Healing from an injury takes as much mental strength as it does physical  GET MENTAL : Erika Carlson    It’s no secret that injury rates in youth sports are exploding. ACL tears have gotten a lot of attention in the media. According to US Youth Soccer, females are indeed more... Read more

Sharpening its mental toughness, Folsom is leaving no stone unturned in seeking its first SJS title. Read more

Heritage golfer Megan Conder has a chance to be her school’s first golfer to reach State. Read more

There are just as many reasons to go outside for a run in the fall as there are to skip a workout. With busy school schedules, fall activities, and busy weekends, it’s easy to allow yourself to skip a run on occasion. Then throw constantly changing weather in the mix... Read more

A Physical, Grind-It-Out Victory At Folsom Puts De La Salle Football Back At No. 2 In NorCal Rankings And On A Trajectory Many Have Seen Before For the better part of four decades, watching the De La Salle-Concord football team at the beginning of the season and then watching again... Read more

Boosted By Its Vaunted Football Program, De La Salle Baseball Opened 2020 As The State’s No. 1 Team — And Chasing A Record Fifth Straight NCS Title • De La Salle will always be known as a football school.  For as many championship banners as the Concord school’s other sports... Read more

Today’s tip for dealing with pressure is so simple you can teach it to a 6 year old. And yet it is so powerful, it has the potential to diminish all feelings of pressure within seconds in a competition. It comes down to this one thing: How to Focus Under Pressure to Perform... Read more

Cameron Shelton Plays With A Fire That’s Been Burning Long Before He Became The Star Guard For Damien High • Story by DEVIN UGLAND | Photos by SAMUEL STRINGER Cameron Shelton’s unmitigated desire to win goes back as far as he can remember. In elementary school, the blacktop courts would... Read more

Mater Dei Junior Quarterback JT Daniels Is On A Career Pace To Obliterate Several State Passing Records • Story by MARK TENNIS | Photos by SAM STRINGER (Photo Gallery below) It’s rare to see a junior in high school talk like a seasoned veteran, but Mater Dei-Santa Ana quarterback J.T.... Read more

For a feature story in this issue of SportStars, the question was asked if this 2017 edition of the Bishop O’Dowd-Oakland football team might be the best in school history? The Dragons, after all, seem to be even more loaded than last year when they went 15-1 and won the... Read more

We begin our 2017 Football coverage by revealing teams #20-11 in our NorCal Preseason Top 20 in a daily countdown to Aug. 24 when #10-1 are revealed in our 2017 Football Preview Special. If you need to catchup, here are links to previous entries: | No. 20 Foothill (Aug. 14)... Read more