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Preseason All-NorCal Football 2023 | Offensive & Defensive Linemen
As The 2023 Season Nears Kick-Off In The Sac-Joaquin Section, We Continue Our Preseason All-NorCal List With The Region’s Top Linemen • PRESEASON ALL-NORCAL LIST SCHEDULE: Quarterbacks/Running Backs | Receivers & Tight Ends | Linebackers/Defensive Backs PICTURED UP TOP: Manuel Serna of Clayton Valley-Concord. (Chace Bryson photo) Our 2023... 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
Familiar Foes, Unfamiliar Territory | Granada Girls Basketball Rises Up
By Avenging Previous Losses In Back-To-Back Playoff Wins, Granada Girls Basketball Is One Win Away From Its First NCS Title In 37 Years • PICTURED ABOVE: Senior Alexa Pletschette, Right, Shares A Moment With Teammate Cassidy Bartolotto During Their Quarterfinal Win At California-San Ramon. (Chace Bryson photos) On the... Read more
SportStars’ Preseason NorCal Softball Rankings
No More Jessica Oakland Or Sydney Stewart, But St. Francis-Mountain View Will Top Preseason NorCal Softball Rankings Nonetheless • PICTURED ABOVE: Lexi O’Gorman Of No. 1 St. Francis Slides Safety Into Third Base During A Livermore Stampede Semifinal With No. 4 Sheldon-Sacramento Last April. (Chace Bryson photo) As things... Read more
Grit & Grind | Scrappy Dublin Notches Upset; Campolindo Moves To 9-0
Dublin Football Qualifies For NCS Playoffs With Clutch Win Over Livermore While Campolindo Wraps Up Another League Title • PICTURED ABOVE: Dublin Senior Running Back Brady Steadman Sits Atop A Teammate’s Shoulders As The Gaels Celebrate Their Upset. (Chace Bryson photo) As wins go, Dublin High’s Friday night upset... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.14: Tacos & Touchdowns
The Show Flirts With Becoming 7 Foodie Night Before Our Hosts Reel It In To Talk Folsom-De La Salle, Unbeaten Teams & Much More • PICTURED ABOVE: Folsom Celebrates On The Field Following Its 24-20 Win At De La Salle. (Ben Enos photo) Before hosts Chace Bryson and Ben... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.11: Thursday Pick’Em (WEEK 4)
Riding High From A Strong Week 3, The 7 Friday Night Team Attacks Its NorCal Football Picks With Confidence Despite Some Tough Matchups • Everyone is in a better mood for the weekly NorCal Football picks show as the 7 Friday Night picking trio went a combined 12 of... Read more
SportStars’ 2022 All-NorCal Softball Team
Led By Player Of The Year, Jess Oakland, These Are The 32 Players We’ve Selected As Our 2022 All-NorCal Softball Team • PICTURED ABOVE: From left to right, Tianna Bell (Heritage-Brentwood), Jess Oakland (St. Francis-Mountain View) and D’Auna Johnson (Sheldon-Sacramento). Every section got to play its first full season... Read more
2022 Final NorCal Softball Rankings | Top 25
For The Second Straight Year, It’s The Saint Francis Lancers Leading The Way In Our Final NorCal Softball Rankings • PICTURED ABOVE: Lexi O’Gorman Slides Safely Into Third For No. 1 St. Francis-Mountain View. (Chace Bryson photo) Final NorCal Softball Rankings. All records are through June 4. 1. (1)... Read more
SportStars NorCal Softball Rankings | May 31
Section Finals Deliver Full Shakeup To The NorCal Softball Rankings — And Regional Playoffs Could Do The Same For Next Week’s Final Rankings • NorCal Softball Rankings Previous rankings in parenthesis. All records are through Saturday, May 28 PICTURED ABOVE: Jessica Im of No. 5 Heritage-Brentwood. (Chace Bryson photo)... Read more
SportStars’ Season-Opening NorCal Softball Top 20
Led By A Pair Of Undefeated Teams From 2021, The Season-Opening NorCal Softball Top 20 Suggests A Riveting Three Months Ahead Of Us • PICTURED ABOVE: No. 1 St. Francis-Mountain View from March 2020. (SFHS Athletics photo) 1. ST. FRANCIS-MOUNTAIN VIEW (26-0 in 2021) It’s Jessica Oakland’s world and... Read more
SportStars NorCal Wrestler Rankings (152-285) | Feb. 17
Postseason Weight Class Movements Compelled Us To Dial Up New NorCal Wrestler Rankings Prior To Section Championship Weekend • PICTURED ABOVE: Jason Brauning, top, of Vacaville (No. 5 @ 152s). (Ike Dodson photo) Bonus content! We saw enough changes in divisional action from the Sac-Joaquin Section and weight class... Read more