NCVA Volleyball Players Throughout NorCal Will Have Plenty Of Options To Stay Local This Spring With multiple NCVA tournaments taking place almost every weekend, March represents one of the busiest months of the spring season for the Northern California Volleyball Association.  For clubs and parents looking to keep travel to a minimum, the Girls Premier League is a quality option throughout the month. Premier League #2 will take place March 2-3 for 12/11s, 16/15s and 18/17s with sites varying depending on district. Later in the month, Premier League #3 takes place on March 23-24 with 12/1 ..read more

With Come From Behind Win Over Marin Catholic, Foothill Volleyball Improved To 36-1 And Snapped Four Game Skid In NCS Finals Appearances PICTURED ABOVE:Nisa Kincaid (left) and Katie Salonga (5) join teammates in celebrating a Foothill point late in the NCS championship match. (Chace Bryson photos) Katie Salonga fully admitted to not having got the best night of sleep Friday. The Foothill High four-year setter was about to be heading back to the North Coast Section Division I finals after losing the same championship game a season ago. It was the program’s fourth runner-up finish during a 13-ye ..read more

East Bay Coaches Weren’t Shy About Telling The Newest Amador Valley Volleyball Coach His Team Was Ready To Take Off — And The Dons Appear To Be Proving Them Right PICTURED ABOVE:Amador Valley senior outside hitter, Zoe Allison. After a long stretch of focus on club volleyball, Jacky Yao was merely excited to get back into a high school coaching situation.  Then the newest Amador Valley High girls volleyball coach heard about the team and players he was inheriting. “There were just a lot of coaches from the volleyball community who kept telling me, ‘Oh my gosh, you’re going to be good,’” Y ..read more

Despite Some Small Upsets In League Tournaments, NorCal Volleyball Rankings See Little Movement As Section Playoffs Get Rolling • NorCal Volleyball Rankings All records are through Wednesday, Oct. 26. Previous ranking in parenthesis. Record obtained via MaxPreps. PICTURED ABOVE: Sophomore setter Celia Tolmie of No. 9 Branson-Ross. (Chace Bryson photo) 1. (1) St. Francis-Mountain View   28-0 2. (2) Archbishop Mitty-San Jose   26-7 3. (3) Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton   23-4 4. (4) San Ramon Valley-Danville   24-7 5. (5) Monte Vista-Danville   27-5 6. (6 ..read more

Mountain View’s Saint Francis Volleyball Has Dominated The First Two Months Of The Season, Fueled By The Confidence And Positive Spirit Of Star Hitter Erin Curtis. PICTURED ABOVE: Erin Curtis. (Chace Bryson photo/Mike DeCicco design) Erin Curtis tracked the pass. As Saint Francis teammate and setter Hannah Maguire settled under it, Curtis began to break for the left corner of the net. Three measured strides before launching her six-foot frame into the air. The jump was timed perfectly, as was the arm swing that connected with Maguire’s perfectly placed set. The volleyball thundered off Curtis ..read more

Stockton Classic Results Don’t Change The Very Top Of The NorCal Volleyball Rankings, But Several Teams Move Up This Week • NorCal Volleyball Rankings All records are through Tuesday, Oct. 11. Previous ranking in parenthesis. Record obtained via MaxPreps. PICTURED ABOVE: Members Of No. 10 Marin Catholic-Kentfield Celebrate A Point During Their Stockton Classic Match Vs. No. 12 Amador Valley-Pleasanton. (Chace Bryson photo) 1. (1) St. Francis-Mountain View   24-0 2. (2) Archbishop Mitty-San Jose   23-6 3. (3) Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton   17-4 4. (5) San Ramon Valley-Dan ..read more

San Ramon Valley Moves Into The Top 5 As The NorCal Volleyball Rankings Brace For The Stacked Field At The Stockton Classic • NorCal Volleyball Rankings All records are through Tuesday, Oct. 5. Previous ranking in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: Senior Setter Morgan Daetz Of No. 5 San Ramon Valley-Danville. (Chace Bryson photo) 1. (1) St. Francis-Mountain View   19-0 2. (2) Archbishop Mitty-San Jose   19-5 3. (3) Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton   16-4 4. (5) Amador Valley-Pleasanton  16-1 5. (12) San Ramon Valley-Danville   17-2 6. (4) Monte Vista-Danville  ..read more

Our 10th Annual Bay Area 75 Athlete Rankings Honoring The Top High School Athletes From The ’21-’22 School Year Continues With Nos. 50-26 • PICTURED ABOVE: No. 49 Makayla Winchell of Granada-Livermore (Chace Bryson photo) Welcome to our tenth annual Bay Area 75 rankings — SportStars’ countdown of the top 75 Bay Area athletes from the 2021-22 school year. The 2021-22 high school sports year wasn’t entirely without hiccups, but it was the closest thing we’d had in nearly two years. And the Bay Area’s athletes were ready to make up for lost time. As always, our only criteria used in generating th ..read more

Only Three Teams Hold The Same Spot They Did In Last Week’s NorCal Volleyball Rankings; Top 5 Sees Slight Shuffle And New Team • NorCal Volleyball Rankings All records are through Tuesday, Sept. 27. Previous ranking in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: No. 3 Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton. (SHP Athletics photo/Twitter) 1. (1) St. Francis-Mountain View   14-0 2. (2) Archbishop Mitty-San Jose   18-4 3. (5) Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton   12-4 4. (3) Monte Vista-Danville   16-2 5. (7) Amador Valley-Pleasanton  14-1 6. (4) Branson-Ross   8-6 7. (6) St. Mary’s ..read more

Four New Teams Crash The NorCal Volleyball Rankings As Just Seven Top 20 Teams Avoided Losses Over A Busy Tournament Weekend • NorCal Volleyball Rankings All records are through Monday, Sept. 19. Previous ranking in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: Paige Bennett of No. 8 Foothill-Pleasanton. (Jean-Paul Toshiro photo) 1. (1) St. Francis-Mountain View   12-0 2. (2) Archbishop Mitty-San Jose   15-4 3. (5) Monte Vista-Danville   14-1 4. (6) Branson-Ross   4-5 5. (9) Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton   9-5 6. (NR) St. Mary’s-Stockton   9-5 7. (7) Amador V ..read more