Our 10th Annual Bay Area 75 Athlete Rankings Honoring The Top High School Athletes From The ’21-’22 School Year Continues With Nos. 50-26 • PICTURED ABOVE: No. 49 Makayla Winchell of Granada-Livermore (Chace Bryson photo) Welcome to our tenth annual Bay Area 75 rankings — SportStars’ countdown of the top... Read more

Mixing Positive Energy With Plenty Of Talent, San Ramon Valley Volleyball Sets Out To End A Nine-Year Section Championship Drought • PICTURED ABOVE: Senior captains Morgan Daetz, right, and Audrey Ross ham it up during a water break. (Chace Bryson photos) It’s early evening on Sept. 1, and inside of the... Read more

After 10-Plus Years, Honor Bowl Creators Reflect On The Origins And Evolution Of Event That Brings High School Football And Military Appreciation Together • Sometimes, out of great suffering and loss can come great hope and reward. The War in Afghanistan that began in 2001 as Operation Enduring Freedom resulted... Read more

Depth And Grit Allow No. 3 Serra Football To Battle Through Cramping To “Steal A W” At No. 2 Folsom — Setting Up Clash With No. 1 De La Salle • PICTURED ABOVE: Serra Running Back Jabari Mann. (David Gershon photos) The Serra football team understood its road trip to Folsom... Read more

High School Football Season Opens In Full This Week And Big Matchups Highlight The 7 Friday Night Team’s NorCal Football Picks • Our Thursday prediction show hits top gear this week as high school football officially opens across all of Northern California. Everybody — hosts Chace Bryson and Ben Enos... Read more

Pittsburg Football Ended Its NCS Title Drought In 2021 — But That Should Serve As A Prelude For A Team Loaded With Division I Talent, Ready To Put It All Together • PICTURED ABOVE: Pittsburg senior Division-I talents (L to R) Rashid Williams, Jaden Rashada and Zack Card. (Chace Bryson photos)... Read more

Our 10th Annual Bay Area 75 Athlete Rankings Honoring The Top High School Athletes From The ’21-’22 School Year Concludes With Nos. 25-1 • PICTURED ABOVE: No. 16 Talana Lepolo of Carondelet-Concord (Chace Bryson photo) Welcome to our tenth annual Bay Area 75 rankings — SportStars’ countdown of the top... Read more

Our 10th Annual Bay Area 75 Athlete Rankings Honoring The Top High School Athletes From The Recently Completed School Year Begins With Nos. 75-51 • PICTURED ABOVE: No. 74 Jamai East of Vanden-Fairfield (Dennis Lee photo) Welcome to our tenth annual Bay Area 75 rankings — SportStars’ countdown of the... Read more

A College Park Volleyball Team Led By 10 Seniors Played Through Aches, Pain And Relentless Opponents To Claim The Program’s First Title In 14 Years • It took a while for the reverberations to calm down on the gym floor at College Park High in Pleasant Hill. The wild celebration... Read more

In The Midst Of A Strong Second Half — And On The Verge Of A League Title — A Young, Talented Benicia Softball Team Is Ripening Just In Time For An NCS Title Run • PICTURED ABOVE: Freshman Emma French Smiles Following A High-Five With Senior Robynn Balmediano After Scoring A 5th... Read more

Modesto Christian’s 30-Win Season, Regional Open Title Secure Crusaders The Top Spot In Our Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings • PICTURED ABOVE: Div. II State Champions, No. 12 Elk Grove . (David Gershon photo) Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings. Previous rank in parenthesis 1. (1) Modesto Christian (30-6) Crusaders solidified... Read more

We’ve Listed More Than 100 Names Of Guys We Expect To Be Impact Players Throughout The 2022 Season Of NorCal Baseball • PICTURED ABOVE: Valley Christian-San Jose pitcher, Jacob Hudson (Chace Bryson photo) As we prepared for our NorCal Baseball and Softball preview coverage to be included in our March... Read more