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How Fitting | Grant Football Proves Return To Championship Form
Quarterback Joseph McCray Accounted For 3 TDs As Grant Football Punched Its Ticket Back To The CIF State Bowls With Rout Of El Cerrito • PICTURED ABOVE: Grant High QB Joseph McCray Embraces A Coach As The Pacers Celebrate Their 36-7 Win At El Cerrito. (Ben Enos photos) Carl... Read more
Power & Trust | De La Salle Football Grinds Down Folsom, Advances To State
Suffocating Defense And A Vintage De La Salle Football 8-Minute, Clock-Killing Drive Led By Key Seniors Deliver Revenge Win Over Folsom • PICTURED ABOVE: Senior Matthew Dias-Martin Bear-Hugs Fellow Senior And Teammate Derek Thompson Following De La Salle’s 17-14 Win. (Chace Bryson photos) Prior to the CIF Division 1-AA... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.33: Thursday Pick ‘Em (CIF Regionals)
It’s The Final Week Of True NorCal Football Picks, And The 7 Friday Night Crew Offers Analysis & Picks On 10 Different Regional Showdowns • The stakes are higher for everyone now as the season moves past sections and into NorCal regional bowl playoffs — and that goes for... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.32: Dogged Pursuit
It’s A Post-Thanksgiving, Very-Full Episode Of Championship Football Talk As The 7 Friday Night Team Welcomes Folsom Coach Paul Doherty • This episode is an appropriate one to follow the Thanksgiving holiday, because it’s stuffed! 7 Friday Night hosts Chace Bryson and Ben Enos revisit a wild weekend of... Read more
NorCal Football Rankings | Top 20, WEEK 15
Manteca Storms Into The Top 5; McClymonds, Marin Catholic & San Ramon Valley Also Climb In Newest NorCal Football Rankings • The No. 5 spot in these NorCal football rankings appears to be a bit of a cursed one of late. This week, Oak Ridge-El Dorado Hills joined St.... Read more
Reversal Of Fortune | El Cerrito Avenges 2021 Loss, Wins Second NCS Title
El Cerrito Football Gets Revenge On Windsor Team That Ended Its Season A Year Ago, Hanging On For 34-27 Win In NCS Div. III Final • Just a few moments after El Cerrito finished off a 34-27 win over Windsor to claim the North Coast Section Division III championship,... Read more
One More Chapter | Pittsburg Football Takes NCS Crown, Keeps Coach’s Final Ride Going
Suffocating Defense And Big Receiver Play Lift Pittsburg Football Over Clayton Valley, Adding At Least One More Game To Victor Galli’s Tenure • Back on Nov. 1, when Pittsburg football coach Victor Galli announced that his 21st season leading the Pirates would be his last, a narrative began that... Read more
Full Stop | Oak Ridge Football Rides Defense Into SJS Final
A Familiar Formula Delivers A Rematch With A Familiar Foe As Oak Ridge Football Prepares To Take Another Shot At League Rival Folsom • It’s late November and the Oak Ridge football team is right where it expected to be – in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division I championship... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.31: EARLY Thursday Pick’Em (Section Finals)
It’s Section Championship Pick ‘Em Time As The 7 Friday Night Crew Wants You To Have A Side Of NorCal Football Picks For Thanksgiving • PICTURED ABOVE: San Ramon Valley-Danville senior WR/DB Noah Labeau. (Chace Bryson photo) With Thanksgiving this Thursday, the 7 Friday Night Pick ‘Em show arrives... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.30: Championships & Gravy
Section Finals And Thanksgiving Week Collide On 7 Friday Night As We Break Down Semifinal Results And This Week’s Biggest Title Tilts • PICTURED ABOVE: Clayton Valley senior Ahmad Shatnawi (Ben Enos photo) Our Championship/Thanksgiving Week episode features hosts Chace and Ben discussing the riveting semifinals they saw last... Read more
Moving On | Campolindo Surives Rancho Cotate; De La Salle Crowned Again
Campolindo Football Advances To North Coast Section Div. II Final After Instant Classic With Rancho Cotate; DLS Tops Pittsburg For Open Title • PICTURED ABOVE: Campolindo QB Dashiell Weaver Looks For Running Room On Friday. He Accounted For Nearly 400 Total Yards Passing & Rushing. (Ben Enos photos) One... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.29: Thursday Pick’Em (WEEK 13)
It’s A NorCal Football Picks Bonanza As The 7 Friday Night Crew Tackles Several Section Semifinals. PLUS: More “Dumb Football” • PICTURED ABOVE: San Marin-Novato senior WR Frankie Quinci. (David Gershon photo) It’s a week full of section semifinals, so finding good games to pick certainly wasn’t hard for... Read more