It’s Our Annual Weight-By-Weight Breakdown Preview Of The CIF State Wrestling Championships. Who Is NorCal’s Best Hope? Who Could Bracket-bust? • Seeds schmeeds. No matter where wrestlers landed in the 14 40-man brackets at the CIF State Wrestling Championships, they have the scrambler’s chance to victory. It’s what makes the... Read more

Sneak Peek 14U/18U Superior Showcase Softball USA Softball, Superior Softball Showcase and Placer Valley Tourism team up to bring back-to-back weekends of girls softball tournaments to Lincoln, CA. 18U and 14U age divisions will be highlighted Jan. 19-20 and on the 26th through 27th,  it’s the 16U and 12U teams who... Read more

The pinnacle of girls high school wrestling, Women’s Wrestling West Coast Tournament Of Champions transforms Rocklin’s Hardwood Palace, Dec. 14-15 into a girls wrestling mecca! The 4th Annual Women’s West Coast Tournament of Champions, Placer Valley Tourism, Cliff Keen and Sacramento Area Wrestling Association have teamed up once again for the... Read more

Del Oro Football Touchdown Specialist Johnny Guzman Has The Golden Eagles Speeding Into The Sac-Joaquin Section Playoffs • Vin Diesel wants a 10-second car, but Del Oro football coach Jeff Walters only asks for a 12-second touchdown. Walters, whose team is bound for the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs after a 9-1... Read more

Oak Ridge Senior Gracie Rowland Is Leading An Inspired Postseason Run By The Trojans • In her fourth year of varsity high school volleyball, outside hitter Gracie Rowland is helping to lead the Trojans on an inspired postseason run. Oak Ridge likely assured itself an automatic berth to the CIF... Read more

Regency Baptist Academy from Orangevale will be teaming up with Placer Valley Tourism to bring the Best of the West Basketball and Volleyball Tournament back to Hardwood Palace in Rocklin on Nov. 6-8. This will be the third installment for this exciting three-day tournament featuring high school girls volleyball and... Read more

Hey, so we just learned our partners at Placer Valley Tourism have started a new Facebook page to support the Women’s West Coast Tournament of Champions wrestling tournament. Check it out, wrestling fans — and give it a LIKE! https://www.facebook.com/wwctoc/ SportStars wrote up a story in mid-August about the WWCTC coming to Rocklin’s Hardwood... Read more

Placer’s Move To Div. III-Size Foothill Valley League Among Storylines In Sac-Joaquin Section Realignment • Michael Stuck had to crane his neck and shout to be heard on the Placer High practice field Aug. 1.  The Auburn school’s three-year quarterback kept such a furious pace during conditioning that his teammates... Read more

Undaunted By Offseason Knee Surgery Or A Fourth New Coach In As Many Seasons, Jacob Cole Leads Roseville’s Push Toward A Title Defense • Injuries can be devastating for prep athletes, but timing plays a big role in their effect on the prospects of college-bound seniors.  Post-commitment ACL tears, broken... Read more

As the NorCal Wrestling Tournament of Champions turns 50 this year, Hundreds of Top Middle School Wrestlers Will Take it to the Mats at Del Oro High School. The NorCal TOC celebrates its 50th anniversary as Placer Valley Tourism partners with Georgetown Wrestling Club to host on March 10th. The NorCal TOC showcases the... Read more

Best Coast: All Women’s Wrestling Tournament is Golden in Placer County The third installment of the Women’s West Coast TOC – Tournament of Champions proved to be the biggest and most competitive yet. The action took place on Dec. 15-16 at Hardwood Palace in Rocklin with 478 female wrestlers competing.... 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