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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
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
2021-22 Yearbook Special Edition Cover Vote
VOTE: From July 5-16, Readers Can Choose Between Six Of Our Favorite ’21-’22 Images To Determine The Yearbook Special Edition Cover • With our recently released June/July Digital Issue, we essentially wrapped up the 2022 spring season with our All-NorCal Baseball/Softball honors. And now we’re preparing for our annual... 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’ Season-Opening NorCal Softball Top 20
Led By A Pair Of Undefeated Teams From 2021, The Season-Opening NorCal Softball Top 20 Suggests A Riveting Three Months Ahead Of Us • PICTURED ABOVE: No. 1 St. Francis-Mountain View from March 2020. (SFHS Athletics photo) 1. ST. FRANCIS-MOUNTAIN VIEW (26-0 in 2021) It’s Jessica Oakland’s world and... Read more
Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Wrestling Championships Preview
FORMULA FOR SUCCESS: Ike Dodson Delivers A Weight-By-Weight Breakdown Of The SJS Masters Wrestling Championships That Begin Friday Below is the most comprehensive Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Wrestling Championships Preview you will ever read — mostly because we are the only ones crazy enough about wrestling to write one. With... Read more
SportStars NorCal Wrestler Rankings (106-145) | Feb. 17
Postseason Weight Class Movements Compelled Us To Dial Up New NorCal Wrestler Rankings Prior To Section Championship Weekend • PICTURED ABOVE: Julian Sanchez of Ponderosa-Shingle Springs (No. 9 @ 113s). (Ike Dodson photo) Bonus content! We saw enough changes in divisional action from the Sac-Joaquin Section and weight class... 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
Final NorCal Softball Rankings | 2021
St. Francis Left Zero Doubt Over Its Credentials To Be The Top Team In Our Final NorCal Softball Rankings Of 2021 • Final NorCal Softball Rankings For 2021. Previous rank in parenthesis. (TOP PHOTO: Tayler Biehl of No. 15 Vista del Lago-Folsom; James K. Leash photo) 1. (1) St.... Read more
Final NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings | Spring ’21
Pinewood Closes Out Perfect Season To Overtake No. 1 In Our Final NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings • Spring 2021 Final NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings. Previous rank in parenthesis. (TOP PHOTO: Pinewood Girls Basketball/Twitter) 1. (2) Pinewood-Los Altos Hills (17-0) Even though only one Northern California section had a postseason,... Read more