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SportStars’ #CoverMadness Semifinals

High School Sports Features May 25, 2020 12

#CoverMadness, SportStars’ Fan-Powered Tournament To Select The Top Cover From The Magazine’s First Decade Has Reached The Final Four — And Its Time To Vote • SportStars will turn 10-years old on June 10, which has us feeling quite nostalgic. So far part of our celebration, our editor and... 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

Volleyball Footwork: Lets Take the Next Step Together

Club Sports LEVELUP INSIDERS VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA May 20, 2020 0

Hi all, Lindsey Berg here! In my last blog we dove into the importance of proper volleyball footwork. Like in all sport, footwork leads to efficiency and effectiveness. You can say, it’s a critical first step toward mastering your position. As I mentioned last time, to be efficient means... Read more

Spirit Of Sport | A #NeverStop Message By Pat Cruickshank

#NeverStop Project May 19, 2020 0

North Coast Section Commissioner Pat Cruickshank Marvels At The Spirit Guiding Various Efforts To Honor The Student-Athletes Who Were Denied Their Seasons, Graduations • This is part of the SportStars #NeverStop Project The past few months have spun our world into a crazy and unprecedented time. Quarantine, sickness and... Read more

Madi Mays Minutemen Softball SportStar of the Week

High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section SportStars of the Week May 19, 2020 0

Madi Mays’ Minutemen career began as a freshman in 2017 when she helped Concord High School softball claim a North Coast Section Division II title. Mays went 3-for-4 with 4 RBI in the final against Granada. Fast forward to her last varsity game, Mays spun a no-hitter against Monte... 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

Shaped By Sports | Tom Costello’s #NeverStop Reflection

#NeverStop Project High School Basketball North Coast Section May 14, 2020 0

A Coaching Legend’s Brief Remark Helped Dublin High Basketball Coach Tom Costello Crystalize His Philosophy And Career Goals • This is part of the SportStars #NeverStop Project What is it about sports that shapes you? There’s a hot, summer day in July 1998 that will forever be etched in... Read more

Simpson University Signs Fresno’s Luis Saucedo

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW May 13, 2020 0

Fresno City’s Luis Saucedo Signs with Simpson University (NAIA) Luis Saucedo started wrestling at the age of 7 for the Ceres Hawks youth wrestling club. The Modesto-born wrestler and son to Jorge and Beatriz, Luis went on to a very successful wrestling tenure for Central Valley high school. Saucedo... Read more

Ben Dillard, Oak Ridge Swimmer – What Would’ve Been

Aquatics Sac-Joaquin Section SportStars of the Week May 11, 2020 0

SportStar Ben Dillard, a senior swimmer from Oak Ridge-El Dorado Hills, is a champion. A record-setting champion in fact. Dillard’s the kind of guy who fills the grandstands. The sort of swimmer whom spectators and other swimmers alike find themselves rooting for in hopes of witnessing a new record.... Read more

Hannah Malek, No. 20 | A #NeverStop Basketball Love Story

#NeverStop Project High School Basketball Sac-Joaquin Section May 8, 2020 3

Nothing Was Going To Keep Hannah Malek Away From The Game Of Basketball — And The St. Francis-Sacramento Program Was Made Richer Because Of It • This is part of the SportStars #NeverStop Project If you’d told me I was going to be a varsity athlete when I was... Read more

YV Soccer- Alejandro Lopez Gets Star Treatment

HS / CLUB Soccer North Coast Section SportStars of the Week May 7, 2020 0

Editors Select Ygnacio Valley-Concord Senior Alejandro Lopez SportStar Of The Week for his prowess on the soccer field Alejandro Lopez was a four-year varsity player and three-year captain for the Ygnacio Valley Warriors. He closed out his prep career by leading the team to the North Coast Section Division... Read more

CIF Wrestling Medal Count Since 1973 (Individual Champions): Top 25 Schools

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW May 5, 2020 0

An exhaustive compilation of CIF State Wrestling Medal Count Since 1973 (Individual Champions from California schools) by Al Fontes- Editor, The California Wrestler. Feature image: Clovis High School (CS) Holds the CIF State Record of 177 Medals since 1973. The most wrestling champions crowned in State history. But several... Read more