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Legendary Footprint | Tom Gonsalves Exits St. Mary’s Girls Hoops

High School Basketball High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section May 4, 2020 0

After Making The Stockton School A Girls Basketball National Force, Coach Tom Gonsalves Has Stepped Down After Illustrious Two-Decade Run • Good coaches build a program. Only the elite raise a region. When Tom Gonsalves took over at St. Mary’s of Stockton in 2002, the Sac-Joaquin Section was far... Read more

Ashley Hiraki | Fan Choice NorCal Girls Hoops Player Of The Year

Central Coast Section High School Basketball April 16, 2020 0

After Garnering More Than 10,000 Votes Over Nine Days, Archbishop Mitty Veteran Leader Ashley Hiraki Was The Fans’ Choice For NorCal Player Of The Year • On its way to compiling a 26-3 record and going wire-to-wire as Northern California’s No. 1 team, the Archbishop Mitty High girls basketball... Read more

SportStar Ashley Hiraki Mitty Girls Basketball

Central Section High School Basketball SportStars of the Week March 16, 2020 0

Ashley Hiraki, Archbishop Mitty-San Jose — Basketball – Senior named SportStar of the Week Amidst the concern and confusion of the COVID-19 outbreak, stellar student-athletes continue find ways of standing out. And wowing us! At the time this piece was written, girls (and all) high school basketball has been... Read more

Gabby Rones, West Campus Hot Shot Grabs SportStar of the Week

High School Basketball Sac-Joaquin Section SportStars of the Week February 10, 2020 0

Gabby Rones, the Warriors’ three-year starter, is firing on all cylinders for her senior season, earning her SportStar of the Week honors. Through Feb. 1, Gabby Rones helped lead West Campus – Sacramento to a 16-5 overall record and a 5-1 mark in the Greater Sacramento League. The Warrior’s... Read more

MVP Alexsandra Alvarado Takes SportStar Honors

High School Basketball North Coast Section SportStars of the Week January 24, 2020 0

Alexsandra Alvarado, Salesian-Richmond, Basketball, Junior, SportStar of the Week Alexsandra Alvarado continues to show up big! She closed out 2019 by earning the MVP Award for the West Coast Jamboree Diamond Division. this was in the Pride’s biggest games- when it really counts! Alvarado scored 22 points in a... Read more

Monte Vista’s Sarah Brans – SportStar of the Week

High School Basketball North Coast Section SportStars of the Week January 10, 2020 0

Sarah Brans, Monte Vista-Danville’s Basketball Soph. Posts Double-Double earning here SportStar of the Week accolades One of the youngest varsity teams in the East Bay got off to a stellar 7-2 start thanks in large part to the efforts of Sarah Brans. Brans posted a double-double of 18 points... Read more

Paradise Girls Basketball: Resilient Bobcats Finding Footing

High School Basketball High School Sports Features Northern Section December 19, 2019 0

One Year After A Wildfire Destroyed Its Town, A Still-Healing Paradise Girls Basketball Team Makes Gratifying Visit To West Coast Jamboree On a quiet November night in 2018, David Jackson sat down to watch the Golden State Warriors telecast. It wasn’t just any regular night on Warriors Ground though.... Read more

Jzaniya Harriel: Sac Region’s Top Recruit Leads Feisty Antelope

High School Basketball High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section November 15, 2019 0

FLASH OF THE TITANS: Do-Everything Recruit Jzaniya Harriel Leads An Antelope Team Full Of Guards Bent On Out-Running, Out-Shooting And Outlasting Anyone • Squeaking sneakers scramble to midcourt during Antelope’s girls basketball practice in early November, Jzaniya Harriel and her teammates then dart toward one of six baskets that... Read more

St. Joseph Girls Basketball: Pilots Ready To Fire Afterburners

High School Basketball North Coast Section November 15, 2019 0

Alameda’s St. Joseph Notre Dame Has Reached A North Coast Section Final In Each Of The Past Five Seasons — And Is Ready To Add On • We’ve all been there: Ms. Grunion’s English class, and it’s time to write a book report. Ms. Grunion, who settles for no... Read more

2019 All-NorCal Girls Basketball

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Northern Section Sac-Joaquin Section April 11, 2019 2

All-NorCal Girls Basketball 1st, 2nd And 3rd Teams: Our Selections Of The Top 15 Players From The 2018-19 Season • 2019 ALL-NORCAL GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS FIRST TEAM KLARA ASTROM | Wing | Pinewood-Los Altos Hills | 5-9 | Sr. Not only did Astrom score (16.0 ppg), rebound (6.9 rpg)... Read more

Morgan Dunbar Oakland Basketball SportStar of the Week

High School Basketball SportStars of the Week March 18, 2019 0

DIII Finals at Golden 1 Center, Sacramento Morgan Dunbar delivered team-highs in both points (20) and steals (6) as Oakland High defeated McFarland to win the program’s first CIF State Basketball title on March 8. The Wildcats led 9-8 after the first quarter and never trailed on their way... Read more

SportStar of the Week: Ali Bamberger Carondelet Basketball

High School Basketball North Coast Section SportStars of the Week February 27, 2019 0

Ali Bamberger — Carondelet-Concord Varsity Basketball Standout You’ve seen the name before gracing these hallowed SportStars of the Week pages. Ali Bamberger, the Carondelet Basketball Cougars 6-foot-3 post player, posted a dominant double-double of 28 points, 14 rebounds and four blocks to lead her team to a fourth-straight North... Read more