Sportstars
Collegiate Rugby 7s Coming Into Focus
Stanford, Santa Clara And USC Are First Teams Into The Collegiate 7s Fall Classic • United World Sports, the owner and operator of the largest annual rugby events in the United States, today announced that The University of Southern California, Stanford University and Santa Clara University are the first three... Read more
Horse Power: Monte Vista-Danville Volleyball Rolling Early
Monte Vista Continues East Bay Dominance In Fast Start To 2017 • When Sara Dukes Johnson left her assistant job at Stanford University to take over the program at Monte Vista High prior to last season, the former Cardinal player and Carondelet-Concord grad probably had a good idea of... Read more
Pahulu’s POV: St. Francis-Mountain View at DLS
On Sept. 8, I went to Concord to see the Lancers from St. Francis play against the prestigious Spartans from De La Salle.  I was looking forward to watching two Tongan football student-athletes from St. Francis #7 Joshua Pakola and #52 Tyler Manoa. Last year’s running back from St. Francis,... Read more
Gino Campiotti Has That Finishing Touch
Manteca’s Unsung QB May Not Stay Out Of The Spotlight Too Much Longer • Story By IKE DODSON | Photos By JIM JOHNSON A day after blasting Enochs-Modesto 41-0 in the Sac-Joaquin Section nonleague action Sept. 8, Manteca senior quarterback Gino Campiotti found his seat at Aggie Stadium and watched... Read more
Pump Up The VOL (Valley Oak League) Football Fans
Photo Above: Central Catholic-Modesto coach Roger Canepa raises one of his program’s four straight CIF State Bowl Championship trophies. Football fans across the state did a collective double take Sept. 8, when Sac-Joaquin Section results revealed the biggest NorCal upset of the season, a 20-7 takedown of St. Mary’s-Stockton... Read more
Good Eating On The Run
Here’s How To Achieve Balance In A Time Crunch As an athlete, you can run into some challenging food situations. Sometimes the dinner stop on the way home from an away game is at the mini-mart at the closest gas station. Win or lose, athletes need some post-game calories,... Read more
Early Exams: Several Football Teams Face Big Week 4 Tests
In a few of the top Bay Area football leagues, crunch time comes early this season. There never seems to be an easy week in the Central Coast Section’s West Catholic Athletic League, but that’s especially true for it’s opening week on Sept. 22-23. The WCAL features four teams... Read more
Pedal Paradise With Scenic Views – Redding
The open road has a different feel to it when scenic views accompany your ride around every turn, climb and descent. In Redding – the sunniest city in California – you can forget congested roads and crowded streets when you cruise the countryside and open spaces. Sweeping vistas and... Read more
SportStar Of The Week: Makaela Tanaka
Archbishop Mitty-San Jose – Volleyball – Monarchs’ Senior Makaela Tanaka Tanaka, the All-American setter bound for Fordham next fall was the Monarchs’ lone All-Tournament selection at the prestigious Nike Durango Fall Classic in Las Vegas from Sept. 15-16. Mitty went 6-1 at the tournament and took fifth place in... Read more
Positive Communication- Let PC be Your Guide
New Season: Guidance Principals for Parents. Let Positive Communication be Your Guide As we enter the new sports season, the pressure and stress on athletes become enormous, and parents hold the key to their child’s stress levels and more importantly overall performance levels. Positive communication is key. Will my child... Read more
From The First Tee of San Joaquin to the first tee at Pebble Beach and Poppy Hills – that’s where 15-year old Anitra Khoth is headed to compete in the PURE Insurance Championship, September 22-24, 2017. The Stockton (CA) High School junior is one of 80 junior golfers from... Read more
Defensive Shields
With A Talented Back Row, Oak Ridge Takes A Defense-Wins-Championship Approach • Story By IKE DODSON | Photos By JAMES K. LEASH Madison Shields could dig her way to China. The savvy senior libero on the Oak Ridge High-El Dorado Hills 
volleyball team is one of the top defensive... Read more