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Preseason NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings | Spring 2021

Central Coast Section High School Basketball NewsTicker North Coast Section Oakland Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section StaffPicks April 16, 2021 0

Mitty And Pinewood As NorCal’s Top Two Teams May Be The Only Certainty We Can Offer For This Unpredictable Spring Season • More Girls Basketball Preview ContentNorCal Spotlight: Jzaniya Harriel | MORE Players To Watch Before diving into our first Presesaon NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings in what seems like... Read more

SportStories, Ep. 5 | Haley Jones Is Everywhere

Central Coast Section High School Basketball NewsTicker Podcasts StaffPicks April 9, 2021 0

Now That She’s A National Champion And Most Outstanding Player Of The NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, The Podcast Sought Storytellers To Highlight The Rise Of Stanford’s Haley Jones • As the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship unfolded across two hours of Easter Sunday afternoon, one constant became clear: When the... Read more

Oakmont Baseball | Meet The Upset Squad

High School Baseball/Softball NewsTicker Sac-Joaquin Section StaffPicks April 5, 2021 0

Nearly Two Years Removed From A 30-Win Section Title Season, Oakmont Baseball Returned From The Pandemic Led By A Young Wave Of Talent Ready To Face Anyone • Kurt Marton saved his best fastball for last on March 30. The right-handed sophomore pitcher on the Oakmont High baseball team... Read more

Campolindo Football | Strength In Numbers

High School Football High School Sports Features NewsTicker North Coast Section StaffPicks April 5, 2021 0

When Campolindo Lineman Elijah Klock’s Father Passed Away Five Days Before Facing Rival Acalanes, It Led The Cougars On A Week That Truly Underscored The Importance Of This Brief Football Season • Campolindo football coach Kevin Macy is no stranger to magical moments on the football field. Through his... Read more

SportStories, Ep. 4 | Ripple Effect: Remembering Mark Halvorson

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW NewsTicker Podcasts StaffPicks March 25, 2021 0

The Pod Welcomes Its First Olympian As Robby Smith Joined Multiple Wrestlers To Help Us Remember The Late Youth And De La Salle Coach, Mark Halvorson • As the wrestling program director at Concord’s Community Youth Center, Mark Halvorson opened the door of wrestling to countless youth from all... Read more

Jordan Woolery | From Legend To Leader At Clayton Valley

High School Baseball/Softball High School Sports Features NewsTicker North Coast Section StaffPicks March 18, 2021 0

Tales Of Jordan Woolery’s Softball Mastery Were Widespread Before Her 2019 Arrival At Clayton Valley — As It Turned Out, They Were All True • Jordan Woolery has never waited long to make an impression. When she was in the sixth grade, word started filtering around Concord’s Clayton Valley... Read more

High School Sports | A Spring For All Seasons

High School Baseball/Softball High School Football HS / CLUB Soccer NewsTicker StaffPicks March 5, 2021 0

Athletic Directors And League Commissioners Want Nothing More Than To See Kids Back Competing — But Getting To That Point Has Never Taken More Work. So are the administrators who make high school sports tick breathing a sigh of relief that sports are coming back? Only if by some... Read more

Rochelle Mosley | Heritage VB Junior Set For Success

High School Sports Features North Coast Section StaffPicks VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA February 12, 2021 0

Meet Heritage Volleyball Junior Setter Rochelle Mosley. She Rocks A 4.8 GPA And An Impressive Inner Strength Formed From Learning And Loss • For anyone concerned that young athletes might short-change their study time during this virtual school year, they should meet Rochelle Mosley. Mosley is a junior at... Read more

Concord, Rancho Cotate And One 2010 Night At The Coliseum | An Oral History

High School Football High School Sports Features North Coast Section StaffPicks December 11, 2020 0

Revered As One Of The Past Decade’s Best NCS Football Championships, We’ve Used Several Interviews To Recreate The 2010 Classic Between Concord And Rancho Cotate • Not all great championship games are equal. Over the magazine’s first decade, SportStars has covered its share of championship games across many sports.... Read more