrified a community and captured the region’s attention with an unforgettable run to its first California... Read more
All Together Now | De La Salle Baseball Ready For Playoffs
De La Salle Baseball Charges Into The Postseason With A Deep Camaraderie — And A Senior-Heavy Roster Loaded With Pitching Depth • PICTURED ABOVE: From L to R, De La Salle leaders Cal Randall, Cade Cushing and Anthony Martinez. (photo c/o De La Salle Baseball) With the postseason looming,... Read more
Mustang Magic | San Marin Wins First CIF Football Title
Led By NorCal’s Leading Rusher And A Talented Core, San Marin Claimed Its First CIF State Bowl Title And Inspired A Novato Community Along The Way • One of one. That’s the mantra that the San Marin-Novato football team clung to throughout a season that will go down in... Read more
Mack Stacks Five | McClymonds Races To Fifth Straight CIF Bowl
Young Speed, Steady Experience Lead Warriors Past Campolindo And Into 3-A State Bowl Championship Game Moments after his team beat visiting Campolindo-Moraga 40-21 to secure a fifth-straight California Interscholastic Federation Northern California title, McClymonds-Oakland coach Michael Peters tried to put his team’s accomplishment into context. “It means a lot... Read more
Cats’ Game | Balanced Marin Catholic Edges Escalon
Wildcats Get Big Nights From Charles Williams, Michael Ingrassia As Marin Catholic Punches Ticket To 4-AA State Bowl Championship • Marin Catholic safety Charlie Allen waited on his own 13-yard line, knees bent, nobody within five yards of him. The senior leapt, managed to grab hold of the back... Read more
Pirates’ Gold | Pittsburg Treasures Its First NCS Title In 30 Years
Backup Quarterback Christian Aguilar Shines As Pittsburg Football Tops Clayton Valley In North Coast Section Div. I Final •  Victor Galli and the Pittsburg High football program didn’t need a North Coast Section title to validate two decades of success on School Street. But in the moments after a... Read more
Resilience On The Hill | Campolindo Scraps Its Way Into Semis
Inexperience Led To A Shaky Start And Some Ups And Downs, But Campolindo Football Is Back In Familiar Territory — On The Doorstep Of An NCS Final • Dashiell Weaver half-jogged, half-walked towards the sideline, right arm hanging limp at his side. His grimace was easy to spot, and... Read more
Bronco Blend | Northgate’s Senior Leadership, Young Talent Fuel Title Run
Northgate Football Picked Up Its First Diablo Athletic League Championship In Five Years Behind Efforts From Throughout Its Well-Balanced Roster • When confronted with the most consequential moments of a season, some teams rely on the experience of a big senior class while others turn to youth and talent. ... Read more
Positive Reinforcements | James Logan Tackles Adversity, Claims Title
COVID, Several Injuries, A Family Death And An 0-4 Start Couldn’t Keep The James Logan Football Team Down — Now Opponents Can’t Either • PICTURED ABOVE: James Logan senior QB, Marcus Sanders. (Chace Bryson photo) Need an example as to how far the power of positive thinking can carry... Read more