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NorCal Football Rankings | Top 20, WEEK 3
Our NorCal Football Rankings Get Their First Real Shake-Up Of The Season, Including A Flip-Flop Of The No. 2 And No. 3 Teams • PICTURED AT TOP: Wayshawn Parker of No. 9 Grant-Sacramento. (David Gershon Photo) After three weeks of football in Northern California, the picture is becoming just... Read more
Preseason All-NorCal Football 2023 | Quarterbacks & Running Backs
As The 2023 Season Nears Kick-Off In The Sac-Joaquin Section, We Begin Our Preseason All-NorCal Roll Call With The Offensive Backfield • PRESEASON ALL-NORCAL LIST SCHEDULE: Wide Receivers/Tight Ends | Offensive/Defensive Line | Linebackers/Defensive Backs PICTURED UP TOP: Maealiuaki Smith of Serra-San Mateo (David Gershon photo) Our 2023 Preseason... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.40: All-NorCal Team Season Finale
The 7 Friday Night Hosts Dive In On All Things All-NorCal + Welcome Manteca Coach Mark Varnum For Stories About Blake Nichelson • PICTURED ABOVE: All-NorCal Running Back, Tyler Jacklich Of Central Catholic-Modesto (Ben Enos Photo) SportStars Magazine’s coverage of the 2022 NorCal high school football season officially came... Read more
SportStars 2022 NorCal Player Of The Year | Blake Nichelson
With His Biggest Moments On The Biggest Stages, Manteca’s Blake Nichelson Completed A Legendary Prep Career With An Epic 2022 Season • _______________________________ MORE SPORTSTARS 2022 ALL-NORCAL FOOTBALL:Coaches Of The Year | All-NorCal Defensive Roster | NorCal Defensive Player Of The Year | All-NorCal Offensive Roster | NorCal Offensive Player... Read more
SportStars’ 2022 All-NorCal Defense
These Are The 27 Guys We’re Lining Up Against Any Offense Who Dares — This Is The 2022 SportStars All-NorCal Defense • PICTURED ABOVE: Folsom Senior DB, Greco Carrillo (David Gershon photo) There are no first-teams or second-teams when it comes to the SportStars All-NorCal Team. We build it... Read more
NorCal Football Rankings | Top 20, WEEK 16
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. 2.33: Thursday Pick ‘Em (CIF Regionals)
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
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.32: Dogged Pursuit
It’s A Post-Thanksgiving, Very-Full Episode Of Championship Football Talk As The 7 Friday Night Team Welcomes Folsom Coach Paul Doherty • This episode is an appropriate one to follow the Thanksgiving holiday, because it’s stuffed! 7 Friday Night hosts Chace Bryson and Ben Enos revisit a wild weekend of... Read more
Grand Central | Central Catholic Football On Verge Of League Title
Shootout Win Over Manteca Sets Central Catholic Football Up For Second Straight Undefeated Run Through Valley Oak League • PICTURED ABOVE: Central Catholic Coach Roger Canepa Delivers An Emphatic Postgame Message. (Chace Bryson photos) “How ‘bout them Raiders?!!” The refrain thundered from Central Catholic football coach Roger Canepa and... Read more
NorCal Football Rankings | Top 20, WEEK 8
There’s A New No. 3 In The NorCal Football Rankings, Plus A Preseason Top 20 Team Returns After A Mid-September Exit • We didn’t get the seismic shift we could’ve had with a few more upsets, but last week’s five matchups between teams within the NorCal Football Rankings still... Read more
NorCal Football Rankings | Top 20, WEEK 5
For The Second Straight Week, All 20 Teams In The NorCal Football Rankings Manage To Hold On To A Spot After Some Shuffling In The Lower Half • Despite a couple of key matchups within the NorCal Football Rankings, Week 4 didn’t end up being quite the storm we... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.3: Thursday Pick’Em (SJS Opening Week)
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