How St. Francis, Heritage, Mitty, Amador Valley, Livermore, Foothill fared as we update our weekly softball rankings.

It’s clearly a school on the rise in terms of athletic prominence and Laubach is friends with many of the coaches and knows many of the athletes who earned the championships. But Freedom has never won a league or district title in softball and Laubach believes it’s time for her team to join the others as champions.

By looking at the early softball results this season, Freedom certainly doesn’t look like a team trying to find its groove after last year was wiped out. The Patriots improved to 4-0 on the season with a 10-0 road victory over rival Liberty on Thursday.

Serra’s Christian Pedersen (9) catches a pass in the end zone for a touchdown against Valley Christian’s Carlos Lopez (45) in the second quarter of a high school football game in San Jose, Calif., on Friday, March 19, 2021. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News ...

Our countdown to kickoff for the spring 2021 football season continues with a look at the Bay Area’s top quarterbacks. With an assist from correspondent Mike Lefkow, here they are: Class of 2021 Nick Bandanza,

A look back at Lehigh Valley sports stories over the years from Feb. 18, featuring Gary Wagner, Brian Kistler, Bob McClure, Walt King, George Kinek, Skip Kintz, Ron Lauer, Joe Brey

Varsity Practice will start at 1pm on Saturday.  Junior Varsity will start at Noon on Saturday. Freshman Team will be contacted about practice time.   Varsity ...