Bellarmine Prep High’s football team might consider changing its logo from a Bell to a Question Mark for the 2012 season. The Central Coast Section Bells bookended their stellar 2011 campaign with tough losses – falling 26-23 in double-overtime to De La Salle-Concord in Week 1 and 42-37 to Santa Margarita-... Read more

Freedom High (BVAL) coach Kevin Hartwig preaches to his players to focus on the following motto: “Are we going to be 1-0 or 0-1 this week?” It’s obviously the 11-year Falcons coach’s attempt at keeping his players focused on one game at a time. Even though 90 percent of the... Read more

QUARTERFINAL PREDICTIONS SAC-JOAQUIN /     Jim McCue NORTH COAST / Chace Bryson MATCHUP WINNER MATCHUP WINNER DIV. I: (8)Lincoln-Stockton @ (1)Franklin-Elk Grove FRANKLIN DIV. I: (9)Pittsburg @ (1)De La Salle DE LA SALLE DIV. I: (5)Granite Bay @ (4)Downey GRANITE BAY DIV. I: (5)Amador Valley @ (4)San Ramon Valley... Read more

To see the published 10 to GO events for May, pick up Issue #65 (May 1) or read the digital version HERE.  1> COMMUNITY EVENT: Field of Dreams at KidFest, Mt. Diablo HS, Concord, May 25-27 “” Spend your Memorial Day Weekend with us by attending KidFest in Concord and... Read more

  In it’s 24th year, the 2013 iteration of Bay Area KidFest included one of SportStars patented “SportsJams,” our idea of an All-Sports-Fast-Action-Fest. Dubbed for KidFest, the Field of Dreams, it all took place on 110,000 square feet of sports field, jam packed with fourteen sports represented and wall-to-wall activities.... Read more

Big 5 Sporting Goods Camping ain’t easy, you know? I mean, what camp do you even pick? Oh, wait. That’s the easy part (you know, flip forward a couple pages and get to it). But you know you gotta have the right gear so you make an entrance. There’s no... Read more

  By MARK TENNIS | CalHiSports.com   Whether there is a regional bowl game, open divisions in every section, or just about any other tweak in format, the one factor for Northern California football that may never change is the dominance of De La Salle-Concord.   The Spartans, who have... Read more

EVERY DAY HEALTH: KENT MERCER     Jayne Appel, center for the San Antonio Silver Stars and graduate of Carondelet-Concord and Stanford, is the best passing post in the WNBA, and she dishes out great advice to high school athletes who would follow in her All-Star footsteps. For instance, staying in... Read more

State of Play By Mark Tennis    At this year’s CIF state basketball finals, we were asked at Cal-Hi Sports by Time Warner Cable to provide a series of Mt. Rushmore type selections for California’s best-ever boys players, girls players and coaches.    If you don’t know, Mt. Rushmore picks... Read more

SECOND TEAM   DESIRE FINNIE  BASICS: Berkeley, Sr., Guard  WHY SHE’S HERE: Finnie was pretty much all the experience the young Yellowjackets could bring to the table, but she led Berkeley by example into the NorCal finals. She averaged 17 points and 11 rebounds a game and will play for Pacific next year.... Read more

  By MARK CARNEY | Contributor   On Jan. 24, high school rugby programs from throughout the North State will get their competitive scrum on for the first time in 2015. That will be the opening day to the two-day Sacramento Kick-Off Tournament “” an event with a modest 30-year... Read more

   If a proposal passes next month, CIF bowls will no longer exclude any section champion. There will just be a lot more divisions and some of them just might not be that exciting.    Two of the best football teams this season that did not get chosen to play... Read more