NCS Championship Archives

Make It Six | De La Salle Baseball Extends NCS Title Streak With Complete Effort

High School Baseball/Softball NewsTicker North Coast Section May 27, 2023 0

Standout Pitching By RJ Meyn, Clean Defense And 12 Hits Added Up To De La Salle Baseball Bagging Sixth Straight North Coast Section Banner • De La Salle baseball pitcher RJ Meyn got to see success from a variety of angles during Friday’s North Coast Section Div. I championship... Read more

NorCal Team Of The Week, May 8-13 | San Ramon Valley Girls Lacrosse

Lacrosse NewsTicker North Coast Section SportStars of the Week May 26, 2023 0

After Yet Another Undefeated Season And North Coast Section Title, San Ramon Valley Girls Lacrosse Continues To Build Impressive Legacy • As five-year runs go, it would be hard to perform any better than the San Ramon Valley girls lacrosse team. The Wolves were recently voted our #SportSquad NorCal... Read more

SportStars Vault | The Night The Pirates Stole The Show

High School Football High School Sports Features NewsTicker North Coast Section May 12, 2023 0

With The ’91 Pittsburg Football Team Going Into The Pittsburg FB Hall Of Fame This Weekend, We Dug Up Our 2011 Feature On That Famous Win • EDITOR’S NOTE: This Article First Appeared In SportStars #37 On Dec. 8, 2011, Marking The 20th Anniversary Of Pittsburg’s 1991 Win Over... Read more

Breakthrough Statement | Dougherty Valley Basketball Wins First NCS Title

High School Basketball NewsTicker North Coast Section February 25, 2023 0

Seniors Lead The Way As Dougherty Valley Basketball Solidifies Its Standing As North Coast Section’s Best With Open Championship Win • Dougherty Valley basketball coach Mike Hansen handed Ryan Beasley the scissors and pointed upward. Four years after beginning his Dougherty Valley High basketball career on the Saint Mary’s... Read more

Familiar Foes, Unfamiliar Territory | Granada Girls Basketball Rises Up

High School Baseball/Softball NewsTicker North Coast Section February 23, 2023 1

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

One More Chapter | Pittsburg Football Takes NCS Crown, Keeps Coach’s Final Ride Going

High School Football NewsTicker North Coast Section November 26, 2022 0

Suffocating Defense And Big Receiver Play Lift Pittsburg Football Over Clayton Valley, Adding At Least One More Game To Victor Galli’s Tenure • Back on Nov. 1, when Pittsburg football coach Victor Galli announced that his 21st season leading the Pirates would be his last, a narrative began that... Read more

Ball Above Body | College Park Volleyball Takes NCS

North Coast Section VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA May 23, 2022 0

A College Park Volleyball Team Led By 10 Seniors Played Through Aches, Pain And Relentless Opponents To Claim The Program’s First Title In 14 Years • It took a while for the reverberations to calm down on the gym floor at College Park High in Pleasant Hill. The wild... Read more

Green Machine | De La Salle Golf Aces NCS Title Defense

High School Golf High School Sports Features North Coast Section May 23, 2022 0

With Four Of Its Six Golfers Under Par, De La Salle Delivered Perhaps One Of The Most Dominant North Coast Section Championship Performances Ever • UPDATED ON MAY 24 Joey Hayden was the one. As the only member of the De La Salle High golf team to have teed... Read more

Pirates’ Gold | Pittsburg Treasures Its First NCS Title In 30 Years

High School Football North Coast Section November 28, 2021 0

Backup Quarterback Christian Aguilar Shines As Pittsburg Football Tops Clayton Valley In North Coast Section Div. I Final • Victor Galli and the Pittsburg High football program didn’t need a North Coast Section title to validate two decades of success on School Street. But in the moments after a... Read more

Business As Usual | De La Salle Surges To 29th Straight Title

High School Football North Coast Section November 20, 2021 0

Luke Dermon, Charles Greer Star As De La Salle Overcomes Early Deficit To Oust Pittsburg In North Coast Section Open Division Final • After 20-plus minutes of intense, focused pregame warm-ups, the De La Salle High football team jogged off the Owen Owens Field turf and gathered in an... Read more

Concord, Rancho Cotate And One 2010 Night At The Coliseum | An Oral History

High School Football High School Sports Features North Coast Section December 11, 2020 0

Revered As One Of The Past Decade’s Best NCS Football Championships, We’ve Used Several Interviews To Recreate The 2010 Classic Between Concord And Rancho Cotate • Not all great championship games are equal. Over the magazine’s first decade, SportStars has covered its share of championship games across many sports.... Read more

Rancho Cotate Football: Rasheed Rankin Powers Relentless Cougars

High School Football North Coast Section December 5, 2019 0

Fueled By Its Bruising Running Back, Rancho Cotate Football Claimed Its First NCS Title In 17 Years And Has Shot At A CIF 3-A State Bowl Appearance • Listed at 6-foot-1 and 225 pounds on the Rancho Cotate football roster, Rasheed Rankin has shoulders broad enough to support his... Read more

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