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Mater Dei girls basketball team remains on the offensive, reaches West Coast Jamboree Platinum Division final against Windward

Basketball Blog Central Coast Section Central Section Features High School Basketball High School Sports Features News NewsTicker North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section San Diego Section Southern Section StaffPicks December 29, 2024 0

Perhaps a loss to the nation’s top-ranked girls basketball team was all the motivation Mater Dei High needed to make sure it didn’t endure another setback for the rest of the year. After being held to a season-low 42 points Dec. 20 against Archbishop Mitty High, the Monarchs have... Read more

Mater Dei girls basketball team seeks first Platinum Division title at West Coast Jamboree since 2019

Basketball Blog Central Coast Section Central Section Features High School Basketball News NewsTicker North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section San Diego Section Southern Section StaffPicks December 27, 2024 0

For the first time since 2019, Mater Dei is scheduled to compete Friday in the Platinum Division of the West Coast Jamboree, one of the largest annual girls basketball tournaments in the country. The event, which began in 2000, features 104 teams competing in 13 brackets, with semifinal matchups... Read more

SportStars NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings | Dec. 12

Central Coast Section High School Basketball NewsTicker North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section December 13, 2023 0

Our First In-Season NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings Has Nine Teams Rising From Their Preseason Spot; PLUS: Some Analysis On New NCS Playoff Proposal • NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings All records are through Monday, Dec. 11. Previous rank in parenthesis. Records obtained through MaxPreps.com PICTURED ABOVE: No. 17 Salesian from... Read more

Final NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings | 2022-23

Central Coast Section High School Basketball NewsTicker North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section March 16, 2023 0

Mitty-San Jose Finishes At The Top Of Our Final NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings Yet Again — And The Dominance Isn’t Likely To Stop • PICTURED ABOVE: Senior guard Nia Hunter of No. 4 Oakland Tech. (Chace Bryson photo) It’s Mitty’s world in Northern California and here in the NorCal... Read more

NorCal Girls Wrestling | Who’s The Next Amit Elor?

Central Coast Section High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW NewsTicker North Coast Section Northern Section Sac-Joaquin Section San Francisco Section February 8, 2023 3

As The Postseason Begins, Expect Big Things From These 137 Wrestlers — The Best Of NorCal Girls Wrestling This Season • PICTURED ABOVE: Bella Vista-Fair Oaks Junior Gianna Dibenedetto (137 Pounds) At The 2022 SJS Masters. (Ike Dodson photos) Before she was the No. 1 ranked female wrestler on... Read more

SportStars NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings | Feb. 7

Central Coast Section High School Basketball NewsTicker North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section San Francisco Section February 7, 2023 0

Another Week Bereft Of Upsets Leaves The NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings Unchanged Yet Again As Section Playoffs Begin On Feb. 14 • NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings All records are through Monday, Feb. 6. Previous rank in parenthesis. Records obtained through MaxPreps.com PICTURED ABOVE: Senior Guard Sofia Fidelus Of No.... Read more

SportStars NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings | Jan. 31

Central Coast Section High School Basketball NewsTicker North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section January 31, 2023 0

With All 20 Teams Taking Care Of Business Last Seek, The NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings Go Unchanged Before A Week Of Big Matchups • NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings All records are through Monday, Jan. 30. Previous rank in parenthesis. Records obtained through MaxPreps.com PICTURED ABOVE: Gabriella Biittner Of No.... Read more

SportStars 2022 All-NorCal Baseball Team

Central Coast Section High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section Northern Section Sac-Joaquin Section June 28, 2022 0

This 32-Player All-NorCal Baseball Team Features National Leaders In Both Home Runs And Pitching Wins From This Season • PICTURED ABOVE: From left to right, Palo Alto’s Henry Bolte, McClatchy-Sacramento’s Malcolm Moore and Woodcreek-Roseville’s Braeden Sloan. (Palo Alto Baseball/Twitter; USA Baseball; David Gershon photos) Baseball was all the way... Read more

Malcolm Moore | 2022 NorCal Baseball Player Of The Year

High School Baseball/Softball Sac-Joaquin Section StaffPicks June 27, 2022 0

McClatchy’s Malcolm Moore Went From Wearing Baseball Shoes To Kindergarten, To Becoming One Of The Nation’s Top 60 Draft Prospects • PICTURED ABOVE: Malcom Moore sets up behind home plate during his time playing for Team USA’s U16 Development Team In 2019. (USA Baseball photo) Long before he was... Read more

2022 Final NorCal Baseball Rankings | Top 25

Central Coast Section High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section Northern Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section June 10, 2022 0

Pitching Depth And Stubbornly Resilient Lineup Lead De La Salle To Two Titles And The Top Spot In Our Final NorCal Baseball Rankings • PICTURED ABOVE: No. 1 De La Salle Celebrates Its NorCal Div. I title. (Jean-Paul Toshiro photo) Final NorCal Baseball Rankings. All records are through June... Read more

SportStars’ Overall Boys Athlete Big 10 | NorCal’s Best Male Athletes (’11-’20)

Big 10 Anniversary Project Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section June 19, 2020 0

For The Magazine’s 10th Anniversary Issue, SportStars Continued Its Big 10 Series With The Overall Boys Big 10 —NorCal’s Best Male Athletes Of The Past Decade • The Overall Boys Athlete Big 10 is an installation of the SportStars Big 10 Project: A 10-months-long anniversary project celebrating the magazine’s... Read more

Luca Urlando- McClatchy Swimming SportStar

Aquatics Sac-Joaquin Section SportStars of the Week June 1, 2020 0

Luca Urlando- Senior from McClatchy High School in Sacramento is named SportStar of the Week! Luca Urlando ranks as the No. 2 overall senior recruit in the nation by SwimSwam.com. Which means NorCal was robbed to see what he might have done in his final postseason with McClatchy. Instead... Read more