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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

NorCal Football Coaches Of The Year | Grant’s Carl Reed & Syd’Quan Thompson

High School Football NewsTicker Sac-Joaquin Section January 16, 2023 2

Grant Football Co-Coaches Reed & Thompson Orchestrated A Full Program Revival And Redefined Its Long Used Motto: #Pacer4Life • PICTURED ABOVE: Grant Co-Coach Syd’Quan Thompson Holds Up The 3-AA State Bowl Championship Trophy With Fellow Coach Carl Reed Looking On. (David Gershon photo) If you’ve played a down for... Read more

Champions For Life | Grant Football Rallies For 3-AA State Title

High School Football NewsTicker Sac-Joaquin Section December 13, 2022 3

Grant Football Program Goes From Winless To Limitless After 2008 State Champion Alumni Inspire Bowl Game Greatness In Wild Finish PICTURED ABOVE: Grant’s Kyrell Goss-Pruitt Dives Over The Goal Line For A 2-Yard Fourth-Quarter TD Run. (David Gershon photos) In North Sacramento, what’s behind you can help you overcome... Read more

7 Friday Night Podcast | Eps. 2.36 & 2.37: CIF State Bowl Instant Reactions

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7 Friday Night Hosts Share Thoughts & Search For Positives In Late Night Recordings From NorCal’s Long Weekend At CIF Bowls In Mission Viejo PICTURED ABOVE: Pittsburg Senior Zack Card Leads Pittsburg High On To The Field Saturday. (Ben Enos photo) Saddleback College in Mission Viejo was a place... Read more

7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.35: State Bowls Preview (w/ Mark Tennis)

Central Coast Section Central Section High School Football NewsTicker North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Podcasts Sac-Joaquin Section San Diego Section Southern Section December 8, 2022 0

Pick ‘Em Season Is Over At 7 Friday Night; This Thursday We Simply Chat State Championship Football With Our Friends At CalHiSports.Com • PICTURED ABOVE: The View From Inside Saddleback College The Day Before Games Begin. (Mitch Stephens photo/Scorebooklive.com) The 7 Friday Night CIF State Championships Mega-Week rolls on... Read more

NorCal Football Rankings | Top 20, WEEK 16

Central Coast Section High School Football NewsTicker North Coast Section Oakland Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section December 7, 2022 0

Grant Finally Cracks The NorCal Football Rankings And The Top 5 Are Likely Locked Into Their Final Spots As We Reach State Bowl Week • A fascinating NorCal championship weekend played partly in pretty awful conditions, gave us results that has probably led us to our final Top 5... Read more

7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.34: The Bell Tolls For All

Central Coast Section High School Football NewsTicker North Coast Section Podcasts Sac-Joaquin Section December 6, 2022 0

A Full Week Of CIF State Championship Shows Begins As 7 Friday Night Offers A Jam-Packed NorCal Finals Review & Welcomes Bellarmine Senior Ben Pfaff • PICTURED ABOVE: Pittsburg Coach Victor Galli Is Carried By Players Following The Pirates’ Div. 1-A NorCal Win Over Manteca. (Chace Bryson photo) It’s... Read more

How Fitting | Grant Football Proves Return To Championship Form

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

Quarterback Joseph McCray Accounted For 3 TDs As Grant Football Punched Its Ticket Back To The CIF State Bowls With Rout Of El Cerrito • PICTURED ABOVE: Grant High QB Joseph McCray Embraces A Coach As The Pacers Celebrate Their 36-7 Win At El Cerrito. (Ben Enos photos) Carl... Read more

7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.33: Thursday Pick ‘Em (CIF Regionals)

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It’s The Final Week Of True NorCal Football Picks, And The 7 Friday Night Crew Offers Analysis & Picks On 10 Different Regional Showdowns • The stakes are higher for everyone now as the season moves past sections and into NorCal regional bowl playoffs — and that goes for... Read more

Noa Way But Up | Alani Noa, Grant Football Plot Return To Prominence

High School Football NewsTicker Sac-Joaquin Section August 17, 2022 0

Led By USC-Bound Lineman Alani Noa, Grant Is Building From The Inside Out As The Long-Respected Sac-Joaquin Section Power Looks To Rise From A Five-Year Swoon • PICTURED ABOVE: Grant senior lineman, Alani Noa. (Ike Dodson photos) To resurrect one of the most storied football programs in Northern California... Read more

7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.2: Game Week In The Sac-Joaquin Section

High School Football NewsTicker North Coast Section Podcasts Sac-Joaquin Section StaffPicks August 16, 2022 0

Reporter Ike Dodson Joins The Show To Help Offer A Primer On The Sac-Joaquin Section As It Opens Its Season This Friday • With real, live football action set to begin in the Sac-Joaquin Section, hosts Chace Bryson and Ben Enos welcome fellow SportStars writer/photographer Ike Dodson for a... Read more

Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings | 2021-22

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section March 17, 2022 0

Modesto Christian’s 30-Win Season, Regional Open Title Secure Crusaders The Top Spot In Our Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings • PICTURED ABOVE: Div. II State Champions, No. 12 Elk Grove . (David Gershon photo) Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings. Previous rank in parenthesis 1. (1) Modesto Christian (30-6) Crusaders... Read more

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