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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

From Callero To Zuardo | One Coach’s #NeverStop Thanks To His Mentors

#NeverStop Project Central Coast Section High School Baseball/Softball North Coast Section May 5, 2020 0

Heritage High Baseball Coach Kevin Brannan Offers A #NeverStop Salute To Mike Callero And Lou Zuardo, The Coaches Who Shaped His Career • As several players have thanked their coaches as part of this project, sometimes coaches need to do the same. There are two people — Mike Callero... Read more

Legendary Footprint | Tom Gonsalves Exits St. Mary’s Girls Hoops

High School Basketball High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section May 4, 2020 0

After Making The Stockton School A Girls Basketball National Force, Coach Tom Gonsalves Has Stepped Down After Illustrious Two-Decade Run • Good coaches build a program. Only the elite raise a region. When Tom Gonsalves took over at St. Mary’s of Stockton in 2002, the Sac-Joaquin Section was far... Read more

Bragging Rights: California All-American / Dream Team Wrestlers Pinned

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW May 4, 2020 0

California wrestlers did well, extremely well, across the national landscape in the recent NWCA Scholar All-American awards. USA Wrestling selections included Chase Saldate to the Dream Team. In our SportStars Wrestling Insider, Ike Dodson selected Saldate as the NorCal Wrestler of the Year. (For more, see “National No. 1... Read more

Triumph Through Tragedy | #NeverStop: Dino Kahaulelio On His Best Game

#NeverStop Project High School Football North Coast Section April 29, 2020 0

Dino Kahaulelio Faced Several Hardships In His Cardinal Newman Football Career — And They Lie At The Heart Of His #NeverStop Story On The Best Game He’s Played • My name’s Dino Kahaulelio and I graduated from Cardinal Newman High in Santa Rosa in 2019. This is a story... Read more

Richard Fernando: Salesian Team Manager To The NBA | A #NeverStop Journey

#NeverStop Project High School Basketball North Coast Section April 28, 2020 0

Richard Fernando Scored One Point In His Salesian High School Career, And Now Makes A Living In The NBA — Coach Bill Mellis Tells A #NeverStop Tale Of That One-Point Effort • Early on in my time as head coach at Salesian, I decided that we needed to have... Read more

Aliso Niguel’s Juliana Cubias-Marsh Signs!

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW April 27, 2020 0

2x CIF State Medalist, Aliso Niguel’s Juliana Cubias-Marsh (pictured above and below), signs with Gannon University in Erie, PA (Division II)! Also, 2020 CIF State Medalist, Buchanan High’s Raymond Lopez Commits to Army West Point. It’s college commitment time. Certainly for The California Wrestler, this is one of the... Read more

Role With It | A #NeverStop Tale Of Pain, Perseverance & Payoff

#NeverStop Project High School Basketball North Coast Section April 27, 2020 1

Campolindo Junior Emmanuel Callas Adds To The #NeverStop Project By Sharing About 16 Months Of Basketball Ups And Downs — And Embracing One’s Role • My name is Emmanuel Callas. I play basketball for the Campolindo Cougars in Moraga. This is a story about disappointment, hard work, perseverance and... Read more

Unbelievable Effort: 2010 De La Salle Football | A #NeverStop Memory

#NeverStop Project High School Football North Coast Section April 23, 2020 0

De La Salle Football Coach Justin Alumbaugh Contributes To The SportStars #NeverStop Project With A Spartans Moment That Even Caught Him By Surprise • It is always difficult for me to describe moments where I’ve been truly surprised during my coaching career. Teenagers are capable of some incredible things,... Read more

Wrestling’s 2020 All-American Teams Announced

High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW April 23, 2020 0

Wrestling’s 2020 All-American Teams: April 21, 2020 National Wrestling Coaches Association Announced Wrestling’s 2020 All-American Teams covering First Team All-Americans, Second Team and Honorable Mentions. California high school honorees are in bold. EVAN WICK (Wisconsin/San Marino, S) _______________________________ LET’S STAY CONNECTED: Follow SportStars on Twitter & Instagram | Like us on Facebook | Subscribe! _______________________________ FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS 141 –... Read more

SportStars’ Girls Wrestling Big 10 | NorCal’s Best Wrestlers (’11-’20)

Big 10 Anniversary Project Central Coast Section High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section April 22, 2020 1

SportStars’ 10 Year Anniversary Project Continues With Its Girls Wrestling Big 10 — The Magazine’s Top 10 NorCal Girls Wrestlers Of The Past Decade • Welcome to the SportStars’ Girls Wrestling BIG 10. This is an installation of our Big 10 Project: A 10-months-long anniversary project to celebrate what... Read more

Thanks, Coach Walker | St. Pat’s Tameiya Sadler’s #NeverStop Letter

#NeverStop Project High School Basketball North Coast Section April 22, 2020 0

St. Patrick-St. Vincent All-NorCal Guard, Tameiya Sadler, Writes An Open Letter Of Thanks To Basketball Coach Nadine Walker For The #NeverStop Project • I’ve had a number of amazing coaches throughout my years of playing basketball, but there will never be one as special as Coach Walker. Since I... Read more