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Las Lomas Basketball To Its First State Finals Appearance

High School Basketball North Coast Section March 19, 2018 0

A Nine-Point Flurry From Senior Devin Payne Helped Lift Las Lomas To Its First State Finals Appearance • For almost three full quarters, Palo Alto High and Las Lomas Basketball teams played the equivalent of a three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust football game, grinding out possessions and hoping to score. Then Devin Payne... Read more

Monte Vista Girls Soccer: Old Reliable, New Ground

HS / CLUB Soccer North Coast Section March 14, 2018 0

Monte Vista Girls Soccer Goes Where No Monte Vista Girls Soccer Team Has Gone Before — And That’s Saying Something Finally, the Monte Vista Girls Soccer-Danville girls soccer team could celebrate something it had never done before. The Mustangs became the first CIF NorCal Division I girls soccer champions... Read more

March Of The Mustangs

HS / CLUB Soccer North Coast Section March 10, 2018 0

Monte Vista Prepares For Showdown With Mitty-San Jose — A Match Between Two Nationally Ranked Teams For The First CIF Div. I NorCal Title Monte Vista High-Danville girls soccer player Rachel Anderson loves this kind of matchup: just her against the goalkeeper. Awarded a penalty kick after a foul... Read more

Emotional Father-Daughter Dance: Bamberger Family

High School Basketball North Coast Section March 5, 2018 0

Concord’s Bamberger Family Shares A Special Winter Through The Seasons Of Carondelet And Clayton Valley Basketball • Father-Daughter Dance: Eric Bamberger and his daughter Ali have a rule when it comes to breaking down her basketball games. “If I was able to see the game, I get five minutes... Read more

Clayton Valley’s Boy Basketball Team Is Rare Air

High School Basketball North Coast Section February 24, 2018 0

With 25 Wins And A Ticket To The Section Semifinals, The Ugly Eagles Boys Basketball Team Is Near Uncharted Altitude Outside the Clayton Valley Charter boys basketball varsity team room, the locker room is practically still at 8:35 on a Friday night in late February. For a moment, all that’s audible is the... Read more

Foothill High School Softball: Queens Of The Hill

High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section February 22, 2018 0

Recent History Shows Repeating As North Coast Section Division I Softball Champs Is No Easy Task — But Few Teams Have Been Built For It Like Foothill-Pleasanton • Winning the North Coast Section Division I softball championship with a very young, extremely talented team in 2017 was an impressive... Read more

Driven by Design – The Joe Iacono Story

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section January 29, 2018 0

It has been close to twenty-six years since I first met Joe Iacono, but the memory is crystal clear and etched in my psyche forever. One Livermore High School Cowboy wrestling family member in particular, I have had the honor and privilege to coach, as well as mentor beyond... Read more

Pahulu’s POV: 2018 MLK Classic College Report

High School Basketball LEVELUP INSIDERS North Coast Section January 17, 2018 0

Akinjo, Salesian too much for Modesto Christian 76-62 The main event featured #5 Salesian Prep (Richmond) led by their point guard #11 James Akinjo as he is the top guard in California. Akinjo will be going to UConn next year to play for Coach Kevin Ollie as he informed... Read more

Cardinal Newman High: Out Of The Fire

High School Basketball North Coast Section January 4, 2018 0

October’s Devastating Tubbs Fire Erased Her Home And Ravaged Her School — But It Couldn’t Damage The Spirit Of Cardinal Newman’s Maiya Flores. • Fans who witnessed Cardinal Newman High play in its West Coast Jamboree championship game on Dec. 30 didn’t just see a top-notch girls basketball team... Read more

Maximum Mat Watch-List: 10 Must-See Events

Central Coast Section Central Section High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section December 29, 2017 1

Make A New Year’s Commitment To Take In Some Of NorCal’s Best Wrestling Events — We’ve Helped You Out With A List • By IKE DODSON “I’m going to eat better and exercise more.” No, you’re not. I’ll give you a week before your longing hands go plunging into... Read more

2017 Final NorCal Football Rankings

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section December 20, 2017 5

De La Salle Retains Top Spot For Another Year; Folsom Closing The Gap • Final Season NorCal Football Rankings ABOVE IMAGE: Folsom senior Justin Viega prepares to grab the Gatorade bucket the Bulldogs will use to soak coach Kris Richardson at the conclusion of the CIF 1-AA State Championship... Read more

Stars Aligned

HS / CLUB Soccer North Coast Section December 18, 2017 0

With A Roster Loaded With Next-Level Talent, Monte Vista Girls Soccer Is Focused Inward — Making The Mustangs Especially Dangerous • Story by MIKE WOOD | Photos by DENNIS LEE Being part of the Monte Vista High girls soccer team is comparable to playing on an all-star team. The... Read more

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