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Hungry For More | Whitney Softball Opens 2024 With High Hopes

High School Baseball/Softball High School Sports Features NewsTicker Sac-Joaquin Section March 4, 2024 0

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)

Central Coast Section High School Football NewsTicker North Coast Section Podcasts Sac-Joaquin Section October 13, 2023 0

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

Central Coast Section High School Football NewsTicker North Coast Section Oakland Section Podcasts Sac-Joaquin Section September 7, 2023 0

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

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section March 2, 2023 0

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

High School Baseball/Softball NewsTicker Sac-Joaquin Section February 22, 2023 0

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

High School Football NewsTicker Sac-Joaquin Section November 23, 2022 0

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

Central Coast Section High School Football NewsTicker North Coast Section Podcasts Sac-Joaquin Section September 20, 2022 0

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

High School Football NewsTicker Sac-Joaquin Section September 10, 2022 0

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

Central Coast Section High School Football NewsTicker Sac-Joaquin Section August 27, 2022 0

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

High School Football NewsTicker Sac-Joaquin Section August 21, 2022 2

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

High School Football NewsTicker Sac-Joaquin Section August 20, 2022 0

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

High School Football NewsTicker Rankings StaffPicks August 12, 2022 0

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