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Coaches, Don’t Be Afoul of NCAA Recruiting Requirements
BE ALERT ABOUT THE NCAA REQUIREMENTS FOR 2016. Prior to participating in an NCAA-certified event, team coaches must submit a team roster to the NCAA and fulfill other recruiting requirements. Bigfoot Hoops shares with us these important data points: Click here for a summary of these requirements. Each coach on the... Read more
Welcome to SportsPlex Nation
HAVE BALL, WILL TRAVEL: If your neighborhood doesn’t have an oversized youth sports facility, it’s falling behind the times. Welcome to SportsPlex Nation! Outside it’s an unseasonably warm January weekday afternoon in Walnut Creek. But Mike Samuels is inside. And happy to be there. Samuels is showing off the... Read more
Hoop Dreams Ivan Rabb
It would have been nearly impossible for someone to have written a script that ended the 2015 California high school basketball season quite like it did. To refresh, Bishop O’Dowd High’s Ivan Rabb needed to make a free throw. In double-overtime with less than one second on the clock and... Read more
Ain’t No Cinderella
Dougherty Valley boys basketball is enjoying shocking everyone but itself Read more
Family Value
With a deep team chemistry, Antelope is soaring in an attempt to build on 2015’s success Read more
Believe in Beyer
Led by a trio of brothers and some savvy veterans, Modesto’s Beyer is gaining steam Read more
The Mariners’ Guide
Moreau Catholic-Hayward’s gregarious, humble star has the Mariners thinking state title thoughts Read more
Full Speed Ahead
St. Mary’s-Stockton began the season as the #1 girls team in the nation, and it wasn’t even a debate. It still isn’t. Read more
There’s this one really good team in our league, and they press all the time. It’s really hard to play against them, and we just keep turning the ball over. My dad wonders why we don’t press, because it works so well, and I do too. If a team... Read more
Indomitable San Ramon
Unshakable belief between coach, players and community led San Ramon Valley to its first state title Read more
Final Act
Best friends, Ivan Rabb & Paris Austin close their Bishop O’Dowd careers in dramatic fashion Read more
Lion Heart
Thrilling state championship win made McClatchy the most accomplished girls team in school & district history Read more