Inside: Queen Court Skills Event
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More than 50 of the top female basketball players in NorCal were on hand for the Queen Court Skills Academy & Showcase on June 14. The event took place at Tice Valley Gym in Walnut Creek and was run by Pass Tha Ball and Project Basketball. For... Read more
Elite Prospect Games
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By CLAY KALLAM | Contributor If there were any doubts about Asha Thomas’s ability to shoot threes, they were laid to rest at the Elite Prospect Games at Contra Costa College Aug. 25. Thomas, who will be a junior at Bishop O’Dowd this fall, hit six... Read more
All-NorCal Girls 2nd/3rd Teams
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SECOND TEAM DESIRE FINNIE BASICS: Berkeley, Sr., Guard WHY SHE’S HERE: Finnie was pretty much all the experience the young Yellowjackets could bring to the table, but she led Berkeley by example into the NorCal finals. She averaged 17 points and 11 rebounds a game and will play for Pacific next... Read more
All-NorCal Boys 2nd/3rd Teams
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SECOND TEAM PARIS AUSTIN BASICS: Bishop O’Dowd-Oakland, Jr., Guard WHY HE’S HERE: Ivan Rabb took most of the spotlight on the talented Dragons roster, but it was Austin who made everything go. A fierce competitor with a high basketball I.Q., Austin was a master facilitator who could also... Read more
House of Hoops
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Napa’s Prolific Prep ignores skeptics and begins its first season with one of the country’s best players “” who you won’t see in any CIF games. Story by Ronnie Flores | Photos by Phillip Walton Jeremy Russotti is not much different than other basketball junkies who got... Read more
Bishop vs. Bishop at Nor Cal Tip Off Classic
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Nor Cal Tip Off Classic The Tip-Off Classic, which has spent the last seven years as the NorCal Tip-Off Classic, will take place Nov. 29 at Newark Memorial High School. The seven-game showcase will feature five Northern California 2014 state finalists. Including Bishop O’Dowd (Open Division), Folsom (Division II), Drake... Read more
Queens Court 2014
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By MIKE YOUNG | SportStars The Walnut Creek Rec Center played host to the second annual Pass Tha Ball Queens Court Skills Academy and Showcase that featured some of the top girls basketball talent in Northern California from the 2015, 2016 and 2017 classes. That talent included... Read more
By Harold Abend | Contributor One player came into the CIF North Coast Section Division II title game on the precipice of making Northern California high school football history, the other knew he had it in him. The house was packed on Dec. 9 at Santa Rosa High... Read more
By Bill Kolb | Contributor Salesian High School’s football team now officially knows how it feels to be Boise State. Or TCU. Or Oklahoma State. Or Auburn. The Pride did everything it could possibly do on the field in the 2011 season, but still didn’t get invited to... Read more
Top 5 Ways to turn the De La Salle football movie into a blockbuster. You might have heard that Hollywood has finally gotten wise to what’s been going on in Contra Costa County. Concord, more specifically (Winton Ave, if you wanna get super-picky). That’s right. The De La... Read more
Bellarmine Prep High’s football team might consider changing its logo from a Bell to a Question Mark for the 2012 season. The Central Coast Section Bells bookended their stellar 2011 campaign with tough losses – falling 26-23 in double-overtime to De La Salle-Concord in Week 1 and 42-37 to Santa... Read more
Freedom High (BVAL) coach Kevin Hartwig preaches to his players to focus on the following motto: “Are we going to be 1-0 or 0-1 this week?” It’s obviously the 11-year Falcons coach’s attempt at keeping his players focused on one game at a time. Even though 90 percent of... Read more
