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SportStars NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings | Jan. 31
With All 20 Teams Taking Care Of Business Last Seek, The NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings Go Unchanged Before A Week Of Big Matchups • NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings All records are through Monday, Jan. 30. Previous rank in parenthesis. Records obtained through MaxPreps.com PICTURED ABOVE: Gabriella Biittner Of No.... Read more
Viking Rise | Pleasant Valley Girls Basketball
Who Needs A Fab 5, When You’ve Got A Super 7? A Tight-Knit Core Of Seven Sophomores Has Chico’s Pleasant Valley Ready For Primetime • PICTURED ABOVE: Pleasant Valley Sophomore Guard AJ Gambol. (Stephen Tranberg/Chico Enterprise-Record photo) Playoff basketball is different. Especially in one’s home gym, as a high... Read more
SportStars’ 2022 All-NorCal Defense
These Are The 27 Guys We’re Lining Up Against Any Offense Who Dares — This Is The 2022 SportStars All-NorCal Defense • PICTURED ABOVE: Folsom Senior DB, Greco Carrillo (David Gershon photo) There are no first-teams or second-teams when it comes to the SportStars All-NorCal Team. We build it... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.38: Mustangs & Memories
Our Hosts Look Back On 2022, Hand Out Some 7 Friday Night Awards, And Welcome Dominic DiMare Of Back-To-Back CIF Champion San Marin Finally rested from their weekend of five games, two pods and one flight delay, hosts Chace Bryson and Ben Enos endeavor to revisit CIF Bowls weekend... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.35: State Bowls Preview (w/ Mark Tennis)
Pick ‘Em Season Is Over At 7 Friday Night; This Thursday We Simply Chat State Championship Football With Our Friends At CalHiSports.Com • PICTURED ABOVE: The View From Inside Saddleback College The Day Before Games Begin. (Mitch Stephens photo/Scorebooklive.com) The 7 Friday Night CIF State Championships Mega-Week rolls on... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.33: Thursday Pick ‘Em (CIF Regionals)
It’s The Final Week Of True NorCal Football Picks, And The 7 Friday Night Crew Offers Analysis & Picks On 10 Different Regional Showdowns • The stakes are higher for everyone now as the season moves past sections and into NorCal regional bowl playoffs — and that goes for... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.25: Thursday Pick’Em (WEEK 11)
Playoffs! Big Regular Season Finales! Horse Racing? It’s All Happening In This Week’s 7 Friday Night NorCal Football Picks Show • PICTURED ABOVE: Journey McKoy of De La Salle-Concord. (David Gershon photo) This week’s Thursday Pick ‘Em show opens with a mini-emergency pod as hosts Chace Bryson and Ben... 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
Made Of Honor | How The Honor Bowl Became A Showcase For More Than Football
After 10-Plus Years, Honor Bowl Creators Reflect On The Origins And Evolution Of Event That Brings High School Football And Military Appreciation Together • Sometimes, out of great suffering and loss can come great hope and reward. The War in Afghanistan that began in 2001 as Operation Enduring Freedom... Read more
SportStars 2022 All-NorCal Baseball Team
This 32-Player All-NorCal Baseball Team Features National Leaders In Both Home Runs And Pitching Wins From This Season • PICTURED ABOVE: From left to right, Palo Alto’s Henry Bolte, McClatchy-Sacramento’s Malcolm Moore and Woodcreek-Roseville’s Braeden Sloan. (Palo Alto Baseball/Twitter; USA Baseball; David Gershon photos) Baseball was all the way... Read more
SportStars’ 2022 All-NorCal Softball Team
Led By Player Of The Year, Jess Oakland, These Are The 32 Players We’ve Selected As Our 2022 All-NorCal Softball Team • PICTURED ABOVE: From left to right, Tianna Bell (Heritage-Brentwood), Jess Oakland (St. Francis-Mountain View) and D’Auna Johnson (Sheldon-Sacramento). Every section got to play its first full season... Read more
2022 Final NorCal Baseball Rankings | Top 25
Pitching Depth And Stubbornly Resilient Lineup Lead De La Salle To Two Titles And The Top Spot In Our Final NorCal Baseball Rankings • PICTURED ABOVE: No. 1 De La Salle Celebrates Its NorCal Div. I title. (Jean-Paul Toshiro photo) Final NorCal Baseball Rankings. All records are through June... Read more