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   Lunchtime is a crucial time for athletes to eat well. It will help serve as a recovery meal if you had a morning workout, or will contribute to the fuel and fluids your body needs for a great afternoon or evening practice.     The lunches offered at school... Read more
   Strive to be a team player, but don’t let others keep you from protecting your body  I run for a good cross country team, and we do lots of mileage. My shins have started to hurt a little, and I don’t want to get shin splints — but... Read more
Isaiah Tenette – Highlands- North Highlands – Football – Senior
The senior quarterback is putting up huge numbers in leading the Scots to a 3-1 start. Tenette has passed for 583 yards and six touchdowns in four games, but his running game has been nearly unstoppable — and record-breaking in one instance. Read more
Editor’s Note: Every so often, our Sac-Joaquin region coordinator Jim McCue has something he wants to say. And it’s usually important. So he gets the First Pitch this month. See you in a few weeks. -CB.     Often times, sports are criticized for missing the point that they are... Read more
Bill Holtz Classic, Nov 6-7 at William Jessup, Rocklin CA
Bill Holtz Classic, Nov 6-7: The William Jessup Warriors are ready to leave it all on the court, the basketball court that is! The Warrior Women’s and Men’s teams will both be competing and the colleges joining them are UC Merced, Menlo College, Pacific Union College and Oregon Institute... Read more
Capital Christian school, community go the extra mile in hosting fire-affected Amador Read more
NorCal Top 20 – Week 3
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With talent, experience and brewing confidence, Liberty aims for a return to glory Read more
Oak Ridge is ready to roll with a highly respected new coach and a strong senior class Read more
Fall 2015 State High School Soccer Team Rankings by Top Drawer Soccer. Current as of Sept. 30th.    Boys: Rank (Prev.) School Record 1 (1) Napa Napa, CA 9-0-2 2 (2) Jesuit Carmichael, CA 8-2-1 3 (3) Atwater Atwater, CA 13-0-2 Girls: Rank (Prev.) School Record 1 (1) Montgomery Santa Rosa, CA 10-0-0... Read more
Urgent Care can be part of sports. Now you have options
STAT MED Urgent Care Expands to Pleasant Hill/Concord “Studies show as many as 70% of Emergency Room visits are not life-threatening and can be treated in an urgent care setting with appropriately trained physicians” notes Dr. Samaniego, an Emergency Medicine specialist. That is one of the reasons Dr. Samaniego founded... Read more
Challenges. We face them at every level of sports — and youth sports faces challenges of many kinds – especially funding. That’s why SportStars continually endeavors to expand its reach and offer our help. The magazine has one of the lowest ad rate costs of any major sports media... Read more