MAP QUEST: Despite making five SJS finals in six years, Bella Vista-Fair Oaks soccer feels it still has more to prove. Read more

My dad can’t understand why I only play one sport. He says that things were better when there were three-sport athletes and kids didn’t focus so much on one thing. Should I really try to play three sports in high school? K.D., Piedmont   This a complicated question in some... Read more

I have been doing quite a bit of off-site team training lately and spending a lot of time teaching the basic skills of linear/lateral acceleration techniques and concepts. This is where I always start with new athletes as many have never been taught how to properly prepare and execute this... Read more

Elk Grove High football’s ground and pound style is as vintage as the school itself — and it’s working to perfection. Read more

So, the weather has begun to change, you’ve cleaned and put away the bike, and your wet suit is in the closet. Maybe you’ve raced three or fives races this season; maybe just one. But you’re physically and mentally tired. You don’t want to even look at most of your... Read more

Training Time In the last issue I discussed how CrossFit and similarly styled programs work. Each day the goal is complete physical exhaustion; either through maximal reps, maximal weight, maximal speed, or some combination of all three. This is detrimental to your athletes’ performance, athletic career and health. Lets explore... Read more

Keller Chryst and Spencer Drazovich make an odd friendship pairing, but a perfect quarterback-center combo. Read more

In 3 years, Oderah Chidom has gone from gangly frosh to owning a spot on the U17 National team roster. Read more

In her senior year at Monte Vista-Danville, it was already evident that Maggie Steffens was going places. Two years later she wears an Olympic gold medal in water polo. This is our cover feature from Oct. 28, 2010. Maggie Steffens doesn’t get nervous. Not in the pool, anyway. Not while... Read more

Coach Frank Ortega didn’t mince his words when talking about his star player. He called him one of the best tennis players he’s ever coached, and it’s hard to disagree considering Kim has made a mockery of the Diablo Valley Athletic League. The senior has won DVAL singles title three... Read more

After leaving behind team sports, Angelo Trevino and Joseph Morales are rising the MMA amateur ranks Read more

Sheldon softball had the talent and heart of a champion. Its coach helped them find it just in time. Read more