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2023 Camps & Clinics Guide | What Campers Like

Camps & Clinics April 5, 2023 0

As Part Of Our Annual Camps & Clinics Resource Guide, We Asked Top High School Athletes To Sound Off On What They Gained From Camps • For the past several years, we’ve been polling high school athletes on their favorite memories from camps & clinics they’ve attended over the... Read more

SportStars’ 2022 All-NorCal Offense

Central Coast Section High School Football NewsTicker North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section January 18, 2023 2

We Want The Ball, And We’re Gonna Score — These Are The 27 Players We’ve Picked As The 2022 SportStars All-NorCal Offense • PICTURED ABOVE: San Ramon Valley-Danville QB Luke Baker (Chace Bryson photo) There are no first-teams or second-teams when it comes to the SportStars All-NorCal Team. We... Read more

Stung In SoCal | De La Salle Falls To Lincoln-San Diego In CIF Bowl Return

High School Football NewsTicker North Coast Section San Diego Section December 10, 2022 0

Lincoln Hornets Become First San Diego School To Top Spartans Despite De La Salle Nearly Pulling Off Epic Finish To Topsy-Turvy Season Nothing seemed easy for the 2022 De La Salle football team. That included the ending. Which finished 20 yards shy of being a happy one. Trailing 33-28... Read more

Power & Trust | De La Salle Football Grinds Down Folsom, Advances To State

High School Football NewsTicker North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section December 3, 2022 0

Suffocating Defense And A Vintage De La Salle Football 8-Minute, Clock-Killing Drive Led By Key Seniors Deliver Revenge Win Over Folsom • PICTURED ABOVE: Senior Matthew Dias-Martin Bear-Hugs Fellow Senior And Teammate Derek Thompson Following De La Salle’s 17-14 Win. (Chace Bryson photos) Prior to the CIF Division 1-AA... Read more

Moving On | Campolindo Surives Rancho Cotate; De La Salle Crowned Again

High School Football NewsTicker North Coast Section November 19, 2022 0

Campolindo Football Advances To North Coast Section Div. II Final After Instant Classic With Rancho Cotate; DLS Tops Pittsburg For Open Title • PICTURED ABOVE: Campolindo QB Dashiell Weaver Looks For Running Room On Friday. He Accounted For Nearly 400 Total Yards Passing & Rushing. (Ben Enos photos) One... Read more

Not So Fast | De La Salle Football With Emphatic Win At Clayton Valley

High School Football NewsTicker North Coast Section November 5, 2022 0

For Those Who May Have Had Doubts About De La Salle Football After An Inconsistent First Nine Games, The Spartans Had An Answer Friday • Over the last three decades, the De La Salle football team has rarely needed to deliver a statement win. After losses to three NorCal... Read more

Derek Thompson & Cooper Powers Lay It On The Line

High School Football NewsTicker North Coast Section August 5, 2022 0

A Pair Of Division-I Linemen Lead The Charge As De La Salle Football Prepares To Open Practice With Raging Inferno In Its Belly • PICTURED ABOVE: Derek Thompson During A 2021 Preseason Workout (Chace Bryson photo) It will be hard to write about the 2022 De La Salle High... Read more

SportStars’ 2021 All-NorCal Offense

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section January 20, 2022 0

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

No.1 De La Salle Readies For Rams | RETURN TO FALL Football Preview Series No. 19

High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section August 26, 2021 0

With A Mix Of New Faces And Experienced Ones, De La Salle Football Preps For Challenging Opener; PLUS Staff NCS Season Predictions • This is the nineteenth of 20 installments to our Return To Fall Series — a daily component to our 2021 NorCal Football Preview coverage. “No! Everybody... Read more

SportStars’ 2021 NorCal All-Preseason Football Team

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section August 18, 2021 0

SportStars Chooses 24 Players To Represent It’s NorCal All-Preseason Team Prior To The 2021 Fall Football Season For our NorCal All-Preseason team we keep things simple. Eleven on offense. Eleven on defense. One kicker and one all-purpose player. OFFENSE QB Tyler Tremain (Folsom), Sr. Had no problem joining the... Read more