Chace Bryson, Author at SportStars Magazine

Time to Shine Sharpens Heritage Boys Basketball Postseason Focus

High School Basketball February 13, 2018 0

Heritage Focus on Postseason, As It Closes Out Another Dominant Regular Season, Just May Be Its Time To Shine • Pat Cruickshank is in a good place. Well, as good a place as any boys varsity basketball coach can be when his Heritage boys basketball program is one win away... Read more

Cameron Shelton: Driven

High School Basketball Southern Section February 7, 2018 0

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... Read more

Big Mac: Jordan Brown’s All-American Journey

High School Basketball February 2, 2018 1

From Woodcreek-Roseville to Prolific Prep-Napa to America’s Most-Celebrated High School All-Star Game, Jordan Brown’s Stock Keeps Rising • Story By STEVEN WILSON Jordan Brown’s meteoric rise to basketball notoriety took another leap in January when his name was included on the 2018 McDonald’s All-American roster for the renown All-Star... Read more

NorCal Coach Of The Year: Paul Cronin Of Cardinal Newman High School

High School Football February 1, 2018 0

Fifteen-Year Coach Of Cardinal Newman-Santa Rosa Guided Cardinals Through Wildfire Tragedy And Into A Section Final • When the sun rose on the city of Santa Rosa on the morning of Oct. 9, it brought light to chaos. The Tubbs Fire, a blaze that began in Calistoga and was... Read more

All-NorCal High School Football Defense 2017

High School Football February 1, 2018 0

Our All-NorCal High School Football Team is comprised of a 50-man roster (25 on offense, and 25 on defense). There is no first-team, or second-team. Also, every player is equal. However, for a bit of fun, we do pick starters. Enjoy! STARTERS DL — Tyler Manoa | St. Francis-Mountain... Read more

All-NorCal High School Football Offense 2017

High School Football February 1, 2018 2

Our All-NorCal High School Football Team is comprised of a 50-man roster (25 on offense, and 25 on defense). There is no first-team, or second-team. Every player is equal. However, for a bit of fun, we do pick starters. Enjoy! STARTERS QB — Kaiden Bennett | Folsom | Jr.... Read more

Defensive Player of the Year: Henry To’oto’o

High School Football February 1, 2018 3

De La Salle Junior Linebacker Has The Potential To Be Famed Program’s Next Great Export • Henry To’oto’o began his varsity career at De La Salle High as a sophomore in 2016. But it wasn’t particularly planned that way. The linebacker, who was new to the school after moving from... Read more

NorCal Player Of The Year: Tariq Bracy

High School Football February 1, 2018 0

No NoCal Player Impacted Both Sides Of The Ball More Than The Milpitas RB/DB Did In 2017 • For Tariq Bracy, the closing scene of his amazing high school football career at Milpitas High was scripted perfectly. Bracy and the Trojans earned their first state championship in spectacular fashion,... Read more

Let’s Get It Started

Lacrosse LEVELUP INSIDERS January 22, 2018 0

Happy New Year, sports fans. In fact, ‘New’ is a big theme this year with SportStars. This is technically the second of 35 planned publications for 2018, which currently includes our standard 16 NorCal issues, six SoCal issues and 13 SportStars Now (formerly SportStars Extra) issues that will feature... Read more

Maya’s Empire

HS / CLUB Soccer Sac-Joaquin Section January 18, 2018 0

NorCal’s Soccer Community Knows The Name Maya Doms — A National Audience Is On The Brink Of Learning It Too • Story by STEVEN WILSON | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH Special. It’s the first word most people utter when it comes to Davis High junior midfielder Maya Doms... Read more

2017 CIF State Bowl Football Championship Coverage

Central Coast Section High School Football Sac-Joaquin Section December 21, 2017 0

Our one-stop location for all of our 2017 CIF State Bowl Championship coverage from Sacramento State on Dec. 15-16. CIF State Bowl Football Championship Coverage Features NEVER BETTER by Chace Bryson Serra-San Mateo — 2-AA State Bowl Championship YOUNG PUPS, TOP DOGS by Jim McCue Folsom — 1-AA... Read more

Serra High School Football- Never Better

Central Coast Section High School Football High School Sports Features December 21, 2017 0

The Word ‘Never’ Was Used A Lot Among The Serra Football Team In 2017 — A Team Never Short On Resilience Or Talent • Patrick Walsh called his 2017 Serra High football team the Team of Never. Partially because the many things the Padres of San Mateo accomplished this... Read more