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Paradise Girls Basketball: Resilient Bobcats Finding Footing
One Year After A Wildfire Destroyed Its Town, A Still-Healing Paradise Girls Basketball Team Makes Gratifying Visit To West Coast Jamboree On a quiet November night in 2018, David Jackson sat down to watch the Golden State Warriors telecast. It wasn’t just any regular night on Warriors Ground though.... Read more
Campolindo Volleyball: Bounce Back Brings State Run
After Being Swept In The Section Finals, The Cougars Found New Motivation And Became The First Campolindo Team To Reach A Division I State Volleyball Final • John Vuong knew the players on his Campolindo volleyball team were hurting.  As the team sat together in the aftermath of a... Read more
Las Lomas Football: Newell Beginnings
Doug Longero Had No Intention Of Returning To The Las Lomas Football Sidelines — Until He Met A Young Isaiah Newell • Isaiah Newell walks into the Las Lomas football office like he’d walk into his own living room. He wears a big smile as he strides to an... Read more
Moreau Catholic Football: Ready, Fresh, GO! (NCS Small Schools 2019)
One Year After Falling One Win Short Of Its First Section Title, Moreau Catholic Takes Aim Again With Star Tailback Fresh Ison Leading The Way • As he prepares for his third varsity season, Fresh Ison is finally the wise elder on the Moreau Catholic football team. And he’s... Read more
Muir Pass To Play: Annual Open-To-All Screening Event Nears
Muir Orthopedic Opens Its Walnut Creek Doors For High School Sports Physicals On July 27; Pre-Registration Required • It’s mid-July, which means high school athletes will be returning to practice in as little as three weeks. Which means it’s time for Muir Orthopedic Specialists to host their annual, free... Read more
Nicole May: NorCal Softball Pitcher of the Year
Foothill Ace Delivered Flawless Junior Season To Help Lead Pleasanton Powerhouse To The North Coast Section’s Best All-Time Undefeated Record, Section Crown • There’s often no better compliment for an elite athlete than calling him or her a “big game performer.” When the stakes are highest, the best players... Read more
All-City Team Recap: SportStars, River Cats Hang 10
SportStars And The Sacramento River Cats Successfully Celebrate 10 Years Of All-City Athletes In The Sac-Joaquin Region • Double figures! SportStars and the River Cats reached that milestone on May 12 when they worked together to honor more than 600 athletes from the Greater Sacramento region to the outer reaches... Read more
Zoie Hartman: Monte Vista’s Swimmer On The Fast Track
After Barely Six Years Of Competitive Experience, Zoie Hartman Has Turned Herself Into A National-Level Swimmer With No Signs Of Slowing • If it seems as though Zoie Hartman’s rise to elite swimmer was an immediate success story — well, it really was. All things considered. After she wrapped up... Read more
San Ramon Valley Girls Lacrosse On The Hunt
With A Talented And Extremely Tight-Knit Roster Bent On Redemption, The Wolves Have Established Themselves As The North Coast Section’s Team To Beat • As the sun set on the first seasonably warm April evening in Danville, the San Ramon Valley girls lacrosse team took the field to host... Read more
All-NorCal Wrestling Honors: Ike’s Ironmen &  Ironwomen
Gilroy, Oakdale And Turlock All Score Big As Ike Dodson Offers Up SportStars’ Second Annual All-NorCal Wrestling Honors • Girls, girls, girls. They were the talk of the CIF State Wrestling Championships after swarming the first-ever three-day coed title event at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield. They also rightfully invade... Read more
Kari Geissberger: Day In The Life
Sunny With A Chance Of Spikes: Marin Catholic Volleyball Star, Kari Geissberger, Is A Ray Of Positive Energy — And A Devastating Hitter • Kari Geissberger doesn’t really walk across the Marin Catholic High campus. It’s more of a glide.  That’s how quickly she and her 6-foot-5 frame seem... Read more
Heritage Softball: Patriots Swing Into 2019
Can A Mix Of Talented Seniors And Explosive Youth Lead To Heritage Softball’s First NCS Title In More Than A Decade? • With a brisk pace, the Heritage High softball players walked to practice with sweatshirt hoods cinched tight over their heads.  The rain came at them sideways from... Read more