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All-NorCal Wrestling Honors: Ike’s Ironmen & Ironwomen

Central Coast Section High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section San Francisco Section February 27, 2019 0

Gilroy, Oakdale And Turlock All Score Big As Ike Dodson Offers Up SportStars’ Second Annual All-NorCal Wrestling Honors • Girls, girls, girls. They were the talk of the CIF State Wrestling Championships after swarming the first-ever three-day coed title event at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield. They also rightfully invade... Read more

CIF Wrestling Championships: Gilroy Boys, NorCal Girls Shine

Central Coast Section High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section Northern Section Sac-Joaquin Section February 27, 2019 0

Revisiting NorCal’s Key Stories, Newsmakers And Highlights Of NorCal’s Three Days And Nights At The CIF Wrestling Championships • Denied a CIF team wrestling championship in his first opportunity to win one at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield Saturday, Gilroy wrestling coach and UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier crafted a... Read more

Kari Geissberger: Day In The Life

High School Sports Features North Coast Section VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA February 27, 2019 1

Sunny With A Chance Of Spikes: Marin Catholic Volleyball Star, Kari Geissberger, Is A Ray Of Positive Energy — And A Devastating Hitter • Kari Geissberger doesn’t really walk across the Marin Catholic High campus. It’s more of a glide. That’s how quickly she and her 6-foot-5 frame seem... Read more

Heritage Softball: Patriots Swing Into 2019

High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section February 26, 2019 0

Can A Mix Of Talented Seniors And Explosive Youth Lead To Heritage Softball’s First NCS Title In More Than A Decade? • With a brisk pace, the Heritage High softball players walked to practice with sweatshirt hoods cinched tight over their heads. The rain came at them sideways from... Read more

Angel Jackson: Salesian’s Steady Force

High School Basketball North Coast Section February 21, 2019 0

Her 6-foot-4 Presence Is Half The Battle, But The Salesian Star Has Developed Into A True Girls Basketball Talent • Angel Jackson has always been the tall girl. So it wasn’t a problem for her to have her way with basketball opponents in the paint. At the same time,... Read more

Girls Wrestling: 2019 CIF State Championship Preview

Central Coast Section Central Section High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Los Angeles City Section North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section San Diego Section San Francisco Section Southern Section February 20, 2019 0

Ready for Rabobank: Girls Wrestling Joins The Big Show As CIF Welcomes The Field To Its Premier State Championship Venue Alongside The Boys • It will stretch the action to three days and eliminate the finals stage and spotlight, but the girls wrestling earned participation at the premier venue... Read more

De La Salle Wrestling: Kyle Parco’s Last Stand

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section February 20, 2019 0

De La Salle High’s 3-Time Section Champion And 4-Time CIF State Qualifier Heads To Bakersfield One Last Time With A Golden Focus • No matter what happens at the California Interscholastic Federation State Wrestling Championships, Kyle Parco won’t have to wonder whether he could have done more to prepare... Read more

CIF State Wrestling: NorCal’s Top Contenders

Central Coast Section Central Section High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Los Angeles City Section North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section San Diego Section San Francisco Section Southern Section February 20, 2019 0

It’s Our Annual Weight-By-Weight Breakdown Preview Of The CIF State Wrestling Championships. Who Is NorCal’s Best Hope? Who Could Bracket-bust? • Seeds schmeeds. No matter where wrestlers landed in the 14 40-man brackets at the CIF State Wrestling Championships, they have the scrambler’s chance to victory. It’s what makes... Read more

Wrestling Insider Al Fontes Meets An American Wrestler

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section February 19, 2019 0

Ok, if any of you are fans of Top Gear (BBC) or Grand Tour (Amazon), you’ll “get” that headline. Our man, Al Fontes met up with his main man, Ali Afshar, who wrestled for Casa Grande High School in NCS some years back. Afshar’s now, among other things car-related,... Read more

Wrestling Championships: CCS, NCS, Northern Previews

Central Coast Section High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section Northern Section February 14, 2019 0

There Will Be 112 CIF State Championship Berths On The Line As Central Coast, North Coast And Northern Sections Hold Their Wrestling Championships On Feb. 15-16 • The roster of NorCal wrestling talent that will vie for state glory will be shaped this weekend. Eight total qualifications for each... Read more

Dublin Volleyball’s Brooke Lohuis: Touched By Tragedy

North Coast Section VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA February 14, 2019 0

In November 2017, Brooke Lohuis Transferred to Dublin High from Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Florida — It Was A Move That May Have Saved Her Life, And Changed Her Future • “I was in a group chat with my family, when my sister texted that there were shots fired... Read more

Ryan Partridge: NorCal Football Coach Of The Year

High School Football North Coast Section February 2, 2019 0

He Led Liberty-Brentwood To Its First Section Title In Year One — And Delivered A State Bowl Crown With His Encore • History is starting to make a habit of following two-year Liberty High coach Ryan Partridge. After leading the Lions to their first section title in 2017, Partridge... Read more