Elite Prospect Games
Basketball February 13, 2012 0
By CLAY KALLAM | Contributor If there were any doubts about Asha Thomas’s ability to shoot threes, they were laid to rest at the Elite Prospect Games at Contra Costa College Aug. 25. Thomas, who will be a junior at Bishop O’Dowd this fall, hit six... Read more
Mark Tennis’ State of Play: NorCal’s NFL QB’s had modest beginnings
CalHiSports Sitewide StatsCalHiSports.com February 13, 2012 0
Has there ever been a time in NFL history when three former Northern California quarterbacks all began the season with a legitimate chance to be MVP of the league? It doesn’t look like it to me. Barring injury, the three, of course, are Tom Brady of the... Read more
HEALTH WATCH: Growing Concern
Health & Fitness February 13, 2012 0
BY: DR. NIRAV K. PANDYA Treatment of ACL injuries in young athletes often needs to allow for the child’s potential for more growth With the rapid increase in single-sport specialization among children, orthopedic providers have seen a tremendous rise in the number of adult-type injuries in our young... Read more
ROTATOR CUFFS: Shoulder pain? Don’t ignore it
Health & Fitness February 13, 2012 0
BY: HUNTER GREENE, M.D. The rotator cuff is composed of four relatively small muscles in the shoulder that keep the ball of the shoulder joint in place. The job may sound simple, but the tremendous force of throwing and overhead sports puts great strain on those muscles. If... Read more
TRISTEPS: Develop & use benchmark sets
Health & Fitness February 13, 2012 0
BY: LIZ ELLIOTT The first and most simple reason for benchmark sets is to give you a starting point of where you are with fitness, strength and speed in each, and give you a measure on which you will see improvement. A good training program, coach, team or... Read more
POWERED BY TRUCKS: Lifting programs won’t produce immediate results
Health & Fitness February 13, 2012 0
BY: ANTHONY TRUCKS In this modern day and age our society has attained an annoying trait; everyone wants immediate gratification. As I find myself starting a new 16-week lifting program, one thing stands out to me above all, I can’t WAIT to start seeing results. Now we... Read more
TRAINING TIME: Insure you ANKLES
Health & Fitness February 13, 2012 0
BY: TIM RUDD FOR IYCA One training program that should help prevent loss of ankle mobility and keep performance strong Loss of ankle mobility can have a negative impact on the health and performance of young athletes. The sports they play are extremely stressful to the body, and... Read more
When No. 1 faces No. 2, the hype can often overshadow the game itself. So when Folsom, the top-ranked team from the Sac-Joaquin Section and defending section Division II champion, travelled to Granite Bay to play the defending Division I CIF State Bowl winner, there was a fear... Read more
You may not come across a more likable and soft-spoken 6-foot-5, 290-pound senior than Capital Christian defensive lineman Nifae Lealao. He lives out the values taught to him at the private Christian school, perhaps none more than the Golden Rule. “I believe in building relationships and treating... Read more
Rockaway, N.J. (Sept. 17, 2013)- Wide Receiver K.D. Cannon of Mount Pleasant (Mount Pleasant, TX) High School was named the U.S. Army All-American Bowl High School Player of the Week, for the week ending September 14th. Cannon continued his stellar high school career with an incredible performance, catching nine passes... Read more
Golf and Football Lunch Special: San Francisco 49ers vs Indianapolis Colts Sunday Septemeber 22nd Includes: a Roddy Ranch Burger and bag of chips ORa sleeve of Taylormade Superdeeps AND a Sierra Nevada Flipside or small fountain soda. 18 holes of Golf, a shared cart and Raffle entry. Raffle: pick a winning team from Sunday’s... Read more
Early Tests for Top Teams By Alex Goff After defeating Dixon 24-5 in a tough midweek game , Sacramento’s Jesuit HS seems firmly in place to lead Northern California’s single-school Boys Varsity rugby division, (Goff Rugby Report). Jesuit may only be 2-0, but with wins against up-and-comers Riordan and perennial... Read more