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7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.9: Thursday Pick’Em (WEEK 3)
The 7 Friday Night Team Returns For Another Week Of NorCal Football Picks, Some Feeling Better Than Others • We’re back for another week of NorCal football picks. 7 Friday Night host Chace Bryson is looking to build off of a strong week, while co-host Ben Enos and Coach... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.7: Thursday Pick’Em (WEEK 2)
The 7 Friday Night Team Attempts To Regroup After A Rough Round Of NorCal Football Picks In The First Week Of Full Action • While the first week of full NorCal action delivered plenty of excitement on the field, there was less enthusiasm in Picksville. Hosts Chace Bryson and... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.3: Thursday Pick’Em (SJS Opening Week)
This Season The 7 Friday Night Team Puts Its Predictions Out In The Open With Dedicated Episodes — And It Starts With A Sac-Joaquin Section Special • As the Sac-Joaquin Schedule gets set to bring a soft-open to the 2022 NorCal football season, it’s as good a time as... Read more
2022 Preseason NorCal Football Rankings | Top 20
In Toughest Call We’ve Faced To Open A Season, De La Salle Edges Folsom To Begin 2022 Atop Our Preseason NorCal Football Rankings • PICTURED ABOVE: De La Salle-Concord senior tight end Cooper Flanagan (Dennis Lee photo) This year more than any other, choosing which team to place at... Read more
SportStars’ 2022 All-NorCal Softball Team
Led By Player Of The Year, Jess Oakland, These Are The 32 Players We’ve Selected As Our 2022 All-NorCal Softball Team • PICTURED ABOVE: From left to right, Tianna Bell (Heritage-Brentwood), Jess Oakland (St. Francis-Mountain View) and D’Auna Johnson (Sheldon-Sacramento). Every section got to play its first full season... Read more
2022 Final NorCal Softball Rankings | Top 25
For The Second Straight Year, It’s The Saint Francis Lancers Leading The Way In Our Final NorCal Softball Rankings • PICTURED ABOVE: Lexi O’Gorman Slides Safely Into Third For No. 1 St. Francis-Mountain View. (Chace Bryson photo) Final NorCal Softball Rankings. All records are through June 4. 1. (1)... Read more
SportStars NorCal Softball Rankings | May 31
Section Finals Deliver Full Shakeup To The NorCal Softball Rankings — And Regional Playoffs Could Do The Same For Next Week’s Final Rankings • NorCal Softball Rankings Previous rankings in parenthesis. All records are through Saturday, May 28 PICTURED ABOVE: Jessica Im of No. 5 Heritage-Brentwood. (Chace Bryson photo)... Read more
SportStars NorCal Girls Wrestling Rankings | Jan. 28
Our Final Regular Season NorCal Girls Wrestling Rankings Features Several New Names — Including A Very Notable One • PICTURED ABOVE: Del Oro-Loomis junior Elena Ivaldi (No. 1 in 121s). (Ike Dodson photo) She’s baaaaack. Both on the mat and atop the 235-pound Division of our newest NorCal Girls... Read more
SportStars’ 2021 All-NorCal Offense
The SportStars All-NorCal Team Is Selected As One 54-Man Roster — These Are The 27 Guys Who Make Up Our All-NorCal Offense • WANT MORE ALL-NORCAL FOOTBALL COVERAGE?NorCal Player Of The Year: Tyler Tremain, QB, FolsomNorCal Defensive Player Of The Year: Zeke Berry, DB, De La Salle-ConcordAll-NorCal DefenseNorCal Offensive... Read more
FINAL NorCal Football Rankings | Expanded Top 35
For The First Time In Our 11 Year History, A New Team Closes The Season At No. 1 As We Expand Our Final NorCal Football Rankings To 35 • Typically we close out the season by making our Final NorCal Football Rankings 33 percent bigger and expanding it from... Read more
SJS Football Playoffs | Semifinals Preview (Div. I-IV)
Will A Top Seed Fall? Sac-Joaquin Section Playoffs Capsules And Predictions Highlight The Season’s Best Matchups • PICTURED ABOVE: Jesuit-Carmichael All-Purpose Back, Kai Santos. (David Gershon photo) The Sac-Joaquin Section football playoffs continue this weekend by adding dynamic semifinal matchups in Divisions I-IV to an already thrilling postseason. If... Read more
Stealing Momentum | Central Catholic Raiders Build Title Expectations
Nevermind That Competitive Equity Forces Central Catholic Football To Play Up In Division II — The 28-Player Squad Is Ready To Cause Chaos • PICTURED AT TOP: Central Catholic defensive back Roland Brown (Ike Dodson photos) The most storied small school football program in California history — Central Catholic... Read more