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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
SportStars NorCal Baseball Rankings | May 22
Playoff Upsets Lead To Heavy Reset Of NorCal Baseball Rankings With Three Teams Dropping Out And A Big Shuffle Inside Top 10 • NorCal Baseball Rankings All records are through Tuesday, May 20 (via MaxPreps). Previous rank is in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: Senior utility player Tyler Allen of No.... Read more
SportStars NorCal Baseball Rankings | May 2
Last Two Weeks Of April Was A Battle Of Attrition For Several Teams Within NorCal Baseball Rankings, Leading To Shakeup • NorCal Baseball Rankings All records are through Monday, May 1 (via MaxPreps). Previous rank is in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: Senior Infielder Derek Pham Of No. 8 Franklin-Elk Grove.... Read more
SportStars NorCal Baseball Rankings | April 11
Boras Classic, Other Easter Week Tournaments Shake Up NorCal Baseball Rankings And Put New Teams At Nos. 1 Through 5 • NorCal Baseball Rankings All records are through Monday, April 10 (via MaxPreps). Previous rank is in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: Wade Mountz Of No. 3 Bellarmine-San Jose. (David Gershon... Read more
Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings | 2022-23
For The Second Straight Season, Modesto Christian Finishes As No. 1 In Our Expanded Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings • PICTURED ABOVE: (L to R) Te’shawn Gamble, Money Williams and Jimon Campbell of No. 17 Oakland take photos during the CIF Div. III State Championship medals ceremony. (Chace Bryson... 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
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 20: The Final Countdown
As The Football Season Approaches Its Finish Line, Cal-Hi Sports Editor Mark Tennis Joins The Show To Help Preview CIF State Bowl Weekend • It’s our last weekend of games, and hosts Chace and Ben are trying not to get emotional. Instead, they pour their energy into an hour... Read more
Jesuit Braces For Bulldogs | RETURN TO FALL Football Preview Series No. 17
NorCal-ranked No. 13 Jesuit Has High Expectations For 2021 Season That Begins With A Juggernaut; PLUS NorCal’s Five Biggest Games This Week • This is the seventeenth of 20 installments to our Return To Fall Series — a daily component to our 2021 NorCal Football Preview coverage. After a... Read more
Are We There Yet? | High School Football In Search Of Normalcy
Fall High School Football Is Back, But “Normal” Is Defined Differently Campus To Campus. Coaches Weigh In On What Is Normal As The Lights Prepare To Come Back On • On a typically hot mid-August afternoon, everything felt normal at College Park High School. About an hour after the... Read more
2021 Preseason NorCal Top 20 Football Rankings
To No One’s Shock, De La Salle-Concord Opens At No. 1 In SportStars’ Preseason NorCal Top 20 Rankings, But Folsom Is 1A • Every coach will tell you that rankings don’t matter in August, only in December. We can’t disagree, but it’s not stopping us from taking our usual... Read more
Clear Eyes, Full Hearts | Serra Football Embraces The Present
Few Programs Understand The Fragility Of The Present As Well As Serra Football — And The Padres Are More Than Ready To Make The Most Of Their First Fall Season Since 2019 • A full slate of fall football is most welcome at Serra High in San Mateo. The Padres... Read more
All-NorCal Football Offense | Spring 2021
No First Teams Or Second Teams — These Are Simply The 20 Offensive Players We Selected To Honor As All-NorCal Standouts This Spring • TOP IMAGE: Vista del Lago-Folsom running back, Ethan Menezes (David Gershon photo) Our All-NorCal Football Offense and Defense were chosen a little differently from years... Read more