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Golden Goal Scores St. Francis Soccer CIF NorCal Title
Junior Lindsey Piatanesi scored a golden goal in overtime to lead No. 4 St. Francis to the 2019 CIF State Northern California Division II Regional title. The Saturday afternoon match was a 1-0 win over No. 3 Mountain View. Giving St. Francis Soccer the CIF State Northern California DII Regional Title.... Read more
Monte Vista Soccer: Mustang Girls Repeat In Chaotic Fashion
Controversial-Call-Turned-Free-Kick Leads To Golden Goal And Mass Confusion As Monte Vista Wins Second Straight CIF NorCal Title • Buckle up with the Monte Vista High and Davis girls soccer teams. Jubilation, heartache and controversy await. Saturday’s CIF Division I Northern Regional Championship girls soccer match in Davis ended in... Read more
Sheldon Boys Basketball: Huskies Hunker Down
Using Depth, Experience To Overcome Key Injuries, Sheldon Won Its First Sac-Joaquin Section Title Since 2013 — Can Huskies Repeat As NorCal Champs? Sheldon has earned its standing as a Northern California boys’ basketball powerhouse — perhaps the best public school program in the region over the last 20... Read more
Lexi Webb: Oakdale Softball’s Ultimate Weapon
Oakdale’s Lexi Webb Might Just Be One Of The Best High School Softball Hitters In The Country — And She Can Pitch, Too • Lexi Webb, the embodiment of power and potential on the diamond, blushes when the conversation turns to her.  These days, the Oakdale High senior has... Read more
All-NorCal Wrestling Honors: Ike’s Ironmen &  Ironwomen
Gilroy, Oakdale And Turlock All Score Big As Ike Dodson Offers Up SportStars’ Second Annual All-NorCal Wrestling Honors • Girls, girls, girls. They were the talk of the CIF State Wrestling Championships after swarming the first-ever three-day coed title event at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield. They also rightfully invade... Read more
CIF Wrestling Championships: Gilroy Boys, NorCal Girls Shine
Revisiting NorCal’s Key Stories, Newsmakers And Highlights Of NorCal’s Three Days And Nights At The CIF Wrestling Championships • Denied a CIF team wrestling championship in his first opportunity to win one at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield Saturday, Gilroy wrestling coach and UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier crafted a... Read more
Durham Wrestling: Trojan Girls Dance To Section Title
Hailing From A School With A Student Body Under 300, The Durham’s Girls Wrestling Team Made History With A Section Title And Four State Berths • Moments before the medal round at the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Girls Wrestling Championships at Lincoln High in Stockton, Durham wrestling coach Trent Kenney... Read more
Girls Wrestling: 2019 CIF State Championship Preview
Ready for Rabobank: Girls Wrestling Joins The Big Show As CIF Welcomes The Field To Its Premier State Championship Venue Alongside The Boys • It will stretch the action to three days and eliminate the finals stage and spotlight, but the girls wrestling earned participation at the premier venue... Read more
CIF State Wrestling: NorCal’s Top Contenders
It’s Our Annual Weight-By-Weight Breakdown Preview Of The CIF State Wrestling Championships. Who Is NorCal’s Best Hope? Who Could Bracket-bust? • Seeds schmeeds. No matter where wrestlers landed in the 14 40-man brackets at the CIF State Wrestling Championships, they have the scrambler’s chance to victory. It’s what makes... Read more
Masters Championships: Vacaville Wrestling Sets SJS Record
Fire Drills And Wrestling Thrills: Vacaville Sets Team Points Record En Route To Dominating SJS Title Win; Oakdale Shines As Runner-Up • STOCKTON — Surely bound for glory at the three-day CIF State Wrestling Championships that begins Feb. 21 at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield, the Oakdale wrestling team is... Read more
SJS Masters Wrestling: 2019 Championships Preview
With Three Of NorCal’s Top Five Teams In The Field — And 84 State Championship Berths Up For Grabs — SJS Masters Will Be Must-See Wrestling • Del Oro-Loomis and Pitman-Turlock will litter the Sac-Joaquin Section medal podiums with place-winners, but the SJS Masters Wrestling Championships will be a... Read more
Del Oro’s Blake Brothers: SJS Wrestling Super Siblings
Blake Brothers, Noah And Eli, Lead Del Oro Wrestling Into The Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Tourney Looking To Make History • This weekend the Del Oro wrestling team will vie for a top-three finish at the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Wrestling Championships. It would be the seventh consecutive season the Loomis school... Read more