2018 All-NorCal Football Offense

Shouldering the Load

Football High School Football January 17, 2013 0

De La Salle returned from Carson with a fourth state title and a record-setting running back. Read more

Taft Partridge Granite Bay – Football

Football High School Football SportStars of the Week January 11, 2013 0

The fullback accounted for the majority of the yards during the Grizzlies’ game-winning touchdown drive in the CIF Division I Bowl championship on Dec. 14. Trailing 20-14 with just 3:40 remaining in the game, Partridge grinded out 56 of the 77 yards Granite Bay needed, including a key 33-yard... Read more

TIAPEPE VITALE De La Salle – Football

Football High School Football SportStars of the Week January 11, 2013 0

Despite suffering a shoulder injury on the team’s second possession of the CIF Open Division Bowl championship game, the senior tailback delivered a vintage Spartans performance. He rushed 26 times for 145 yards and four touchdowns to help lift De La Salle to a 48-28 win over Centennial-Corona, cementing... Read more

Next Man Up

Football High School Football January 3, 2013 0

Justin Alumbaugh will all but likely be asked to replace the most famous high school football coach in America. Read more

Bleeding Green AND Blue

Football High School Football January 2, 2013 0

Scott Rasmussen may have been the only conflicted fan at the CIF Northern Regional Open Bowl Read more

BEHIND THE CLIPBOARD: Football’s many intricacies biggest reason for large coaching staffs

CalHiSports Insights Football High School Football December 20, 2012 0

Why do football teams have so many coaches? The soccer team has just as many players. R.J., Kentfield It does seem like there are a lot of broad-necked men decked out in full Nike apparel on the sidelines of every high school game, but there are reasons that... Read more

Follow the Leader

Football High School Football December 6, 2012 0

Buhach Colony football followed a simple plan on its way to the SJS Div. I semifinals: Let Aaron Cochran lead the way Read more

Football Playoff Predictions: SJS/NCS Semifinals

Football High School Football November 9, 2012 0

SSM editor Chace Bryson and Sac-Joaquin edition contributor Jim McCue make their NCS and SJS semifinal predictions. Read more

Running with Purpose

Football High School Football November 1, 2012 0

Olito Thompson’s record-breaking 2011 season for Concord set the stage for a much-anticipated senior season. Read more

Joe Protheroe Clayton Valley Charter-Concord – Football

Football High School Football SportStars of the Week November 1, 2012 0

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that one of the most potent tandems in the Bay Area football landscape are the Brothers Protheroe. The elder one, Joe, a senior running back, is a catalyst for an Eagles squad that just captured its first league crown since 2008.... Read more

FIRST PITCH: Sympathy for the devils

Football High School Football October 23, 2012 0

Old School

Football High School Football October 18, 2012 0

Elk Grove High football’s ground and pound style is as vintage as the school itself — and it’s working to perfection. Read more