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Xceleration Volleyball: At Home in the East Bay
Xceleration Volleyball Club’s Family-First Approach Gets Major Upgrade • Jim Ross knows it sounds corny. Yet, the club partner and former director of Xceleration Volleyball Club — a mainstay in the East Bay for more than a decade now — says it anyway. “We’re a club who cares,” he... Read more
Horse Power: Monte Vista-Danville Volleyball Rolling Early
Monte Vista Continues East Bay Dominance In Fast Start To 2017 • When Sara Dukes Johnson left her assistant job at Stanford University to take over the program at Monte Vista High prior to last season, the former Cardinal player and Carondelet-Concord grad probably had a good idea of... Read more
SportStar Of The Week: Makaela Tanaka
Archbishop Mitty-San Jose – Volleyball – Monarchs’ Senior Makaela Tanaka Tanaka, the All-American setter bound for Fordham next fall was the Monarchs’ lone All-Tournament selection at the prestigious Nike Durango Fall Classic in Las Vegas from Sept. 15-16. Mitty went 6-1 at the tournament and took fifth place in... Read more
Defensive Shields
With A Talented Back Row, Oak Ridge Takes A Defense-Wins-Championship Approach • Story By IKE DODSON | Photos By JAMES K. LEASH Madison Shields could dig her way to China. The savvy senior libero on the Oak Ridge High-El Dorado Hills 
volleyball team is one of the top defensive... Read more
Six Shooters
Archbishop Mitty-San Jose Takes Aim At An Unprecedented Sixth Straight State Crown • Story By JAMES G. KANE | Photos By DOUG STRINGER It doesn’t take long. Only a few moments into the conversation, and Archbishop Mitty-San Jose coach Bret Almazan-Cezar recognizes what’s ahead. The name of another legendary... Read more
Volleyball: Alexa Edwards’ Smash Hit
Hardwood is in Alexa Edwards’ genes, and she grew up on gymnasium floors. So it is no surprise that the Sacramento resident made herself at home on the volleyball court in 2016 to earn Freshman All-American honors from the media. “Her talent sets her apart, but her volleyball IQ... Read more
Everything Coming Up Roseville
With A Four-Set Win In The CIF NorCal Final, Roseville Completed A Season Of Historic Firsts • Story By Mike Wood | Photos By Berry Evans III DUBLIN — What might have looked easy early on in Roseville High School’s boys volleyball match with Bellarmine College Prep-San Jose didn’t turn... Read more
Parker Jones Can’t Lose
Story and Photos by CHACE BRYSON Momentum is a dangerous thing in volleyball. It can wield great power. It also isn’t easy to get back once it’s been lost. Acalanes had lost the momentum. And the only way the Dons were going to get it back was to win... Read more
FINAL Volleyball NorCal Top 20
Mitty-San Jose Goes Wire-To-Wire To Close 2016 At No. 1 Read more
Culture Shock
A New Coach And Attitude Helped The St. Ignatius Wildcats Evolve Into Title Threats Read more
Nobody puts Dublin volleyball in a corner — it only makes the Gaels better. Read more
’16 Volleyball Preview: Seven seniors lead the way as Christian Brothers looks for third SJS title in four years. Read more