Sportstars
NB Courts is Hoop Haven
Patterson Pass Road in Livermore is already home to a number of destinations for sports enthusiasts (a Sports Mecca if you will), which includes Umigo Racing, Cabernet Indoor Sports and The Range football training center. A new facility is under development and slated to open next Spring, called Lost... Read more
  By CLAY KALLAM | Contributor   Allison Johnson has been coaching at Vanden High for 10 years. She’s won an even 250 games, and lost just 54.   But when people talk about Sac-Joaquin girls’ basketball, the conversation usually — and rightfully — begins with St. Mary’s-Stockton, a... Read more
   Coaches put a lot of stock in their seniors, but it’s not personal. They have good reasons.  Behind the Clipboad: Clay Kallam    All my coach does is talk about seniors. “The seniors have to step up,” “The seniors are the key to the team,” and he says things... Read more
Donovan Brown – Football – Senior
   The senior quarterback made an impressive run in leading the Pacers to the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II championship and establishing himself as one of the best quarterbacks the storied program has had. Read more
Charles Hillary – Senior – Football
   The shifty running back closed out a stellar postseason by rushing for 125 yards and the eventual game-winning touchdown in a 14-7 win over St. Helena in the North Coast Section Div. V championship on Dec. 5.  Read more
Best Friends and elite talents, Ivan Rabb and Paris Austin lead NorCal’s best team toward state glory. Read more
   As it’s our final issue of 2014, we feel the need to reflect. This is truly an original idea. We’re quite certain we’re the only publication that indulges in year-end lists to commemorate all the good things of the previous 12 months. We’re not? Well, good luck finding... Read more
Albany girls tennis star Allison Chuang closed out a stellar career by putting a doubles twist on her legacy. Read more
Nick Fadelli – Football – Senior
   What didn’t Fadelli do in his team’s Nov. 28 North Coast Section Div. III semifinal against Analy-Sebastopol? In a back-and-forth, good old fashioned shootout, the Cougars running back was a scoring machine. He rushed for 124 yards and four touchdowns and mixed in an 88-yard kick return for... Read more
Compiled list of NorCal athletes from various sports who signed Letters of Intent to four-year schools from Nov. 12-19. Read more
Our head coach left, and now the assistant from last year is taking over. I think it’s great because the assistant coach was really easy to get along with, and the head coach could be a jerk sometimes. My dad says I shouldn’t count on the old assistant being... Read more
Lexi Perry – Golf – Sophomore
With a round of 6-over 78 at the CIF Northern California regional tournament on Nov. 10, Perry made the individual qualifying cut for the CIF State Championships. The achievement came on the heels of Perry’s and the Trojans winning the Sierra Foothill League, Sac-Joaquin Section Division I North and... Read more