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BEST MANN | SportStars’ NorCal Defensive Player Of The Year: Jabari Mann
Serra High Linebacker (And RB, And Sometimes QB) Jabari Mann Is DPOY For The Second Straight Year As The Linchpin Of A Historically Good Defense On A Historically Good Team Joseph Bey didn’t hesitate.  Serra High’s two-time All-NorCal safety was asked if he could remember a specific play or... 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
NorCal Defensive Player Of The Year | Jabari Mann
Junior Linebacker Jabari Mann Stood Out Amongst A Very Talented Defensive Huddle For CIF Open Division-Finalist Serra-San Mateo • Patrick Walsh can always rattle off the measurables and the on-field highlights when asked what type of player Serra High linebacker Jabari Mann is. But really want to get the... Read more
Open Shutout | National No. 1 Blanks Serra Football In CIF Final
Serra Football Will Be Content Being NorCal No. 1 After Falling 45-0 To St. John Bosco-Bellflower In CIF Open Division Championship Serra football coach Patrick Walsh knew the mountain his team had to climb. Facing the super team from the south, St. John Bosco-Bellflower, Walsh’sPadres from San Mateo did what... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.8: Football’s Gamblers & Winners
Host Chace Bryson Returns From Vegas Just In Time For A 7 Friday Night Football Buffet, Plus Sheldon-Sacramento Coach Chris Nixon Visits • PICTURED ABOVE: Members Of The Sheldon High Football Team Walk Off The Field During Their Win Over Nevada Union. (Sheldon HS Football photo/Twitter) After covering the... Read more
Super Serra | Padres Stun De La Salle, Rise To Top Of NorCal
With A 14-Point Fourth Quarter Comeback, Serra Football Defeated De La Salle For The First Time In 12 Tries, Takes Over NorCal’s No. 1 Rank • PICTURED ABOVE: Serra junior quarterback Maealiauki Smith. (Chace Bryson photos) An attempt to parse all the storylines at play in the Serra football... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.6: Serra Versus All Y’all
Serra 3-Star Lineman Ryan Silver Joins 7 Friday Night As The Padres Look To Beat NorCal’s No. 2 And No. 1 Teams — On The Road — Back-To-Back • Hosts Chace Bryson and Ben Enos have a ton of talk about after a thrilling first week of football across... Read more
Padre Perseverance | Serra Football Outlasts Folsom In Showdown
Depth And Grit Allow No. 3 Serra Football To Battle Through Cramping To “Steal A W” At No. 2 Folsom — Setting Up Clash With No. 1 De La Salle • PICTURED ABOVE: Serra Running Back Jabari Mann. (David Gershon photos) The Serra football team understood its road trip to... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 15: “We Do It For Weeks Like This”
Serra High Coach Patrick Walsh Joins The Show As He Preps His Team To Play In The Biggest Game Of A Huge Week Of NorCal Action • Christmas comes early to San Mateo this week as Serra High hosts St. Francis-Mountain View in a massive game that will determine... Read more
Campolindo The Underdog? | RETURN TO FALL Football Preview Series No. 18
Despite Coming Off An Undefeated Spring, Campolindo Won’t Be DAL-Foothill Favorite This Fall — But Good Luck Writing Cougars Off; PLUS Link To New Podcast • This is the eighteenth of 20 installments to our Return To Fall Series — a daily component to our 2021 NorCal Football Preview... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 3: Pirates, Padres & Pageantry
Hosts Chace Bryson And Ben Enos Do The School St. Shuffle With A Visit To Pittsburg High In Advance Of The Biggest Game Of The Bay Area’s Opening Week • Bay Area high school football returns this week, so Ben and Chace literally take the show on the road... Read more
NFL Vet Leads Monte Vista Makeover | RETURN TO FALL Football Preview Series No. 16
Former Super Bowl Champion CJ Anderson Ready To Re-Energize Monte Vista Football; PLUS Serra’s “Missile” Ready For Relaunch • This is the sixteenth of 20 installments to our Return To Fall Series — a daily component to our 2021 NorCal Football Preview coverage. Midway through a highly productive NFL... Read more