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SportStars’ Bay Area 75 Athlete Rankings 2022 | Nos. 75-51

Central Coast Section High School Baseball/Softball High School Basketball High School Football HS / CLUB Soccer Lacrosse North Coast Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section July 18, 2022 0

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... Read more

Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings | 2021-22

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section March 17, 2022 0

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... Read more

No.1 De La Salle Readies For Rams | RETURN TO FALL Football Preview Series No. 19

High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section August 26, 2021 0

With A Mix Of New Faces And Experienced Ones, De La Salle Football Preps For Challenging Opener; PLUS Staff NCS Season Predictions • This is the nineteenth of 20 installments to our Return To Fall Series — a daily component to our 2021 NorCal Football Preview coverage. “No! Everybody... Read more

2021 Preseason NorCal Top 20 Football Rankings

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section San Francisco Section August 18, 2021 0

To No One’s Shock, De La Salle-Concord Opens At No. 1 In SportStars’ Preseason NorCal Top 20 Rankings, But Folsom Is 1A • Every coach will tell you that rankings don’t matter in August, only in December. We can’t disagree, but it’s not stopping us from taking our usual... Read more

Leave The Clipboard | New Football Coaches Adjust To Changed Landscape

Central Coast Section Central Section High School Football Los Angeles City Section North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section San Diego Section San Francisco Section Southern Section August 18, 2021 0

For New Football Coaches, Old Methods Don’t Apply To Socially-Distanced Sidelines And Team Rooms • So you want to run your own high school football program? Try figuring out how to do it during a global pandemic. The learning curve associated with taking over a program is steep under... Read more

Center Feels The Squeeze | RETURN TO FALL Football Preview Series No. 6

High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section August 11, 2021 0

Falling Roster Numbers Join The List Of Hurdles For Center Football In Antelope; PLUS An EBAL QB Spotlight & Our First Three Top 20 Teams • This is the sixth of 20 installments to our Return To Fall Series — a daily component to our 2021 NorCal Football Preview... Read more

Bishop O’Dowd Believes | SportStars’ RETURN TO FALL Football Preview Series No. 1

High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section August 6, 2021 0

Young Nucleus Of Talented Skill Players Has Bishop O’Dowd Thinking Big Things For 2021; PLUS: Liberty’s Nate Bell: The Dual Threat QB In The Shadows • This is the first of 20 installments to our Return To Fall Series — a daily component to our 2021 NorCal Football Preview... Read more

2021 NorCal Football Preview | Return To Fall Series

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section July 24, 2021 0

SportStars’ Return To Fall Series Is A Daily Collection Of NorCal Football Preview Content Highlighting Teams, Players, Rankings And More • From Aug. 6-26, the staff at SportStars Magazine will be celebrating football’s return to fall by working together to produce a daily collection of preview content from throughout... Read more

All-NorCal Football Defense | Spring 2021

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section July 15, 2021 0

No First Teams Or Second Teams — These Are Simply The 20 Defensive Players We Selected To Honor As All-NorCal Standouts This Spring • TOP IMAGE: De La Salle-Concord’s Zeke Berry (left) and St. Mary’s-Stockton’s Nick Murray. (Jean-Paul Toshiro photo) Our All-NorCal Football Offense and Defense were chosen a... Read more

SportStories, Ep. 9 | Coaching Through The Chaos

High School Basketball High School Football Podcasts June 24, 2021 0

Four Coaches Join Us To Share Their Experiences Of Coaching During The Pandemic — An Unprecedented 16-Week Sprint Filled With Unknowns, Unique Challenges And A Lot Of Joy • If you watch sports enough, you hear it all the time: The best coaches are the ones who can make... Read more

Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings | Spring ’21

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section June 15, 2021 0

Campolindo, Archbishop Mitty Finish Abbreviated Season As Clear No. 1 And 2 In Our Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings • Spring 2021 Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings. Previous rank in parenthesis 1. (1) Campolindo-Moraga (15-0) The Cougars took over No. 1 in early April and never relinquished it. Of... Read more

Marsalis Roberson | Rhythm & Flow

High School Basketball High School Sports Features North Coast Section April 22, 2021 0

Named After The Famed Jazz Trumpeter, Bishop O’Dowd’s Marsalis Roberson Features A Smooth All-Around Game And A Drive Fueled By The Memory Of His Father • UPDATED May 13, 2021 There’s a sense of renewal at Bishop O’Dowd High, and it’s not just about the return to live basketball... Read more