Horse Power: Monte Vista-Danville Volleyball Rolling Early
VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA September 22, 2017 0
Monte Vista Continues East Bay Dominance In Fast Start To 2017 • When Sara Dukes Johnson left her assistant job at Stanford University to take over the program at Monte Vista High prior to last season, the former Cardinal player and Carondelet-Concord grad probably had a good idea of... Read more
Early Exams: Several Football Teams Face Big Week 4 Tests
FootballHigh School Football September 22, 2017 0
In a few of the top Bay Area football leagues, crunch time comes early this season. There never seems to be an easy week in the Central Coast Section’s West Catholic Athletic League, but that’s especially true for it’s opening week on Sept. 22-23. The WCAL features four teams... Read more
The Glorious Gridiron
LEVELUP INSIDERS August 24, 2017 0
Alas, it’s here. Our labor of love, and admittedly my favorite issue to work on every year. This is the eighth edition of our Football Preview, and I feel like it gets better each time we do it. This year we added our newest wrinkle, adding a Southern California... Read more
NorCal Preseason #17: Campolindo-Moraga
High School FootballNorth Coast SectionRankings August 17, 2017 0
We begin our 2017 Football coverage by revealing teams #20-11 in our NorCal Preseason Top 20 in a daily countdown to Aug. 24 when #10-1 are revealed in our 2017 Football Preview Special. If you need to catchup, here are links to previous entries: | No. 20 Foothill (Aug.... Read more
NorCal Preseason #20: Foothill-Pleasanton
High School FootballNorth Coast SectionRankings August 14, 2017 1
We begin our 2017 Football coverage by revealing teams #20-11 in our NorCal Preseason Top 20 in a daily countdown to Aug. 24 when #10-1 are revealed in our 2017 Football Preview Special. First up: Foothill-Pleasanton. NO. 20 FOOTHILL-PLEASANTON 2016 REVIEW: 6-5 and unranked in our final rankings ... Read more
Some Kind Of Fish Tale
North Coast SectionOutdoor July 26, 2017 0
The Story Of The Deer Valley Fishing Team’s First Season Is A Hard One To Believe • Story By CHACE BRYSON | Photos Courtesy Of BOB SCUDERO There was a time last spring when the casts from the poles of the fledgling Deer Valley High Fishing Team were directed... Read more
Girls Hoops Showcase Showdown
High School Basketball July 19, 2017 0
NorCal Lands Late July End Of Trail NCAA Viewing Event • Story By HAROLD ABEND | Photo by SAMUEL STRINGER The historic End of the Trail that connected the Missouri River to Oregon City, and was explored by Lewis and Clark, has a new twist. The long-standing End of... Read more
In Less Than 10 Years, Danville’s Ty Akabane Went From Plastic Snoopy Clubs To Cracking The Field Of The U.S. Women’s Open • Story by MIKE WOOD | Photos by SAMUEL STRINGER Ty Akabane had to wait. That happens a lot in the sport of golf. What happened next,... Read more
Turning Heads
High School Basketball July 11, 2017 0
Given Their Own Chance To Shine, NorCal’s Asian-American Hoopers Made The Most Of Their First All-Star Event • Story By CHACE BRSON | Photos By SAMUEL STRINGER Kobe Ordonio hit his fifth 3-pointer of the game and the NorCal Asian Senior All-Stars bench shot up in excitement while the... Read more
Welcome to the fifth annual Bay Area 75 — SportStars’ countdown of the top 75 Bay Area athletes from the 2016-17 school year. The only criteria used in generating the list were that the athletes must be from one of the nine Bay Area counties, and they must have... Read more
You’re at the second of four segments. If you haven’t seen the previous entries, find them at the following links (or skip ahead to end, if you must): Nos. 75-51 / Nos. 25-6 / Nos. 5-1 50. TIERRA ROBINSON-JONES Bishop O’Dowd-Oakland – Track & Field – Junior Among the best long sprinters... Read more
You’re at the third of four segments. If you haven’t seen the previous entries, find them at the following links (or skip ahead to end, if you must): Nos. 75-51 / Nos. 50-26 / Nos. 5-1 25. NATE LANDMAN Monte Vista-Danville – Football – Senior The SportStars NorCal Defensive Player of the... Read more
