2018 All-NorCal Baseball Team
High School Baseball/Softball June 8, 2018 9
We Wrap Up The 2018 Season With Our All-NorCal Baseball Teams, Led By Player Of The Year Evan Gibbons And Pitcher Of The Year Joshua Seward • NORCAL BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Evan Gibbons, Franklin-Elk Grove, Sr. (Pictured above) NORCAL BASEBALL PITCHER OF THE YEAR Joshua Seward, Archbishop... Read more
With A Freshman Phenom Pitcher And A Stacked Lineup, St. Joseph Notre Dame Softball Locked In On Winning — Until They Found Out They Won It All • A consistent mark of good teams is the ability of every player to stay locked in the moment. One would be... Read more
Joe Knows Redemption: How Cincinnati Bengals’ Joe Mixon is Giving Back
High School Football June 4, 2018 5
Joe Knows Redemption It was a little over a year ago that I used this space to defend the character of a kid I once covered extensively as a high school athlete for Freedom High in Oakley. In March of 2017, weeks before the NFL Draft, Joe Mixon — because... Read more
Taking Flight
Track & Field, Anchored by Youth Runner May 11, 2018 0
A Dominant Season In The Hurdles Has Made Aiden Jackman A Favorite To Become Clayton Valley’s First Track & Field State Champion In Two Decades • Aiden Jackman’s elevation up the high school hurdles ranks had been steady. But this spring, he’s taken a gigantic leap. At one of... Read more
Franklin-Elk Grove Wildcats Survive A Frenzied Final Week Of Delta League Baseball To Emerge With Their First Title Since 2015 • For the last 19 years, the last remaining team in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section North bracket was from the mighty Delta League. Elk Grove, Jesuit, Davis and... Read more
Undaunted By Offseason Knee Surgery Or A Fourth New Coach In As Many Seasons, Jacob Cole Leads Roseville’s Push Toward A Title Defense • Injuries can be devastating for prep athletes, but timing plays a big role in their effect on the prospects of college-bound seniors. Post-commitment ACL tears,... Read more
Gilroy Makes Ultimate Addition by Hiring Cornmier
Central Coast SectionHigh School Wrestling Pinned by TCW May 7, 2018 0
Gilroy High Wrestling — NorCal’s Premier Program — Makes A Splash With Hiring Of UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier As Its New Coach • Daniel Cormier: One of the biggest names in combat sports — shortened to just two syllables (“DC”) for fight fans. He’s trading his fame... Read more
With Talented Center Fielder Michael Dixon Leading The Charge, Berkeley Baseball Is Turning Heads In 2018 • Story By JAMES G. KANE | Photos By BERRY EVANS III Berkeley High School baseball coach Curtis Sandeford put his chin to his hand and gazed his glance downward. A few seconds... Read more
All-NorCal Boys Basketball ’17-’18
High School Basketball April 9, 2018 1
NorCal Boys Player Of The Year, James Akinjo Of Salesian-Richmond, Leads Our 2017-18 All-NorCal Basketball Selections • CLICK HERE for All-NorCal Girls Selections NORCAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR James Akinjo, Salesian-Richmond, Sr. Longtime Salesian varsity boys basketball coach Bill Mellis has had his share of gym rats over the... Read more
Emotional Father-Daughter Dance: Bamberger Family
High School BasketballNorth Coast Section March 5, 2018 0
Concord’s Bamberger Family Shares A Special Winter Through The Seasons Of Carondelet And Clayton Valley Basketball • Father-Daughter Dance: Eric Bamberger and his daughter Ali have a rule when it comes to breaking down her basketball games. “If I was able to see the game, I get five minutes... Read more
NorCal High School Baseball Preseason Top 20
High School Baseball/SoftballRankings February 26, 2018 0
Valley Christian-San Jose And Elk Grove Begin The Year As 1A and 1B With Plenty Of Talented Clubs In Hot Pursuit • 1. Valley Christian-San Jose (22-11-1 in 2017) The defending Central Coast Section Open Division champions were a relatively easy choice to open the year as NorCal’s No.... Read more
Clayton Valley’s Boy Basketball Team Is Rare Air
High School BasketballNorth Coast Section February 24, 2018 0
With 25 Wins And A Ticket To The Section Semifinals, The Ugly Eagles Boys Basketball Team Is Near Uncharted Altitude Outside the Clayton Valley Charter boys basketball varsity team room, the locker room is practically still at 8:35 on a Friday night in late February. For a moment, all that’s audible is the... Read more
