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BEST OF 2023: May | Bailey’s Breakout

Aquatics High School Sports Features NewsTicker North Coast Section December 18, 2023 0

Bailey Hartman Is The Latest National-Level Swimmer At Carondelet — But The First Since 2013 To Help Carry The Cougars To An NCS Title • Bailey Hartman sat comfortably in her fold-out camping chair posted squarely in the front corner of the Carondelet swimming tent. Throughout the morning of... Read more

STILL THE ONE | De La Salle Football Makes It 31 Straight

High School Football NewsTicker North Coast Section November 20, 2023 0

Despite Two Major Challenges From San Ramon Valley, De La Salle Football Upholds Three-Plus Decade Of Excellence Over North Coast Section Presented without context, the numbers associated with the De La Salle-Concord football team’s dominance of its own backyard never cease to amaze. 31 straight North Coast Section titles.... Read more

Iron & Fire | Albany Distance Star Sophia Nordenholz Chases Second CIF Title

High School Sports Features North Coast Section StaffPicks Track & Field, Anchored by Youth Runner May 25, 2022 0

After Finding And Correcting An Iron Deficiency, Albany High’s Sophia Nordenholz Could Properly Fuel Her Passion For Running — And Become One Of State’s Best Distance Runners • It’s been a long journey to the California Interscholastic Federation State Track and Field Championships for Albany High senior Sophia Nordenholz.... Read more

Divine Interception | One Final 2010 Concord Football Anecdote

High School Football High School Sports Features December 18, 2020 0

CHACE BRYSON: One Last Tale From Our 2010 NCS Football Oral History Interviews — How One Concord Coach Nearly Lost His House Days Before The Game • We’ve come to December of what can only be referred to as a challenging year in high school sports. And we decided... Read more

CIF North Coast Section Dual Meet Championships – Finals

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section February 11, 2020 0

SportStars Wrestling INSIDER Al Fontes (The California Wrestler) offers up his CIF North Coast Section Dual Meet High School Wrestling Championships Finals report. Here’s his news from the mats. DIVISION I EAST BAY 1 – De La Salle (EBAL) 2 – Granada (EBAL) 3 – James Logan (MVAL) 4... Read more

Fremont Christian Baseball: Promise Kept, Promise Fulfilled

High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section June 10, 2019 0

Bubba Gomez And His Dad Completed A Four-Year Promise To Each Other By Leading Fremont Christian Baseball To The School’s First Section Title • A four-year plan ended just the way coach Chris Gomez and his Fremont Christian baseball team envisioned it — capping off a 24-6 season with... Read more

Zoie Hartman: Monte Vista’s Swimmer On The Fast Track

Aquatics High School Sports Features North Coast Section May 23, 2019 0

After Barely Six Years Of Competitive Experience, Zoie Hartman Has Turned Herself Into A National-Level Swimmer With No Signs Of Slowing • If it seems as though Zoie Hartman’s rise to elite swimmer was an immediate success story — well, it really was. All things considered. After she wrapped up... Read more

De La Salle Wrestling: Kyle Parco’s Last Stand

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section February 20, 2019 0

De La Salle High’s 3-Time Section Champion And 4-Time CIF State Qualifier Heads To Bakersfield One Last Time With A Golden Focus • No matter what happens at the California Interscholastic Federation State Wrestling Championships, Kyle Parco won’t have to wonder whether he could have done more to prepare... Read more