By ERIK STORDAHL | SportStars   The ball left Taylor Johns hands from point-blank range. It glided on the rim for what seemed an eternity. It looked like it was going in. If it did, it would’ve tied the game and, most likely, forced overtime “” it didn’t. Instead,... Read more

NCS/OAKLAND: By Clay Kallam | SJS: By Jim McCue   This is not a year for parity, at least in the North Coast Section. In fact, all five of the top teams ““ Berkeley, Carondelet, Bishop O’Dowd, St. Mary’s and St. Joseph Notre Dame ““ could easily be placed... Read more

Records are final. (source: MaxPreps.com)   RANK LAST WK TEAM RECORD 1 4 Archbishop Mitty-San Jose 28-6   2 2 Sheldon-Sacramento 27-6   3 1 Salesian-Richmond 30-4   4 5 Modesto Christian 29-4   5 10 Pleasant Grove-Elk Grove 28-6   6 7 Deer Valley-Antioch 26-6   7 3 Bishop... Read more

By CHACE BRYSON | Editor   It should’ve felt like a bigger deal “” a bigger moment.  After 32 minutes of making the Windsor High boys basketball team wish it could be anywhere else, Newark Memorial was about to be crowned the North Coast Section Division II champion following a... Read more

By ERIK STORDAHL | SportStars   It’s the same formula that got it this far in the season, so they saw no need in changing it “” even after a shaky first quarter. The Carondelet girls basketball team led only 19-16 against visiting McNair-Stockton in the California Interscholastic Federation... Read more

By ERIK STORDAHL | SportStars   It wasn’t the finest game of his storied career, but Richard Longrus still brought his lunch pail to McKeon Pavilion at St. Mary’s College. Longrus helped the Bishop O’Dowd boys basketball team capture its second NCS championship in three years and the program’s... Read more

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NCS/OAKLAND: By Chace Bryson | SJS: By Jim McCue To quote a popular ad slogan, “Here we go.” The road to the California Interscholastic Federation state basketball championships at Sacramento’s Power Balance Pavilion began on Feb. 21. More than 150 teams will lace up their sneaks and put it all on the... Read more

NorCal Boys Top 20 All records through end of regular season. Rankings are not updated during the playoffs.    Rank (Last Wk.) School Record 1 (1) Salesian-Richmond 26-2 2 (2) De La Salle-Concord 24-2 3 (3) Archbishop Mitty-San Jose 24-3 4 (4) Newark Memorial-Newark 22-4 5 (6) Sheldon-Sacramento 22-5... Read more

By ERIK STORDAHL | SportStars   After a magical run in the North Coast Section and CIF Northern Regional playoffs, the Salesian-Richmond girls basketball team succumbed to La Jolla Country Day 72-41 in the CIF Div. IV state championship on March 23. Still, Pride head coach Stephen Pezzola was... Read more