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Bishop O’Dowd Volleyball: Dragons Look To Set NCS Ablaze
POWER TRIP: A Senior Core Stocked With Heavy Hitters Looks To Lead Bishop O’Dowd Volleyball Back To The State Finals • Aggression. Intimidation. These are not words usually associated with girls volleyball  —  after all, there’s a net separating the two teams, and contact is not only infrequent, it’s forbidden. But it’s... Read more
Big Guns Battle at Water Polo Shootout
Huge High School Water Polo Tournament Blazes its Way into Placer Valley 64 Teams Enter the Sierra Shootout / Chuck McCollum water polo Invitational for two dates this September. On back to back weekends, the Sierra Shootout will feature boy’s teams Sept. 6-7 and girls on Sept. 13-14. Placer... Read more
Nate Rutchena: Monte Vista’s Mustang Of Many Talents
A Multi-Sport Standout And Starter On Both Sides Of The Football, Rutchena Leads A Senior Core That Has Monte Vista Among NorCal’s Top 10 Teams • With the first game of his senior season hanging in the balance, Monte Vista football star Nate Rutchena went to a familiar move.... Read more
Peyton Omania Redshirts to Pursue U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman Team
Peyton Omania of Michigan State to take Olympic redshirt to pursue spot on U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman team Michigan State wrestling freshman Peyton Omania elected to take an Olympic redshirt for the 2019-20 season, MSU wrestling head coach Roger Chandler announced Wednesday. See SportStars story, Omania: CIF State Wrestling Championship Omania,... Read more
Folsom Football: New Dogs, Old Tricks
Paul Doherty Ushers In A New Era Folsom Football That Should Look A Lot Like The Bulldogs Of Recent Years — Perhaps An Even Faster Version • When longtime head coach Kris Richardson left the Folsom football program to join his former co-coach Troy Taylor at Sacramento State in... Read more
OAL Football: McClymonds Looks To Continue Dynastic Run
Season Preview: After CIF 3-Peat, McClymonds Remains Class Of OAL Football; Oakland Tech, Oakland High Look To Keep Warriors Honest • After the first state title, McClymonds football coach Michael Peters figured anything after would be gravy.  His plate has runneth over.  With a 32-6 win over Garfield-Los Angeles... Read more
Pittsburg Football: Jerry Johnson Leads Week Zero Pirate Raid
Delivering One Of Pittsburg Football’s Best Ever Quarterback Performances, Jerry Johnson Helped No. 6-Ranked Pirates Win Season-Opening Shootout • One week into the 2019 football campaign and the Pittsburg Football record book is already being re-written.  Making just his second start at quarterback for Pittsburg High, senior Jerry Johnson... Read more
Jonovan Smith, LA’s First Jr. Freestyle Title Winner
Jonovan Smith is the first wrestler from the City of Angels to win a national junior freestyle title. I have been involved in the sport of wrestling for the last forty plus years and from the first day I set foot on the mat, I learned a great deal... Read more
Pleasant Valley Football: Defending CIF Champs Ready For Battle
Chico’s Pleasant Valley High Opens Its Season At Del Oro With 12 Returning Starters, A Dynamite Junior Class — And Special Forces Training • “Everyone has a job to do.” It’s the mantra of the Pleasant Valley football program.  It wasn’t crafted by its stellar bookend offensive tackles or other... Read more
Sheldon Conde, No. 28 Del Oro Football Prepare For The Unknown
With Just Three Returning Starters, Del Oro Will Look To Determined Senior RB Sheldon Conde To Set The Tone • Third-year coach Jeff Walters hopes his Del Oro football team will attack the 2019 season like senior running back Sheldon Conde hits the hole. The Golden Eagles may not... Read more
Going the Distance: Angel More Menlo School-Atherton
Angel More, Menlo School-Atherton – Distance Swimming – Senior named SportStar of the Week. So… what did you do this weekend? Angel More swam 28 miles around the Manhattan Island in New York City. She’s also setting records on Menlo-Atherton’s swim team and was a league championships qualifier. But... 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