California High School Sports News

On Tuesday, November 10, 2009, OC METRO magazine honored and celebrated the Hot 25 people of 2009 shaping Orange County business, philanthropy, entertainment and the arts at the Island Hotel in Newport Beach.

Jaclyn Frank peered across the net like a pitcher looking in to home plate for a sign.

The Diamond Bar High School volleyball team had Arcadia figured out. The visiting Brahmas had the blocking scheme against the Apaches' Taylor DeGraaf down cold.

The Chico High girls volleyball team couldn't keep Jaklyn Wheeler and the Red Bluff Spartans down on Tuesday night.

HOLLISTER Despite losing its last three league matches, the San Benito High girls volleyball team was delivered some good news on Saturday when it was awarded the No.

Al Roderigues and his friends seem a little old for sleepovers, but when the popular former James Logan High volleyball coach was diagnosed with stomach cancer last November, it was a time for fellowship.

The Pleasant Valley High girls volleyball team and the PV football team will host playoff games this week.

Strathmore sophomore Nayeli Colunga's final kill of Thursday night's match against Orosi marked a 3-0 sweep over the Cardinals, setting off a raucous celebration in the Spartans' gym.

Friends and former teammates of Ashley Neufeld drew a heart in the infield dirt of a ball diamond in her hometown Wednesday - a tribute to the young woman known for her determined play and infectious positive attitude.

Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 1:43 a.m. A Chula Vista High School student who had just been accepted into the Air Force Academy has died after a two-week battle with what may have been valley fever, a dust-borne lung disease.

The Pleasant Valley High girls volleyball team earned the No. 1 seed for the Northern Section Division II playoffs when the brackets were released Friday, and will host fourth-seeded Shasta at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the semifinals.

On paper, this probably should have been a rebuilding year for Northgate High's girls tennis team.

Katie Dry moves with the ball against Galena on Thursday night. For more photos from the game, visit recordcourier.com/photos Shannon Litz/The R-C The Douglas High Girls' Soccer team will play for the Northern 4A Regional Championship against South Tahoe today at 2 p.m. at Damonte Ranch High School in Reno.

AS PHYSICAL EDUCATION classes go, Diablo Valley College's "Lacrosse 101" is hard to top.

Cory Cheffers was talented enough. The Diamond Ranch High School football coaching staff just had a hard time rationalizing a 160-pound offensive lineman.

SAN JUAN BAUTISTA Despite losing in four games to Santa Catalina on Monday, a loss that eliminated the Hawks from a Central Coast Section bid, the Anzar High girls volleyball team rebounded to win its final two games of the season this week, including a sweep of Soledad Tuesday and a five-game victory over Catalina on Thursday night.

The Pleasant Valley High volleyball team made sure to harness a team effort in Thursday's final regular-season home match, whether or not it was a necessity without the services of its leading hitter against Paradise.

Before it even began, it was bound to be a close contest. Both times the Chico High boys soccer team faced Shasta this season, the matches ended in a tie, and neither team had lost a single game in league play up to that point.

The Summit girls volleyball team hadn't played in a fifth game all season long, but coach Kristi Whitcomb had a feeling the regular-season finale could be different.

After battling through most of the quarterfinals scoreless before prevailing on a late goal, the Douglas girls' soccer team wasn't about to take any chances in the regional semifinals at Damonte Ranch Thursday night.