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Beyond Expectations | Rio Americano Basketball Nears Rare Title
Fueled By A Senior-Heavy Roster Aiming To Overachieve, Rio Americano Basketball Can Claim A Capital Athletic League Crown This Week • PICTURED ABOVE: Rio Americano Seniors Dylan Newberry (5) and Miles Lake (23). (David Gershon photos) It’s been more than 20 years since Rio Americano basketball won the last... Read more
Remember Us? | Campolindo Basketball Won’t Be Going Quietly
In Avenging Its First League Loss In Four Years, Campolindo Basketball Assured Rest Of NorCal That It Will Remain A Formidable Postseason Foe • PICTURED ABOVE: (Left to Right) Logan Robeson, Dylan Mansour And Clay Naffziger Await Play To Resume Following A Timeout. (Chace Bryson photos) Nobody was out... Read more
SportStars NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings | Feb. 1
Nine Teams Find New Spots In The NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings While One Team Makes Its Debut And Another Returns Following A Hiatus • NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings All records are through Tuesday, Jan. 31. Previous rank in parenthesis. Records obtained through MaxPreps.com PICTURED ABOVE: James Moore of No.... Read more
SportStars NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings | Jan. 31
With All 20 Teams Taking Care Of Business Last Seek, The NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings Go Unchanged Before A Week Of Big Matchups • NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings All records are through Monday, Jan. 30. Previous rank in parenthesis. Records obtained through MaxPreps.com PICTURED ABOVE: Gabriella Biittner Of No.... Read more
Viking Rise | Pleasant Valley Girls Basketball
Who Needs A Fab 5, When You’ve Got A Super 7? A Tight-Knit Core Of Seven Sophomores Has Chico’s Pleasant Valley Ready For Primetime • PICTURED ABOVE: Pleasant Valley Sophomore Guard AJ Gambol. (Stephen Tranberg/Chico Enterprise-Record photo) Playoff basketball is different. Especially in one’s home gym, as a high... Read more
Fun & Gun | Dougherty Valley Boys Hoops Moves To 17-1
NorCal No. 3-Ranked Dougherty Valley Basketball Exudes Joy And Toughness In Topping No. 9 Granada For 2-0 Start To League Play • PICTURED ABOVE: Connor Sevilla Looks On During The First Half Of Friday’s Game At Granada-Livermore. (Chace Bryson photos) Connor Sevilla drained the 3-pointer from about 23 feet... Read more
SportStars NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings | Jan. 11
No Change To The Top 8 Of Our NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings After No. 3 Topped No. 4 On Tuesday Night; One New Team Joins The Mix NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings All records are through Tuesday, Jan. 10. Previous rank in parenthesis. Records obtained through MaxPreps.com PICTURED ABOVE: Andrew... Read more
SportStars NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings | Jan. 4
NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings Continue To Be The East Bay Athletic League’s Playground As San Ramon Valley Storms Into Top 5 • NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings All records are through Tuesday, Jan. 3. Previous rank in parenthesis. Records obtained through MaxPreps.com PICTURED ABOVE: No. 4 San Ramon Valley-Danville Poses... 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
SportStars’ Bay Area 75 Athlete Rankings 2022 | Nos. 50-26
Our 10th Annual Bay Area 75 Athlete Rankings Honoring The Top High School Athletes From The ’21-’22 School Year Continues With Nos. 50-26 • PICTURED ABOVE: No. 49 Makayla Winchell of Granada-Livermore (Chace Bryson photo) Welcome to our tenth annual Bay Area 75 rankings — SportStars’ countdown of the... Read more
Red Hot Cheli Summer
Archbishop Mitty Junior Morgan Cheli Spent Her Summer Winning A World Title And Firmly Establishing Herself Among The Nation’s Best Young Talents • Morgan Cheli is 16 years old. She is confident, chatty and cheerful. She is also one of the best young basketball players in the world. Fans... Read more