The Reputation Of Del Oro’s JT Stinson Grows After His Recent Upset Victory • Story and Photos by IKE DODSON On the wrestling mat, scrambling is art. Not every pin is achieved after a perfectly executed move, and evenly-matched foes will often improvise rolls, dives, pivots, hoists and pulls long... Read more

I wrestle, and when we practice, we have to get out the mats, lay them down and then pick them up again so the cheerleaders can practice. Sometimes we don’t even get in the gym at all because the girls basketball JV is using it. That doesn’t seem fair —... Read more

Celebrating Over 50 Years of History, Family Style It has been thirty-seven years since I first set foot on a Livermore Cowboys’ wrestling mat. I recall it being a very cold and rainy November day outside; the winter months were upon us. My freshman season of football had just ended,... Read more

Rocklin’s Hardwood Palace will Host Huge Women’s Wrestling Event on Dec. 15-16 as both high school and college female wrestlers compete at the Women’s West Coast Tournament Of Champions. The Women’s West Coast Tournament of Champions (WWCTOC) is returning for the third installment on Dec. 15-16 and this year is... Read more

Oakdale Wrestling Stands Toe-To-Toe With Its Football Program — And Will Again In 2017-18 • In a one-school town where football is king, wrestling must wait patiently for access to royalty. Oakdale’s Steve Strange, coach of the best wrestling team in the Sac-Joaquin Section, will miss a considerable chunk of... Read more

St. Patrick-St. Vincent Triumphs in Shootout Victory over Clear Lake 60-44 in NCS Div 5 Playoffs 11/25/2017  Photo Credit: Ed Oswalt An NCS Division 5 semifinal matchup between the defending Div 6-A state champs St.Patrick-St. Vincent Bruins against the Clear Lake Cardinals here in Vallejo, CA.  I came here to... Read more

PAHULU’S POINT OF VIEW — 8/25/17 For the first week of the high school football season in the Bya Area, I chose to visit Menlo-Atherton High to watch a possible CCS Open Division playoff matchup between Bellarmine-San Jose and the host Bears. Menlo-Atherton surprised everyone last year coming out of... Read more

Coaches Of Fabled Sport Contrast Rugby With Football When people think of rugby, the first thing that usually comes to mind is football without the pads. While yes, rugby players do not wear pads, the ins and outs of the games are vastly different, while keeping some of the same... Read more

Despite a weird affinity for curling, I’ve always been more of a Summer Olympics guy. Certainly part of it has to do with the region I grew up. Lots of sun. Not a ton of winter sports to experiment in beyond the occasional ski trip to Mt. Lassen (when it... Read more

   Dynamic duos in sports can be a corny phrase, but when they are two players from the same team it can create all sorts of possibilities.    At the high school level, I was reminded of the greatest duo from any one high school team that I’ve ever covered... Read more

Conditioning, Strength Workouts Are Good, But Not As Important As Skills Development Some guys spend the whole summer just working out. They do conditioning and lifting plus they do a lot of skill work. I’m working this summer and I don’t have the money to join a gym and work... Read more

For the 20th year, Concord’s Community Youth Center is hosting the only Junior Greco Roman tournament/developmental event in the United States and it is shaping up to be our best ever. We have teams participating from Hungary, Stockholm Sweden, and Scandinavia (Sweden & Norway). We also have domestic teams coming... Read more