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Rising Above | Heritage Football Uses Gutsy Effort To Get To 5-1
With Multiple Starters Out, The Heritage Football Team Had Big Nights From Devon Rivers And Its Defense In A League-Opening Win At Freedom • PICTURED ABOVE: Heritage Running Back Devon Rivers Delivers A Stiff Arm To Freedom’s Herschel Turner Jr. (Chace Bryson photos) Even before the first snap of... Read more
Sweet Relief | Pittsburg Football Buries Folsom Loss, Tops Mack
Two Weeks After Self-Destructive Loss, The No. 4-Ranked Pittsburg Football Team Outlasted A Feisty Effort From No. 7 McClymonds • PICTURED ABOVE: Pittsburg’s Khai Taylor Sprints Along The Sideline During One Of His Two TD Catches. (Ben Enos photos) Victor Galli knew his Pittsburg High football team would be... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.15: Thursday Pick’Em (WEEK 6)
One Week After Collectively Going 9-4, The 7 Friday Night Trio Gathers For Another Round Of NorCal Football Picks • PICTURED ABOVE: NorCal No. 13 Del Oro-Loomis Takes The Field For Its Sept. 16 Game Vs. No. 18 Menlo-Atherton (David Gershon photo) Your favorite NorCal football podcast trio is... Read more
SportStars NorCal Volleyball Rankings | Top 20, Sept. 28
Only Three Teams Hold The Same Spot They Did In Last Week’s NorCal Volleyball Rankings; Top 5 Sees Slight Shuffle And New Team • NorCal Volleyball Rankings All records are through Tuesday, Sept. 27. Previous ranking in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: No. 3 Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton. (SHP Athletics photo/Twitter) 1.... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.14: Tacos & Touchdowns
The Show Flirts With Becoming 7 Foodie Night Before Our Hosts Reel It In To Talk Folsom-De La Salle, Unbeaten Teams & Much More • PICTURED ABOVE: Folsom Celebrates On The Field Following Its 24-20 Win At De La Salle. (Ben Enos photo) Before hosts Chace Bryson and Ben... Read more
Baker’s Dozen | Junior QB Has San Ramon Valley Football Rollin’
Luke Baker’s Five-TD Night At Liberty Gives Him 13 For The Season As A Deep San Ramon Valley Football Team Improved To 4-0 • PICTURED ABOVE: Luke Baker Throws During Pregame Drills At Liberty. (Chace Bryson photos) Luke Baker stood ready for his postgame interview as San Ramon Valley... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.13: Thursday Pick’Em (WEEK 5)
It’s Another Week Of NorCal Football Picks As The 7 Friday Night Crew Tackles No. 3 Folsom At No. 2 De La Salle And Other Key Matchups • PICTURED ABOVE: Cameron Johnson of No. 18 Menlo-Atherton (David Gershon photo) The 7 Friday Night crew is back for another round... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.12: Sierra Foothill Feats Of Strength
This Week’s Show Reflects On The First Five Weeks Of Action, Talks Folsom’s Big Games, And Visits With Oak Ridge Senior Conner Dasmann • PICTURED ABOVE: Oak Ridge Senior Captain And Defensive Standout, Conner Dasman. (Ike Dodson photo) In this week’s show, 7 Friday Night hosts Chace Bryson and... Read more
NorCal Football Rankings | Top 20, WEEK 5
For The Second Straight Week, All 20 Teams In The NorCal Football Rankings Manage To Hold On To A Spot After Some Shuffling In The Lower Half • Despite a couple of key matchups within the NorCal Football Rankings, Week 4 didn’t end up being quite the storm we... Read more
El Cerrito Football | From 7-Eleven To 4-0
Fueled By An Offensive Line That Loves Snack Runs As Much As Pancake Blocks, El Cerrito Football Rolled Foothill-Pleasanton To Stay Unbeaten • PICTURED ABOVE: El Cerrito offensive linemen (from left to right) Carlos Acosta, Charles Sutherland, Ronald Williams and Tome Veukiso. (Ben Enos photos) Just how tight a... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.11: Thursday Pick’Em (WEEK 4)
Riding High From A Strong Week 3, The 7 Friday Night Team Attacks Its NorCal Football Picks With Confidence Despite Some Tough Matchups • Everyone is in a better mood for the weekly NorCal Football picks show as the 7 Friday Night picking trio went a combined 12 of... Read more
SportStars’ Bay Area 75 Athlete Rankings 2022 | Nos. 50-26
Our 10th Annual Bay Area 75 Athlete Rankings Honoring The Top High School Athletes From The ’21-’22 School Year Continues With Nos. 50-26 • PICTURED ABOVE: No. 49 Makayla Winchell of Granada-Livermore (Chace Bryson photo) Welcome to our tenth annual Bay Area 75 rankings — SportStars’ countdown of the... Read more