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Viking Rise | Pleasant Valley Girls Basketball
Who Needs A Fab 5, When You’ve Got A Super 7? A Tight-Knit Core Of Seven Sophomores Has Chico’s Pleasant Valley Ready For Primetime • PICTURED ABOVE: Pleasant Valley Sophomore Guard AJ Gambol. (Stephen Tranberg/Chico Enterprise-Record photo) Playoff basketball is different. Especially in one’s home gym, as a high... Read more
SportStars 2022 NorCal Player Of The Year | Blake Nichelson
With His Biggest Moments On The Biggest Stages, Manteca’s Blake Nichelson Completed A Legendary Prep Career With An Epic 2022 Season • _______________________________ MORE SPORTSTARS 2022 ALL-NORCAL FOOTBALL:Coaches Of The Year | All-NorCal Defensive Roster | NorCal Defensive Player Of The Year | All-NorCal Offensive Roster | NorCal Offensive Player... Read more
NorCal Offensive Player Of The Year | Jaivian Thomas
Replacing 13 Starters, McClymonds Put Its Offense On The Back Of Jaivian Thomas — He Led All Of NorCal In Rushing As Warriors Won CIF 2-AA NorCal Title • _______________________________ MORE SPORTSTARS 2022 ALL-NORCAL FOOTBALL:Coaches Of The Year | All-NorCal Defensive Roster | NorCal Defensive Player Of The Year |... Read more
SportStars’ 2022 All-NorCal Offense
We Want The Ball, And We’re Gonna Score — These Are The 27 Players We’ve Picked As The 2022 SportStars All-NorCal Offense • PICTURED ABOVE: San Ramon Valley-Danville QB Luke Baker (Chace Bryson photo) There are no first-teams or second-teams when it comes to the SportStars All-NorCal Team. We... Read more
NorCal Defensive Player Of The Year | Jabari Mann
Junior Linebacker Jabari Mann Stood Out Amongst A Very Talented Defensive Huddle For CIF Open Division-Finalist Serra-San Mateo • Patrick Walsh can always rattle off the measurables and the on-field highlights when asked what type of player Serra High linebacker Jabari Mann is. But really want to get the... Read more
SportStars’ 2022 All-NorCal Defense
These Are The 27 Guys We’re Lining Up Against Any Offense Who Dares — This Is The 2022 SportStars All-NorCal Defense • PICTURED ABOVE: Folsom Senior DB, Greco Carrillo (David Gershon photo) There are no first-teams or second-teams when it comes to the SportStars All-NorCal Team. We build it... Read more
NorCal Football Coaches Of The Year | Grant’s Carl Reed & Syd’Quan Thompson
Grant Football Co-Coaches Reed & Thompson Orchestrated A Full Program Revival And Redefined Its Long Used Motto: #Pacer4Life • PICTURED ABOVE: Grant Co-Coach Syd’Quan Thompson Holds Up The 3-AA State Bowl Championship Trophy With Fellow Coach Carl Reed Looking On. (David Gershon photo) If you’ve played a down for... Read more
SportStars NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings | Jan. 11
No Change To The Top 8 Of Our NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings After No. 3 Topped No. 4 On Tuesday Night; One New Team Joins The Mix NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings All records are through Tuesday, Jan. 10. Previous rank in parenthesis. Records obtained through MaxPreps.com PICTURED ABOVE: Andrew... Read more
SportStars NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings | Jan. 4
NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings Continue To Be The East Bay Athletic League’s Playground As San Ramon Valley Storms Into Top 5 • NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings All records are through Tuesday, Jan. 3. Previous rank in parenthesis. Records obtained through MaxPreps.com PICTURED ABOVE: No. 4 San Ramon Valley-Danville Poses... Read more
NorCal Wrestling’s Power Five | Gilroy
If The Roster Stays Healthy And Fully Eligible, The ’22-’23 Gilroy Wrestling Team Could Change History Over a month of California prep wrestling has cleared the way for five of Northern California’s best boys wrestling programs to represent the true power of NorCal grappling. This five-part series takes a... Read more
NorCal Wrestling’s Power Five | Vacaville
Never Count Out The Vacaville Wrestling Program, Which Seeks Sixth Straight Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Title Despite Inexperienced Squad Over a month of California prep wrestling has cleared the way for five of Northern California’s best boys wrestling programs to represent the true power of NorCal grappling. This five-part series... Read more
NorCal Wrestling’s Power Five | Los Gatos
With Nine State-Ranked Wrestlers To Open The ’22-’23 Season, Los Gatos Wrestling Is Developing Into A Legit Central Coast Section Challenger Photo: Los Gatos Wrestling (Facebook) Over a month of California prep wrestling has cleared the way for five of Northern California’s best boys wrestling programs to represent the... Read more