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SportStars NorCal Girls Basketball Rankings | Dec. 12
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
STILL THE ONE | De La Salle Football Makes It 31 Straight
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
SportStars Vault | The Night The Pirates Stole The Show
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
SportStars’ 2022-23 NorCal Boys Basketball Player Of The Year | Ryan Beasley
Dougherty Valley Do-Everything Guard, Ryan Beasley, Was The Ultimate Catalyst For The Bay Area’s Best Team • MORE POSTSEASON HOOPS HONORS: All-NorCal Girls Basketball Team | NorCal Girls Player Of The Year – Jordan Lee | NorCal Girls Coach Of The Year – Leroy Hurt They came from all... Read more
Breakthrough Statement | Dougherty Valley Basketball Wins First NCS Title
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
Moving On | Campolindo Surives Rancho Cotate; De La Salle Crowned Again
Campolindo Football Advances To North Coast Section Div. II Final After Instant Classic With Rancho Cotate; DLS Tops Pittsburg For Open Title • PICTURED ABOVE: Campolindo QB Dashiell Weaver Looks For Running Room On Friday. He Accounted For Nearly 400 Total Yards Passing & Rushing. (Ben Enos photos) One... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.20: Storylines & Sleepovers
As The NorCal Regular Season’s Final Weeks Arrive, The 7 Friday Night Team Revisits Key Games From Week 8 And Looks At Big Picture Storylines • PICTURED ABOVE: Maealiuaki Smith of Serra-San Mateo. (David Gershon photo) It’s the last quarter of the regular season and everyone is playing through... Read more
Deeper Waters | Northgate Water Polo Dives In
Northgate Water Polo Is A Two-Time Defending North Coast Section Div. II Champ Making The Leap To The Top Division This Postseason — And The Broncos Are Embracing The Moment PICTURED ABOVE: Northgate Senior Attacker Tommy Martin. (Chace Bryson photo) Taylor Herman kept the postgame pep talk to his... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 6: Requiem For A Streak (An Emergency Pod)
In The Wake Of St. Francis Football’s History Upset Of De La Salle, Our Trusty Hosts Felt Compelled To Gather For A Reactionary Conversation • When Mountain View’s St. Francis football team pulled off its seismic 31-28 victory over De La Salle-Concord on Friday night — becoming the first... Read more
Ready To Run: Clayton Valley Basketball Is Turning It Up
Clayton Valley’s Senior Core Is Deep, Fast, Talented And Determined To One-Up The Program’s Terrific 2017-18 Season • Led by a trio of talented seniors, Clayton Valley Charter High-Concord opened its 2017-18 season with 18 straight wins.  The Ugly Eagles were seemingly leading the charge of a wave of... Read more
Stars Aligned
With A Roster Loaded With Next-Level Talent, Monte Vista Girls Soccer Is Focused Inward — Making The Mustangs Especially Dangerous • Story by MIKE WOOD | Photos by DENNIS LEE Being part of the Monte Vista High girls soccer team is comparable to playing on an all-star team. The... Read more
Lasting Impact: Remembering George Austin
For More Than 30 Years, George Austin Was A Pillar To All Things El Cerrito High • Story By PHIL JENSEN | Photo By DENNIS LEE George Austin touched lives. The sentence is simplistic, but the meaning certainly is not. Austin touched generations of lives at El Cerrito High... Read more