California High School Sports News

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.

Kelsey Jessup, 26, is a model of healthful living. The Palo Alto native runs five days a week, practices yoga and stays away from red meat.

GILROY Playing its first match in a week, the Gavilan College women's volleyball team picked up right where it left things with a three-set sweep of visiting Chabot College to kick off the second half of Coast Conference play Wednesday night.

Carson High puts its unbeaten Northern Nevada 4A League record on the line Thursday night at 7 against Sierra League rival South Tahoe in the semifinals of the 4A regional girls' soccer playoffs at Damonte Ranch High School in Reno.

Chuck Camuso, who will turn 75 in December, suffered a heart attack while officiating a football game just five weeks ago.

The 2009 Heritage High School boys water polo will be remembered for many firsts.

Palo Alto Online Sports Beating a rival is always good. Denying them a shot at a championship is even better.

Butte volleyball standout Sarah Nichols is leading the Roadrunners through Golden Valley Conference play, but the heptathlon star may be better suited for a longer future in track.

Fourty-four percent of the more than 2,000 Placer Sports readers who participated in the voting for last weeka TMs Placer Sports Athlete of the Week selected Del Oro water polo star Alex Obert for the honor.

SCHOOL BOARD meetings tend to the dull side. There are minutes to read and approvals to grant and recommendations for action, all about as compelling as a lecture on the Dewey Decimal System.