Sportstars
Top Girls Cross Country Teams By Section Entering The Fall Season
The high school cross country  season has already begun in several sections, or is about to get underway all across the state later this month. Here is a look at the top girls cross country program in each of the 10 sections in California entering this season. There are... Read more
Top Boys Cross Country Teams By Section Entering The Fall Season
The high school cross country season has already begun in several sections, or is about to get underway all across the state later this month. Here is a look at the top boys cross country program in each of the 10 sections in California entering this season. There are... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 3.16: Bowls & Burrito Calculations
De La Salle Coach Justin Alumbaugh & CalHiSports.com Editor Mark Tennis Both Join The 7 Friday Night Crew To Revisit Regionals And Preview CIF State Bowl Weekend PICTURED ABOVE: Folsom QB Ryder Lyons. (Ben Enos photo) We’ve reached the final weekend of the season, and hosts Chace and Ben... Read more
SportStories, Ep 2.7 | California Track & Field Series — Meb Keflezighi
Arguably One Of America’s Greatest Distance Runners, San Diego High Grad And Four-Time Olympian Meb Keflezighi Joins The Podcast • For our final installment to the CA Track & Field series that we’ve used to open Season 2, we host our fourth consecutive Olympian and our first distance runner.... Read more
SportStories, Ep 2.3 | California Track & Field Series — Keinan Briggs
Founder & Coach Of The Far-Reaching LEAP Squad Youth Track Club, Keinan Briggs, Visits To Talk Triple Jump, Coaching And CIF Hopefuls • PICTURED ABOVE: Keinan Briggs Is Photographed With LEAP Squad Standout Jumper, Madison Forbes (Mater Dei HS-Santa Ana). (CREDIT: Smotherman Images) One week after speaking with pole... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Eps. 2.36 & 2.37: CIF State Bowl Instant Reactions
7 Friday Night Hosts Share Thoughts & Search For Positives In Late Night Recordings From NorCal’s Long Weekend At CIF Bowls In Mission Viejo PICTURED ABOVE: Pittsburg Senior Zack Card Leads Pittsburg High On To The Field Saturday. (Ben Enos photo) Saddleback College in Mission Viejo was a place... Read more
Howling Effort | San Ramon Valley Wolves Fall In OT
Luke Baker Led Two Fourth-Quarter Game-Tying Drives Before Falling To Granite Hills-El Cajon In Overtime Of CIF 2-A State Final Though the result wasn’t what the San Ramon Valley-Danville football team hoped for, a first trip the California Interscholastic Federation state bowl championships will leave a lot to remember.... Read more
Stung In SoCal | De La Salle Falls To Lincoln-San Diego In CIF Bowl Return
Lincoln Hornets Become First San Diego School To Top Spartans Despite De La Salle Nearly Pulling Off Epic Finish To Topsy-Turvy Season Nothing seemed easy for the 2022 De La Salle football team. That included the ending. Which finished 20 yards shy of being a happy one. Trailing 33-28... Read more
Warriors To The End | McClymonds Battles, Falls Short In 2-AA Bowl
McClymonds Forces Three Turnovers, Stages Valiant Comeback Effort Before Falling 26-18 To Mater Dei Catholic-Chula Vista • McClymonds-Oakland coach Michael Peters couldn’t help but be proud of his team. Minutes earlier, the California Interscholastic Federation Division 2-AA state bowl championship ended with his Warriors on the short end of... 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
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
Fitting Finish | Elk Grove Basketball Makes History
With A Talented And Ambitious Core Of Seniors Leading The Way, Elk Grove Basketball Claimed Its First State Title • There was really no other way for the Elk Grove basketball season to end. The Thundering Herd celebrating the program’s first-ever CIF State Basketball Championship on the Golden1 Center... Read more