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SportStars’ All-NorCal Boys Basketball Team ’22-’23
NorCal Player Of The Year Ryan Beasley Leads An East Bay Athletic League-Rich 2022-23 SportStars All-NorCal Boys Basketball Team • MORE SPORTSTARS POSTSEASON HONORS: NorCal Boys Player Of The Year (Ryan Beasley-Dougherty Valley) | All-NorCal Girls Basketball Team | NorCal Girls Player Of The Year (Jordan Lee – St.... Read more
SportStars’ 2022-23 NorCal Boys Basketball Player Of The Year | Ryan Beasley
Dougherty Valley Do-Everything Guard, Ryan Beasley, Was The Ultimate Catalyst For The Bay Area’s Best Team • MORE POSTSEASON HOOPS HONORS: All-NorCal Girls Basketball Team | NorCal Girls Player Of The Year – Jordan Lee | NorCal Girls Coach Of The Year – Leroy Hurt They came from all... Read more
SportStars’ All-NorCal Girls Basketball Team ’22-’23
Fifteen Girls Plus One Special Mention Comprise Our All-NorCal Girls Basketball Team For The 2022-23 Season • MORE SPORTSTARS POSTSEASON HONORS: NorCal Girls Player Of The Year (Jordan Lee – St. Mary’s-Stockton) | NorCal Girls Coach Of The Year (Leroy Hunt – Oakland Tech) All-NorCal Girls Basketball Team FIRST... Read more
SportStars’ 2022-23 NorCal Girls Basketball Coach Of The Year | Leroy Hurt
With A CIF Div. I State Title And A State Playoff Winning Streak Now At 19 Games, Oakland Tech’s Leroy Hurt Is On One Epic Run • MORE SPORTSTARS POSTSEASON HONORS: NorCal Girls Player Of The Year (Jordan Lee – St. Mary’s-Stockton) | All-NorCal Girls BB Team (out April... Read more
SportStars’ 2022-23 NorCal Girls Basketball Player Of The Year | Jordan Lee
St. Mary’s-Stockton Junior Jordan Lee Was The Driving Force For A Rams Team That Reached Div. I NorCal Final Despite A Slew Of Injuries • Jordan Lee put 47 on Oakland Tech in the NorCals, so she’s got to be one of those score-first wings, right? And though 47... Read more
SportStars Vault | SportStories Podcast: Don Lippi, NorCal’s Mr. 900
In The Wake Of His 900th Career Win In 2021, Our SportStories’ Podcast Honored St. Joseph Notre Dame Boys Basketball Coach Don Lippi • EDITOR’S NOTE: This Article And Podcast First Debuted In May 2021. We’re Republishing It Following Coach Don Lippi’s Announced Retirement On March 23. If there... Read more
Final NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings | 2022-23
Mitty-San Jose Finishes At The Top Of Our Final NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings Yet Again — And The Dominance Isn’t Likely To Stop • PICTURED ABOVE: Senior guard Nia Hunter of No. 4 Oakland Tech. (Chace Bryson photo) It’s Mitty’s world in Northern California and here in the NorCal... Read more
Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings | 2022-23
For The Second Straight Season, Modesto Christian Finishes As No. 1 In Our Expanded Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings • PICTURED ABOVE: (L to R) Te’shawn Gamble, Money Williams and Jimon Campbell of No. 17 Oakland take photos during the CIF Div. III State Championship medals ceremony. (Chace Bryson... Read more
So Close | Mitty Girls Basketball Gives Max Effort In Stinging State Finals Loss
Archbishop Mitty Girls Basketball Left To Regroup, Recommit After Battle Of National Top 10 Teams Ends In A Buzzer-Beater Defeat To Etiwanda • PICTURED ABOVE: Mitty Star Freshman McKenna Woliczko Grabs A Rebound During The CIF Open Div. State Final. (David Gershon photos) Sue Phillips, the legendary Archbishop Mitty... Read more
Purple Reigns | Oakland Tech Girls Claim Fourth Straight NorCal Crown
Oakland Tech Girls Basketball Pushes CIF Playoff Winning Streak To 18 Games, Topping St. Mary’s-Stockton For A Trip To Division I State Final • Championship blood. Heart of a champion. Whatever one chooses to call it, the Oakland Tech High girls basketball team has it.  After winning the program’s... Read more
No Apologies | Granada Boys Basketball Earns First NorCal Finals Trip Since ’96
Despite Drawing And Beating An Undermanned Riordan, The Granada Boys Basketball Team Has Proven It Belongs In Div. I Title Game • PICTURED ABOVE: Granada Students React As The Matadors’ NaVaughn Long Looks Up At The Score After Being Fouled While Converting A Second-Half Layup. (Chace Bryson photos) There... Read more
CIF Basketball Notes | Salesian Girls Shine; Bracketbusters Crash D2 Boys
Salesian Girls Show Grit In 2OT Road Win; EBAL Dominates; Sierra Foothill League Cinderellas Whitney, Granite Bay Boys Set To Clash Again • PICTURED ABOVE: Whitney-Rocklin Senior Derek Lamb Dunks The Ball During The Sac-Joaquin Section Division II Final. (David Gershon photo) As the Open Division closed out the... Read more