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7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.13: Thursday Pick’Em (WEEK 5)
It’s Another Week Of NorCal Football Picks As The 7 Friday Night Crew Tackles No. 3 Folsom At No. 2 De La Salle And Other Key Matchups • PICTURED ABOVE: Cameron Johnson of No. 18 Menlo-Atherton (David Gershon photo) The 7 Friday Night crew is back for another round... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.12: Sierra Foothill Feats Of Strength
This Week’s Show Reflects On The First Five Weeks Of Action, Talks Folsom’s Big Games, And Visits With Oak Ridge Senior Conner Dasmann • PICTURED ABOVE: Oak Ridge Senior Captain And Defensive Standout, Conner Dasman. (Ike Dodson photo) In this week’s show, 7 Friday Night hosts Chace Bryson and... Read more
NorCal Football Rankings | Top 20, WEEK 5
For The Second Straight Week, All 20 Teams In The NorCal Football Rankings Manage To Hold On To A Spot After Some Shuffling In The Lower Half • Despite a couple of key matchups within the NorCal Football Rankings, Week 4 didn’t end up being quite the storm we... Read more
El Cerrito Football | From 7-Eleven To 4-0
Fueled By An Offensive Line That Loves Snack Runs As Much As Pancake Blocks, El Cerrito Football Rolled Foothill-Pleasanton To Stay Unbeaten • PICTURED ABOVE: El Cerrito offensive linemen (from left to right) Carlos Acosta, Charles Sutherland, Ronald Williams and Tome Veukiso. (Ben Enos photos) Just how tight a... 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
SportStars’ Bay Area 75 Athlete Rankings 2022 | Nos. 50-26
Our 10th Annual Bay Area 75 Athlete Rankings Honoring The Top High School Athletes From The ’21-’22 School Year Continues With Nos. 50-26 • PICTURED ABOVE: No. 49 Makayla Winchell of Granada-Livermore (Chace Bryson photo) Welcome to our tenth annual Bay Area 75 rankings — SportStars’ countdown of the... Read more
SportStars NorCal Volleyball Rankings | Top 20, Sept. 13
Little Debate Should Surround The Top Of Our Initial 2022 NorCal Volleyball Rankings As St. Francis-Mtn. View & Mitty Dominate Early • NorCal Volleyball Rankings All records are through Monday, Sept. 12. No previous rankings this week since it’s our first Top 20 of the season. PICTURED ABOVE: Erin... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.10: High School Football For The Soul
NorCal Football Talk Helps The 7 Friday Night Hosts Ease Their 49ers Pain As Pittsburg Coach Victor Galli Visits To Talk Pirates Vs. Folsom This Week • PICTURED ABOVE: Pittsburg Coach Victor Galli Holds Up The CIF NorCal Plaque In 2017. (James K. Leash photo) Depressed by the play... Read more
All According To Plan | Acalanes Football Executes To Perfection
With Big Plays At The Right Time, The Acalanes Football Team Came From Behind To Beat Sheldon-Sacramento And Remain Unbeaten • PICTURED ABOVE: Acalanes junior QB Sully Bailey. (Ben Enos photos) Check, check, check. For three-plus quarters against host Sheldon-Sacramento, the Acalanes football team executed its game plan. Bubble... Read more
Rumble, Rumble | Elias Brown Leads Rocklin Football Past Antioch
After A Season-Opening Stumble, NorCal Top 20-Ranked Rocklin Football Builds Momentum Following A Third Straight Win Led By Its Rushing Attack • PICTURED ABOVE: Rocklin Senior Running Back, Elias Brown. (Chace Bryson photos) There was nothing normal about the Rocklin Football team’s week of practice. With the California heat... Read more
Miramonte Runs On Duncan
Orinda’s Miramonte High Football Team Opened Its Season 2-0 Behind 6-foot-6 Luke Duncan — A UCLA-Bound Quarterback Supercharged By A New Position Coach • PICTURED ABOVE: Luke Duncan warms up prior to the Matadors’ Sept. 2 game vs. Encinal. (Ben Enos photos) With his Miramonte High football team leading... Read more
Red Hot Cheli Summer
Archbishop Mitty Junior Morgan Cheli Spent Her Summer Winning A World Title And Firmly Establishing Herself Among The Nation’s Best Young Talents • Morgan Cheli is 16 years old. She is confident, chatty and cheerful. She is also one of the best young basketball players in the world. Fans... Read more