Sportstars
Kayla Taylor – Concord – Basketball
   Taylor leads the Eagles in both scoring and rebounding this season, and has saved her biggest efforts for the tail end of the season. On Feb. 14, she helped Clayton Valley clinch the Diablo Valley Athletic League title outright with a 26-point, 11-rebound effort in a 67-50 win... Read more
Current CIF Open Division seems to do more harm than good to NorCal basketball     I’m trying. I am.     Nearly a year ago, at the conclusion of the CIF State Basketball Championships, I wrote in this space that I may have been a little too harsh on the... Read more
McDonald’s All-American Mariya Moore has Salesian aimed at a third state finals appearance. Read more
McClatchy ended Sac High’s 92-game Metro win streak. What can the Lions do next? Read more
Our Sac-Joaquin Edition contributors break out their crystal balls and break down the SJS Hoops Playoffs. Read more
Our comprehensive NorCal football coverage of National Signing Day. Feb. 5 was National Letter of Intent signing day for athletes accepting scholarships in the following sports: football, soccer, track and field, cross country and boys water polo. Below you’ll find an initial list of football signees, as well as multimedia... Read more
Jordan Ford – Folsom – Basketball
  The point guard scored 13 of his 17 points in the second half and overtime of the Bulldogs’ 58-55 overtime win over Delta River League rival Jesuit-Carmichael. His floor leadership and tenacious defense have been just as important as his ability to fill the basket in leading Folsom to... Read more
Sydney Porter – Grass Valley – Basketball
Porter led the Miners (17-4 through January) to a 6-0 start in Sierra Foothill League play. She is averaging 19 points per game for the season and has averaged more than 22 points per game in league play. A lethal shooter, she has caught fire from beyond the arc... Read more
Drew Anderson – Orinda – Basketball
If you thought Anderson’s heroics were done after football season — he threw for more than 4,000 yards in leading the Matadors to an North Coast Section Div. II championship — then you were clearly mistaken. On Feb. 1, the 6-foot-4 senior delivered big-time on the hardwood for Miramonte.... Read more
   As much I’ve always enjoyed covering a good high school football rivalry game, I was reminded recently that no sport was better built for rivalries than basketball.     The smaller enclosed venue provides an intimate setting where the noise level can make your ears ring and the bleachers... Read more
San Ramon Valley’s Kat Klass; Deer Valley’s Nsimba Webster represent the Best of the Bay for Fall 2013 Read more
Sacramento’s Damen Wheeler and Granite Bay’s Taylor Nelson take our top honors for Fall 2013 Read more