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Rugby’s Official Kick Off

Club Sports January 18, 2017 0

It’s that time of year again, hundreds of youth rugby players lacing up their boots and hitting the pitch to kick off the rugby season. Come join us in celebrating the sport we love so much. This Saturday and Sunday at Cordova High School. The Kick Off Tournament (KOT),... Read more

Parker Jones Can’t Lose

North Coast Section VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA January 11, 2017 0

Story and Photos by CHACE BRYSON Momentum is a dangerous thing in volleyball. It can wield great power. It also isn’t easy to get back once it’s been lost. Acalanes had lost the momentum. And the only way the Dons were going to get it back was to win... Read more

Martial Arts with a Mission

Club Sports Martial Arts January 11, 2017 0

Annual Performance Marks 30th Anniversary for USKS Martial Arts is a way of life that is steeped in tradition. It has evolved over the last 2,000 years from a way of developing discipline and fitness, both mentally and physically, into a wide range of activities. These include self-defense, confidence,... Read more

21st Annual Friends of Camp Concord Tourney in Planning

Golf High School Golf January 6, 2017 0

Send a kid to South Lake Tahoe – to Camp Concord while hitting it long and straight down the fairway! Not a bad deal, is it? Yep, it’s Dan Ashley’s 21st Annual Friends of Camp Concord golf tournament. If we’re lucky, we might even get to hear Ashley rock... Read more

Hoop Review Announces 2017 SHOWCASE schedule

Basketball High School Basketball January 6, 2017 0

Master recruitment specialist, Gerry Freitas is up to his magic again announcing a 15-event schedule for 2017 with six of those in SoCal, the balance in NorCal. Showcase events of this ilk are meant to (and do) attract the top tier ballers from the state. They’re worth following at... Read more

Open Throttle

High School Football Southern Section January 1, 2017 0

Story by CHACE BRYSON | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH SACRAMENTO — It started like so many other big-stage De La Salle High football games. The Spartans needed just three plays from scrimmage to break Kairee Robinson free for a 60-yard touchdown run and De La Salle had a lightning-fast... Read more

The Show Goes On

High School Basketball Southern Section December 22, 2016 0

Story by RONNIE FLORES | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH The scene was Haas Pavilion for the 2015 CIF boys basketball state championships. Chino Hills was in a dogfight with a tough senior bunch from San Ramon Valley-Danville. The Div. I state title hung in the balance. The game... Read more

Making Our List, Checking It Twice

Multi-Sport December 16, 2016 0

We’ve almost reached the end to another calendar year. Which is always a little weird in the world of high school sports because we’re only through a third of the academic year. So when it’s naturally a time to reflect back, it feels off because you’re considering two... Read more

Raising The Bar

High School Basketball North Coast Section December 14, 2016 0

Story by MIKE WOOD | Photos by BERRY EVANS III An already towering bar of success has been raised to loftier heights for Salesian College Preparatory-Richmond’s basketball team. And that’s something the Pride’s players and coaches realize and fully embrace. It’s a natural progression for a team that shook... Read more

Perfect Storm

Central Coast Section High School Basketball December 14, 2016 0

Story by CLAY KALLAM | Photos by NORBERT von der GROEBEN You may have heard of Kerri Walsh — but not that many are aware that the Olympic volleyball star was a superb basketball player at San Jose’s Archbishop Mitty High back in the day. And she wasn’t alone... Read more

NO HOLDING BACK

High School Baseball/Softball More Sports December 13, 2016 0

Tell your athlete to track that fly down and rob the other team of a home run – without worrying about crashing into cyclone fencing and risking possible injury. How? Glad you asked! Creative companies are the heart and soul of America and one such company, Grand Slam... Read more

The Fabulous Forbes

Basketball High School Basketball High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section December 6, 2016 0

From two generations of Harlem Globetrotters, the Forbes siblings are ready for center stage Read more