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The announcer almost went hoarse Saturday night calling out the names of Sacramento High stars Josiah Turner and Travon Abraham time after time.
If the Huskies can gain one critical aspect from Saturday night's 75-61 Northern California Division I semifinal loss to Newark Memorial here, it's this: Physical play wins.
Relaxing before his team's California Interscholastic Federation Northern California semifinal Saturday, Oak Ridge High School girls basketball coach Steve White got lost in a familiar daydream – the one in which superstar guard Sara James hits a game-winning shot.
Berkeley beat Kennedy 52-47: Leslie Leong's potential tying three-pointer from the top of the key with eight seconds left rimmed out, and the visiting Cougars (29-5) had to foul to stop the clock, allowing the top-seeded Yellowjackets (28-3) to hold on.
Sara James cruises along the suburban streets of El Dorado Hills, a familiar figure in the 2006 silver Scion with the Stanford sticker on the back. The Oak Ridge High School senior – and last year's Bee Player of the Year – also is known for plotting the most direct route from Point A to Point B.
Make no mistake: Woodcreek High School boys basketball coach Burnel Pinkerton is pleased that his team has reached tonight's California Interscholastic Federation Northern California Regional Division II semifinal.
Bradshaw Christian is all of 6 years old and aging nicely.
Mike Bradley and Sean Chambers embraced a basketball they hadn't touched in 27 years. Felt good in their hands, too.

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Sac-Joaquin Section Champions
Does Grant excel in sports other than football? Who dominates cross country? And when was the last time your alma mater won a championship? Use this new database to see every champion of the Sac-Joaquin Section in the past 70 years.

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LOCAL ATHLETES SIGN LETTERS OF INTENT


One of the biggest days of the year for prep athletes is the first Wednesday of February, the first day that high school football players can sign NCAA national letters of intent. Use our database to follow which student-athletes signed with which schools.

Click here to see where local prep players will be playing next fall.



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