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7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.6: Serra Versus All Y’all
Serra 3-Star Lineman Ryan Silver Joins 7 Friday Night As The Padres Look To Beat NorCal’s No. 2 And No. 1 Teams — On The Road — Back-To-Back • Hosts Chace Bryson and Ben Enos have a ton of talk about after a thrilling first week of football across... Read more
Padre Perseverance | Serra Football Outlasts Folsom In Showdown
Depth And Grit Allow No. 3 Serra Football To Battle Through Cramping To “Steal A W” At No. 2 Folsom — Setting Up Clash With No. 1 De La Salle • PICTURED ABOVE: Serra Running Back Jabari Mann. (David Gershon photos) The Serra football team understood its road trip to... Read more
Salinas Football Power Naps, Then Powers Way To Victory
Senior-Driven Salinas Football Team Goes On The Road And Outlasts NorCal No. 9 Clayton Valley In Both Teams’ Season Openers • PICTURED ABOVE: Salinas quarterback Adam Shaffer. (Chace Bryson photos) Salinas High senior linebacker Aidan Flynn makes big plays on the field. He can make big plays on the... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.4: Season Openers & Knight Terrors
After Revisiting Last Week’s Sac-Joaquin Openers, The Show Gears Up For A Full NorCal Football Slate And Welcomes Las Lomas Coach Doug Longero For Some Knight Talk • It’s a big week on the show as hosts Chace Bryson and Ben Enos revisit results and key takeaways from the... Read more
Creating Separation | Social Media, Digital Trends Shape HS Football Consumption
From Players Attempting To Expand Exposure To Whole Programs Using It As A Billboard And Educational Tool, Commanding The Digital Space Can Be As Helpful As Winning High School Football Games  • PICTURED ABOVE: Pittsburg’s Rashid Williams shows of his Twitter post announcing his commitment to Washington. (Photo: Chace... Read more
City Connect | Adhir Ravipati Recharged With Riordan Football
Four Years After Winning A CIF State Bowl At Menlo-Atherton, Adhir Ravipati ends a three-year hiatus and looks to boost a rising Riordan Football program • PICTURED ABOVE: New Riordan football coach Adhir Ravipati at a recent practice. (Jean-Paul Toshiro photos) There’s a jolt of energy at Archbishop Riordan... Read more
SportStars’ Bay Area 75 Athlete Rankings 2022 | Nos. 25-1
Our 10th Annual Bay Area 75 Athlete Rankings Honoring The Top High School Athletes From The ’21-’22 School Year Concludes With Nos. 25-1 • PICTURED ABOVE: No. 16 Talana Lepolo of Carondelet-Concord (Chace Bryson photo) Welcome to our tenth annual Bay Area 75 rankings — SportStars’ countdown of the... Read more
SportStars’ Bay Area 75 Athlete Rankings 2022 | Nos. 75-51
Our 10th Annual Bay Area 75 Athlete Rankings Honoring The Top High School Athletes From The Recently Completed School Year Begins With Nos. 75-51 • PICTURED ABOVE: No. 74 Jamai East of Vanden-Fairfield (Dennis Lee photo) Welcome to our tenth annual Bay Area 75 rankings — SportStars’ countdown of... Read more
SportStars 2022 All-NorCal Baseball Team
This 32-Player All-NorCal Baseball Team Features National Leaders In Both Home Runs And Pitching Wins From This Season • PICTURED ABOVE: From left to right, Palo Alto’s Henry Bolte, McClatchy-Sacramento’s Malcolm Moore and Woodcreek-Roseville’s Braeden Sloan. (Palo Alto Baseball/Twitter; USA Baseball; David Gershon photos) Baseball was all the way... Read more
SportStars’ 2022 All-NorCal Softball Team
Led By Player Of The Year, Jess Oakland, These Are The 32 Players We’ve Selected As Our 2022 All-NorCal Softball Team • PICTURED ABOVE: From left to right, Tianna Bell (Heritage-Brentwood), Jess Oakland (St. Francis-Mountain View) and D’Auna Johnson (Sheldon-Sacramento). Every section got to play its first full season... Read more
Jess Oakland | 2022 NorCal Softball Player Of The Year
After Growing Up On The Campus And Fields Of Mountain View’s St. Francis High, Jess Oakland Leaves As Perhaps Its Most Decorated Softball Player • Jess Oakland certainly has left her imprint on St. Francis High School softball. Oakland seemingly has been around the school in Mountain View her... Read more
Blake Rogers | SportStars 2022 NorCal Baseball Pitcher Of The Year
Blake Rogers Used A Relentless Offseason To Become The Pitcher He Wanted To Be — The Ace For A WCAL And CCS Championship Team • Matt Maguire had no problem spotting the difference in Blake Rogers’ physical appearance when the pitcher arrived back on the Mountain View campus of... Read more