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City Connect | Adhir Ravipati Recharged With Riordan Football
Four Years After Winning A CIF State Bowl At Menlo-Atherton, Adhir Ravipati ends a three-year hiatus and looks to boost a rising Riordan Football program • PICTURED ABOVE: New Riordan football coach Adhir Ravipati at a recent practice. (Jean-Paul Toshiro photos) There’s a jolt of energy at Archbishop Riordan... Read more
Jess Oakland | 2022 NorCal Softball Player Of The Year
After Growing Up On The Campus And Fields Of Mountain View’s St. Francis High, Jess Oakland Leaves As Perhaps Its Most Decorated Softball Player • Jess Oakland certainly has left her imprint on St. Francis High School softball. Oakland seemingly has been around the school in Mountain View her... Read more
Ball Above Body | College Park Volleyball Takes NCS
A College Park Volleyball Team Led By 10 Seniors Played Through Aches, Pain And Relentless Opponents To Claim The Program’s First Title In 14 Years • It took a while for the reverberations to calm down on the gym floor at College Park High in Pleasant Hill. The wild... Read more
Best Way Possible | Carondelet Basketball Fully Begins Exciting New Era
With Two Stars And A Coach From Last Summer’s 17U National Champion Leading The Way, Carondelet Is Ready To Fully Jump Into Its New Look • PICTURED ABOVE: Carondelet Senior Guard Tandem, Talana Lepolo, left, and Nya Epps. Settings are in place for basketball success at Carondelet High in... Read more
COVER STORY: Breaking Away | Dougherty Valley Cross Country Eyes Next Big Step
After Establishing Itself As A Championship Program Within The North Coast Section, Dougherty Valley Cross Country Looks Poised To Begin Building A CIF Reputation Too • Cracking into the ranks of California’s most elite teams in cross country is not easy. Certain schools dominate year in and year out.... Read more
Lightning Round | Miramonte Water Polo Finds Itself On The Fly
Miramonte Girls Water Polo Embraced The Challenge Of Getting A New Coach A Week Before The Season — And Promptly Bolted To A 12-0 Start • Exceptional describes the season thus far for Miramonte girls water polo. Most impressive for one of the region’s best programs, despite less than... Read more
Foothill Volleyball | COVER STORY: Footloose Falcons
High School Volleyball Isn’t Quite Back To Normal, But Standout Grayce Olson And Her Foothill High Teammates Are Enjoying The Challenge, Embracing The Moment • PICTURED ABOVE: Foothill senior captain, Grayce Olson Making the quick adjustment back to a fall season in one of the region’s most competitive leagues, the... Read more
Clear Eyes, Full Hearts | Serra Football Embraces The Present
Few Programs Understand The Fragility Of The Present As Well As Serra Football — And The Padres Are More Than Ready To Make The Most Of Their First Fall Season Since 2019 • A full slate of fall football is most welcome at Serra High in San Mateo. The Padres... Read more
Lu-Magia Hearns | SportStars’ NorCal Football Player Of The Year
A Unanimous Team Captain And A Playmaker In Every Phase Of The Game, De La Salle’s Hearns Was A Cut Above This Spring • Though De La Salle-Concord’s football season was less than half as lengthy as usual, Lu-Magia Hearns still pulled off an amazing share of highlight reel... Read more
Emmanuel Callas | SportStars’ NorCal Boys Basketball Player Of The Year
A Model Of Perseverance, Campolindo’s Emmanuel Callas Raised His Game To Help Lead The Cougars To An Undefeated Season And NorCal’s Top Ranking • Emmanuel Callas and his Campolindo-Moraga teammates approached this basketball season as if a championship were at stake. Though there were no playoffs in the abbreviated season,... Read more
Twin Engine | Colombini Sisters Power Campolindo Soccer
With Twin Sisters Mia and Ella Colombini Leading The Way, Campolindo Girls Soccer Sent Its Seniors Off In Style — With An Undefeated Spring And League Title • Opponents of the Campolindo High girls soccer team are perplexed when they see double. And it’s notjust because juniors Ella and... Read more
Najee Harris Goes 24th Overall, Adds To Antioch NFL Legacy
Najee Harris Will Once Again Wear Black And Gold, Heading To The Pittsburgh Steelers As The First RB Taken In The 2021 NFL Draft • Najee Harris joins an elite list of Antioch High School football greats whose names have been called in the NFL Draft. Harris made his... Read more