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Fashionably Late | Rancho Cotate Football Opens 2022 Slow, But Strong
A Late Running Bus, Sluggish First Half Couldn’t Derail The Rancho Cotate Football Team From A Strong Start To A Season With High Expectations • PICTURED ABOVE: Malik Cleveland Leads Rancho Cotate Onto The Field. (Ben Enos photos) Liam Keaney and his Rancho Cotate-Rohnert Park teammates worked all spring... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.5: Thursday Pick’Em (WEEK 1)
High School Football Season Opens In Full This Week And Big Matchups Highlight The 7 Friday Night Team’s NorCal Football Picks • Our Thursday prediction show hits top gear this week as high school football officially opens across all of Northern California. Everybody — hosts Chace Bryson and Ben... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.4: Season Openers & Knight Terrors
After Revisiting Last Week’s Sac-Joaquin Openers, The Show Gears Up For A Full NorCal Football Slate And Welcomes Las Lomas Coach Doug Longero For Some Knight Talk • It’s a big week on the show as hosts Chace Bryson and Ben Enos revisit results and key takeaways from the... Read more
De La Salle Delivers  | NorCal Football Sunday Wrap
Two-Loss Spartans Team Silences Doubters With A Convincing Road Win Over NorCal’s No. 1-Ranked Folsom • TOP PHOTO: De La Salle running back Charles Greer. (Ike Dodson photo) Folsom High football coach Paul Doherty darted back and forth along the postgame handshake line between his Bulldogs and De La... Read more
Pittsburg’s Young Bucs | RETURN TO FALL Football Preview Series No. 8
For Pittsburg Football, The Future Is Now; PLUS We Reveal Three More NorCal Top 20 Teams, And Play Trivia At Las Lomas-Walnut Creek • This is the eighth of 20 installments to our Return To Fall Series — a daily component to our 2021 NorCal Football Preview coverage. Interview... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 1: Just Like Riding A Bike
SportStars Debuts Its High School Football-Focused Podcast Hosted By Chace Bryson & Ben Enos, And Featuring Retired Coaching Legend Terry Eidson • SportStars entered the Podcast Era this past February when we launched SportStories. After a ton of of positive feedback, the magazine is excited to add another show... Read more
ELIJAH LASH Las Lomas Football, SportStar of the Week
ELIJAH LASH Las Lomas-Walnut Creek – Football – Senior Chosen SportStar of the Week In his first season with the Knights, Elijah Lash has made an immediate impact on both sides of the ball. _______________________________ GET CONNECTED: Follow SportStars on Twitter & Instagram | Like us on Facebook | Subscribe! _______________________________ Las Lomas improved to 7-0 with a 42-21... Read more
Las Lomas Football: Newell Beginnings
Doug Longero Had No Intention Of Returning To The Las Lomas Football Sidelines — Until He Met A Young Isaiah Newell • Isaiah Newell walks into the Las Lomas football office like he’d walk into his own living room. He wears a big smile as he strides to an... Read more
Las Lomas, Rancho Cotate Football Open With NorCal Ranks Of #23-24
With 23 Combined Wins In 2019 And Pair Of NCS Semifinal Appearances, Both Las Lomas And Rancho Cotate Are On Serious Upward Trends • This is the fourth of five releases this week debuting the opening 10 teams to our expanded 2019 Fit Pro Go! NorCal Preseason Rankings. Las... Read more
Coach Brian Dietschy’s Journey To State Finals Started In Elementary School
Thirty Years After After Losing A NorCal Basketball Final As A Las Lomas Player, Brian Dietschy Coached A Serendipitous Knights Team Into The State Finals • Brian Dietschy story by CLAY KALLAM | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH The story starts on San Juan Avenue, a quiet Walnut Creek... Read more
Las Lomas Basketball To Its First State Finals Appearance
A Nine-Point Flurry From Senior Devin Payne Helped Lift Las Lomas To Its First State Finals Appearance • For almost three full quarters, Palo Alto High and Las Lomas Basketball teams played the equivalent of a three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust football game, grinding out possessions and hoping to score. Then Devin Payne... Read more
Las Lomas And Northgate: Battle of the Creek Rivalry Meeting
Rivalry Meeting Of Walnut Creek’s Two Public School Boys Hoops Teams Reaches New Hype Levels • The “Battle of the Creek” is always a big deal in Walnut Creek, pitting the city’s two public schools — Las Lomas and Northgate — against each other. But, this year in boys... Read more