Sportstars
Pahulu’s POV: Serra Prevails in Battle In The Trenches
Serra Padres vs. St. Francis Lancers 11.10.17 The make up game on Veteran’s Observed Holiday as this high school is for the WCAL title. It would mean more for Serra if they win because this will be their first outright WCAL title since the Lynn Swann era when he played... Read more
Pahulu’s POV: Fremont Tigers Fall To MACK ATTACK
McClymonds vs. Fremont- OAK  Thurs Nov 9, 2017 Photos by Eric Taylor This evening’s football matchup between McClymonds HS Warriors vs. Fremont HS Tigers should be a great matchup as this is for the OAL (Oakland Athletic League) championship and for the #1 seed in next week’s playoffs. MACK (McClymonds)... Read more
National Letter of Intent Week For High School Student-Athletes
It’s National Letter of Intent (NLI) week for high school student-athletes. I have a twitter account. So, I have seen lots of posts, celebrating the accomplishments of many hard working and deserving student-athletes. Age Of Social Media However, in the age of social media and in the age of... Read more
Talons Up – Christian Brothers Falcons Take Aim At First Section Title
Fueled By Recent Successes And Failures, The Christian Brothers Falcons Take Aim At Their First Section Title In More Than 35 Years • Story by JIM MCCUE | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH Players for the 2017 Christian Brothers football team do not remember the program’s last Sac-Joaquin Section... Read more
NCS SJS Football: Small Schools, Big Goals
Storied Northern, Sac-Joaquin Section Small School Football Programs Prepare To Chase Hometown Glory Once Again • Story By IKE DODSON From the Oregon border to Merced, small-school football teams in the east half of California have become a utopia of civic pride. And hometown lore. An epic catch, a... Read more
Folsom’s Dogged Consistency
Another Year, Another Undefeated League Title For A Folsom Football Team Determined To Reclaim Its Section Throne • Story by STEVEN WILSON | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH They’re not known for being a slow-starting team, but Folsom High’s football program fell behind in the first quarter of its... Read more
Talent-Packed Nor Cal Tip Off Classic Highlights Bishop O’Dowd, Fairfax
The eleventh annual Nor Cal Tip-Off Classic will be held Saturday November 25, 2017 at Newark Memorial High School in Newark, CA. The event is designed to promote and showcase Northern California basketball to college coaches, media. scouts and the public. There are seven games on the day beginning... Read more
SportStar of the Week: Laurel Parker
Parker ’18 Places First in Fall Golf Tournament, Wins Scholarship Award and Accolades for Bentley Laurel Parker is Bentley’s lone female golfer this fall. But that doesn’t even phase her level of play! She competes on the spring Coed Varsity Golf Team at Bentley High School, serving as team... Read more
SportStar of the Week: Lauren Pak Volleyball MIAC honor
Lauren Pak (Fy./Moraga, Calif./Campolindo) averaged 12.0 assists per set, tops in the MIAC last week, in helping the Carleton College volleyball team to a pair of victories. Also, in recognition of that performance, she was selected as the MIAC’s Volleyball Athlete-of-the-Week for Oct. 9-15. It is her first career... Read more
SPORTSTAR OF THE WEEK: MADDIE DAILEY
Monte Vista Mustangs-Danville – Volleyball – Senior Maddie Dailey A three-year starter for the Mustangs, Dailey helped Monte Vista finish out a 30-win regular season with a 3-0 sweep of cross-town rival San Ramon Valley-Danville on Oct. 26. The fierce middle blocker led the Mustangs with 14 kills on... Read more
Football U Greatness & Grit
Placer Valley Tourism is thrilled to announce it’s teaming up with All-American Games for the second straight year to bring the Football University Pacific Region West Championship games to Placer Valley. Twelve youth football teams will take the fields on Dec. 2-3 at Rocklin High in hopes of moving... Read more
Pahulu’s POV: An Undefeated Milpitas Season
Photos by : John V. Photographic Homestead @ Milpitas 11/3/17 Tonight is the last game of the regular season for high school football in the Bay Area.  It wouldn’t be complete without watching the #2 ranked team in the Bay Area, the Milpitas Trojans.  Also I’m given an opportunity... Read more