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Hungry For More | Whitney Softball Opens 2024 With High Hopes
After Graduating Just Four Seniors From A Section Championship Team And CIF NorCal Semifinalist, Whitney Softball Is Cooking Up Some Lofty Goals PICTURED ABOVE: Whitney senior pitcher Hannah Duncan smiles during a Feb. 19 workout. (David Gershon photo) It’s a late President’s Day afternoon and Fresno State-bound senior pitcher... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 3.08: Talkin’ Trojans (w/ Coach Casey Taylor)
With Both Hosts Back Together, 7 Friday Night Delivers An Hour Of NorCal Football Talk & Welcomes Oak Ridge-El Dorado Hills Coach Casey Taylor Onto The Show SportStars’ managing editor, Chace Bryson, returns to the command seat and promptly screws up a recording session. However, he and Ben persevere... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 3.03: Prove It Week
7 Friday Night Hosts Chace Bryson & Ben Enos Revisit Week 3, Look Ahead To A Week Full Of Top 20 Showdowns; PLUS: Coach Eidson, Picks It’s time for contenders to prove themselves as several Top 20 matchups dot the Week 4 schedule. Hosts Chace and Ben look back... Read more
CIF Basketball Notes | Salesian Girls Shine; Bracketbusters Crash D2 Boys
Salesian Girls Show Grit In 2OT Road Win; EBAL Dominates; Sierra Foothill League Cinderellas Whitney, Granite Bay Boys Set To Clash Again • PICTURED ABOVE: Whitney-Rocklin Senior Derek Lamb Dunks The Ball During The Sac-Joaquin Section Division II Final. (David Gershon photo) As the Open Division closed out the... Read more
High End Returns | Whitney Baseball Is Running It Back
Rocklin’s Whitney Baseball Begins 2023 As The Sac-Joaquin Section’s Top Team After Bringing Back Just About Everyone From Its 28-Win Team • Whitney High is playing baseball with boomerangs. Everything comes back — including 2022 Sac-Joaquin Section championship coach and Whitney baseball alum Jackson Watt. Also back, nearly every... Read more
Full Stop | Oak Ridge Football Rides Defense Into SJS Final
A Familiar Formula Delivers A Rematch With A Familiar Foe As Oak Ridge Football Prepares To Take Another Shot At League Rival Folsom • It’s late November and the Oak Ridge football team is right where it expected to be – in the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division I championship... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.12: Sierra Foothill Feats Of Strength
This Week’s Show Reflects On The First Five Weeks Of Action, Talks Folsom’s Big Games, And Visits With Oak Ridge Senior Conner Dasmann • PICTURED ABOVE: Oak Ridge Senior Captain And Defensive Standout, Conner Dasman. (Ike Dodson photo) In this week’s show, 7 Friday Night hosts Chace Bryson and... Read more
Rumble, Rumble | Elias Brown Leads Rocklin Football Past Antioch
After A Season-Opening Stumble, NorCal Top 20-Ranked Rocklin Football Builds Momentum Following A Third Straight Win Led By Its Rushing Attack • PICTURED ABOVE: Rocklin Senior Running Back, Elias Brown. (Chace Bryson photos) There was nothing normal about the Rocklin Football team’s week of practice. With the California heat... 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
Wild Night | Whitney Football Opens Season With Comeback Thriller
Several Clutch Performances Help Wildcats Erase A 21-0 Deficit To Antelope And Send Whitney Football Surging Into 2022 Season • PICTURED ABOVE: Whitney Quarterback Trevor Hargis. (Ike Dodson photos) A senior transfer, a backup quarterback and a first-year starting defensive back walk onto a field.  It’s not the setup... Read more
Carter Jackson, No. 18 Granite Bay Rushes By Elk Grove
Sophomore Carter Jackson Leads Granite Bay Running Back Group That Smashed Elk Grove Before Smashing That “Like” Button • PICTURED ABOVE: Carter Jackson Talks To Media After His 4 TD Effort. (Chace Bryson photos) It’s been a good night when you’re able to check your Twitter mentions before the... Read more
2022 Preseason NorCal Football Rankings | Top 20
In Toughest Call We’ve Faced To Open A Season, De La Salle Edges Folsom To Begin 2022 Atop Our Preseason NorCal Football Rankings • PICTURED ABOVE: De La Salle-Concord senior tight end Cooper Flanagan (Dennis Lee photo) This year more than any other, choosing which team to place at... Read more