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7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.34: The Bell Tolls For All
A Full Week Of CIF State Championship Shows Begins As 7 Friday Night Offers A Jam-Packed NorCal Finals Review & Welcomes Bellarmine Senior Ben Pfaff • PICTURED ABOVE: Pittsburg Coach Victor Galli Is Carried By Players Following The Pirates’ Div. 1-A NorCal Win Over Manteca. (Chace Bryson photo) It’s... Read more
How Fitting | Grant Football Proves Return To Championship Form
Quarterback Joseph McCray Accounted For 3 TDs As Grant Football Punched Its Ticket Back To The CIF State Bowls With Rout Of El Cerrito • PICTURED ABOVE: Grant High QB Joseph McCray Embraces A Coach As The Pacers Celebrate Their 36-7 Win At El Cerrito. (Ben Enos photos) Carl... Read more
Power & Trust | De La Salle Football Grinds Down Folsom, Advances To State
Suffocating Defense And A Vintage De La Salle Football 8-Minute, Clock-Killing Drive Led By Key Seniors Deliver Revenge Win Over Folsom • PICTURED ABOVE: Senior Matthew Dias-Martin Bear-Hugs Fellow Senior And Teammate Derek Thompson Following De La Salle’s 17-14 Win. (Chace Bryson photos) Prior to the CIF Division 1-AA... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.33: Thursday Pick ‘Em (CIF Regionals)
It’s The Final Week Of True NorCal Football Picks, And The 7 Friday Night Crew Offers Analysis & Picks On 10 Different Regional Showdowns • The stakes are higher for everyone now as the season moves past sections and into NorCal regional bowl playoffs — and that goes for... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.32: Dogged Pursuit
It’s A Post-Thanksgiving, Very-Full Episode Of Championship Football Talk As The 7 Friday Night Team Welcomes Folsom Coach Paul Doherty • This episode is an appropriate one to follow the Thanksgiving holiday, because it’s stuffed! 7 Friday Night hosts Chace Bryson and Ben Enos revisit a wild weekend of... Read more
NorCal Football Rankings | Top 20, WEEK 15
Manteca Storms Into The Top 5; McClymonds, Marin Catholic & San Ramon Valley Also Climb In Newest NorCal Football Rankings • The No. 5 spot in these NorCal football rankings appears to be a bit of a cursed one of late. This week, Oak Ridge-El Dorado Hills joined St.... Read more
Reversal Of Fortune | El Cerrito Avenges 2021 Loss, Wins Second NCS Title
El Cerrito Football Gets Revenge On Windsor Team That Ended Its Season A Year Ago, Hanging On For 34-27 Win In NCS Div. III Final • Just a few moments after El Cerrito finished off a 34-27 win over Windsor to claim the North Coast Section Division III championship,... Read more
One More Chapter | Pittsburg Football Takes NCS Crown, Keeps Coach’s Final Ride Going
Suffocating Defense And Big Receiver Play Lift Pittsburg Football Over Clayton Valley, Adding At Least One More Game To Victor Galli’s Tenure • Back on Nov. 1, when Pittsburg football coach Victor Galli announced that his 21st season leading the Pirates would be his last, a narrative began that... Read more
Full Stop | Oak Ridge Football Rides Defense Into SJS Final
A Familiar Formula Delivers A Rematch With A Familiar Foe As Oak Ridge Football Prepares To Take Another Shot At League Rival Folsom • It’s late November and the Oak Ridge football team is right where it expected to be – in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division I championship... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.31: EARLY Thursday Pick’Em (Section Finals)
It’s Section Championship Pick ‘Em Time As The 7 Friday Night Crew Wants You To Have A Side Of NorCal Football Picks For Thanksgiving • PICTURED ABOVE: San Ramon Valley-Danville senior WR/DB Noah Labeau. (Chace Bryson photo) With Thanksgiving this Thursday, the 7 Friday Night Pick ‘Em show arrives... Read more
Left Hungry | Modesto Christian Basketball Ready For Next Step
After Falling Nine Points Shy Last March, An Even More Talented Modesto Christian Basketball Team Sets Sights On A CIF Open Division State Title •  PICTURED ABOVE: Modesto Christian senior guard BJ Davis. (Berry Evans III photo) It’s a quarter past 5 o’clock on a midweek evening and Modesto... Read more
Born For This | UCLA-Bound Center Amanda Muse Shines For Heritage
Amanda Muse Continues A Family Legacy Of Basketball Success — And It May Lead Brentwood’s Heritage High To New Heights In 2023 • If ever a girl was born to play basketball, it’s Heritage High’s Amanda Muse. Her father Doug is 6-foot-10, and was a basketball star at UC... Read more