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Foothill Rises Above EBAL Valley | NorCal Football Sunday Wrap
Strong Senior Core And Mix Of Younger Talent Helps Foothill Clinch Share Of East Bay Valley Division Crown • TOP PHOTO: Foothill Gathers For A Team Photo To Celebrate Clinching At Least A Share Of The EBAL-Valley Division Title. (Ben Enos photo) As the Foothill-Pleasanton football team celebrated a... Read more
Pushing Passion | Windsor Football Has Bought In
Windsor High Players Offer Similar Thoughts When Sharing Keys To Their 7-0 Start In Legendary Coach Paul Cronin’s First Year With The Program • Why has the transition to new head coach Paul Cronin resulted in a 7-0 start for the Windsor High football team? Senior quarterback Chase Vehmeyer... Read more
Youth Served In Windsor Win | NorCal Football Sunday Wrap
Freshman Hayden Anderson Has Impact On Windsor Jaguars’ Big Road Win Over Benicia And 5-0 Start To Fall • Windsor receiver/defensive back Hayden Anderson admits he’s never blocked a punt before, so when he broke through the middle of the Benicia punt formation and smothered a prospective first quarter... Read more
Rivers Run Wild | Heritage Star Back Just Keeping Up With Fam
Brentwood’s Devon Rivers Is The Youngest Of A Family With Running In Its Blood — And The Patriots Football Standout Is Keeping Pace Just Fine • Updated With New Quotes And Stats: Oct. 7, 2021 Good natured competition is the name of the game in the Rivers household. If... Read more
Ringing True | Bellarmine Football Sports New Look, Same Mantra
While Still Built Upon The Same Principles Of Past Teams, Coach Jalal Beauchman’s Bellarmine Program Has A New Look — And It’s Working • For nearly four decades, there wasn’t much room for debate when it came to the identity of the Bellarmine football team.  One look at old... Read more
Salisbury, San Ramon Valley Shine | NorCal Football Sunday Wrap
San Ramon Valley Senior Tanner Salisbury Re-Introduces Himself To Wolves Fans With Flare During Season-Opening Victory • PICTURED ABOVE: San Ramon Valley running back Za’Darion Nardi After spending his junior season with national power Mater Dei-Santa Ana, Tanner Salisbury decided one particular adage fit what he was looking for... Read more
Emotional Rescue | Cal High Football Rallies Behind Trevor Rund
Four Days After His Dad Passed Away From Blood Clot Complications, Trevor Rund Scored Twice In A California-San Ramon Win — Helped By A Band Of Grizzlies • TOP PHOTO: Trevor Rund, right, stands with coach and family friend Danny Calcagno following Cal’s win over James Logan. (Ben Enos... Read more
Cal, Booras Blast Logan | NorCal Football Sunday Wrap
AQI Readings Went Undefeated In Spoiling Several Bay Area Openers, But Cal High Shined Behind Defense, QB Teddy Booras • While wildfire smoke forced most North Coast Section schools to postpone or cancel their 2021 fall season openers, California-San Ramon got its chance to make a good first impression... Read more
Campolindo The Underdog? | RETURN TO FALL Football Preview Series No. 18
Despite Coming Off An Undefeated Spring, Campolindo Won’t Be DAL-Foothill Favorite This Fall — But Good Luck Writing Cougars Off; PLUS Link To New Podcast • This is the eighteenth of 20 installments to our Return To Fall Series — a daily component to our 2021 NorCal Football Preview... Read more
Are We There Yet? | High School Football In Search Of Normalcy
Fall High School Football Is Back, But “Normal” Is Defined Differently Campus To Campus. Coaches Weigh In On What Is Normal As The Lights Prepare To Come Back On • On a typically hot mid-August afternoon, everything felt normal at College Park High School. About an hour after the... Read more
Leave The Clipboard | New Football Coaches Adjust To Changed Landscape
For New Football Coaches, Old Methods Don’t Apply To Socially-Distanced Sidelines And Team Rooms • So you want to run your own high school football program? Try figuring out how to do it during a global pandemic. The learning curve associated with taking over a program is steep under... Read more
San Ramon Valley: Return Of The Pack | RETURN TO FALL Football Preview Series No. 5
It’s No One-Man Wolfpack This Year For San Ramon Valley Football; PLUS Our Player Spotlight Shines On St. Mary’s-Stockton’s Jaydn Marshall • This is the fifth of 20 installments to our Return To Fall Series — a daily component to our 2021 NorCal Football Preview coverage. A third-year starter... Read more