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Refuse To Lose | Determined Seniors Power Cardinal Newman Baseball

High School Baseball/Softball High School Sports Features NewsTicker North Coast Section April 14, 2023 0

A Roster With 19 Seniors And An Identity Forged During The Covid Summer Of 2020, Has Cardinal Newman Baseball Among NorCal’s Elite • PICTURED ABOVE: Senior infielder Raul Valdivia (22) gets a high-five from Anane Wilson on his way back to the dugout. (David Gershon photos) During the summer... Read more

Journey To The Center Of The Mat | NorCal’s Kathy Kopara Makes History

Central Coast Section Central Section High School Sports Features High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW NewsTicker North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section San Francisco Section StaffPicks March 7, 2023 0

Santa Rosa Native And Vacaville Sixth Grade Teacher Kathy Kopara Endured To Become Groundbreaking Wrestling Official At The 2023 CIF Wrestling Championships • TOP PHOTO CREDIT: John Sachs/Tech-Fall.com Kathy Kopara remembers the moment distinctly, though she was oblivious at the time. The 45-year-old Vacaville resident was officiating a first-round... Read more

SPORTSTARS’ VAULT | Pete Saco: Into The Sunset (AUG. 2014)

High School Sports Features NewsTicker Sac-Joaquin Section StaffPicks January 30, 2023 1

With News Of Beloved Former Sac-Joaquin Section Commissioner Pete Saco Passing Away, We Share Our Profile Of Him Upon His Retirement • [ EDITORS NOTE: This article was originally published in August 2014 in the final days of Pete Saco’s 21-year tenure as SJS Commissioner. It remains as it... Read more

He’s The Captain Now | A Look At The New Pittsburg Football Coach

High School Football High School Sports Features NewsTicker North Coast Section December 20, 2022 2

Charlie Ramirez Is The First New Pittsburg Football Coach In 21 Years — His Own High School Coach And Former Players Share What To Expect • It was part high-step, part strut and pure emotional release. Charlie Ramirez stormed up the sideline away from a Pittsburg High defense celebrating another... Read more

Best Of Five | Berean Christian Volleyball Makes History

High School Sports Features NewsTicker North Coast Section VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA November 22, 2022 0

With Four Straight Five-Set Wins, Berean Christian Girls Volleyball Closed Out An Incredible State Championship Run — The School’s First Ever • EDITOR’S NOTE: This Feature Has Been Updated With Quotes Following Berean Christian’s State Championship Win. More than a half hour had passed since freshman Marley Seelye delivered... Read more

Rock & Roll (To The Right) | QB Caden Pinnick Has Del Oro Shredding

High School Football High School Sports Features NewsTicker Sac-Joaquin Section October 7, 2022 1

Golden Eagles Off To Best Start Since 2018 Behind Caden Pinnick, A Superb Leader And The Cousin Of Del Oro’s Last State-Winning QB • Admit it. For the first five seconds of Queen’s “Under Pressure,” you secretly hope it’s actually “Ice, Ice Baby.” Sometimes it’s both. Emcee and quarterback... Read more

Made Of Honor | How The Honor Bowl Became A Showcase For More Than Football

Central Coast Section Central Section High School Football High School Sports Features Los Angeles City Section NewsTicker North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section San Diego Section San Francisco Section Southern Section StaffPicks September 1, 2022 0

After 10-Plus Years, Honor Bowl Creators Reflect On The Origins And Evolution Of Event That Brings High School Football And Military Appreciation Together • Sometimes, out of great suffering and loss can come great hope and reward. The War in Afghanistan that began in 2001 as Operation Enduring Freedom... Read more

City Connect | Adhir Ravipati Recharged With Riordan Football

Central Coast Section High School Football High School Sports Features StaffPicks August 17, 2022 0

Four Years After Winning A CIF State Bowl At Menlo-Atherton, Adhir Ravipati ends a three-year hiatus and looks to boost a rising Riordan Football program • PICTURED ABOVE: New Riordan football coach Adhir Ravipati at a recent practice. (Jean-Paul Toshiro photos) There’s a jolt of energy at Archbishop Riordan... Read more

Iron & Fire | Albany Distance Star Sophia Nordenholz Chases Second CIF Title

High School Sports Features North Coast Section StaffPicks Track & Field, Anchored by Youth Runner May 25, 2022 0

After Finding And Correcting An Iron Deficiency, Albany High’s Sophia Nordenholz Could Properly Fuel Her Passion For Running — And Become One Of State’s Best Distance Runners • It’s been a long journey to the California Interscholastic Federation State Track and Field Championships for Albany High senior Sophia Nordenholz.... Read more

Green Machine | De La Salle Golf Aces NCS Title Defense

High School Golf High School Sports Features North Coast Section May 23, 2022 0

With Four Of Its Six Golfers Under Par, De La Salle Delivered Perhaps One Of The Most Dominant North Coast Section Championship Performances Ever • UPDATED ON MAY 24 Joey Hayden was the one. As the only member of the De La Salle High golf team to have teed... Read more

Hope, Grace & Ws | Meet The Jenkins Sisters Powering Sac’s St. Francis Softball

High School Baseball/Softball High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section May 20, 2022 0

Powered By Twins With Motivational Philosophies And Winning Attitudes, Saint Francis Softball Seeks First Sac-Joaquin Section Title Since 1986 • Hope & Grace. It sounds like a motivational memoir that fits nicely into your staged background for virtual meetings, somewhere between How to Win Friends and Influence People and... Read more

Flood Zone | Woodcreek Baseball Opens Playoffs As NorCal No. 1

High School Baseball/Softball High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section May 9, 2022 0

We’re Past The Rising ‘Creek Stage — Extremely Talented Woodcreek Baseball Enters SJS Division II Postseason As NorCal’s Team To Beat • PICTURED ABOVE: Senior Zack Malone raises a fist from second base during a win over Oakmont-Roseville at Sutter Health Park on April 30. (David Gershon photos) As... Read more