The Sutter Union and the Paradise High football teams have won a combined 19 Northern Section championships in the last two decades.

University Prep senior quarterback Payton Henderson looked up at the clock as the third quarter began with his team trailing against Pierce of Arbuckle in the CIF Northern Section Division IV title game at home on Wednesday night.

2021 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Kyle Larson and three-time World of Outlaw NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Champion Brad Sweet have teamed up to become the new promoters of Silver Dollar Speedway – the historic dirt track in Chico and sister partner to the Marysville Raceway. 

Three mid-valley products will be included among California’s best three-milers on Saturday at the California Interscholastic Federation state cross country championships hosted annually at Fresno’s Woodward Park.

It’s been 17 years since the Pierce High School varsity football team has emerged as champions of the Northern Section, last winning the Division IV title in 2004. 

With a 39-0 blowout of league rival Wheatland High, the Sutter Union Huskies advanced to another Northern Section Division III championship with a chance to win a NSCIF-high 14 career titles next Saturday night at home. 

High school football in the Mid-Valley has been whittled down to four teams tonight (Friday) in the semifinals of the Northern Section playoffs. 

The Yuba College men’s basketball team returned to its home court for the first time since Feb. 29, 2020 to kick off its home schedule of the 2021-22 season Thursday night against visiting Lassen in a nonconference single-game showdown. 

Yuba College women’s soccer hits the road today to begin the first postseason opportunity in two years when it travels to Redwood City to take on No. 16 Cañada College in a Northern California Regional play-in match beginning at 2 p.m.

The fate of the Yuba City High football team again came down to the final seconds at home Friday night in the quarterfinals of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III playoffs against visiting Patterson. 

Amid young promising softball stars completing the next step in their playing careers were a pair of mid-valley stars inking their deals to the Division-I level. 

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It was a fruitful day for the Sutter High School junior varsity and varsity shooting teams and adult division over the weekend at the California Youth Shooting Sports Association State Sporting Clay Championships.  

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It’s playoff time in the Northern Section beginning Friday, and the Sutter Union High football team begins its quest for a 14th section title at home against No. 8 Central Valley in the first round. 

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The month of November is synonymous with playoff magic, as football squads around the region gear up for single-game elimination the next three weeks to try and be the one holding the hardware over Thanksgiving weekend.

A pair of mid-valley girls volleyball teams will converge on Red Bluff High School on Saturday to play for Northern Section titles.

It was essentially a flawless start for the second-seeded Colusa High girls volleyball in Tuesday’s semifinals at home against No. 3 Willows. 

Following its come from behind win over Woodcreek to close out the regular season, the Yuba City High football team was rewarded with a No. 4 seed and first-round bye in the upcoming Sac-Joaquin Section Division III playoffs.

The Yuba City High football team needed nearly all 48 minutes Friday night to eclipse Woodcreek at home, 31-28 and solidify itself as the second-best team in the Capital Valley Conference heading into the Sac-Joaquin playoffs. 

Week 10 marks the end of the regular season for Sac-Joaquin Section teams, while the Northern Section plays through the first week of November to determine final playoff seeds and match-ups. 

The Lindhurst High football team was back on the gridiron for the first time since its Oct. 8 second-half forfeit to host West Valley on senior night Thursday at Dean Miller Stadium in Olivehurst.

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Fresh off back-to-back forfeits, the Lindhurst High football team is scheduled to end its season tonight (Thursday) at home against West Valley in a varsity-only contest, Athletic Director Bob Jensen said. 

The Sutter High girls volleyball team struggled to match up with Yreka at the net on Tuesday night.

For the second time in two years, the Marysville High volleyball team earned a first-round date at Escalon in the Sac-Joaquin Division IV playoffs. 

Head coach Willie Burns earned his first win over Inderkum Friday after the Yuba City High football team seemingly controlled the Tigers for most of the game’s 48 minutes, en route to a 37-7 win Friday night at Honker Stadium. 

For the first time in two years, mid-valley girls volleyball teams will aim for Northern Section and Sac-Joaquin Section titles beginning Monday with the Sac-Joaquin play-in matches. 

For most area football teams, tonight (Friday) marks the second to last game of the regular season.