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• Football: Here is entire 16-page letter CCS sent to Serra, informing school of sanctions - Sat, 24 Jan 2015 16:14:48 +0000
  
  A copy of the 16-page letter sent from the Central Coast Section to Serra High on Thursday that notified the school of its sanctions as a result of the football team forfeiting a game against Milpitas: Lars Lund, President Barry… Continue Reading →
• Football: More on Serra’s two-year playoff ban and how CCS consolation games became a reality - Sat, 24 Jan 2015 08:24:54 +0000
  
  
  
  
  Spent most of Friday on the phone, talking to coaches and administrators and reading the growing number of comments at the bottom of our news story from the previous day about Serra being banned from the football playoffs for the… Continue Reading →
• CCS bans Serra from 2015 and 2016 football playoffs for forfeiting consolation game - Fri, 23 Jan 2015 00:25:42 +0000
  
  SAN JOSE — Serra will be ineligible to play in the Central Coast Section football playoffs for the next two seasons as a result of forfeiting a consolation game last month against Milpitas, the section announced Thursday. In addition to… Continue Reading →
• Boys basketball: Serra tightens its defense, holds off Archbishop Mitty 46-43 - Thu, 22 Jan 2015 07:35:13 +0000
  
  
  
  
  Online only story from Serra’s win at Mitty on Wednesday night: By Darren Sabedra SAN JOSE — Serra played nearly perfect defense in the first half, weathered a storm through the third quarter and parts of the fourth and went… Continue Reading →
• Girls basketball: The new Mercury News Top 15 - Thu, 22 Jan 2015 01:00:46 +0000
  
  The top five — St. Ignatius, Mitty, Pinewood, Eastside and Sacred Heart Cathedral — remain the same as last week. There is some movement on the remainder of the Mercury News rankings. St. Francis was sixth last week but dropped… Continue Reading →
• Boys basketball: The new Mercury News Top 15 - Thu, 22 Jan 2015 00:16:47 +0000
  
  You’ll notice some changes in this latest installment of the Mercury News Top 15, none more than at the top. Yes, St. Francis is now in the No. 1 spot. The Lancers have been right behind former No. 1 Mitty… Continue Reading →
• Football: Michigan to meet with Terra Nova QB Anthony Gordon this week - Tue, 20 Jan 2015 20:01:46 +0000
  
  
  
  
  The light on Terra Nova coach Tim Adams’ answering machine was blinking when he arrived at his office early Tuesday morning. The message was from Michigan tight ends coach and West Coast recruiter Jay Harbaugh, the son of newly-hired head… Continue Reading →
• Boys basketball: Sequoia hangs on at end to beat Menlo-Atherton - Sat, 17 Jan 2015 07:55:36 +0000
  
  By Glenn Reeves Sequoia went on a 9-0 run late in the fourth quarter to turn a four-point deficit into a five-point lead and held on for a 60-57 victory in front of a packed gym at Sequoia. “We knew… Continue Reading →
• Boys basketball: Oak Grove remains unbeaten in BVAL Mt. Hamilton play after OT win over Piedmont Hills - Sat, 17 Jan 2015 07:34:27 +0000
  
  
  
  
  Longer version of story that will appear in Saturday’s Mercury News … By Darren Sabedra Oak Grove withstood two potential game-winning shots at the end of regulation and went on to beat visiting Piedmont Hills 65-58 before a charged-up crowd… Continue Reading →
• Football: Wilcox coach Dan Brown steps down; baseball coach Paul Rosa to take over - Fri, 16 Jan 2015 17:41:36 +0000
  
  
  
  
  Dan Brown has decided to step down as Wilcox’s football coach after four seasons and will be replaced by the school’s baseball coach, Paul Rosa, principal Bonnie Billings said Friday. Brown led the Chargers to the Central Coast Section Division… Continue Reading →