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7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 3.09: An Instant Classic
All Three 7 Friday Night Personalities Share Thoughts On Being At Last Week’s Thriller Between De La Salle & San Ramon Valley; PLUS Previews, Picks & MORE All three members of the podcast just happened to be at the biggest game of last week, and perhaps the biggest game... Read more
DANVILLE DANDY | San Ramon Valley Pushes De La Salle To Brink
With Senior QB Luke Baker Leading The Way, San Ramon Valley Football Nearly Became First Section Team To Beat De La Salle Since 1991 — But Spartans Managed OT Escape Even if you removed all the historical significance — namely that the San Ramon Valley football team was a 35-yard... Read more
TRUE STORY | Amador Valley Volleyball Delivers On 2023 Expectations
East Bay Coaches Weren’t Shy About Telling The Newest Amador Valley Volleyball Coach His Team Was Ready To Take Off — And The Dons Appear To Be Proving Them Right PICTURED ABOVE: Amador Valley senior outside hitter, Zoe Allison. After a long stretch of focus on club volleyball, Jacky... Read more
GRIZZLIES GLANCE INWARD | Focus On Itself Works For California High Football
San Ramon’s California High Dialed Up Its Air Attack As It Improved To 2-1 With Impressive Home Win Over Ranked Escalon PICTURED AT TOP: Sophomore Carson Fife (22) And The Grizzlies Celebrate Winning Their Home Opener. (Ben Enos Photos) Throughout the first few weeks of the season, California High... Read more
SportStars’ 2022-23 NorCal Boys Basketball Player Of The Year | Ryan Beasley
Dougherty Valley Do-Everything Guard, Ryan Beasley, Was The Ultimate Catalyst For The Bay Area’s Best Team • MORE POSTSEASON HOOPS HONORS: All-NorCal Girls Basketball Team | NorCal Girls Player Of The Year – Jordan Lee | NorCal Girls Coach Of The Year – Leroy Hurt They came from all... Read more
SportStars NorCal Baseball Rankings | April 20
Several Teams That Had Slid In Last Week’s NorCal Baseball Rankings Bounce Back To Regain Original Spots Or Higher • NorCal Baseball Rankings All records are through Monday, April 19 (via MaxPreps). Previous rank is in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: Freshman Dax Hardcastle Of No. 7 St. Mary’s-Stockton. (David Gershon... Read more
SportStars NorCal Softball Rankings | April 13
West Catholic, East Bay Athletic Leagues Dominate Livermore Stampede — Leading To Few Surprises In NorCal Softball Rankings • NorCal Softball Rankings All records are through Monday, April 12 (via MaxPreps). Previous rank is in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: Senior Carly Cummings Of No. 1 St. Francis-Mountain View. (Chace Bryson... Read more
SportStars NorCal Softball Rankings | March 28
Twelve Different Teams Make Upward Movements And Just One Team Falls Out In This Week’s NorCal Softball Rankings • NorCal Softball Rankings All records are through Saturday, March 26 (via MaxPreps). Previous rank is in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: Sophomore Alyssa Flindt Of No. 16 Whitney-Rocklin. (Chace Bryson photo) 1.... Read more
SportStars NorCal Baseball Rankings | March 21
Head-To-Head Wins Among Top Teams Both Simplifies And Complicates Our First NorCal Baseball Rankings In Two Weeks • NorCal Baseball Rankings All records are through Monday, March 20 (via MaxPreps). Previous rank is in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: Junior Outfielder Tatum Marsh Of No. 2 Valley Christian-San Jose. (Ike Dodson... Read more
SportStars NorCal Softball Rankings | March 16
It’s Been A Wet March So Far, But That Didn’t Keep The NorCal Softball Rankings From Seeing Quite A Bit Of Change • NorCal Softball Rankings All records are through Monday, March 15 (via MaxPreps). Previous rank is in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: Emma French of No. 6 Benicia. (Chace... Read more
No Apologies | Granada Boys Basketball Earns First NorCal Finals Trip Since ’96
Despite Drawing And Beating An Undermanned Riordan, The Granada Boys Basketball Team Has Proven It Belongs In Div. I Title Game • PICTURED ABOVE: Granada Students React As The Matadors’ NaVaughn Long Looks Up At The Score After Being Fouled While Converting A Second-Half Layup. (Chace Bryson photos) There... Read more
CIF Basketball Notes | Salesian Girls Shine; Bracketbusters Crash D2 Boys
Salesian Girls Show Grit In 2OT Road Win; EBAL Dominates; Sierra Foothill League Cinderellas Whitney, Granite Bay Boys Set To Clash Again • PICTURED ABOVE: Whitney-Rocklin Senior Derek Lamb Dunks The Ball During The Sac-Joaquin Section Division II Final. (David Gershon photo) As the Open Division closed out the... Read more