EL CERRITO The duo of Myleka Emerson and Turquoise Wilder was too much for the Bishop O'Dowd High girls basketball team to handle as top-seeded El Cerrito advanced to the North Coast Section Division III final with a 51-44 win over the visiting Dragons on Friday night.
BERKELEY A year ago at this time, Dior Lowhorn was in tears after his Berkeley High boys basketball team lost in the semifinals of the North Coast Section Division I playoffs.
On Friday, Lowhorn was in a much better mood.
HAYWARD Moreau Catholic was one spot higher in the East Bay girls basketball poll, one seed ahead in the playoffs and one point better than St. Mary's on Friday night in the North Coast Section Division IV semifinals.
BAKERSFIELD In November when Albany High wrestler Levi Porras began training at school, he never imagined how this year was going to pan out.
The 189-pounder was going to give it his all, but he wasn't sure how far it would take him.
OAKLAND All week long, the Oakland Tech High girls basketball team talked of making history.
And when the Bulldogs did so on Thursday, they treated it like just another victory.
"We're looking forward to bigger things," Tech's 6-foot-3 senior center Devanei Hampton said.