2018 All-NorCal Softball Team
High School Baseball/Softball June 11, 2018 3
We Wrap Up The 2018 Season With Our All-NorCal Softball Teams, Led By Player Of The Year Rachel Cid And Pitcher Of The Year Vanessa Strong • NORCAL SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Rachel Cid, Tracy, Sr. (Pictured above) NORCAL SOFTBALL PITCHER OF THE YEAR Vanessa Strong, Freedom-Oakley, Sr. FIRST... Read more
St. Jos’ Caroline Evans • SportStar of the Week
High School Baseball/SoftballNorth Coast SectionSportStars of the Week June 8, 2018 0
EVANS ACE: St. Joseph Notre Dame-Alameda Freshman Softball Caroline Evans looked like anything but a freshman during the North Coast Section Division IV championship game on June 2. She tossed the first no-hitter of her high school career, striking out five and walking none in a 4-0 shutout of Del... Read more
2018 All-NorCal Baseball Team
High School Baseball/Softball June 8, 2018 9
We Wrap Up The 2018 Season With Our All-NorCal Baseball Teams, Led By Player Of The Year Evan Gibbons And Pitcher Of The Year Joshua Seward • NORCAL BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Evan Gibbons, Franklin-Elk Grove, Sr. (Pictured above) NORCAL BASEBALL PITCHER OF THE YEAR Joshua Seward, Archbishop... Read more
Lindsey Walljasper Closed Her Four-Year Career By Leading Sierra Softball To A Third Title — And The Timberwolves Fifth With A Walljasper In The Circle • A blue banner gripped tightly in one hand, Lindsey Walljasper used the other to clutch family and fans after Sierra softball triumphed 3-1... Read more
Paced By A Record-Breaking Offense, De La Salle Baseball Thundered Its Way To A Third Consecutive NCS Division I Crown • When a baseball team outscores its four North Coast Section playoff opponents by a combined 42-3, something exceptional is happening. How special? This finish came from likely the... Read more
With A Freshman Phenom Pitcher And A Stacked Lineup, St. Joseph Notre Dame Softball Locked In On Winning — Until They Found Out They Won It All • A consistent mark of good teams is the ability of every player to stay locked in the moment. One would be... Read more
Dogs’ Day
High School Baseball/SoftballSac-Joaquin Section June 7, 2018 0
Gritty And Undaunted, Vacaville Flooded The Delta En Route To Winning Its First Section Title • It’s a difficult road to the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I baseball title, especially when navigating from Solano County. The Bulldogs of Vacaville High know this all too well. The Div. I bracket is... Read more
SportStar of the Week: Christian Encarnacion-Strand
High School Baseball/SoftballNorth Coast SectionSportStars of the Week May 17, 2018 0
College Park Falcons Baseball Player, Christian Encarnacion-Strand COLLEGE PARK-PLEASANT HILL – SENIOR – BASEBALL It’s been an up and down season for the College Park Falcons baseball team, but not for their senior shortstop. The four-year varsity player recently went 1-for-2 with an RBI double to help fuel a 9-5... Read more
Benicia Is Arguably The Sac-Joaquin Section’s Most Complete Softball Team — Will It Equate To A Division III Title? • At times, softball can become a singular sport: One team’s ace pitcher facing off with the opponent’s big hitter and the game on the line. But the Benicia High... Read more
Franklin-Elk Grove Wildcats Survive A Frenzied Final Week Of Delta League Baseball To Emerge With Their First Title Since 2015 • For the last 19 years, the last remaining team in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section North bracket was from the mighty Delta League. Elk Grove, Jesuit, Davis and... Read more
Masterful Communication Aids Elk Grove High Softball
High School Baseball/SoftballSac-Joaquin Section May 10, 2018 0
21st Century Clout Coach Amanda Buck operates her Elk Grove High softball team like a finely-crafted marketing plan. The team mission adjusts pitch-by-pitch to the calls of assistant coach Jake Lively, corresponding with color-coded commands on each player’s arm band. Play is often stalled to discuss strategies with coaches,... Read more
With Talented Center Fielder Michael Dixon Leading The Charge, Berkeley Baseball Is Turning Heads In 2018 • Story By JAMES G. KANE | Photos By BERRY EVANS III Berkeley High School baseball coach Curtis Sandeford put his chin to his hand and gazed his glance downward. A few seconds... Read more
