As it’s our final issue of 2014, we feel the need to reflect. This is truly an original idea. We’re quite certain we’re the only publication that indulges in year-end lists to commemorate all the good things of the previous 12 months. We’re not? Well, good luck finding a... Read more

   Three days before its first official day of practice, the Richmond High basketball team’s 2014-15 season began in tragedy.     Fixing a bike on his grandfather’s front lawn, 16-year-old Rodney Frazier was fatally shot in what has been reported as a gang-related case of mistaken identity. It was another... Read more

As the King Fire blazed near its hometown, the El Dorado football team grew closer — and kept winning. Read more

There’s a reason Folsom’s Jake Browning is on the brink of becoming the state’s most prolific passer. Read more

     For as long as I’ve been writing about high school sports, at least 7-10 times a year, I have had the same question asked of me.     I’ve been asked this question a bit more since we began SportStars, but I’d hear it when I was in the... Read more

   I love the World Cup. And it’s not because I’m a big soccer fan.     I love the World Cup because it turns me — and millions of other fair weather futbol Americans — into soccer fans. All-consuming soccer fans. Even if just for a few summer fortnights.  ... Read more

   Putting together retrospective issues like this are always a fun project. This is the second year we’ve done this, but the first time in which we’ve been able to make it its own special edition. Going through our photo archives from the past nine months obviously brought out a... Read more

Will Brueckner fired a 6-under 66 to continue his red-hot postseason and win a NorCal title. Read more

  Story by MIKE WOOD | Photos by BERRY EVANS III   An already towering bar of success has been raised to loftier heights for Salesian College Preparatory-Richmond’s basketball team. And that’s something the Pride’s players and coaches realize and fully embrace.   It’s a natural progression for a team... 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

  AFTER VIEWING THESE RANKS, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT CAL-HI SPORTS FOR THEIR UPDATED STATE TOP 10. WHILE YOU’RE THERE, CONSIDER BUYING A MEMBERSHIP TO GAIN THE REST OF THE TOP 25 WITH FULL ANALYSIS ON EACH TEAM.   Records are through Dec. 3 1. (1)  De La Salle-Concord  ... Read more

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