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• Football weekend recap: Palo Alto wins, Serra stumbles, East Bay powers roll - Sun, 28 Aug 2016 04:35:01 +0000
  
  

  As midnight approached, Danny Sullivan still had the joy in his voice, the thrill of a man who had won his first game as a high school head coach. A decade ago, Sullivan threw passes for Los Gatos High under… Continue Reading →

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• High school basketball: NorCal showcase scheduled for Sunday - Thu, 25 Aug 2016 01:01:49 +0000
  
  

  High school basketball season is still months away, but that won’t stop some of the area’s top players from lacing up the high tops for a game Sunday at Contra Costa College in San Pablo. The gathering is officially called… Continue Reading →

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• Changes on tap for Mercury News, East Bay Times high school sports coverage - Mon, 22 Aug 2016 20:08:44 +0000
  
  

  Welcome to the first week of the new high school season. Before the games begin, we want to update you on some things we’ll be doing with high school sports coverage this year. We have partnered with Prep2Prep, a growing… Continue Reading →

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• Football: South edges North 23-20 in Wedemeyer all-star game - Sun, 17 Jul 2016 04:52:25 +0000
  
  

  SANTA CLARA — For the second year in a row, the annual Charlie Wedemeyer high school all-star football game went big time — as in the action Saturday unfolded on the Levi’s Stadium turf. Big certainly was the operative word… Continue Reading →

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• Football: De La Salle headlines media day at Levi’s Stadium - Thu, 14 Jul 2016 03:57:13 +0000
  
  

  SANTA CLARA — Mid-July no longer is too early to hype high school football. Players and coaches from 35 schools, most from the Bay Area, made their way onto a stage at Levi’s Stadium on Wednesday to discuss their outlook… Continue Reading →

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• CCS baseball: Jeremy Ydens pitches St. Francis to Open Division title - Sun, 29 May 2016 06:19:35 +0000
  
  

  SAN JOSE — With the tying run at second base and his team one strike from the championship Saturday night, St. Francis catcher Johnny Mendoza made a quick trip to the mound. He told pitcher Jeremy Ydens to relax and… Continue Reading →

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• NorCal boys volleyball: Bellarmine wins thriller over Granite Bay for Division I crown - Sun, 29 May 2016 04:17:11 +0000
  
  

  By Ray Hacke DUBLIN – Perseverance was the key to Bellarmine College Prep’s four-set victory over Granite Bay in Saturday’s CIF NorCal Division I boys volleyball final at Dublin High. In a match where the teams frequently matched each other… Continue Reading →

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• NorCal boys volleyball: Saratoga sweeps Leigh for Division II crown - Sun, 29 May 2016 04:13:27 +0000
  
  

  By Ray Hacke DUBLIN – Saratoga’s Joel Schneidmiller didn’t merely dominate Saturday’s CIF NorCal Division II boys volleyball final at Dublin High. As if to put an exclamation point – three of them, actually – on his 23-kill performance, the… Continue Reading →

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• CCS baseball: Jake Dermer leads Leland to Division I championship - Sun, 29 May 2016 02:35:33 +0000
  
  

  SAN JOSE — For the second time in three years, Leland celebrated a Central Coast Section baseball championship. Two years after Josh Nashed led the Chargers to an Open Division crown, Jake Dermer pitched and hit Leland to the Division… Continue Reading →

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• CCS softball: Mitty rallies for 4-3 win over Pioneer in Division II final - Sun, 29 May 2016 02:31:55 +0000
  
  

  SAN JOSE — For the third year in a row it was Archbishop Mitty and Pioneer in the Central Coast Section Division II softball championship game. And for the third straight year Mitty defeated Pioneer, this time coming back from… Continue Reading →

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