On Saturday, July 11th the national Southern Bowl Tryout Tour is heading to the Bay Area for a once in a lifetime opportunity to try out for the 2016 Southern Bowl, where two rigorously selected teams will battle it out in New Zealand in front of 76,000 fans at... Read more
â— League practices and games take place on Sundays â— League participants receive a team shirt â— Summer season runs from June ““ August â— No games July 4th weekend ( All league break July 5th) â— 4-6 year division receive participation trophy â— Playoffs and Championship for older division... Read more
By MARK TENNIS | Special to SportStars In any ranking such as this one, criteria needs to be explained right off the bat. First, by using the term greatest, this is not a ranking of teams that if they lined up against each other, we think... Read more
*EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an extended version of the article which ran in print. The tackles are as identifiable as the player who makes them. No one hits like Ben Burr-Kirven. A ballcarrier may be in full stride, exploding into the hole until his momentum is halted and... Read more
The mind-boggling numbers alone tell the story of perhaps the greatest season and career that a high school quarterback has ever put together. But there is so much more than just numbers that make Jake Browning’s national- and state-record setting accomplishments truly special for anyone who was a... 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
By CHACE BRYSON | Editor McClymonds sets up for an extended run of OAL dominance To the rest of the Oakland Athletic League, watching the 2011 Silver Bowl had to be more than a bit depressing. Here was McClymonds High, getting the best of Skyline to close out... Read more
By MITCH STEPHENS | Contributor They are affectionately known as The Oreo Trio, but at one point this tightly knit cookie almost crumbled. The Galileo High football trio of fullback/linebacker Ronzel Fox (black), quarterback/safety Kyle Nelson (white) and running back/strong safety Dontell Jackson (black) survived a minor skirmish... Read more
