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7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 3.08: Talkin’ Trojans (w/ Coach Casey Taylor)
With Both Hosts Back Together, 7 Friday Night Delivers An Hour Of NorCal Football Talk & Welcomes Oak Ridge-El Dorado Hills Coach Casey Taylor Onto The Show SportStars’ managing editor, Chace Bryson, returns to the command seat and promptly screws up a recording session. However, he and Ben persevere... Read more
Full Stop | Oak Ridge Football Rides Defense Into SJS Final
A Familiar Formula Delivers A Rematch With A Familiar Foe As Oak Ridge Football Prepares To Take Another Shot At League Rival Folsom • It’s late November and the Oak Ridge football team is right where it expected to be – in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division I championship... Read more
Made Of Honor | How The Honor Bowl Became A Showcase For More Than Football
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... Read more
Oak Ridge Football Out To Reclaim Identity
“Oak Ridge Football Doesn’t Go 3-7” — Trojans Prepare To Put Rocky 2021 Behind Them As Confidence Builds For Second Season Under Coach Casey Taylor • PICTURED ABOVE: Oak Ridge senior linebacker and captain, Conner Dasmann fights through a block. (Ike Dodson photos) What a difference a year makes. The... Read more
Knock, Knock | Inderkum Football Off To Fast Start
New Coach Reggie Harris Has Inderkum Football Off To A 2-0 Start And Teasing A Jump Into The NorCal Rankings • NorCal’s best prep football programs — from the Central Coast Section up to the Northern Section — earn a coveted spot in the SportStars Top 20 each week. It... Read more
Center Feels The Squeeze | RETURN TO FALL Football Preview Series No. 6
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
SportStories, Episode 3 | Football Springs To Life
The Podcast Celebrates The Return To Football With A Tribute To Traditional Offseason Anticipation And Memorable NorCal Season Openers • If you’ve been someone paying attention to California high school sports — or lack thereof — over the last several months, then you know this week of March 8th... Read more
Casey Taylor’s New Normal | Star Football Coach Starts Anew Again
After His Wildly Successful Football Coaching Career Took More Than One Unexpected Twist Last Spring, Casey Taylor Eagerly Waits To Begin Building Another Champion On A New Campus • Back in March, Casey Taylor was enjoying a change of scenery and entering a new phase of his life.  The longtime... Read more
NorCal Early Football Predictions | Staff Stabs: Jim McCue
As We All Nervously Await December, SportStars Is Using Each Thursday Of October To Reveal The Early Football Predictions Of Different Staff Writers • We’ve officially entered our 2021 Season Preview mode. Because it’s not like anything else is happening. So it’s time for some early  football predictions. Before... Read more
Early NorCal Football Predictions | Staff Stabs: Steven Wilson
As We All Nervously Await December, SportStars Is Using Each Thursday Of October To Reveal The Early NorCal Football Predictions Of Different Staff Writers • We’ve officially entered our 2021 Season Preview mode. Because it’s not like anything else is happening. So it’s time for some early NorCal football... Read more
Mark Soto: Honor Bowl Founder Writes Of Family, Service & Football
In His Book “Honor Coach,” Mark Soto Shares How Passion and Patriotism Helped Birth The National High School Football Showcase • Mark Soto has never been short on enthusiasm and passion for what he loves and believes in. And his first-ever foray into the world of book writing shows... Read more
Capital Christian Football: Taylor-Made Champions
A Thrilling Comeback Improved Capital Christian Football To 13-0 And Delivered The First Title Of The Casey Taylor Era • Saturday’s CIF Div. III Section Championship battle of unbeatens, between Placer High and Capital Christian — the two small school, but not-so-small football programs, led by storied coaches —... Read more