Sione Vaki of
@lhslionsfb
— our NorCal Player Of The Year — chooses Utah in an emotional/heartfelt ceremony at his church. He’ll join the Utes following a two-year Mormon mission.
@sione_vaki
This is the Pittsburg High (CA.) Marching Show Band. And the
@PittHSFootball
team will tell you that this song has been a staple at Pirates game long before the movie “Us” made it popular again.
BREAKING: Tennessee-committed running back Will Stallings Jr., who transferred from Bishop Gorman-Las Vegas, has officially been cleared to play for
@cv_football
per the Clayton Valley Athletics Dept. He should be a big shot in the arm for the 0-2 Ugly Eagles.
#GBO
"This town is so thick with alumni that care about our school, and this one is for them." —Liberty-Brentwood football coach, Ryan Partridge, following the 37-0
@lhslionsfb
NCS Div. I championship win over Freedom-Oakley. It's the program's first section title.
Congratulations to our 2018 NorCal Football Defensive Player Of The Year — for the second straight season: HENRY TO'OTO'O of
@dlsathletics
READ the full story here:
BREAKING: The Pittsburg Unified School Board has unanimously approved the hiring of
@CRamirez_PittDC
as the next head coach of
@PittHSFootball
.
Ramirez, a Pitt grad, takes over for the retiring Victor Galli after serving most recently as the Pirates' defensive coordinator.
“I always tell him, ‘Keep your head up. You’re going to get in. You’re going to get your chance.’” —
@PittHSFootball
RB, Brian Pierce, who caught the game-tying TD from backup QB Santino Chavez (below). Chavez entered w/ 5:30 to go and led his team to 10 points in a 24-21 OT win.
The
@dlsathletics
&
@dlsfootball17
community will host El Cerrito tonight with heavy hearts after learning the news that longtime defensive line coach Steve Jacoby passed away suddenly on Thursday.
Congratulations to our 2018 NorCal Football Player Of The Year: SIONE VAKI of
@lhslionsfb
Read our cover story here:
View our full February issue here:
Serra football coach Patrick Walsh gets the victory shower and disappears into a sea of euphoric Padres. First
@CIFState
bowl title for
@PadreAthletics
and the WCAL.
"For the guy next to you, for CORN COUNTRY & for
@einess_nicky
!"
Hear
@CoachPart
's pregame speech, see how
@TSturgescofer
took over & more in our D1-A
@CIFState
CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP VIDEO📽️, part of our 🏈 coverage posting to today:
Congrats to
@PHSPIRATESBASE
on its first BVAL title since 1986. The Pirates defeated Freedom 9-2 in today’s final. Look for our story on the program’s rise to the top early next week.
Congratulations to our 2018 NorCal Football Offensive Player Of The Year: KAIDEN BENNETT of
@FolsomBulldogFB
Read our Sac-Joaquin region cover story here:
View our full February Sac-Joaquin edition here:
Our first ever All-NorCal Football special edition digital issue is out w/ our 54-man All-NorCal Team + features on Player of the Year, Charles Williams, Off. POY Ryder Lyons, Def. POY Jabari Mann and Coach of the Year, Justin Alumbaugh. Find it all here:
NEW!
"Coach, we're winning Sections this year."
@nolanstevens3
had a clear goal — and he reminded
@FHSAthletics2
baseball coach Bryan Kilby about it often. 30 wins and an SJS title later, the dynamic 1B/LHP/OF is our NorCal Player of the Year.
This release from the NFHS seems like a particularly helpful development as the
@letthemplayca1
and Golden State Football Coaches Community are set to meet with state health officials this week. Acknowledges lower risks/discourages tier-based approach.
👏🏽 'WE GOIN' BACK-TO-BACK!' 👏🏽
@FolsomBulldogFB
clinches second-straight
@CIFState
D1-AA title with a 21-14 overtime victory over
@CCHSAthletics
.
🎥🔥 Check out all of the highlights here:
We reveal our annual ranked countdown of the
#BayArea
Athletes of the Year for the 2018-19 school year. ➡️ Visit: ! 📷 De La Salle-Concord’s two-time NorCal Defensive Player of the Year, Henry To’oto’o, ranks in at No. 6 (Berry Evans III photo).
#DeLaSalle
Jzaniya Harriel of
@TitansAntelope
can flat fill it up. Her 830 points were the most of any
#NorCal
player in 2019-20. She averaged 25.9 ppg., 10.4 rpg., 2.1 asst., 3.3 stl. and 1.5 blk.. You can vote for
@HarrielJzaniya
now for NorCal Player of the Year.
Cousins Anthony and
@danielsusac10
have been committed to celebrating a
@BaseballJesuit
SJS title for more than a decade. Can they make it happen in 2020? Read
@stevenjwilson11
's feature from our March issue on the duo and this year's Marauders:
This is it. Vanden’s game-winning 4yd TD pass from Tre Dimes to Jamai East w/ 1:08 left in the
@CIFState
3-AA state bowl championship against Aquinas-San Bernardino. Vanden scored twice in the last 7 minutes to win 14-13.
@cifsjs
"You can't teach that kind of will."
@StMarysGirlsBB
junior Jordan Lee did it all for a Rams team that fought adversity to reach the Div. I NorCal final (where she scored 47). She is our '22-'23 NorCal Girls BB Player of the Year!
@Jordan_lee0730
This high school football stadium is supposedly located in Missouri, but we’re not so sure. It might be the
@Fortnite
island.
#stormwatch
P.S.: The thread we found this pic in is worth checking out.
Victor Galli and his
@PittHSFootball
Pirates are at long last
@CIFNCS
champions. It's a 28-14 win over
@cv_football
and the Pirates have their first section crown since 1991.
NEW! The SportStars 2022 All-NorCal Defense is out! No first- or second-teams. Just 27 dudes representing five different sections. Congrats to each player who made this list! It wasn't easy to put together. (Offense drops tomorrow)
#AllNorCalFootball22
The team that rolled to a runner-up finish in Div. 1-A returns 14 starters (seven on both sides) and could thrive after a gauntlet preseason. Taking the No. 3 spot on our NorCal
#Football
Top 20 Rankings presented by
@NationalGuardCA
is
@PittHSFootball
:
This 23yd pass from
@jadenrashada
to
@Rashidakello6
on 4th-7 eventually led to a 4yd TD run by Elijah Bow. Pittsburg leads Clayton Valley 7-3; 10:48 2Q
The February NorCal issue featuring our All-NorCal Football Team and Players of the Year is online and ready for reading. (There will be print copies later this month, too).
@FolsomBulldogFB
earns the cover. Go check it out now:
With Las Lomas driving to try and tie it, Jack Reese comes up with the game-sealing INT for
@RanchoFootball
inside 1 minute to play. Cougars win the
@CIFNCS
D3 title 7-0.
"... he always felt like he would be 'The Guy.'"
@FolsomBulldogFB
QB Tyler Tremain was indeed 'The Guy' in 2021. No one was more obviously linked to his team's success, which tipped the scales in us naming
@tremain_tyler
our NorCal Player Of The Year.
The story behind the stats... read how Freedom High-Oakley’s dynamic running back, Giles Jackson, is now
#NorCal
’s most coveted slot receiver recruit:
California coaches know they can't count on hashtags like
#LetThemPlay
when it comes to lobbying for a sports restart. So they're joining up with colleagues from Ore. and Wash. to build data & amplify their message.
@WCCoachAlliance
@CACoachesAssoc
BREAKING: In a text message to several local reporters,
@PittHSFootball
coach Victor Galli announced that he’ll be stepping down at the end of this season. Bringing a close to an incredibly successful 21-year reign at the historic program. He’ll definitely be missed.
Saturday's Big Little Game win caps what is believed to be the first 10-0 season in
@PittHSFootball
history.
The
@CRamirez_PittHC
era is off to quite a start, and his players made sure to let him know after the game.
NEW! An early release from our upcoming Sept. issue, here's our feature on
@mitty_wbb
— and
@usabasketball
— star
@MorganCheli
. She just spent her summer winning a FIBA gold medal and solidifying her standing as one of the top 2024 recruits in the nation.
Congratulations to our 2018 NorCal Football Coach of the Year — Ryan Partridge of
@lhslionsfb
.
Read our feature on
@CoachPart
here:
View all of our NorCal football postseason honors here:
We're dedicating our Twitter & Instagram feeds tomorrow to the
#LetThemPlayCA
movement + demonstrations across the state. From 8am-8pm we'll be posting some of our favorite pics of kids at play. Share them, and tag us in your own. Let's get this done
@letthemplayca1
@coachwalsh20
On the eve of its first CIF State Bowl appearance, here's our story on
@PittHSFootball
from today's SportStars Extra. The Pirates face Narbonne-Harbor City in the 1-A State Bowl at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
NEW! Four days after his dad died from a blood clot in his leg, Trevor Rund helped lead
@CalHighFootball
to a season-opening win. It was a testament to Rund's resilience and strength — and the brotherhood a football team can provide. Story by
@Ben_Enos
.
5
#football
players have been nominated for our
@SportStarsMag
Sac-Joaquin Football Preview coming out next month on August 9th (print edition on August 12th). Cast your vote on who should grace the cover:
It's LIVE! The NorCal Football 2022 Preview Digital Issue is out, including 4 new features spotlighting
@PittHSFootball
,
@RiordanSports
,
@grant_union
and a trend story on how social media has transformed the way HS football is consumed. See it all here ➡️
Salinas’ Josiah Garnica seals a 21-14 season-opening win over Clayton Valley with this interception inside the 5 with 1.9 seconds left.
It’s a final in Concord.
Happy Thanksgiving, sports fans! We invite you to feast on our 2017-18 Hoops Preview w/ features on Mitty, St. Mary's-Stockton and Campolindo girls, and Dublin and Grant boys + Preseason Top 20s & All-NorCal teams.
NEW! Our November digital issue is out w/ a cover feature on
@mitty_wbb
and its two
@usabasketball
talents,
@MorganCheli
& McKenna Woliczko. PLUS: Preseason NorCal Boys & Girls Rankings, and recently released stories on
@dlsfootball17
& Foothill girls VB.
🏈 The Bay Area News Group Offensive Player of the Year, Jerry Johnson threw for 2,917 yards, 34 TDs and just seven INTs for 11-2 Pirates. His six TDs vs. St. Mary’s-Stockton were a school record.
QB | JERRY JOHNSON (Pittsburg) | Sr.
(David Gershon photo)
Our March 2021 issue is live at . Its 15 pages of return-to-sports content includes:
• A look at the short-season state of key
@cifsjs
FB programs
• A deep dive on the behind-the-scenes work of ADs + league commissioners
@PittHSFootball
@Rashidakello6
NEW!
SportStars' writer
@Ben_Enos
spent a little more than nine hours with the
@PittHSFootball
team last Friday, chronicling its road trip to Granite Bay and how the program is subtly transforming under new coach
@CRamirez_PittHC
We're a few hours away from the release of our next
#7FridayNight
episode. This week's guest is none other than
@PittHSFootball
head coach Victor Galli. Watch for the episode to be out by 3 p.m.
IT'S OUT! Our Yearbook 2020-21 issue is available to view now. Peep the PDF version for our Year-In-Pix pages, and our All-NorCal FB and Hoops teams. There's also 3 Player of the Year stories + our 9th annual Bay Area 75 athlete rankings!
@CaArmyGuard
The newest
@FitProUSA
NorCal Top 20 Football Rankings are up.
@PittHSFootball
is back in the Top 5 after its OT win over previous-No. 3 Liberty. Also,
@MontereyTrailHS
returns to the Top 20. Here's how the pack looks heading to Week 9:
👇Comment below👇who should grace our
@SportStarsMag
#Football
Preview coming out next month on August 9th (print edition on August 12th). We'll have two covers, 1 Bay Area & 1 Sac-Joaquin. Let's hear some nominations! Catch more HS football coverage here:
The cover athlete of our Yearbook Issue (out now!), here's our story on Lu-Magia Hearns of
@dlsfootball17
(and now
@CalFootball
) who becomes the third Spartan to win our NorCal Player of the Year designation. Congrats,
@Hearns_21
!
@dlsathletics