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For The Fallen | Love, Loss, Late Heroics & Vanden Football
Vanden Won Its First CIF State Bowl In Wildly Dramatic Fashion — And Closed Out An 18-Month Stretch Full Of Pain, Resiliency And Joy • PICTURED ABOVE: The helmet of slain Vanden High player Daniel Hughes is held above celebrating Vikings players along with the state championship trophy. (Chace Bryson... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 21: State Champs & Holiday Hijinks
We Stuff Your Football Stocking With A CIF Bowls Review, A Chat With Sacred Heart Cathedral OC Mike Hill & Christmas Movie Mayhem PICTURED ABOVE: Players from Vanden-Fairfield celebrate their CIF 3-AA State Bowl Championship win over Aquinas-San Bernardino on Dec. 11, 2021. (Chace Bryson photo) NorCal football teams... Read more
FINAL NorCal Football Rankings | Expanded Top 35
For The First Time In Our 11 Year History, A New Team Closes The Season At No. 1 As We Expand Our Final NorCal Football Rankings To 35 • Typically we close out the season by making our Final NorCal Football Rankings 33 percent bigger and expanding it from... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 20: The Final Countdown
As The Football Season Approaches Its Finish Line, Cal-Hi Sports Editor Mark Tennis Joins The Show To Help Preview CIF State Bowl Weekend • It’s our last weekend of games, and hosts Chace and Ben are trying not to get emotional. Instead, they pour their energy into an hour... Read more
Dog Day Evening | Folsom Shocks De La Salle In CIF Regional Classic
Tyler Tremain Accounts For Four TDs As Bulldogs Come From Behind To Take Down NorCal No. 1 And Advance To A Fifth State Bowl Championship Appearance • PICTURED ABOVE: Folsom Tight End Walker Lyons Embraces A Folsom Assistant Moments After The Victory Was Complete. As Folsom High quarterback Tyler... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 19: Go Big Or Go Home Time
Our Show Goes Big This Week As We Recap Section Finals, Preview NorCal Regionals And Talk Bulldog Football With The Tremain Brothers • It’s a jam-packed show this week as Chace and Ben revisit an entertaining weekend of section championships and the 24-hour guessing game of who the CIF... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 18: Section Championships & Cookie Capers
It’s All-The-Marbles Time And 7 Friday Night Features Multiple Guests As We Look Back At Crazy Semifinals And Preview Section Title Week • 7 Friday Night goes all out as it reviews an absolute wild weekend of semifinals while also previewing section championship weekend throughout Northern California.  Hosts Chace... Read more
Some Kind Of Roll | Campolindo Boys Basketball Clear Preseason No. 1
With Talent, Depth, Experience And No Losses In Nearly Two Years, Campolindo Boys Basketball Opens As NorCal’s Team To Beat • PICTURED ABOVE: Campolindo Senior Guard Shane O’Reilly. (Berry Evans III photos) When the Campolindo High boys basketball team opens its season against Dublin in the eighth and final... Read more
Ready To Charge | St. Mary’s Rams Aim Return To NorCal Supremacy
If Spring’s Shortened Season Provided Any Indication, Stockton’s St. Mary’s Basketball Is More Than Ready To Rule NorCal Once Again • PICTURED ABOVE: St. Mary’s Junior Guard Brooklyn Perry From January 2020. (Jean-Paul Toshiro photo) Alle Moreno had just seven practices to prepare for her first game as a... Read more
Business As Usual | De La Salle Surges To 29th Straight Title
Luke Dermon, Charles Greer Star As De La Salle Overcomes Early Deficit To Oust Pittsburg In North Coast Section Open Division Final •  After 20-plus minutes of intense, focused pregame warm-ups, the De La Salle High football team jogged off the Owen Owens Field turf and gathered in an... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 17: “Open” To Discussion
De La Salle Coach Justin Alumbaugh Joins The Show To Talk Spartans, Playoff Models, And Facing Longtime Foe Pittsburg In The NCS Open Final This Week • With long time foes De La Salle and Pittsburg meeting this week to decide the North Coast Section Open Division final, hosts... Read more
Frenzy In The Fog | Elk Grove Outlasts Vacaville In Playoff Classic
Elk Grove Rushes For More Than 500 Yards In A Wild Shootout Win That Sends Thundering Herd Into SJS Div. II Semifinals • PICTURED ABOVE: Elk Grove junior lineman Dallas Fineanganofo (59) celebrates with teammates. (Chace Bryson photos) Ethan Archuleta faked the hand off. He tucked the football tight... Read more