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600 & Counting

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California has another softball coach who has reached the 600-win total after Teri Johnson from James Logan-Union City won her 600th with her team’s 10-0 triumph over American-Fremont on Tuesday, May 19. Johnson, who is in her 30th season, became the 12th softball coach in state history to achieve... Read more

Storybook Finish

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In some sports, such as track and field, it’s much easier for great California high school athletes to end their careers with a magical moment. It’s the final race, final jump, final relay leg and they do what they usually do. Win, collect a medal, wave to... Read more

Amazin’ Mack: McClymonds’ 32-0 mark remains pinnacle of state’s stellar 2007-08 season

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State of Play: Mark Tennis Some seasons we cover are like fine wines and only get better with age. Take the 2007-08 California boys basketball season, for example. In the next-to-last game of that season, which was the CIF Division III state championship, future Golden State Warrior Klay... Read more

Turf Wars

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Last year’s cover story in SportStars by Ben Enos focused on football bragging rights being decided in games between teams from the Bay Area and the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section. At the time Enos wrote the story, the Sac-Joaquin held a 114-90 edge in reported games from the... Read more

Preseason Bowling

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State of Play by Mark Tennis Heading into the closing weeks of the last two California high school football seasons, there weren’t many certainties except it was pretty obvious that whichever teams were going to play in the CIF Division II State Bowl game, the Northern California team... Read more

Gillette Knows The Code

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Third baseman Joe Gillette of Scotts Valley was the only Bay Area player named to the Area Code Games First Team after this year’s event concluded, Aug. 10 at Blair Field in Long Beach. Gillette was lauded by the scouts for his outstanding defense and potential to hit at... Read more

Mark Tennis’ State of Play: Preseason Bowling

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By MARK TENNIS | CalHiSports.com Whether there is a regional bowl game, open divisions in every section, or just about any other tweak in format, the one factor for Northern California football that may never change is the dominance of De La Salle-Concord. The Spartans, who... Read more

Mark Tennis’ State of Play: NorCal’s NFL QB’s had modest beginnings

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Has there ever been a time in NFL history when three former Northern California quarterbacks all began the season with a legitimate chance to be MVP of the league? It doesn’t look like it to me. Barring injury, the three, of course, are Tom Brady of the... Read more

Saluting The Three-Sport Athlete

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State of Play By Mark Tennis It won’t be known until early July who will be the 2013-14 State Athlete of the Year, but for someone who put in the effort to excel in three different sports, a special tip of the hat should go to Miramonte’s Drew... Read more

Mt. Rushmores Of NorCal Hoops

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State of Play By Mark Tennis At this year’s CIF state basketball finals, we were asked at Cal-Hi Sports by Time Warner Cable to provide a series of Mt. Rushmore type selections for California’s best-ever boys players, girls players and coaches. If you don’t know, Mt. Rushmore... Read more

Diamond Dandy

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State of Play By Mark Tennis It’s always a contested argument about which league is the toughest in the state each season in the major sports. In recent seasons, for example, the Trinity League in Southern California has been at or near the top of the state... Read more

Bowl Business: CIF looks at another makeover for its championship football games.

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If a proposal passes next month, CIF bowls will no longer exclude any section champion. There will just be a lot more divisions and some of them just might not be that exciting. Two of the best football teams this season that did not get chosen to... Read more