There will be plenty on the line when six teams take the field this week for the final three Sac-Joaquin Section football titles up for grabs. We dig into each matchup and give our predictions.   DIVISION I   MATCHUP: No. 1 FOLSOM (13-0) vs. No. 7 TRACY (10-3) ... Read more

ATHLETE SCHOOL SPORT COLLEGE Paris Austin Bishop O’Dowd-Oakland Boys BB Boise State Noah Blackwell Woodcreek-Roseville Boys BB Long Beach State Marquese Chriss Pleasant Grove-Elk Grove Boys BB Washington Chris Hansen Campolindo-Moraga Boys BB UC San Diego Sean Smith Campolindo-Moraga Boys BB Simpson         Erika Bean Bradshaw Christian-Sacramento... Read more

   Reviewing the first high school football event at Levi’s Stadium, and five suggested future matchups. State of Play: Mark Tennis    It wasn’t the Friday night lights of the Corral at Oakdale High, but for senior fullback Frankie Trent the Saturday afternoon sunshine he felt on Oct. 11 at Levi’s... Read more

   Last year’s cover story in SportStars by Ben Enos focused on football bragging rights being decided in games between teams from the Bay Area and the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section.    At the time Enos wrote the story, the Sac-Joaquin held a 114-90 edge in reported games from the 2009... Read more

State of Play by Mark Tennis    Heading into the closing weeks of the last two California high school football seasons, there weren’t many certainties except it was pretty obvious that whichever teams were going to play in the CIF Division II State Bowl game, the Northern California team was... Read more

  5. ANTOINE CUSTER   De La Salle-Concord, Football, JR.  The speedy-yet-powerful 5-foot-8, 185-pound running back was the SportStars Bay Area Male Athlete of the Fall after he rushed for 1,942 yards, a single-season total which placed him No. 6 on the progam’s all-time list. He rushed for 24 TDs... Read more

   Concord High offensive coordinator Jon Bell has seen pretty much everything in his time as the Minutemen’s offensive maestro. He’s played a part in a North Coast Section title run, and played a key role in orchestrating the fast-paced approach that has helped establish Concord as a perennial playoff... Read more

State of Play: Mark Tennis     It may seem like Southern California schools and teams in many sports always get benefit of the doubt when it comes to rankings and honors on the statewide level compared to Northern California.    Here’s a shock. Yes, they do. But it has nothing... Read more

  1 – Maggie Steffens, Monte Vista-Danville, Water Polo When we named her our first SportStars Female Athlete of the Fall in January of 2011, we asked her if she could see herself competing at the Olympics. This is what Steffens said: “I can envision myself (in London), but it’s... Read more

  1. De La Salle-Concord Football 2014  While the Spartans have had an honor roll of talented individuals play between the white lines at Owen Owens Stadium, it’s impossible not to think of that football program and not think TEAM. There was little doubt a De La Salle football was... Read more