Football and other high-contact, outdoor sports got the green light to begin competition in many parts of California, culminating a long-fought battle for return-to-play advocates.

Indoor sports activists earned a swift and sweeping victory Thursday in a legal settlement with the state of California that will remove the state’s additional restrictions on sports like bas…

San Jose State Spartans improve to 7-0 as their historic football season reaches the highest point yet.

“We have increasingly recognized that transmission depends upon multiple factors that cannot be easily accounted for by simply dividing sports into three distinct categories of risk.”

Coaches say job security is fragile in an era when experience and success don’t seem to matter as much as they once did

De La Salle stuns Valley Christian with six-run rally in the seventh inning to repeat as NorCal Division I champion.

De La Salle grabs its first lead late in the fourth quarter, but Nicolas Andrighetto answers with a TD reception that gives St. Francis the historic victory.

Matt Scharrenberg adds breaking De La Salle’s 30-year unbeaten regional streak to a long list of memorable triumphs at his high school alma mater

A collection of coaches from around California requested this week in an open letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom that youth sports be exempted from the state’s tiered reopening system, in a last-dit…

Golden State HS Football Coaches Community, led by Serra’s Patrick Walsh, De La Salle’s Justin Alumbaugh, has a positive meeting with state officials.

Football and other outdoor sports will be permitted in Santa Clara County beginning Friday, officials announced Monday, bringing the county in line with recent guidelines released by the California…

After an emotional day for high school athletes and coaches, Santa Clara County officials reverse restrictions

Lights, camera, action: The story behind the visual storytellers of San Jose State’s historic football season

Brent Brennan led a dramatic turnaround as the SJSU Spartans won their first Mountain West championship.

On week of big game, former Lancers reminisce about their epic victory nearly 30 years ago.

Ex-Serra stars Tom Brady, David Bakhtiari, Hunter Bishop join the school’s football coach, Patrick Walsh, to discuss what youth sports meant to them.

Westmont High pitcher Kirk Vasquez had a bright future, committing to UOP last year as a sophomore. A car accident in February, on the way home from a game, ended the teenager’s life and deva…

Serra football coach Patrick Walsh: ‘We’re on the 1-yard line and we believe a positive announcement is going to be coming up.’

San Diego lawyer says he received a settlement offer from California that could pave return of all sports statewide.

Two top Bay Area football coaches insist there’s data showing a return to play can be safe for players.

Bay Area News Group recognizes M-A’s Daniel Heimuli, St. Francis’ Joshua Pakola.

California’s revised high school sports calendar gives kids and their parents something we need — hope.

Freedom High’s Kyle Harmon, a straight-A student raised by a single mom, stands out for undefeated team preparing to play unbeaten Pittsburg on Friday night.

Instant classic: Unranked Bellarmine reaches the end zone eight times against No. 5 Menlo-Atherton as teams combine for nearly 100 points

David Diaz-Infante takes over from Jalal Beauchman, who stepped down in March after three seasons.

“Jerry had the hot hand. He seized the opportunity and played big.”

Let Them Play CA Basketball leaders, in a packet to state officials, say ‘we are at a critical juncture. The time is now.’

De La Salle players have chosen to play Friday night against El Cerrito after learning about coach’s death in the morning.

De La Salle, Serra football coaches want state officials to give them a chance to prove doubters wrong about returning to competition.

Coach Patrick Walsh has built a Bay Area prep football power over two decades at Serra High by focusing on good values first.

Trailing by 13 at halftime, undefeated San Jose State roars back to reach the Mountain West championship game for the first time.

Dozens of players from Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, San Mateo counties receive recognition

San Mateo High football coach: ‘They’ve been sitting around doing nothing for two months, and that’s dangerous.’

Nick Starkel throws two TDs in his return from injury, defense finishes with seven sacks and 11 tackles for loss.

Monterey County family proud of cheerleader son as he pursues his dream; lauds his courage

Morgan Cheli says her “journey will continue in the basketball capital of the world.”

Janda led the Bellarmine varsity football team for 36 seasons and to numerous CCS, WCAL championships.

Robyn Yorke, a four-time softball All-American at Fresno State, taught her sons how to play.