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7 Friday Night Podcast |Ep. 9: Football Festivus & Jaguar Juggernauts
Grievances Are Aired, Coach Terry Eidson Provides Keys To De La Salle’s National Spotlight Game And Kimball High’s Nick Coronado Joins The Show • TOP PHOTO by JOE ROSWELL / Twitter: @Joe_roswell / Joeroswellphotos.com Before 7 Friday Night hosts Chace and Ben dive into an enticing week of high... Read more
All-State FB: NorCal’s Best Since ’80
There has been a Cal-Hi Sports all-state first team after every California high school football season since 1980. There also has been at least a second team added on since 1986. Here is an honor roll of the best players from Northern California starting from the first all-state team... Read more
TOP 20 All-Time MLBers As Gridders
Expanding on a list from a few days ago, this would be our picks of the top 20 all-time players from Major League Baseball who are from California high schools and who were standouts in football. Two current managers are included along with several Hall of Famers. FOR THE... Read more
Rivers Run Wild | Heritage Star Back Just Keeping Up With Fam
Brentwood’s Devon Rivers Is The Youngest Of A Family With Running In Its Blood — And The Patriots Football Standout Is Keeping Pace Just Fine • Updated With New Quotes And Stats: Oct. 7, 2021 Good natured competition is the name of the game in the Rivers household. If... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 8: Hollywood Memories & Gaucho Pride
Our Hosts Talk Most Surprising Teams, Elicit Hollywood Memories From Coach Eidson And Take 7 Friday Night On The Road To El Cerrito • As NorCal football begins to embark on Week 6, we’ve already reached the one-third marker of the season. 7 Friday Night hosts Chace Bryson and... Read more
Elk Grove Rushes To First Win | NorCal Football Sunday Wrap
Running Game, Pass Rush Lead Elk Grove Over Lincoln; McClymonds Passes First Big Test + VIDEO Of Heritage-Brentwood Win • PICTURED ABOVE: Elk Grove defensive end, Pita Folaumotui Vi (Ike Dodson photo) On paper, Friday’s matchup between 2-1 Lincoln High and winless Elk Grove was a toss-up. It didn’t... 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
Rocklin Football | Beware Of Thunderstorms
A Lightning-Fast Aerial Attack And Hard-Nosed Defense Has Rocklin Football In Contention For Serious Sac-Joaquin Section Success • PICTURED ABOVE: Senior wide receiver Nathan Kent To win games in the Sac-Joaquin Section’s premier football conference, you will have to find creative ways to score. Five Sierra Foothill League teams average... Read more
Good To Be A Gator | Sacred Heart Prep Water Polo Is Ready To Roll
Sacred Heart Prep Boys Water Polo Is No Stranger To Title Expectations — But This Fall’s Team Has Talent And Motivation Exceeding Perhaps All Of Its Championship Predecessors PICTURED ABOVE: Sacred Heart Prep senior, Gavin West There are more stories than are worth counting of high school programs from... Read more
Ringing True | Bellarmine Football Sports New Look, Same Mantra
While Still Built Upon The Same Principles Of Past Teams, Coach Jalal Beauchman’s Bellarmine Program Has A New Look — And It’s Working • For nearly four decades, there wasn’t much room for debate when it came to the identity of the Bellarmine football team.  One look at old... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 7: You Say Calcagno, I Say Calcanyo
Two Undefeated And Distantly-Related Coaches Join The Show To Talk About Their Big Weeks — One Just A Little More Celebrated Than The Other • 7 Friday Night may have produced an emergency pod surrounding St. Francis-Mountain View’s NorCal streak-busting win over De La Salle-Concord, but there was still... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 6: Requiem For A Streak (An Emergency Pod)
In The Wake Of St. Francis Football’s History Upset Of De La Salle, Our Trusty Hosts Felt Compelled To Gather For A Reactionary Conversation • When Mountain View’s St. Francis football team pulled off its seismic 31-28 victory over De La Salle-Concord on Friday night — becoming the first... Read more