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FULLY OPERATIONAL | Healthy Rancho Cotate, Scrappy Heritage Roll In Div. II
Jacob Pruitt, Physical Run Game Power Rancho Cotate Past Granada; Heritage Takes Down Redwood With Its Own Physicality PICTURED ABOVE: Rancho Cotate quarterback Jacob Pruitt, left, and Heritage running back Mekhi Adenandus. (Ben Enos photos) Look good, feel good. Feel good, play good. The Rancho Cotate football team is... Read more
Preseason All-NorCal Football 2023 | Receivers & Tight Ends
As The 2023 Season Nears Kick-Off In The Sac-Joaquin Section, We Continue Our Preseason All-NorCal List With Our Top Downfield Targets • PRESEASON ALL-NORCAL LIST SCHEDULE: Quarterbacks/Running Backs | Offensive/Defensive Line | Linebackers/Defensive Backs PICTURED UP TOP: Trevor Rogers of Acalanes-Lafayette. (Ben Enos photo) Our 2023 Preseason All-NorCal Roster... Read more
Preseason All-NorCal Football 2023 | Quarterbacks & Running Backs
As The 2023 Season Nears Kick-Off In The Sac-Joaquin Section, We Begin Our Preseason All-NorCal Roll Call With The Offensive Backfield • PRESEASON ALL-NORCAL LIST SCHEDULE: Wide Receivers/Tight Ends | Offensive/Defensive Line | Linebackers/Defensive Backs PICTURED UP TOP: Maealiuaki Smith of Serra-San Mateo (David Gershon photo) Our 2023 Preseason... Read more
NorCal Girls Wrestling | Who’s The Next Amit Elor?
As The Postseason Begins, Expect Big Things From These 137 Wrestlers — The Best Of NorCal Girls Wrestling This Season • PICTURED ABOVE: Bella Vista-Fair Oaks Junior Gianna Dibenedetto (137 Pounds) At The 2022 SJS Masters. (Ike Dodson photos) Before she was the No. 1 ranked female wrestler on... Read more
SportStars’ 2022 All-NorCal Defense
These Are The 27 Guys We’re Lining Up Against Any Offense Who Dares — This Is The 2022 SportStars All-NorCal Defense • PICTURED ABOVE: Folsom Senior DB, Greco Carrillo (David Gershon photo) There are no first-teams or second-teams when it comes to the SportStars All-NorCal Team. We build it... 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. 2.22: Two-Way Players & Live Tunes
A Jam-Packed New 7 Friday Night Episode Revisits Week 9, Talks SJS Playoff Scenarios And Welcomes Rancho Cotate Two-Way Star Sailasa Vadrawale • It’s a 7 Friday Night megashow this week. Hosts Chace Bryson and Ben Enos are refreshed after attending a weekend concert and ready to go. They... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.11: Thursday Pick’Em (WEEK 4)
Riding High From A Strong Week 3, The 7 Friday Night Team Attacks Its NorCal Football Picks With Confidence Despite Some Tough Matchups • Everyone is in a better mood for the weekly NorCal Football picks show as the 7 Friday Night picking trio went a combined 12 of... Read more
Fashionably Late | Rancho Cotate Football Opens 2022 Slow, But Strong
A Late Running Bus, Sluggish First Half Couldn’t Derail The Rancho Cotate Football Team From A Strong Start To A Season With High Expectations • PICTURED ABOVE: Malik Cleveland Leads Rancho Cotate Onto The Field. (Ben Enos photos) Liam Keaney and his Rancho Cotate-Rohnert Park teammates worked all spring... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.5: Thursday Pick’Em (WEEK 1)
High School Football Season Opens In Full This Week And Big Matchups Highlight The 7 Friday Night Team’s NorCal Football Picks • Our Thursday prediction show hits top gear this week as high school football officially opens across all of Northern California. Everybody — hosts Chace Bryson and Ben... Read more
Concord, Rancho Cotate And One 2010 Night At The Coliseum | An Oral History
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
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