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Catie Grace Carrington SRV Lacrosse SportStar of the Week
Catie Grace Carrington, San Ramon Valley-Danville — Lacrosse – Junior SRV’s talented attacker, Catie Grace Carrington, scored a combined 10 goals on back-to-back nights. That lead the Wolves to defeated Foothill-Pleasanton 19-7 on April 26 and St. Ignatius-San Francisco on April 27. Carrington added two assists in the win over... Read more
Zach Meddings SportStar of the Week
SJS Two-Way Talent Earns Zach Meddings SportStar of the Week Honors Franklin High’s Zach Meddings, the Nevada-bound senior, has developed into one of the best two-way talents on arguably the Sac-Joaquin Section’s most complete baseball team this season. The Wildcats went 3-1 at the prestigious Northern California Boras Classic... Read more
College Park Softball: Ready To Rise
After Several Seasons Of Middle-Of-The-Road Finishes, The College Park Falcons Have Built A Diablo Foothill League Juggernaut With A Mix Of Experience, Youth • College Park High-Pleasant Hill’s softball team is growing confident. Winning 11 of your first 12 games will do that. But let’s not go too crazy.... Read more
Sac-Joaquin Section Boys Volleyball Playoff Preview
As April Ends, 50 Teams Begin A Race For Three Sac-Joaquin Section Boys Volleyball Championships • Opening rounds for the Sac-Joaquin Section boys volleyball playoffs are April 29-30. With Golden Sierra-Garden Valley earning a No. 6 seed in Division III, the Grizzlies are the defending section champion with the... Read more
Vista del Lago Volleyball: Eagles Seniors’ Time To Shine
With Five Seniors Leading The Way, Vista del Lago Enters The Sac-Joaquin Section Playoffs Hoping To Party Like Its 2012 • Timing is essential to success in volleyball. Jump too soon, set too late, or miss a hit or dig attempt by a split-second, and the point is lost.... Read more
State of Baseball Playoffs
CIF Could Be On the Cusp of State Championship Event For Baseball • The last official CIF state baseball championship was in 1922 in Los Angeles as Sacramento High blanked Franklin-Los Angeles 3-0. San Diego High won the year before over host Chico and also won titles in 1918... Read more
Boras Baseball Classic: Mitty Mastery
Monarchs Earned Trip To Boras Baseball Classic Championship After Outlasting WCAL Rival Bellarmine In The NorCal Title Game • Pity the poor Archbishop Mitty-San Jose baseball players. They didn’t get a one-week spring break that was showing on their schedule since the beginning of the 2019 season. Instead, the... Read more
San Ramon Valley Girls Lacrosse On The Hunt
With A Talented And Extremely Tight-Knit Roster Bent On Redemption, The Wolves Have Established Themselves As The North Coast Section’s Team To Beat • As the sun set on the first seasonably warm April evening in Danville, the San Ramon Valley girls lacrosse team took the field to host... Read more
Nick Fusari, De La Salle, SportStar Of The Week
Senior Second Baseman Serves As Offensive Catalyst For Spartans Team Off To A 14-1 Start • In three games during the week of April 8-14, Nick Fusari paced the NorCal No. 1-ranked Spartans by going 5-for-10 at the plate with a double, triple, two walks and three runs scored.... Read more
Woodland Christian Softball: Cardinals Of Crush
Led By Power Hitting Tandem, Jordyn Hutchins And Anna Pires, Woodland Christian Chases Toward Another Section Title One Longball At A Time • Coach Jerry Miller doesn’t play favorites with his Woodland Christian softball team. It’s not that he appreciates contributions evenly — he does make a batting order... Read more
2019 All-NorCal Girls Basketball
All-NorCal Girls Basketball 1st, 2nd And 3rd Teams: Our Selections Of The Top 15 Players From The 2018-19 Season • 2019 ALL-NORCAL GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS FIRST TEAM KLARA ASTROM | Wing | Pinewood-Los Altos Hills | 5-9 | Sr. Not only did Astrom score (16.0 ppg), rebound (6.9 rpg)... Read more
2019 All-NorCal Boys Basketball
All-NorCal Boys Basketball 1st, 2nd And 3rd Teams: Our Selections Of The Top 15 Players From The 2018-19 Season • 2019 ALL-NORCAL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS FIRST TEAM MARCUS BAGLEY | Forward | Sheldon-Sacramento | 6-8 | Jr. — PLAYER OF THE YEAR Bagley was every bit the game-changer he... Read more