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One More Chapter | Pittsburg Football Takes NCS Crown, Keeps Coach’s Final Ride Going
Suffocating Defense And Big Receiver Play Lift Pittsburg Football Over Clayton Valley, Adding At Least One More Game To Victor Galli’s Tenure • Back on Nov. 1, when Pittsburg football coach Victor Galli announced that his 21st season leading the Pirates would be his last, a narrative began that... Read more
Full Stop | Oak Ridge Football Rides Defense Into SJS Final
A Familiar Formula Delivers A Rematch With A Familiar Foe As Oak Ridge Football Prepares To Take Another Shot At League Rival Folsom • It’s late November and the Oak Ridge football team is right where it expected to be – in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division I championship... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.31: EARLY Thursday Pick’Em (Section Finals)
It’s Section Championship Pick ‘Em Time As The 7 Friday Night Crew Wants You To Have A Side Of NorCal Football Picks For Thanksgiving • PICTURED ABOVE: San Ramon Valley-Danville senior WR/DB Noah Labeau. (Chace Bryson photo) With Thanksgiving this Thursday, the 7 Friday Night Pick ‘Em show arrives... Read more
Left Hungry | Modesto Christian Basketball Ready For Next Step
After Falling Nine Points Shy Last March, An Even More Talented Modesto Christian Basketball Team Sets Sights On A CIF Open Division State Title •  PICTURED ABOVE: Modesto Christian senior guard BJ Davis. (Berry Evans III photo) It’s a quarter past 5 o’clock on a midweek evening and Modesto... Read more
Born For This | UCLA-Bound Center Amanda Muse Shines For Heritage
Amanda Muse Continues A Family Legacy Of Basketball Success — And It May Lead Brentwood’s Heritage High To New Heights In 2023 • If ever a girl was born to play basketball, it’s Heritage High’s Amanda Muse. Her father Doug is 6-foot-10, and was a basketball star at UC... Read more
Best Of Five | Berean Christian Volleyball Makes History
With Four Straight Five-Set Wins, Berean Christian Girls Volleyball Closed Out An Incredible State Championship Run — The School’s First Ever  • EDITOR’S NOTE: This Feature Has Been Updated With Quotes Following Berean Christian’s State Championship Win. More than a half hour had passed since freshman Marley Seelye delivered... Read more
Moving On | Campolindo Surives Rancho Cotate; De La Salle Crowned Again
Campolindo Football Advances To North Coast Section Div. II Final After Instant Classic With Rancho Cotate; DLS Tops Pittsburg For Open Title • PICTURED ABOVE: Campolindo QB Dashiell Weaver Looks For Running Room On Friday. He Accounted For Nearly 400 Total Yards Passing & Rushing. (Ben Enos photos) One... Read more
SportStars NorCal Volleyball Rankings | Top 20, Nov. 17
NorCal Open Champ St. Francis-Mountain View Assures Itself A Wire-To-Wire No. 1 Finish In The NorCal Volleyball Rankings • NorCal Volleyball Rankings All records are through Saturday, Nov. 15. Previous ranking in parenthesis. Record obtained via MaxPreps.PICTURED ABOVE: Cayman Stein and Sadie Snipes of No. 5 Branson-Ross (Chace Bryson... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.29: Thursday Pick’Em (WEEK 13)
It’s A NorCal Football Picks Bonanza As The 7 Friday Night Crew Tackles Several Section Semifinals. PLUS: More “Dumb Football” • PICTURED ABOVE: San Marin-Novato senior WR Frankie Quinci. (David Gershon photo) It’s a week full of section semifinals, so finding good games to pick certainly wasn’t hard for... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.28: All Charged Up
The 7 Friday Night Crew Previews A Big Week Of Semifinals, Plus Wilcox High Coach Paul Rosa Visits To Chat Chargers Football • PICTURED ABOVE: Wilcox-Santa Clara Coach Paul Rosa (Chace Bryson photo) This week on 7 Friday Night, hosts Chace Bryson and Ben Enos revisit a wild week... Read more
Jacked Up | Tyler Jacklich Powers Central Catholic Into Semis
Senior Running Back Tyler Jacklich Ran For 288 Yards And Four TDs As Central Catholic Rolled Monterey Trail For A Date With Top-Seed Folsom • Tyler Jacklich knows his history when it comes to high achieving running backs that have come through the Central Catholic-Modesto football program.  A standout... Read more
Grinding Toward Greatness | Top-Seeded Placer Football Aims For 7th SJS Title
Battle-Tested And Powered By Legacy, The 10-0 Placer Football Team Opens Its Postseason Hosting Woodcreek In A Sac-Joaquin Section Quarterfinal • PICTURED ABOVE: Sophomore Running Back Baylor Kelley Celebrates During Placer’s Sept. 9 Win Over Vista del Lago-Folsom (Ike Dodson photos) “It’s great to be a Hillman.” Coach Joey... Read more