Football Safety : Dr. Selina Shah    Americans love football.     It’s no surprise that athletes from the high school level on up are drawn to the game. In 2012, a whopping 4.2 million played football, including more than 1 million high school students.    But popularity comes with a... Read more

ATHLETE SCHOOL SPORT COLLEGE Calvin Kirkpatrick Northgate-Walnut Creek Boys Swimming UC Santa Barbara Joe Kmak  Serra-San Mateo  Boys Swimming  UC Santa Barbara  Carson Sand Castro Valley Boys Swimming Cal Mason Tittle Northgate Boys Swimming UC Santa Barbara Stanley Wu  Northgate  Boys Swimming Florida          Jordan Anderson  Granite... Read more

  By MIKE YOUNG | SportStars    The Walnut Creek Rec Center played host to the second annual Pass Tha Ball Queens Court Skills Academy and Showcase that featured some of the top girls basketball talent in Northern California from the 2015, 2016 and 2017 classes. That talent included Cyndee... Read more

 NEW RANKS OUT WEDNESDAY             RANK TEAM RESULT COMMENT 1 De La Salle-Concord (4-1) d. No. 17 Granite Bay 37-0 Spartans battle through penalties + mistakes to still post shutout on the road 2 Folsom (6-0) d. No. 10 Del Oro-Loomis 31-0 Bulldogs hold Golden... Read more

  40. MAXIME ROONEY  Granada-Livermore, Swimming, JR.  Committed to the University of Florida, Rooney makes this list for the second straight year after setting a new North Coast Section Championships record in the 200 freestyle (1 minutes, 34.58 seconds) while defending his title in the same event and the 500... Read more

Health Watch : Dr. Nirav K. Pandya    With sports season in full swing, many athletes begin to feel the aches and pains of competition adding up. The decision to play with nagging injuries can become confusing when attempting to balance multiple different factors: parents, coaches, teammates, and even potential... Read more

   Young athletes often look forward to their growth spurt, but it’s also a time to be cautious.  Health Watch : Dr. Nirav K. Pandya    With summer right around the corner, many young athletes wonder, “Is this the summer that I am going to grow six inches?”      Although... Read more

Multi-Sport Athletes: To Specialize or Not Dr. Nirav K. Pandya    With an increasing emphasis in high school athletics on obtaining a scholarship, there has been a rapid decline in multi-sport athletes.    I have seen an increasing number of patients specializing at a young age with a concurrent rise... Read more

When the Foot Hits the Ground- Recognizing and Preventing Stress Fractures in the Foot HEALTH WATCH : Suzanne Becker    Just like a car, the human body has a spring-loaded shock absorbing mechanism built into the foot to disperse force. The human foot has 33 joints that allow 26 bones... Read more

SAN GABRIEL – Among a number of emotions that Zoe Jiamanukoonkit experienced Wednesday at the CIF State Girls Golf Championships, the most significant sentiment for the Torrey Pines High junior was gratitude. Rina Kawasaki also dealt with several mixed feelings in her debut at the state final, but the most... Read more

WALNUT, Calif. – Abigail Errington has produced several significant victories during an exceptional career at South Pasadena High in California, but her performance Friday in the Division 3-4-5 girls varsity team sweepstakes competition at the 76th Mt. SAC Invitational Presented by Nike might have been the most remarkable for multiple reasons. Not only... Read more

Despite the significant distance between the high schools of Concord De La Salle senior Trey Caldwell and La Jolla junior Chiara Dailey in relation to the Mt. San Antonio College campus in Walnut, both athletes have regarded the venue as a home away from home during their exceptional prep careers.... Read more