By Bill Kolb | Contributor Salesian High School’s football team now officially knows how it feels to be Boise State. Or TCU. Or Oklahoma State. Or Auburn. The Pride did everything it could possibly do on the field in the 2011 season, but still didn’t get invited to... Read more
Steady as Sacamento Goes
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By JIM McCUE | Contributor Derek Swafford arrived at the Sacramento High boys basketball program when the school was at a crossroads. It was 2003 and Sacramento High School had just become a St. HOPE charter school. Swafford’s tenure began at the start of the 2003-04 season and has... Read more
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dan McKegney, Executive Director for The First Tee Tri-Valley, offered the space of his column to Troy Maxoutopoulis, one of his Ace level participants. Here’s a little more info about Troy: Troy Maxoutopoulis, currently a junior at Amador Valley High School, has been a member at The... Read more
High Performance VB lives up to its name in Arizona
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SportStars reports Several members of the Northern California Volleyball Association High Performance team turned in an outstanding performance at the USA High Performances Championships in Tucson, Ariz. on July 28-30, bringing the silver medal back to the East Bay. It was the best-ever showing for the team in... Read more
Late Summer Soccer Roundup
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SportStars reports The fifth annual Mustang Stampede Boys Soccer Tournament played out from Aug. 19-21. The list of champions include the Mustang Red Bulls (U12 Premier division), Heritage SC Cosmos (U12 Gold), Los Gatos United Pumas (U13 Premier), Mill Valley Fusion U-13 (13 Gold), PAC INDIOS (U14 Premier),... Read more
NorCal Baseball Top 15
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NorCal Baseball Top 15 Final rankings 1. St. Francis-Mountain View 25-6 2. Palo Alto 28-9 3. Archbishop Mitty-San Jose 26-6-1 4. St. Mary’s-Stockton 24-10 5. Jesuit-Carmichael 25-9 6. James Logan-Union City 24-4 7. San Benito-Hollister 22-9 8. Campolindo-Moraga 19-8... Read more
MLK Classic Boys Preview
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MLK Classic Girls Preview
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By CLAY KALLAM | Contributor It’s too bad this game is likely to get lost in the shuffle. Sure, a few girls’ basketball faithful will make their way to Haas Pavilion on Jan. 16 to see St. Mary’s-Stockton and Carondelet-Concord “” two of Northern California’s most consistent and... Read more
NorCal Girls Hoops Rankings (Jan. 18)
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So the shuffling at the top deserves a little explanation “¦ First, there are four teams that have separated themselves from the NorCal pack: St. Mary’s of Stockton, Berkeley, Bishop O’Dowd and Carondelet. In that group, only two teams have played each other, and St. Mary’s just beat Carondelet.... Read more
Pacific Rim continues its meteoric rise
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By ERIK STORDAHL | Contributor After making a splash in its first season as a volleyball club, Pacific Rim is doing more than an encore performance this go around. Formed in August of 2010, the Pleasant Hill-based club burst onto the scene by going undefeated locally and making... Read more
Inside Look: Lincoln-Stockton girls
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By JIM McCUE | Contributor Lincoln High’s girls basketball team is working hard to rebound. The Trojans recently lost senior star Nyre Harris to a knee injury and are trying to fill the void left by the Arizona-bound guard, presenting the team with a challenge to rebound both... Read more
NorCal Girls Hoop Rankings (Jan. 28)
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All records through Jan. 28 1. (1) St. Mary’s-Stockton 16-3 2. (3) Bishop O’Dowd-Oakland 17-2 3. (4) Carondelet-Concord 16-3 4. (2) Berkeley 16-2 5. (5) Sacramento 11-6 6. (14) St. Mary’s-Berkeley 15-6 7. (6) Lincoln-Stockton 15-3 8. (7) Miramonte-Orinda 20-0 9. (9) St. Ignatius-S.F. 16-3 10. (8)... Read more
