NCS

Acalanes returned to the winner’s circle on Saturday for the first time in nine years when it scored three runs in the first inning and added two more in the …

PLEASANT HILL – Alhambra sophomore Hailey Powers was looking for a pitch down the middle as she led off the bottom of a tied seventh inning of the North Coast …

MORAGA — For the first time in nearly three decades, Liberty has reached the North Coast Section mountain top.  The top-seeded Lions captured their first section title since 1997 after …

Ando Butner hit a first-inning leadoff homer and Jimmy Cusumano knocked in two more runs with a double later in the inning to lead fifth-seeded Acalanes past top-seeded Cardinal Newman …

DUBLIN — The crowd at Dublin High barely had time to blink before De La Salle sprinter Jaden Jefferson crossed the finish line. In 10.30 seconds, the junior not only …

North Coast Section baseball playoffs Division I Tuesday’s semifinals No. 9 Casa Grande at No. 5 College Park, 5 p.m. No. 3 Foothill at No. 2 De La Salle, 5 …

North Coast Section baseball playoffs Division I Friday’s quarterfinals No. 9 Casa Grande 3, No. 1 Granada 2 No. 5 College Park 4, No. 13 Clayton Valley Charter 1 No. …

PLEASANTON — Foothill broke the game open with a six-run fourth inning and went on to a 10-4 win Friday over Benicia in a North Coast Section Division I quarterfinal. …

LIVERMORE — All Kaci Norton could do was watch.  “Very nerve-wracking in the dugout,” Livermore’s starting pitcher said. “Kind of sitting there, praying.” No. 2 Livermore trailed No. 7 Alameda …

LIVERMORE — Granada’s quest for its second consecutive North Coast Section Division I title got off to a positive start on Tuesday after the top-seeded Matadors notched a 5-2 first-round …