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NorCal Team Of The Week, May 15-20 | Pittsburg Baseball
Pittsburg Baseball Embraced Its Inner Bad Guy To Win Its First NCS Game Since 1996 And Ignite A Run To The Division I Semifinals • IMAGE CREDIT: Pittsburg High Baseball/Twitter Sometimes it pays to be the villain. That was the mindset the Pittsburg High baseball team adopted as an... Read more
SportStars NorCal Softball Rankings | May 30
Section Playoffs Deliver Big Changes To NorCal Softball Rankings, Including A Brand New No. 1 Out Of The Central Coast • NorCal Softball Rankings All records are through Saturday, May 27 (via MaxPreps). Previous rank is in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: Your New No. 1, The Hollister Haybalers. (Central Coast... Read more
NorCal Team Of The Week, May 8-13 | San Ramon Valley Girls Lacrosse
After Yet Another Undefeated Season And North Coast Section Title, San Ramon Valley Girls Lacrosse Continues To Build Impressive Legacy • As five-year runs go, it would be hard to perform any better than the San Ramon Valley girls lacrosse team.  The Wolves were recently voted our #SportSquad NorCal... Read more
SportStories, Ep 2.6 | California Track & Field Series — Reynaldo Brown
What’s It Like Participating In The Olympics As A 17-Year-Old? High Jumping Great, Reynaldo Brown, Visits The Show To Tell The Tale • Our California Track & Field-themed series continues this week as we’re joined by another former Olympian. One with quite the unique experience. Imagine setting the high... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | BONUS: 2023 Spring Special
Podcasts Need Their Offseason Workouts, Too: The 7 Friday Night Team Gathers To Chat About Playoff Changes, Transfers And More • With the Spring Football window wrapping up, hosts Chace Bryson and Ben Enos figured it was a good chance to reconvene and hit on some of the major... Read more
Photos from the CIF SS T&F Championships at Moorpark
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SportStars NorCal Baseball Rankings | May 22
Playoff Upsets Lead To Heavy Reset Of NorCal Baseball Rankings With Three Teams Dropping Out And A Big Shuffle Inside Top 10 • NorCal Baseball Rankings All records are through Tuesday, May 20 (via MaxPreps). Previous rank is in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: Senior utility player Tyler Allen of No.... Read more
Valley Christian Badminton Sisters Eye NorCal Title
Nationally-Ranked Players, Sumaswara And Suneri Chinthalapati, Take No. 2 Seed Into CIF Doubles Tournament For Valley Christian Of San Jose • PICTURED ABOVE: Sumaswara Chinthalapati (Inside Left) And Her Sister Suneri Show Off Some Of Their Championship Hardware With Coaches Mark DeLuca (Far Right) And Davis Gunter. (Contributed Photo)... Read more
SportStories, Ep 2.5 | California Track & Field Series — Eddie Hart
Our Second Olympic Gold-Medalist Guest In As Many Weeks, Pittsburg High Grad Eddie Hart Joins Us To Share Tales Of Triumph & Torment • Eddie Hart was the standing world record holder in the 100 meters heading into the 1972 Munich Olympic Games — the “World’s Fastest Man.” But... Read more
De La Salle Football Coaching Staff Gets Shakeup
Departure Of Defensive Coordinator Nate Kenion Leads To Key Role Changes And The Return Of A Very Familiar Face • There was no need to overthink it. Sometimes it’s best to just go with what works — which led De La Salle football coach Justin Alumbaugh to one of... Read more
SportSquad VOTE: Team Of The Week | May 8-13
Newest SportSquad Team Of The Week Options Include Three Section Champions And A Softball Team Undefeated Vs. NorCal Opponents • We’re using this last month of the 2022-23 interscholastic sports calendar to try out a new weekly feature at SportStars. Welcome to our second vote for the SportSquad NorCal... Read more
Delta Revival | Franklin Softball Finds New Groove
After Six Straight Losing Seasons, Franklin Softball Is Enjoying One Of Its Best Years Ever Behind A New Coach & Balanced Roster • PICTURED ABOVE: Franklin Senior Kealani Nitta Sprints Toward First Following A Hit Against Pleasant Grove-Elk Grove On May 5. (David Gershon photos) Jon Gudel’s first season... Read more