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Final NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings | Spring ’21

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section June 16, 2021 0

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

SportStories, Episode 3 | Football Springs To Life

High School Football North Coast Section Podcasts Sac-Joaquin Section March 10, 2021 0

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

Sac-Joaquin Section Football | Top Programs Navigate Spring Frenzy

High School Football Sac-Joaquin Section March 1, 2021 0

Several Sac-Joaquin Section Stalwart Programs Find Themselves In Different Places As Schools Race To Play Abbreviated Seasons • There will be Sac-Joaquin Section football. The state’s relaxation of its youth sports guidelines on Feb. 19 opened the door for many Sac-Joaquin Section football programs to hold a spring season... Read more

Damion Elliott | Del Oro Wrestler Has Singlet, Will Travel

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Sac-Joaquin Section December 14, 2020 0

Wrestling In 2020-21 May Just Be A Vision Quest As NorCal Wrestling Stars Like Del Oro’s Damion Elliott Flee State For Chances At Competition • Six months after he seized California Interscholastic Federation stardom by reaching the state finals as a sophomore, Del Oro-Loomis wrestler Damion Elliott found himself... Read more

Casey Taylor’s New Normal | Star Football Coach Starts Anew Again

High School Football High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section November 2, 2020 0

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

Mark Soto: Honor Bowl Founder Writes Of Family, Service & Football

High School Football High School Sports Features September 11, 2020 1

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

Fall Sports’ Alternate Reality: An Imagined Sports Future

Central Coast Section High School Golf High School Sports Features North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section Tennis: High School & Club VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA XC-Track-Running July 3, 2020 0

With Football Delayed Indefinitely And Other Sports Forced To Adapt To Virus Concerns, NorCal’s Fall Sports Season Was Like No Other EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a purely fictionalized look into NorCal’s 2020 fall sports future in a state and region still heavily affected by COVID-19. We composed it without... Read more

SportStars NorCal Wrestling Team Rankings | Dec. 24

Central Coast Section High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section Northern Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section December 24, 2019 0

Gilroy Leads The Pack, But It’s Not A Runaway As Vacaville, Pitman, Del Oro And Oakdale All Trail By Narrow Margins • All season, SportStars will align the best wrestlers of each weight class, and the top teams in Northern California into lists of the 10 or 15 best.... Read more

Favorite 2019 SportStars Cover | Vote For Your Regional Favorites

North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section December 23, 2019 4

We’ve Chosen A Dozen Finalists And Now We Leave It To Our Fans To Vote For Their Favorite 2019 SportStars Covers From Each Region • As we enter the final week of 2019, we thought we’d have some fun with a contest to decide our best covers of the... Read more

Kainoa Acia: Viral Freshman Football Talent Hits The Mat

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Sac-Joaquin Section December 5, 2019 0

2019-20 WRESTLING PREVIEW: A Social Media Sensation During The Fall, Kainoa Acia Has Traded In Pads For Singlet As Part Of Del Oro’s Stellar 2023 Infusion • A month before his Nikes stepped onto the wrestling mat, Del Oro-Loomis freshman Kainoa Acia was a household name. That is, if... Read more

Honor Bowl: Veteran Appreciation Football Event Celebrates 10 Years

High School Football High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section October 3, 2019 0

Mark Soto And The Honor Group Celebrate A Decade Of Honoring Military And First Responders With Its Hometown Honor Bowl At Del Oro • Granite Bay and Del Oro High faced off in a football rivalry game between former state champions on Sept. 20. But it was more than... Read more

Riley Chamberlain: Del Oro Cross Country’s Rabbit Whisperer

High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section Track & Field, Anchored by Youth Runner XC-Track-Running September 27, 2019 0

A Dominant State Champion Cross Country Runner As A Freshman A Year Ago, Del Oro’s Riley Chamberlain Isn’t Shy About Her Olympic Aspirations • She prefers to train in a chatty group. But in competition, Riley Chamberlain has only the trail and her thoughts for company. “I will think... Read more