What’s The Toughest League In The State? It’s a debate that changes every year in every sport: What’s the toughest league in the state? For baseball, there are several that are usually in the discussion and they include three from Northern California: the West Catholic Athletic League (WCAL) of... Read more
Jason Kidd may have been fired recently as head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, but with his 19-year NBA career that began with the Dallas Mavericks in the 1990s and ended as a member of the New York Knicks five years ago he’s a sure-fire Naismith Basketball Hall of... Read more
Burning the Fields
CalHiSports Insights January 26, 2018 0
For those of you who have attended CIF State Basketball Championship games in Sacramento over the years, there have been outstanding teams in divisional finals lower than the Open Division, lower than Division I and even a few in Division IV and Division V. James Harden (Artesia-Lakewood) and Klay... Read more
Bruce McIntoch: A Pillar to California Prep Sports
CalHiSports Insights December 15, 2017 0
Image Above: Mark Tennis (left) and Bruce McIntoch While those in Southern California were more familiar with his work, everyone involved in Northern California high school sports should know about legendary high school sports researcher Bruce McIntosh. On Friday morning, December 1, we learned that McIntosh — one of... Read more
Can’t Catch Kaz – Tulare’s Allen Sets State TD Record
CalHiSports Insights December 8, 2017 0
NorCal Or Not, Tulare’s Kazmeir Allen Is New State TD Record Holder. So who’s got the record for scoring touchdowns in one season in Northern California high school football? I was headed to Tulare on Friday, Nov. 16 to see Tulare High’s Kazmeir Allen break the state record of... Read more
Monarch Master
High School FootballSouthern Section October 17, 2017 0
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... Read more
Forfeit Philosophy: When Not Playing Is The Right Call
CalHiSports Insights September 14, 2017 0
It usually doesn’t take long for forfeits to rear their ugly head each football season and we had two very different ones in Northern California to start 2017. One of them, in fact, could be called “a good one.” That forfeit was the one that Brookside Christian-Stockton offered up... 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... Read more
Rivalry Renewed
CalHiSports InsightsHigh School Football August 4, 2017 0
University of Washington quarterback Jake Browning and USC linebacker Cameron Smith have more in common than being All-American candidates and coming from high schools in the Sacramento area who were on teams that won CIF state championships. “We played against each other for the first time when I think... Read more
Cal-Hi Sports’ Mr. Baseball 2017—Hagen Danner
CalHiSports InsightsHigh School Baseball/SoftballSouthern Section July 13, 2017 0
Huntington Beach Pitcher/Catcher’s Dominance With Arm And Bat Gave Him Edge Among Truly Elite Class • EDITOR’S NOTE: This story previously ran at CalHiSports.com. Visit the site to see the all-time list of Mr. Baseball honorees. Story By MARK TENNIS | Photos Courtesy of USA BASEBALL There are years... Read more
It’s not until the hot days of August that Northern California football teams will start official practices, but for us at Cal-Hi Sports the kickoff of preseason for many years has been the annual Nike-sponsored camp for Northern California’s top college prospects that is now known as The Opening... Read more
Nike’s Football Showcase. And so It Begins
Central Coast SectionCentral SectionHigh School FootballNorth Coast SectionSac-Joaquin SectionSouthern Section June 1, 2017 0
Nike’s The Opening NorCal Regional Unofficially Kick Starts The 2017 Football Season • Story By MARK TENNIS, Special to SportStars For the second straight year, De Anza High-Richmond was the site of the annual Northern California stop of the Nike-sponsored national tour now known as The Opening Regionals. For... Read more
