Baseball Stories

The Hollister Haybalers and the Saint Francis Lancers would meet for the second time in a week in a battle to hoist the CIF Northern California Division 1 plaque and be champions of the region. It would be an...

Here are each of the scores for the CIF Northern California baseball championship games: Division 1 #2 De La Salle 11, #1 Valley Christian-San Jose 8 Division 2 #4 St. Ignatius 3, #3 Casa Grande 0 Division 3 #2 Central Catholic-Modesto 5, #5 Oakmont...

There were days earlier in the spring where St. Ignatius could have thrown in the towel. At one point from April through early May, St. Ignatius lost four of five games. It was fighting its way to even get into...

Six weeks ago, junior Hank Tripaldi tragically lost his mother to a battle with cancer. Nonetheless, the entire team rallied behind their star third baseman and wore ‘Team Tripaldi’ wristbands. The entire team attended the funeral and bonded together, strengthening...

Here are Northern California Softball Championship previews involving Bay Area programs. Each of these games will take place on Saturday, June 3. Division 1 #1 Hollister vs. #2 St. Francis, 4 p.m. Saturday @ Hollister A collision course was set when...

Here are Northern California Baseball Championship previews involving Bay Area programs. Each of these games will take place on Saturday, June 3 at 1 p.m. Division 1 No. 1 Valley Christian vs. No. 2 De La Salle @ Valley Christian It’s the...

The Valley Christian Warriors are heading to the NorCal championship after grinding out a hard earned victory over Cardinal Newman. Runs were at a premium with the final score being 2-1, but the well coached play from the Warriors...

In a nine inning battle of resilience and composure, second-seed Saint Francis (28-3) edged out third-seed Central-Fresno (27-6) by a score of 1-0 to gain entry into the CIF NorCal Division I championship for the second year on a...

This one memory instantly jumps into Northgate 2026 shortstop/outfielder Taelyn Jriyasetapong's mind. When Jriyasetapong was amidst one season with her travel ball team, took a strike three looking. In the moment, she felt timid, scared, nervous, unsure of what to...

Tanner Griffith knew what was at stake when he went up to bat in the ninth inning. With runners at the corners and the game knotted at five in an instant classic, De La Salle looked to repeat its walk-off...