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SportStars NorCal Volleyball Rankings | Top 20, Nov. 7
St. Francis-Mountain View Escapes Fifth 1 vs. 2 Battle With Mitty; Top Half Of NorCal Volleyball Rankings Sees Little Change After Section Finals • NorCal Volleyball Rankings All records are through Saturday, Nov. 5. Previous ranking in parenthesis. Record obtained via MaxPreps.PICTURED ABOVE: Morgan Daetz, center, and members of... Read more
Friendly Fire | WCAL’s Saint Francis Volleyball Is All Smiles & Spikes
Mountain View’s Saint Francis Volleyball Has Dominated The First Two Months Of The Season, Fueled By The Confidence And Positive Spirit Of Star Hitter Erin Curtis. PICTURED ABOVE: Erin Curtis. (Chace Bryson photo/Mike DeCicco design) Erin Curtis tracked the pass. As Saint Francis teammate and setter Hannah Maguire settled... Read more
SportStars NorCal Volleyball Rankings | Top 20, Oct. 6
San Ramon Valley Moves Into The Top 5 As The NorCal Volleyball Rankings Brace For The Stacked Field At The Stockton Classic • NorCal Volleyball Rankings All records are through Tuesday, Oct. 5. Previous ranking in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: Senior Setter Morgan Daetz Of No. 5 San Ramon Valley-Danville.... Read more
SportStars NorCal Volleyball Rankings | Top 20, Sept. 28
Only Three Teams Hold The Same Spot They Did In Last Week’s NorCal Volleyball Rankings; Top 5 Sees Slight Shuffle And New Team • NorCal Volleyball Rankings All records are through Tuesday, Sept. 27. Previous ranking in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: No. 3 Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton. (SHP Athletics photo/Twitter) 1.... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.7: Thursday Pick’Em (WEEK 2)
The 7 Friday Night Team Attempts To Regroup After A Rough Round Of NorCal Football Picks In The First Week Of Full Action • While the first week of full NorCal action delivered plenty of excitement on the field, there was less enthusiasm in Picksville. Hosts Chace Bryson and... Read more
7 Friday Night Podcast | Ep. 2.6: Serra Versus All Y’all
Serra 3-Star Lineman Ryan Silver Joins 7 Friday Night As The Padres Look To Beat NorCal’s No. 2 And No. 1 Teams — On The Road — Back-To-Back • Hosts Chace Bryson and Ben Enos have a ton of talk about after a thrilling first week of football across... 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
Jess Oakland | 2022 NorCal Softball Player Of The Year
After Growing Up On The Campus And Fields Of Mountain View’s St. Francis High, Jess Oakland Leaves As Perhaps Its Most Decorated Softball Player • Jess Oakland certainly has left her imprint on St. Francis High School softball. Oakland seemingly has been around the school in Mountain View her... Read more
Blake Rogers | SportStars 2022 NorCal Baseball Pitcher Of The Year
Blake Rogers Used A Relentless Offseason To Become The Pitcher He Wanted To Be — The Ace For A WCAL And CCS Championship Team • Matt Maguire had no problem spotting the difference in Blake Rogers’ physical appearance when the pitcher arrived back on the Mountain View campus of... Read more
Grinders, Fighters & Thieves | De La Salle Baseball Does It Again
The 2022 De La Salle Baseball Team Continued The Program’s Championship Tradition — In A Style All Its Own • Every championship team develops its own identity. For some teams, that identity is more subtle and kept behind the scenes.  The De La Salle High baseball team was not... Read more
NorCal Baseball 2022 | Players To Watch
We’ve Listed More Than 100 Names Of Guys We Expect To Be Impact Players Throughout The 2022 Season Of NorCal Baseball • PICTURED ABOVE: Valley Christian-San Jose pitcher, Jacob Hudson (Chace Bryson photo) As we prepared for our NorCal Baseball and Softball preview coverage to be included in our... Read more
Lost & Found … In Las Vegas | St. Ignatius VB Ready For Regionals
St. Ignatius Volleyball Will Be A Serious Contender In The State Tournament — And It May Owe That To A Friday Night Team Meeting In Las Vegas • For the St. Ignatius High girls volleyball team, the season’s lowest point began on a Friday on its home campus in San... Read more