Led By The Nation’s Top Recruit, Archbishop Mitty Begins The Season At The Top Of Our NorCal Girls Preseason Rankings • 1. Archbishop Mitty-San Jose (29-1 in 2017-18): Yes, we know Pinewood beat Mitty in the NorCal Open finals last year, and that the San Jose power lost a ton... Read more

A Young, Talented Roster Has Bishop O’Dowd Girls Basketball Poised To Maintain Its Reign On The North Coast Section •  “Here be dragons.” The ancient mapmakers didn’t really know what was lurking outside the boundaries of the known world, but they figured it wasn’t going to be too pleasant to... Read more

Clayton Valley’s Senior Core Is Deep, Fast, Talented And Determined To One-Up The Program’s Terrific 2017-18 Season • Led by a trio of talented seniors, Clayton Valley Charter High-Concord opened its 2017-18 season with 18 straight wins.  The Ugly Eagles were seemingly leading the charge of a wave of suburban... Read more

The Liberty Football Team Isn’t A One-Man Show, But Senior Sione Vaki Sure Can Make It Look That Way At Times • Sione Vaki stands quietly on the sideline with teammates as the Liberty High football team’s special teams unit drills during a Thursday afternoon walk-through in late October.  Next... Read more

Coming off of a three-week absence due to injury may not have ever been done better than how Sean McDonald of Ramona High did last Friday. We’re also honoring one of three CIF Central Section QBs who should surpass 10,000 career yards on the same night this week. This week’s... Read more

Close To A Year After Its Community And Campus Were Ravaged By The Tubbs Fire, Cardinal Newman High Football Won A True Homecoming Game • SANTA ROSA — Nearly 11 months after the Tubbs fire ripped through Northern California, the pains remain for communities still rebuilding from the devastation that... Read more

Defense Wins Championships — And In The Bay Area Particularly This Season — It Will Be Leading To Major Scholarships As Well • It wasn’t very long ago that every football recruiting reporter in the country had to keep his or her eyes and ears focused on the Bay Area... Read more

YEALIMI NOH • Golf – Concord  For the second time in her high school golf career, Yealimi Noh, now 17, takes home SportStar of the Week honors. The 17-year-old Noh, and former Carondelet High student turned home-schooler, is making a very recent case to be the best junior girls golf amateur... Read more

De La Salle And Folsom Will Potentially Play NorCal’s Biggest Football Game Of The Season — On Opening Night •  From coffee shops to weight rooms, water coolers to dinner tables, there’s one game everyone in Northern California is talking about. This year, for the first time, Folsom High and... Read more

Freedom-Oakley’s Dynamic Running Back Turned Coaches Comments Into A Quick Decision — Now Giles Jackson Is NorCal’s Most Coveted Slot Receiver Recruit • It wasn’t a questionable gamble when Giles Jackson chose to run routes as a slot receiver during various spring and early summer football showcase events. The senior... Read more

What’s The Toughest League In The State? It’s a debate that changes every year in every sport: What’s the toughest league in the state? For baseball, there are several that are usually in the discussion and they include three from Northern California: the West Catholic Athletic League (WCAL) of the... Read more

We Reveal Our Annual Ranked Countdown Of The Bay Area Athletes Of The Year For The 2017-18 School Year • Below are the first 55 athletes from our sixth annual Bay Area 75 — SportStars’ rankings of the top 75 Bay Area athletes of the year from 2017-18. We’ll be... Read more