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SportStars Vault | SportStories Podcast: Don Lippi, NorCal’s Mr. 900

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Oakland Section Podcasts March 24, 2023 0

In The Wake Of His 900th Career Win In 2021, Our SportStories’ Podcast Honored St. Joseph Notre Dame Boys Basketball Coach Don Lippi • EDITOR’S NOTE: This Article And Podcast First Debuted In May 2021. We’re Republishing It Following Coach Don Lippi’s Announced Retirement On March 23. If there... Read more

Best Way Possible | Carondelet Basketball Fully Begins Exciting New Era

High School Basketball North Coast Section November 23, 2021 0

With Two Stars And A Coach From Last Summer’s 17U National Champion Leading The Way, Carondelet Is Ready To Fully Jump Into Its New Look • PICTURED ABOVE: Carondelet Senior Guard Tandem, Talana Lepolo, left, and Nya Epps. Settings are in place for basketball success at Carondelet High in... Read more

Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings | Spring ’21

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section June 15, 2021 0

Campolindo, Archbishop Mitty Finish Abbreviated Season As Clear No. 1 And 2 In Our Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings • Spring 2021 Final NorCal Boys Basketball Rankings. Previous rank in parenthesis 1. (1) Campolindo-Moraga (15-0) The Cougars took over No. 1 in early April and never relinquished it. Of... Read more

2020 Taught Me… | Athletes & Coaches Reflect, Share Outlook For New Year

Central Coast Section High School Baseball/Softball High School Basketball High School Football High School Golf High School Sports Features North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section January 5, 2021 0

NorCal Athletes And Coaches Sound Off On What They Learned Over A Difficult Year, And Express Hope As We Start Anew • From the pandemic to social unrest, 2020 was a tidal wave that hit us all. Especially the world of high school athletics. Now that the water may... Read more

Voice Activated | Student Athletes Set To Speak Up On Election Day

Central Coast Section High School Basketball High School Sports Features North Coast Section October 30, 2020 0

NorCal Student Athletes Have Spent Much Of A Tumultuous 2020 Stuck In Their Homes, Feeling Frustrated And Following The News Closer Than Ever Before — Now Some Get To Cast A Vote In A Critical Election • It was close to two years ago when Dorian Sanchez first registered... Read more

Don Lippi, Coach & Mentor | Mark DeLuca On His #NeverStop Inspiration

#NeverStop Project High School Basketball North Coast Section April 15, 2020 0

Valley Christian Basketball Coach Mark DeLuca Adds To Our #NeverStop Project With A Nod To His Own High School Hoops Coach — Bay Area Legend, Don Lippi As a kid growing up in Indiana, I was like every other Hoosier in the state. I loved basketball. Well — let... Read more

Girls Basketball Fan Vote | SportStars’ NorCal Player Of The Year

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section April 1, 2020 36

While We Prepare Our NorCal Postseason Honors Release, We’re Asking Readers To Take Part In Our Girls Basketball Fan Vote For The Region’s Top Player • SportStars will be releasing its NorCal Player of the Year and All-NorCal teams in our upcoming April 10 issue. While we’ll be producing... Read more

Favorite 2019 SportStars Cover | Vote For Your Regional Favorites

North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section December 23, 2019 4

We’ve Chosen A Dozen Finalists And Now We Leave It To Our Fans To Vote For Their Favorite 2019 SportStars Covers From Each Region • As we enter the final week of 2019, we thought we’d have some fun with a contest to decide our best covers of the... Read more

St. Joseph Girls Basketball: Pilots Ready To Fire Afterburners

High School Basketball North Coast Section November 15, 2019 0

Alameda’s St. Joseph Notre Dame Has Reached A North Coast Section Final In Each Of The Past Five Seasons — And Is Ready To Add On • We’ve all been there: Ms. Grunion’s English class, and it’s time to write a book report. Ms. Grunion, who settles for no... Read more

Blinded Pilots

High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section June 7, 2018 0

With A Freshman Phenom Pitcher And A Stacked Lineup, St. Joseph Notre Dame Softball Locked In On Winning — Until They Found Out They Won It All • A consistent mark of good teams is the ability of every player to stay locked in the moment. One would be... Read more