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Loss of quarterback Jack Perry hurts St. Francis
Loss of quarterback Jack Perry hurts St. Francis
A season-ending knee injury to St. Francis senior quarterback Jack Perry is the biggest reason the Lancers dropped from No. 3 to No. 4 in this week’s Chronicle Top 25 rankings. The Lancers struggled ...
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San Rafael gets first MCAL football win since 2010
There was no Gatorade bath Saturday afternoon after the football team at San Rafael broke a 45-game Marin County Athletic League losing streak with a 28-8 win at Novato. San Rafael first-year coach Mark ...
Liberty beats Freedom 55-21 in matchup of top high school football programs
Second-ranked Liberty-Brentwood, which typically relies on its passing game, turned to running backs Tyerell Sturges-Cofer and Brenden Bell to power it to a 55-21 Bay Valley Athletic League home win over ...
Wilcox holds off Palo Alto’s late surge in matchup of ranked teams
On a night when the Wilcox-Santa Clara football team racked up 339 rushing yards, the Chargers turned to the air to seal a 35-21 win over visiting Palo Alto. Clinging to a 28-21 lead after leading by 21 ...
Wilcox rolls into marquee football matchup against Palo Alto
Paul Rosa is well-organized, motivational and a visionary. He’s also very honest. Rosa, the fourth-year head coach at Wilcox-Santa Clara, didn’t expect to be 5-0. And he definitely didn’t figure ...
Burton High football (4-0) a big surprise after 15 straight...
Burton football coach Duane Breaux had every reason to walk away. Fifteen very good reasons, in fact. It started in 2002, the Pumas’ first season when they went 0-8. That was followed by a 2-7 record. ...
Sacred Heart Cathedral top contender in girls volleyball
Nobody is playing for second anymore. That’s what makes this one of the most exciting girls volleyball seasons in recent Bay Area history. Mitty has long been the unquestioned queen of the court — ...
High school football top 25: Not all decisions are clear-cut
Every once in a while, The Chronicle Top 25 football rankings come down to a judgment call. On Friday, then-16th-ranked Freedom-Oakley beat then-No. 4 Antioch 14-7. Earlier in the year, Antioch won ...
Freedom, Heritage football players recovering after being...
Saturday morning film sessions aren’t normally popular among high school football players. But Freedom-Oakley senior tackle Colby Hunter called coach Andrew Cotter and pleaded for the coach to let him ...
Giles Jackson comes up big, Freedom tops Antioch
Giles Jackson was on the wrong end of costly penalties and lost a first-half fumble in the red zone Friday night, but when host Freedom-Oakley needed him most, he came through. Facing 3rd-and-29 with the ...
WCAL football down? Don’t try to convince league’s coaches
West Catholic Athletic League coaches keep hearing the chatter. The WCAL is way down this year. No one is going to win a state championship in 2018. Top-end talent is OK, but the depth isn’t where it ...
Sacred Heart Cathedral football team makes statement
Barry McLaughlin isn’t much for those moral victories. “I really hate to lose,” said the third-year Sacred Heart Cathedral football coach. “I don’t want guys buying into that losing is OK. I ...
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Rancho Cotate keeps rolling along
After Jake Simmons graduated, the football team at Rancho Cotate-Rohnert Park was expected to be target practice for opponents. Instead, the Cougars have fired back with nothing but bull’s-eyes. ...
High school top 25: best teams prove their mettle
The top eight teams remained unchanged in this week's Chronicle top 25 rankings, though four of the seven were severely challenged. No. 1 De La Salle-Concord edged Las Vegas power Bishop Gorman 27-21 in ...
Balboa dominates on both sides of the ball against...
A shutout is one thing. But three defensive scores also? Balboa’s football team definitely got defensive Saturday during a 45-0 nonleague win over visiting Harbor-Santa Cruz. John Lui and Andy ...
De La Salle holds on to beat Bishop Gorman 27-21
Henry To’oto’o rushed for touchdowns of 53 and 55 yards, leading host De La Salle-Concord to a wild 27-21 victory over perennial national power Bishop Gorman-Las Vegas on Friday night before a ...
No. 16 Bishop O’Dowd beats No. 7 Monte Vista 17-16 on field...
After two tries using Stanford-bound running back Austin Jones from inside the 5-yard line, Bishop O’Dowd-Oakland football coach Napoleon Kaufman had to put the game on the shoulders of his sophomore ...
Ex-Cal recruiter Matt Russi has turned corner as coach of...
Roughing it through an inaugural 4-7 season as Monte Vista-Danville’s head coach wasn’t always fun for Matt Russi. But it sure beat his previous gigs, first as a commercial real-estate agent and then ...
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San Rafael gets first MCAL football win since 2010
There was no Gatorade bath Saturday afternoon after the football team at San Rafael broke a 45-game Marin County Athletic League losing streak with a 28-8 win at Novato. San Rafael first-year coach Mark ...
Liberty beats Freedom 55-21 in matchup of top high school football programs
Second-ranked Liberty-Brentwood, which typically relies on its passing game, turned to running backs Tyerell Sturges-Cofer and Brenden Bell to power it to a 55-21 Bay Valley Athletic League home win over ...
Wilcox holds off Palo Alto’s late surge in matchup of ranked teams
On a night when the Wilcox-Santa Clara football team racked up 339 rushing yards, the Chargers turned to the air to seal a 35-21 win over visiting Palo Alto. Clinging to a 28-21 lead after leading by 21 ...
Wilcox rolls into marquee football matchup against Palo Alto
Paul Rosa is well-organized, motivational and a visionary. He’s also very honest. Rosa, the fourth-year head coach at Wilcox-Santa Clara, didn’t expect to be 5-0. And he definitely didn’t figure ...
Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton alum Ben Burr-Kirven’s life like...
Ben Burr-Kirven is a movie buff. Has been for a long time. The Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton graduate and senior linebacker at Washington is a film major, in fact. “If I’m not playing football, ...