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Whitney’s Smiley Disposition | RETURN TO FALL Football Preview Series No. 14

High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section August 20, 2021 0

Whitney Taps Sophomore Jacob Smiley As QB1, Expects To Hold Its Own In Grueling Sierra Foothill League; PLUS Fellow Soph Bradley Kenny Fills Big Shoes At Center-Antelope • This is the fourteenth of 20 installments to our Return To Fall Series — a daily component to our 2021 NorCal... Read more

Sac-Joaquin Section Predictions | RETURN TO FALL Football Preview Series No. 13

High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section August 19, 2021 0

SportStars Staff Members Get Their Limb-Climbing Shoes On For Some Sac-Joaquin Section Predictions; PLUS Our Player Spotlight Travels To James Logan-Union City • This is the thirteenth of 20 installments to our Return To Fall Series — a daily component to our 2021 NorCal Football Preview coverage. Kickoff arrives... Read more

Are We There Yet? | High School Football In Search Of Normalcy

Central Coast Section Central Section High School Football High School Sports Features Los Angeles City Section North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section San Diego Section San Francisco Section Southern Section August 18, 2021 0

Fall High School Football Is Back, But “Normal” Is Defined Differently Campus To Campus. Coaches Weigh In On What Is Normal As The Lights Prepare To Come Back On • On a typically hot mid-August afternoon, everything felt normal at College Park High School. About an hour after the... Read more

Still Ugly | Clayton Valley Football Has New Look, Same Fire

High School Football North Coast Section August 18, 2021 0

Despite Roster Turnover And Coaching Staff Tweaks, The Clayton Valley Ugly Eagles Have Multiple Titles To Defend — And Remain Very Much A Threat To Do So • Nobody has to tell Nick Tisa what happened in the final game of Clayton Valley High’s last full football season. “I’ve been... Read more

SportStars’ 2021 NorCal All-Preseason Football Team

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section August 18, 2021 0

SportStars Chooses 24 Players To Represent It’s NorCal All-Preseason Team Prior To The 2021 Fall Football Season For our NorCal All-Preseason team we keep things simple. Eleven on offense. Eleven on defense. One kicker and one all-purpose player. OFFENSE QB Tyler Tremain (Folsom), Sr. Had no problem joining the... Read more

2021 Preseason NorCal Top 20 Football Rankings

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section San Francisco Section August 18, 2021 0

To No One’s Shock, De La Salle-Concord Opens At No. 1 In SportStars’ Preseason NorCal Top 20 Rankings, But Folsom Is 1A • Every coach will tell you that rankings don’t matter in August, only in December. We can’t disagree, but it’s not stopping us from taking our usual... Read more

Leave The Clipboard | New Football Coaches Adjust To Changed Landscape

Central Coast Section Central Section High School Football Los Angeles City Section North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section San Diego Section San Francisco Section Southern Section August 18, 2021 0

For New Football Coaches, Old Methods Don’t Apply To Socially-Distanced Sidelines And Team Rooms • So you want to run your own high school football program? Try figuring out how to do it during a global pandemic. The learning curve associated with taking over a program is steep under... Read more

NorCal’s First Four | RETURN TO FALL Football Preview Series No. 12

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section August 17, 2021 0

We Reveal The Top Four Teams In Our Preseason NorCal Rankings That Are Not Named De La Salle; PLUS Some Video From Our Visit To College Park-Pleasant Hill • This is the twelfth of 20 installments to our Return To Fall Series — a daily component to our 2021... Read more

Jackson Brown Takes The Stage | RETURN TO FALL Football Preview Series No. 11

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section August 16, 2021 0

Heavily Recruited San Ramon Valley Offensive Lineman Is Ready To Rock & Roll; PLUS Nos. 9-6 Of Our Preseason NorCal Top 20 Rankings • This is the eleventh of 20 installments to our Return To Fall Series — a daily component to our 2021 NorCal Football Preview coverage. For... Read more

Jesuit Football’s Action Jackson | RETURN TO FALL Football Preview Series No. 10

High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section August 16, 2021 0

Senior Wideout Jackson Hagopian Hopes To Check All The Boxes While Leading Jesuit Football This Fall; PLUS Nos. 11-10 To Our Preseason NorCal Top 20 Rankings. This is the tenth of 20 installments to our Return To Fall Series — a daily component to our 2021 NorCal Football Preview... Read more

Viva Los Gauchos! | RETURN TO FALL Football Preview Series No. 9

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section August 14, 2021 0

El Cerrito Hopes Dominant Spring Can Further Elevate A Rising Program; PLUS Nos. 14-12 Of Our NorCal Top 20 Revealed And A Spotlight On Inderkum’s Oshae Castleberry • This is the ninth of 20 installments to our Return To Fall Series — a daily component to our 2021 NorCal... Read more

Pittsburg’s Young Bucs | RETURN TO FALL Football Preview Series No. 8

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section August 13, 2021 0

For Pittsburg Football, The Future Is Now; PLUS We Reveal Three More NorCal Top 20 Teams, And Play Trivia At Las Lomas-Walnut Creek • This is the eighth of 20 installments to our Return To Fall Series — a daily component to our 2021 NorCal Football Preview coverage. Interview... Read more