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NorCal Preseason #20: Foothill-Pleasanton

High School Football North Coast Section Rankings August 14, 2017 1

We begin our 2017 Football coverage by revealing teams #20-11 in our NorCal Preseason Top 20 in a daily countdown to Aug. 24 when #10-1 are revealed in our 2017 Football Preview Special. First up: Foothill-Pleasanton. NO. 20 FOOTHILL-PLEASANTON 2016 REVIEW: 6-5 and unranked in our final rankings ... Read more

Ultimate 15

Central Coast Section Central Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section August 6, 2017 0

There were a lot of very good players from the Class of 2018 all the way down to some 2022 players at the inaugural 89-team EOT/End of the Trail Bay Area Ultimate Challenge from July 23-25 at the Ultimate Fieldhouse in Walnut Creek. However, the only players to make... Read more

Punching Prodigy

High School Sports Features Martial Arts North Coast Section August 4, 2017 0

Story by JAMES G. KANE | Photos by DENNIS LEE Angel Cordon Jr. was barely knee high the first time he received one of life’s difficult lessons — namely, that the journey will punch you in the mouth occasionally. “But,” he says now with the perspective of a 17-year-old... Read more

Some Kind Of Fish Tale

North Coast Section Outdoor July 26, 2017 0

The Story Of The Deer Valley Fishing Team’s First Season Is A Hard One To Believe • Story By CHACE BRYSON | Photos Courtesy Of BOB SCUDERO There was a time last spring when the casts from the poles of the fledgling Deer Valley High Fishing Team were directed... Read more

Lasting Impact: Remembering George Austin

High School Football North Coast Section July 19, 2017 0

For More Than 30 Years, George Austin Was A Pillar To All Things El Cerrito High • Story By PHIL JENSEN | Photo By DENNIS LEE George Austin touched lives. The sentence is simplistic, but the meaning certainly is not. Austin touched generations of lives at El Cerrito High... Read more

July Cover Story: The Ty That Drives

High School Golf North Coast Section July 13, 2017 1

In Less Than 10 Years, Danville’s Ty Akabane Went From Plastic Snoopy Clubs To Cracking The Field Of The U.S. Women’s Open • Story by MIKE WOOD | Photos by SAMUEL STRINGER Ty Akabane had to wait. That happens a lot in the sport of golf. What happened next,... Read more

Nike’s Football Showcase. And so It Begins

Central Coast Section Central Section High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section Southern Section June 1, 2017 0

Nike’s The Opening NorCal Regional Unofficially Kick Starts The 2017 Football Season • Story By MARK TENNIS, Special to SportStars For the second straight year, De Anza High-Richmond was the site of the annual Northern California stop of the Nike-sponsored national tour now known as The Opening Regionals. For... Read more

The Trials Of USA Tryouts

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Northern Section Sac-Joaquin Section June 1, 2017 0

The Obstacles Are Plenty And The Odds Are Long — But It’s Still Just Basketball • Story By CLAY KALLAM COLORADO SPRINGS — It’s all pretty familiar. Navigating in and out of the airport, getting the rental car, driving to the hotel, finding the gym. Maybe you expected the United States... Read more

All-Norcal Boys Basketball ’16-’17

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section San Francisco Section May 9, 2017 0

Woodcreek-Roseville’s Jordan Brown Was A Slam Dunk Choice As NorCal Player Of The Year • As the final quarter of California basketball for the 2016-17 season ticked away, and Bishop Montgomery-Torrance mustered just enough moxie to eventually hold off Woodcreek-Roseville 74-67 in the CIF Open Division state final, it... Read more

All-NorCal Girls Basketball ’16-’17

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section May 8, 2017 0

Player Of The Year, Iimari Thomas of Sacred Heart Cathedral-S.F., Headlines Our Top 15 Players From 2016-17 • There’s a computer program buried deep in the bowels of the massive MaxPreps’ database of girls high school basketball teams, and it churns through the wins and losses — and... Read more

De La Salle High School Baseball: League Of Their Own

CalHiSports Insights CalHiSports.com Central Section High School Baseball/Softball High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section May 4, 2017 0

Sorting Out NorCal Best Baseball League De La Salle high school baseball team charges the mound to celebrate its 2016 North Coast Section Div. I title. The East Bay Athletic League has won five of the seven Div. I title since 2010. The EBAL also claimed the 2016 Div... Read more

Alhambra Softball Briana Perez Serves 5-Tool Menu

High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section May 4, 2017 0

Diamond Rated Settle into your seat to watch the four-star softball program at Alhambra High School in Martinez and prepare to be dazzled. By the time seven innings elapse, one course of “Did-you-see-that?” after another will be brought to you, each as uniquely sweet as 31 flavors of... Read more