SportStars, Author at SportStars Magazine

Musings On The CIF State Bowls As Football’s Final Weekend Approaches

CalHiSports Insights CalHiSports.com Club Sports High School Football LEVELUP INSIDERS December 16, 2016 0

If anyone out there remembers some of our ancient Cal-Hi Sports newsletters from the 1980s or 1990s, they’ll recall that founder and record book compiler Nelson Tennis (my uncle, who died in 2004) did a short series of comments he called “Random Remarks.” With that in mind,... Read more

NoTime2Chill Gets at it For Next Level Basketball

Basketball High School Basketball December 13, 2016 0

If it’s training you want. If you want to get to the next level. Then there’s NoTime2Chill! Founded in 2010, NoTime2Chill Skills Academy is dedicated to helping individuals find the joy in playing and learning the game of basketball. Our goal is to provide more than just a casual... Read more

FINAL Volleyball NorCal Top 20

High School Sports Features Rankings Volleyball VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA December 9, 2016 0

Mitty-San Jose Goes Wire-To-Wire To Close 2016 At No. 1 Read more

If you get Stronger, then you’ll be faster

Health & Fitness LEVELUP INSIDERS November 18, 2016 0

If athletes want to get faster then they must focus on intensity. Trying harder, getting stronger, and getting more powerful than they are now is going to determine whether or not they get faster. This is a fact I believe most coaches, parents and athletes just... Read more

Iron Kids

Health & Fitness LEVELUP INSIDERS November 18, 2016 0

Young Athletes Can Start Reasonable Weight Lifting Much Earlier Than You Think I get a question a lot. One that comes with an answer that sparks tons of praise or anger: “When should my child start to lift?” My typical responses is, “as early as possible.” At... Read more

Carondelet Golfer Yealimi Noh Named SportStar of the Week

Golf High School Golf North Coast Section SportStars of the Week November 18, 2016 0

Carondelet-Concord Golfer Yealimi Noh is named our SportStar of the Week One year after Top 10 finishes at both the CIF NorCal and State Tournaments — as a freshman — Noh shot to the top of the leaderboard. At The Club at Crazy Horse Ranch in Salinas on Nov. 7,... Read more

Folsom Graduate Jake Browning Has A Chance To Join A Very Short List of NorCal Heisman Trophy Winners

CalHiSports Insights CalHiSports Sitewide Stats CalHiSports.com LEVELUP INSIDERS Sac-Joaquin Section November 11, 2016 0

Folsom Graduate Jake Browning Has A Chance To Join A Very Short List of NorCal Heisman Trophy Winners Northern California didn’t have much of a connection to the Heisman Trophy for the first 30 years in which college football‘s most prestigious award was handed out, but then... Read more

No Pain, No Gain In XC

LEVELUP INSIDERS Multi-Sport November 11, 2016 0

I’ve played all sorts of sports: Football, baseball, basketball, and I just don’t get cross country. It doesn’t even seem like a sport at all. You get out there and you don’t even run fast — you just jog. What kind of athletic skill does it take to... Read more

Jonathan Pierce

Football High School Football North Coast Section SportStars of the Week November 11, 2016 0

SportStar Of The Week | Freedom-Oakley | Football | Senior • In one the best back-and-forth games of the season in the East Bay, Pierce helped keep the Falcons’ perfect season in tact by leading them to a 41-38 victory at previously-unbeaten Pittsburg. Pierce’s 34-yard touchdown pass to Giles Jackson... Read more

Band Camp

Health & Fitness LEVELUP INSIDERS October 28, 2016 0

I recently created a full-fledged 90-day program for my clients that uses only bands. There are a few reasons why I went this route, and I want to lay them out here so you can determine whether bands may be a good option for you to incorporate into... Read more

Jayden Machado

Football High School Football Sac-Joaquin Section SportStars of the Week October 28, 2016 0

SportStar Of The Week | Elk Grove | Football | Senior • The senior quarterback came up big in the Thundering Herd’s biggest game of the season thus far. He tossed three touchdown passes — two to Gavin Reinwald and one to Jonas McMillan — to lead a 24-17... Read more

Leki Nunn

Central Coast Section Football High School Football SportStars of the Week October 14, 2016 0

SportStar Of The Week | Serra-San Mateo | Football | Senior • The Padres QB accounted for six touchdowns and the game-winning 2-point throw in an overtime win over St. Francis-Mountain View. The dual-threat quarterback was at his best in leading host Serra to a thrilling 41-40 overtime upset of previously-unbeaten St.... Read more