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SportStars’ 2022-23 NorCal Girls Basketball Player Of The Year | Jordan Lee
St. Mary’s-Stockton Junior Jordan Lee Was The Driving Force For A Rams Team That Reached Div. I NorCal Final Despite A Slew Of Injuries • Jordan Lee put 47 on Oakland Tech in the NorCals, so she’s got to be one of those score-first wings, right? And though 47... Read more
SportStars NorCal Softball Rankings | March 28
Twelve Different Teams Make Upward Movements And Just One Team Falls Out In This Week’s NorCal Softball Rankings • NorCal Softball Rankings All records are through Saturday, March 26 (via MaxPreps). Previous rank is in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: Sophomore Alyssa Flindt Of No. 16 Whitney-Rocklin. (Chace Bryson photo) 1.... Read more
SportStars NorCal Baseball Rankings | March 27
Top 5 Have A Perfect Week, But Changes Take Place Below Them In Another Shuffle Of Our NorCal Baseball Rankings • NorCal Baseball Rankings All records are through Saturday, March 25 (via MaxPreps). Previous rank is in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: Tanner Griffith Of No. 3 De La Salle-Concord. (Jean-Paul... Read more
SportStars NorCal Softball Rankings | March 22
It’s St. Francis And Mitty Together At The Top Of The NorCal Softball Rankings. Stop Us If You’ve Heard This One Before • NorCal Softball Rankings All records are through Monday, March 21 (via MaxPreps). Previous rank is in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: Keira Brady, Left, And Alyssa Onyeagwa Of... Read more
SportStars NorCal Baseball Rankings | March 21
Head-To-Head Wins Among Top Teams Both Simplifies And Complicates Our First NorCal Baseball Rankings In Two Weeks • NorCal Baseball Rankings All records are through Monday, March 20 (via MaxPreps). Previous rank is in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: Junior Outfielder Tatum Marsh Of No. 2 Valley Christian-San Jose. (Ike Dodson... Read more
Final NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings | 2022-23
Mitty-San Jose Finishes At The Top Of Our Final NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings Yet Again — And The Dominance Isn’t Likely To Stop • PICTURED ABOVE: Senior guard Nia Hunter of No. 4 Oakland Tech. (Chace Bryson photo) It’s Mitty’s world in Northern California and here in the NorCal... Read more
Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings | 2022-23
For The Second Straight Season, Modesto Christian Finishes As No. 1 In Our Expanded Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings • PICTURED ABOVE: (L to R) Te’shawn Gamble, Money Williams and Jimon Campbell of No. 17 Oakland take photos during the CIF Div. III State Championship medals ceremony. (Chace Bryson... Read more
So Close | Mitty Girls Basketball Gives Max Effort In Stinging State Finals Loss
Archbishop Mitty Girls Basketball Left To Regroup, Recommit After Battle Of National Top 10 Teams Ends In A Buzzer-Beater Defeat To Etiwanda • PICTURED ABOVE: Mitty Star Freshman McKenna Woliczko Grabs A Rebound During The CIF Open Div. State Final. (David Gershon photos) Sue Phillips, the legendary Archbishop Mitty... Read more
Purple Reigns | Oakland Tech Girls Claim Fourth Straight NorCal Crown
Oakland Tech Girls Basketball Pushes CIF Playoff Winning Streak To 18 Games, Topping St. Mary’s-Stockton For A Trip To Division I State Final • Championship blood. Heart of a champion. Whatever one chooses to call it, the Oakland Tech High girls basketball team has it.  After winning the program’s... Read more
Journey To The Center Of The Mat | NorCal’s Kathy Kopara Makes History
Santa Rosa Native And Vacaville Sixth Grade Teacher Kathy Kopara Endured To Become Groundbreaking Wrestling Official At The 2023 CIF Wrestling Championships • TOP PHOTO CREDIT: John Sachs/Tech-Fall.com Kathy Kopara remembers the moment distinctly, though she was oblivious at the time. The 45-year-old Vacaville resident was officiating a first-round... Read more
No Apologies | Granada Boys Basketball Earns First NorCal Finals Trip Since ’96
Despite Drawing And Beating An Undermanned Riordan, The Granada Boys Basketball Team Has Proven It Belongs In Div. I Title Game • PICTURED ABOVE: Granada Students React As The Matadors’ NaVaughn Long Looks Up At The Score After Being Fouled While Converting A Second-Half Layup. (Chace Bryson photos) There... Read more
Best Of The Best | NorCal Wrestling Puts 64 On State Podium
A Strong Weekend For Boys & Girls NorCal Wrestling Yielded Eight State Titles At The CIF State Wrestling Championships In Bakersfield • PICTURED ABOVE: Cesar Chavez-Stockton Senior Taydem Khamjoi, Who Won The 131-Pound Girls State Title On Feb. 25. (Ike Dodson photos) Sixty-four Northern California wrestlers escaped the three-day... Read more