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Valley Christian Badminton Sisters Eye NorCal Title

Central Coast Section NewsTicker May 19, 2023 0

Nationally-Ranked Players, Sumaswara And Suneri Chinthalapati, Take No. 2 Seed Into CIF Doubles Tournament For Valley Christian Of San Jose • PICTURED ABOVE: Sumaswara Chinthalapati (Inside Left) And Her Sister Suneri Show Off Some Of Their Championship Hardware With Coaches Mark DeLuca (Far Right) And Davis Gunter. (Contributed Photo)... Read more

7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.33: Thursday Pick ‘Em (CIF Regionals)

Central Coast Section Central Section High School Football North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Podcasts Sac-Joaquin Section December 1, 2022 0

It’s The Final Week Of True NorCal Football Picks, And The 7 Friday Night Crew Offers Analysis & Picks On 10 Different Regional Showdowns • The stakes are higher for everyone now as the season moves past sections and into NorCal regional bowl playoffs — and that goes for... Read more

Grinders, Fighters & Thieves | De La Salle Baseball Does It Again

Central Coast Section High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section June 7, 2022 0

The 2022 De La Salle Baseball Team Continued The Program’s Championship Tradition — In A Style All Its Own • Every championship team develops its own identity. For some teams, that identity is more subtle and kept behind the scenes. The De La Salle High baseball team was not... Read more

Campolindo Cross Country | Pace Of Patience

North Coast Section XC-Track-Running January 19, 2021 0

With Their Sport Potentially Serving As A Bellwether For A Return To Interscholastic Competition, Campolindo High’s Pair Of Defending State Championship Cross Country Teams Work To Remain Hopeful • As efforts unfold in uncertain times to salvage a semblance of a high school sports season, athletes from the Campolindo... Read more

Unbelievable Effort: 2010 De La Salle Football | A #NeverStop Memory

#NeverStop Project High School Football North Coast Section April 23, 2020 0

De La Salle Football Coach Justin Alumbaugh Contributes To The SportStars #NeverStop Project With A Spartans Moment That Even Caught Him By Surprise • It is always difficult for me to describe moments where I’ve been truly surprised during my coaching career. Teenagers are capable of some incredible things,... Read more

James Logan Girls Wrestling | Colts Claim State Title As Sport Skyrockets

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section March 20, 2020 0

James Logan Girls Wrestling Clutches CIF Championship As Girls Wrestling Builds NCAA “Emerging Sport” Momentum • Saturdays are officially for the girls. And the James Logan Girls Wrestling team is here for it. Wrestling’s highest divisions have been invaded by college and prep athletes looking to define their generation... Read more

Viral Disruption: NorCal Teams Cope With State Basketball Cancellations

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section March 17, 2020 0

Twelve NorCal Teams See Title Dreams End After CIF Is Forced Into State Basketball Cancellations As The Coronavirus Outbreak Accelerated • And then there were no championships. On the morning of March 12, the sudden CIF State Basketball cancellations brought the stark reality of the Coronavirus pandemic to the... Read more

Monte Vista Soccer: Mustang Girls Repeat In Chaotic Fashion

Blog HS / CLUB Soccer North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section March 6, 2019 0

Controversial-Call-Turned-Free-Kick Leads To Golden Goal And Mass Confusion As Monte Vista Wins Second Straight CIF NorCal Title • Buckle up with the Monte Vista High and Davis girls soccer teams. Jubilation, heartache and controversy await. Saturday’s CIF Division I Northern Regional Championship girls soccer match in Davis ended in... Read more

CIF Wrestling Championships: Gilroy Boys, NorCal Girls Shine

Central Coast Section High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section Northern Section Sac-Joaquin Section February 27, 2019 0

Revisiting NorCal’s Key Stories, Newsmakers And Highlights Of NorCal’s Three Days And Nights At The CIF Wrestling Championships • Denied a CIF team wrestling championship in his first opportunity to win one at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield Saturday, Gilroy wrestling coach and UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier crafted a... Read more

Girls Wrestling: 2019 CIF State Championship Preview

Central Coast Section Central Section High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Los Angeles City Section North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section San Diego Section San Francisco Section Southern Section February 20, 2019 0

Ready for Rabobank: Girls Wrestling Joins The Big Show As CIF Welcomes The Field To Its Premier State Championship Venue Alongside The Boys • It will stretch the action to three days and eliminate the finals stage and spotlight, but the girls wrestling earned participation at the premier venue... Read more

Oh My, Omania: CIF State Wrestling Championship

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW March 8, 2018 0

De La Salle’s Sr. Wrestler Captures First Gold In Program’s History With His Triumph In The 145-Pound Bracket at CIF State Wrestling Championship. Mark Halvorson’s heart sank when Tony Mendoza’s outstretched hand snaked toward the left foot of his De La Salle-Concord wrestling star, Peyton Omania, in the waning... Read more