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NCVA Power League: Girls Season Hits Full Swing

Club Sports High School Sports Features VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA February 1, 2019 0

Several Loaded Squads Gear Up For Club Power League Opening • As February arrives, so does the heart of the girls volleyball club season. The Northern California Volleyball Association Power League kicked off the 18U Division in December. Divisions 11U through 17U all get underway on Feb. 2-3 with... Read more

James Logan Basketball: Colt Fusion

High School Basketball High School Sports Features North Coast Section January 3, 2019 0

With Quickness, Shooting Prowess, Depth And A Defense-First Mentality, James Logan Basketball Is Aiming To Reach Its Second State Final In Three Years • You might think a team would be nervous. James Logan High’s boys basketball had been in control for most of its late December home game... Read more

Central Catholic Football: Raiders’ Rematch Rush

High School Football High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section November 27, 2018 0

Central Catholic Football comes from behind to outlast Inderkum in down-to-the-wire semifinals and punch ticket to face Del Oro in section finals • Mud can be washed away. Pain fades. And rain doesn’t erase the past. But mixed together — that’s a recipe for redemption for the 2018 Central... Read more

Modesto Christian Basketball: Bring It On

High School Basketball High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section November 20, 2018 0

Owning Perhaps The Strongest Schedule Of Any NorCal Boys Basketball Program, The Supremely Talented Modesto Christian Crusaders Hope It Paves The Road To A State Title • There are a lot of intriguing sub-plots to the 2018-19 boys basketball season at Modesto Christian. Can the Crusaders emerge as the... Read more

Bishop O’Dowd Girls Basketball: Dragon Territory

High School Basketball High School Sports Features North Coast Section November 19, 2018 0

A Young, Talented Roster Has Bishop O’Dowd Girls Basketball Poised To Maintain Its Reign On The North Coast Section • “Here be dragons.” The ancient mapmakers didn’t really know what was lurking outside the boundaries of the known world, but they figured it wasn’t going to be too pleasant... Read more

Granada Cross Country: Matador Girls’ Finishing Kick

High School Sports Features North Coast Section XC-Track-Running November 16, 2018 0

A Nucleus Of Four-Year Seniors Look To Close Their Dominant Granada Cross Country Careers With A Golden Flourish • Your commitment best be serious. Being part of the girls cross country varsity team at Granada High in Livermore is not for those seeking a leisurely run through the park. ... Read more

Marcus Bagley Ups The Ante For Sheldon Hoops

High School Basketball High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section November 16, 2018 0

With The Addition Of Marcus Bagley And Others, The Sheldon Huskies Are Built For Another State Title Run Release the Hounds! This past June, Marcus Bagley had little idea where he would spend his final two years of high school. That decision depended on where his older brother would... Read more

Lion’s Share: Liberty Football’s Sione Vaki Does It All

High School Football High School Sports Features North Coast Section November 15, 2018 0

The Liberty Football Team Isn’t A One-Man Show, But Senior Sione Vaki Sure Can Make It Look That Way At Times • Sione Vaki stands quietly on the sideline with teammates as the Liberty High football team’s special teams unit drills during a Thursday afternoon walk-through in late October. ... Read more

Bombs A-May: Behind St. Mary’s Football’s Hail Mary Playoff Win

High School Football High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section November 14, 2018 1

After Missing His 2017 Season With A Shoulder Injury, Quarterback Noah May Delivered An Epic Hail Mary Throw To Send St. Mary’s Football Into The Sac-Joaquin Semifinals • Call it luck, or call it skill. The truth is it’s a little of both for the quarterback of the St.... Read more

Inderkum Football: Depth Charge

High School Football High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section November 8, 2018 0

With No Obvious Superstars, Inderkum Football Has Used Its Widespread Talent To Carry On A Tradition Of Excellence • As November arrives, high school football looks to the postseason and gridiron news also centers on student-athletes making commitments to colleges. Inderkum football has been at the center of both of... Read more

Johnny Guzman Has Del Oro Football In Top Gear

High School Football High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section November 2, 2018 0

Del Oro Football Touchdown Specialist Johnny Guzman Has The Golden Eagles Speeding Into The Sac-Joaquin Section Playoffs • Vin Diesel wants a 10-second car, but Del Oro football coach Jeff Walters only asks for a 12-second touchdown. Walters, whose team is bound for the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs after a... Read more

Pleasant Grove’s Bright Lights

High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA October 17, 2018 0

Youngest Light Sisters Are Helping Pleasant Grove Volleyball Illuminate A Path Toward Sac-Joaquin Section Glory • It is the middle of an era of sorts for the Pleasant Grove volleyball program. It’s an era of Light, as in the Light sisters. And while the two youngest Light sisters, Vivian and... Read more

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