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7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.3: Thursday Pick’Em (SJS Opening Week)

High School Football NewsTicker Podcasts Sac-Joaquin Section August 18, 2022 0

This Season The 7 Friday Night Team Puts Its Predictions Out In The Open With Dedicated Episodes — And It Starts With A Sac-Joaquin Section Special • As the Sac-Joaquin Schedule gets set to bring a soft-open to the 2022 NorCal football season, it’s as good a time as... 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

7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 23: All-NorCal Season Finale

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Oakland Section Podcasts Sac-Joaquin Section January 21, 2022 0

SportStars Puts A Bow On The 2021 Season With An Episode Full Of Postseason Award And All-NorCal Football Team Discussion • In the final episode of our first season, hosts Chace and Ben wrap up the 2021 Northern California high school football season with an in-depth discussion on SportStars’... Read more

Dream Team | Vacaville Wrestling Has Record-Setting Potential

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Sac-Joaquin Section December 22, 2021 0

Vacaville Has Spent The First Month Of The Season Establishing Itself As NorCal’s Top Wrestling Team — And That Doesn’t Look Like Changing Anytime Soon PICTURED ABOVE: Kainoa Medina, left, tangles with Oakdale’s Michael Torres in the 2020 SJS Masters 106-pound final. (Ike Dodson photos) The first time Kainoa... Read more

Hail Ceasar! | Top Ranked Oakdale Wrestler Aims For State Glory

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Sac-Joaquin Section December 22, 2021 2

Ceasar Garza Is Arguably NorCal’s Best Pound-For-Pound Wrestlers — And He’s Proved It During A Whirlwind Start To His Senior Campaign • To become the fourth CIF wrestling champion in Oakdale High history this season, Michigan State-bound Ceasar Garza has to be better than any other California wrestler at... Read more

7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 18: Section Championships & Cookie Capers

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Northern Section Podcasts Sac-Joaquin Section November 24, 2021 0

It’s All-The-Marbles Time And 7 Friday Night Features Multiple Guests As We Look Back At Crazy Semifinals And Preview Section Title Week • 7 Friday Night goes all out as it reviews an absolute wild weekend of semifinals while also previewing section championship weekend throughout Northern California. Hosts Chace... Read more

Vacaville Wrestling: Sound PINvestment

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Sac-Joaquin Section January 20, 2019 0

The Vacaville Wrestling Program Is A Mom-And-Pop Company Worth Buying Into • Vacaville wrestling coaches Clint Birch and Armando Orozco have a business that is ready for the Shark Tank. Birch and Orozco — emboldened by administrators, parents, alumni and rabid fans — manage the most profitable high school... Read more

CIF State Wrestling Preview

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW March 1, 2018 0

Legends Are Born At The CIF State Wrestling Championships — Here’s A Look At The Most Likely Candidates To Make A Lasting Impact This Year Waterford senior Kyle Brown peered onto the center floor at the Stockton Arena last week and gestured toward the semifinal bouts taking place during... Read more

Driven by Design – The Joe Iacono Story

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section January 29, 2018 0

It has been close to twenty-six years since I first met Joe Iacono, but the memory is crystal clear and etched in my psyche forever. One Livermore High School Cowboy wrestling family member in particular, I have had the honor and privilege to coach, as well as mentor beyond... Read more

Maximum Mat Watch-List: 10 Must-See Events

Central Coast Section Central Section High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section December 29, 2017 1

Make A New Year’s Commitment To Take In Some Of NorCal’s Best Wrestling Events — We’ve Helped You Out With A List • By IKE DODSON “I’m going to eat better and exercise more.” No, you’re not. I’ll give you a week before your longing hands go plunging into... Read more

Del Oro’s JT Stinson is The Scrambler

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW Sac-Joaquin Section December 21, 2017 0

The Reputation Of Del Oro’s JT Stinson Grows After His Recent Upset Victory • Story and Photos by IKE DODSON On the wrestling mat, scrambling is art. Not every pin is achieved after a perfectly executed move, and evenly-matched foes will often improvise rolls, dives, pivots, hoists and pulls... Read more