2018 All-NorCal Football Offense

Rising Capital: D’Marcus Ross Leads Potent Capital Christian

High School Football Sac-Joaquin Section September 28, 2018 0

With Perhaps Sacramento’s Best Two-Way Player Running The Show, Capital Christian Football Eyes A Deep Postseason Run • Needing just six carries Friday night, senior tailback D’Marcus Ross led a potent Capital Christian-Sacramento offensive onslaught as he reached the end zone three times en route to a 56-13 shellacking... Read more

Liberty Football Jr. Jay Butterfield Named SportStar of the Week

High School Football North Coast Section SportStars of the Week September 21, 2018 0

Liberty-Brentwood – Football – Junior Liberty Football Jr. Jay Butterfield, considered the East Bay’s top national recruit for the Class of 2020, the Lions quarterback is off to a stellar junior campaign. On Sept. 7, he had his most prolific night of the season to date. He completed 16... Read more

Prepare in the Weight Room for What Happens on Field

High School Football LEVELUP INSIDERS September 21, 2018 0

RESISTENCE With this season starting, something is happening for those players out there banging around. It’s time to prepare in the weight room for what going to happens on the field. We’re finally into football season! If you’re like me, you pretty much set your year around this season.... Read more

Jay Butterfield, Liberty Football SportStar of the Week

High School Football SportStars of the Week September 21, 2018 0

Considered the East Bay’s top national recruit for the Class of 2020, Jay Butterfield, the Lions quarterback is off to a stellar junior campaign, earning him SportStar of the Week honors. On Sept. 7, he had his most prolific night of the season to date. He completed 16 of... Read more

Behind the Clipboard: Coaching is Teaching, Really.

High School Football LEVELUP INSIDERS September 17, 2018 0

When Slow Is The Way To Go! R.G. of San Jose asks, “We have a young coach for our position group, and he’s really smart, but he talks really fast and tells us a lot in a hurry. He’s always rushed because he says he has so much to... Read more

Golden State Gridiron: NEW “High School Football In California” Book

CalHiSports Insights CalHiSports.com High School Football September 13, 2018 0

Writing Book On State’s Football History A Labor Of Love It wasn’t exactly a blank canvass, but writing the book “High School Football In California” was a task that quickly became pleasurable. Especially when talking to some of the subjects who were targeted to be centerpieces of most chapters.... Read more

City State Of Mind: Galileo Back For More After 2017 State Title Shocker

High School Football High School Sports Features September 9, 2018 0

The notion of an Academic Athletic Association football team winning a state championship seemed remote at best until Galileo, the alma mater of O.J. Simpson, pulled it off last December in stunning fashion. The Lions, led by sophomore Yarvell Smith, the league’s Player of the Year, and Jimmy Edwards,... Read more

Cardinal Newman Football: From The Ashes

High School Football High School Sports Features North Coast Section August 31, 2018 1

Close To A Year After Its Community And Campus Were Ravaged By The Tubbs Fire, Cardinal Newman High Football Won A True Homecoming Game • SANTA ROSA — Nearly 11 months after the Tubbs fire ripped through Northern California, the pains remain for communities still rebuilding from the devastation... Read more

Mack Keeps Truckin’: McClymonds Looks To Remain King Of Oakland Football

High School Football High School Sports Features August 29, 2018 0

You lose 18 of 30 players to graduation or transfer and there’s reason for concern. But McClymonds- Oakland football coach Michael Peters just rolls with the punches. That’s how it works in West Oakland. The Warriors have suffered their unfair share of pain and tragedy, including the death last month... Read more

Northern Section Lights: NS Football’s Four Big Questions

High School Football High School Sports Features Northern Section August 22, 2018 0

There’s Plenty To Watch For In the Northern Section This Football Season — We Take A Look At Some Of The Biggest Storylines To Follow • Some things are automatic for Northern Section football. Linemen will grow humongous, section officials will refuse to start football early and someone will be... Read more

Berean Christian Football: Size Advantage

High School Football High School Sports Features North Coast Section August 22, 2018 1

With A Roster Of Less Than Thirty, The Berean Christian Eagles Are Happy To Play Underdogs In A Much Larger League — And Prepare For A Real Run At A Division V Section Crown • As an outsider looking in, it would be perfectly understandable to argue a small... Read more

Football 2018: Liberty’s Encore Roar

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

A Liberty-Brentwood Team With A Stacked Roster Aims For More NCS Glory After 2017 Championship Breakthrough • What a night! Second one of December in 2017. They won’t forget it. Not Liberty High School, the 116-year-old school at the heart of Brentwood, the agricultural community of over 60,000 in... Read more