National records tend to fall on a routine basis at the Bay Area’s two section swim championships. There were three new ones set between the Central Coast and North Coast Section events this year, but only one had famed Olympic champion Missy Franklin’s name attached to it. It was Howe... Read more

  Story by RONNIE FLORES | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH   The scene was Haas Pavilion for the 2015 CIF boys basketball state championships. Chino Hills was in a dogfight with a tough senior bunch from San Ramon Valley-Danville. The Div. I  state title hung in the balance.  ... Read more

Woodcreek’s boys 4×100 relay team will beat you and then make you laugh afterward Read more

Pleasant Grove’s roster isn’t full of top-shelf talent, yet they’re proven winners nonetheless Read more

   With the playoffs near and a title on the line, the McDonald’s All-American turned in her best scoring effort of the year. Moore’s season-high 38 points to go with 10 rebounds helped propel the Pride to a 76-57 win over rival St. Mary’s-Berkeley in the championship of the Tri-County... Read more

Current CIF Open Division seems to do more harm than good to NorCal basketball     I’m trying. I am.     Nearly a year ago, at the conclusion of the CIF State Basketball Championships, I wrote in this space that I may have been a little too harsh on the new... Read more

Will Hewlett has quickly ascended into one of the West Coast’s most sought after quarterback gurus Read more

There may be no better example of Del Oro football’s perseverance in 2013, than that of standout Tyler Meteer Read more

Winning on the road requires sharper focus and better play, because often the breaks — and whistles — fall to the home team. Behind the Clipboard By Clay Kallam    We went to a tournament and stayed overnight, and we did OK, but the refs were so biased. We played local... Read more

What region plays better football, Bay Area or Sac-Joaquin? Bragging rights aren’t so easy to claim. Read more

Chace Bryson spends 10 hours with Justin Alumbaugh on his first game day as coach of De La Salle. Read more

Justin Lynch won’t toot his own horn — though the swimming world is doing it for him. Read more