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MLB Draft 2020: Seven NorCal Natives Selected, Two Stay In Bay

Central Coast Section Central Section High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section San Francisco Section June 15, 2020 0

Detroit Tigers Take Former Casa Grande High Slugger Spencer Torkelson No. 1 Overall As Seven Former NorCal Standouts Are Chosen In Five-Round MLB Draft • The two-day 2020 MLB Draft started with a bang for local fans as Case Grande-Petaluma’s Spencer Torkelson was drafted first overall by the Detroit... Read more

SportStars’ Boys Swimming Big 10 | NorCal’s Best Swimmers (’11-’20)

Aquatics Big 10 Anniversary Project Central Coast Section North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section May 22, 2020 0

SportStars’ 10 Year Anniversary Project Continues With Its Boys Swimming Big 10 — The Magazine’s Top 10 NorCal Boys Swimmers Of The Past Decade • The Boys Swimming Big 10 is an installation of the SportStars Big 10 Project: A 10-months-long anniversary project to celebrate what will be 10... Read more

SportStars’ Girls Swimming Big 10 | NorCal’s Best Swimmers (’11-’20)

Aquatics Big 10 Anniversary Project Central Coast Section North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section May 15, 2020 0

SportStars’ 10 Year Anniversary Project Continues With Its Girls Swimming Big 10 — The Magazine’s Top 10 NorCal Girls Swimmers Of The Past Decade • The Girls Swimming Big 10 is an installation of the SportStars Big 10 Project: A 10-months-long anniversary project to celebrate what will be 10... Read more

SportStars’ All-NorCal Girls Basketball 2019-20

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section April 16, 2020 0

No State Champs Were Crowned In 2020, But Our All-NorCal Girls Basketball Teams Still Highlight Plenty Of Championship-Level Talent • Meet the SportStars’ All-NorCal Girls Basketball teams from the 2019-20 season. Only five players can play on the floor at a time. And we stick to that rule. So... Read more

SportStars’ All-NorCal Boys Basketball 2019-20

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section April 14, 2020 0

No State Champs Were Crowned In 2020, But Our All-NorCal Boys Basketball Teams Still Highlight Plenty Of Championship-Level Talent • Meet the SportStars’ All-NorCal Boys Basketball teams from the 2019-20 season. Only five players can play on the floor at a time. And we stick to that rule. So... Read more

Girls Basketball Fan Vote | SportStars’ NorCal Player Of The Year

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section April 1, 2020 36

While We Prepare Our NorCal Postseason Honors Release, We’re Asking Readers To Take Part In Our Girls Basketball Fan Vote For The Region’s Top Player • SportStars will be releasing its NorCal Player of the Year and All-NorCal teams in our upcoming April 10 issue. While we’ll be producing... Read more

Boys Basketball Fan Vote | SportStars’ NorCal Player Of The Year

Central Coast Section High School Basketball North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section March 31, 2020 113

While We Prepare Our NorCal Postseason Honors Release, We’re Asking Readers To Take Part In Our Boys Basketball Fan Vote For The Region’s Top Player • SportStars will be releasing its NorCal Player of the Year and All-NorCal teams in our upcoming April 10 issue. While we’ll be producing... Read more

All-NorCal Football Defense 2019: SportStars Honors 26

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section February 12, 2020 0

Meet The 26 Players Comprising SportStars’ All-NorCal Football Defense 2019 Roster — Led By Defensive Player Of The Year, Marcus Jones Jr. • We do things differently at SportStars. Rather than build an all-region roster broken into first- and second-team honors, we build one complete roster. The 26 players... Read more

SportStars Final NorCal Football Rankings | 2019’s Top 30

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section January 10, 2020 0

FINAL RANKINGS: Bay Area Teams Take Top Four Spots In Our Expanded 2019 Final NorCal Football Rankings • Final NorCal Football Rankings — Like this page (above) and leave your name in comments (below) for a shot at winning a sweet SportStars T-shirt! 1. (1) — De La Salle-Concord 12-2 COMMENT:... Read more

Favorite 2019 SportStars Cover | Vote For Your Regional Favorites

North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section December 23, 2019 4

We’ve Chosen A Dozen Finalists And Now We Leave It To Our Fans To Vote For Their Favorite 2019 SportStars Covers From Each Region • As we enter the final week of 2019, we thought we’d have some fun with a contest to decide our best covers of the... Read more

McClymonds Football: “We’ll Bounce Back”

High School Football Oakland Section December 20, 2019 0

Denied A Fourth Straight CIF Bowl Win, McClymonds Football Still Made History As The First Oakland Section Program To Reach Division 2-A Or Higher McClymonds football coach Michael Peters took a long stroll off the field on a cool gray Dec. 14 day at Cerritos College. And he didn’t... Read more

HEALTH WATCH: How does Icy Hot work to actually relieve muscle pain quickly?

LEVELUP INSIDERS September 17, 2019 3

I asked a group of high school athletes to list their most pressing questions about sports and health. Surprisingly, the most frequently asked questions were, “How does Icy Hot work? What are the benefits of Icy Hot and is Icy Hot good for sore muscles?” This group consists of student-athletes who... Read more