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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

Perfect Fit: State hoops championships return to the East Bay

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The state hoops championships return to the East Bay in a perfect case of right place, right time. State of Play: Mark Tennis My first taste of the passion of East Bay basketball fans and the skill of its players came when I was a senior in high school... Read more

Lovin’ It At Levi’s

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Reviewing the first high school football event at Levi’s Stadium, and five suggested future matchups. State of Play: Mark Tennis It wasn’t the Friday night lights of the Corral at Oakdale High, but for senior fullback Frankie Trent the Saturday afternoon sunshine he felt on Oct. 11 at... 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

California in the Little League World Series

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State of Play By Mark Tennis Golden State teams have won the U.S. or world title in Williamsport 20 times, which dwarfs the total from any other state. Every summer in a Pennsylvania community that is still small enough to have just one high school, tens of... Read more

All-Star Football Games Fight Extinction

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State of Play: Mark Tennis It may be a surprise to some, but the most people to ever witness a California high school sporting event was the 85,000 who jammed the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in the summer of 1957 for the North-South Shrine Game. This was... Read more

Does SoCal really rule in California?

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State of Play: Mark Tennis It may seem like Southern California schools and teams in many sports always get benefit of the doubt when it comes to rankings and honors on the statewide level compared to Northern California. Here’s a shock. Yes, they do. But it has... Read more

Aaron Gordon fast-tracks to NBA lottery pick

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Draft Double-up: It was only fitting University of Arizona freshman forward Aaron Gordon was selected by the Orlando Magic with the No. 4 pick in the 2014 NBA Draft. After all, the 6-foot-8 1/2 forward from Archbishop Mitty-San Jose proved over the last three years he’s among... Read more

Santa Clara Aquamaids Celebrating 50th Anniversary!

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Santa Clara (August 13, 2014) – The Santa Clara Aquamaids, http://www.aquamaids.org/, founded in 1964, is celebrating its 50th anniversary on August 30th, 2014 at the Santa Clara University Mayer Theater (Santa Clara University Campus, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95050) starting at 6:45pm. The detail of... Read more

Walnut Creek Aquanuts send 37 athletes to Us Nationals competition

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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. ““ 6/21/2014 37 members of the Walnut Creek Aquanuts synchronized swimming team are set to compete for a national title at the 2014 U.S. eSynchro Age Group Synchronized Swimming Championships in Federal Way Washington. The meet, scheduled June 27-July 5th is the largest synchronized swimming... Read more