The Walnut Creek Aquanuts competitive program is proud to send swimmers ages 11-17 all over the world this summer! 20 members head to the Junior Olympics in Riverside, California June 31-July 8 to compete against top teams from around the country. The club’s 13-15A team will compete at the... Read more
Team USA’s mixed duet places first in tech; 3 Olympians place on Olympic Day The U.S. senior national team won gold and its mixed duet placed first in tech Friday at the Synchro America Open presented by Le Rêve – The Dream. Swimming to an African theme that included songs from... Read more
For Our Friend
LEVELUP INSIDERS June 23, 2017 0
Putting together our Yearbook retrospective is always refreshing. To be honest, we may enjoy going back through our year’s worth of coverage as much as you enjoy thumbing through it once we’re done. Nothing but fun memories and good honest feels. As it should be. The stars of all... Read more
SportStar Of The Week – Equestrian Gabrielle Burshteyn Sr. Bentley-Lafayette Equestrian Gabrielle Burshteyn has certainly “earned her spurs” in horsemanship. She grew up riding horses for Nancy Dupont at Castle Rock Arabians. There, she bought her first horse, Karee from Nancy and learned her advance skills from the most outstanding... Read more
Welcome to the fifth annual Bay Area 75 — SportStars’ countdown of the top 75 Bay Area athletes from the 2016-17 school year. The only criteria used in generating the list were that the athletes must be from one of the nine Bay Area counties, and they must have... Read more
You’re at the second of four segments. If you haven’t seen the previous entries, find them at the following links (or skip ahead to end, if you must): Nos. 75-51 / Nos. 25-6 / Nos. 5-1 50. TIERRA ROBINSON-JONES Bishop O’Dowd-Oakland – Track & Field – Junior Among the best long sprinters... Read more
You’re at the third of four segments. If you haven’t seen the previous entries, find them at the following links (or skip ahead to end, if you must): Nos. 75-51 / Nos. 50-26 / Nos. 5-1 25. NATE LANDMAN Monte Vista-Danville – Football – Senior The SportStars NorCal Defensive Player of the... Read more
You’re at the the last of four segments. If you haven’t seen the previous entries, then you’re a total cheater and should feel shame. Then do the right thing and go read up on the 70 athletes you skipped: Nos. 75-51 / Nos. 50-26 / Nos. 25-6 5. ALYSSA BREWER California-San Ramon... Read more
The NBA Season Has Ended. Now it’s Your Turn!
BasketballHigh School BasketballUncategorized June 21, 2017 0
BALL WITH THE BEST. YOUR SEASON STARTS WITH BIGFOOT HOOPS The Bigfoot Hoops Summer Basketball Championships are here, featuring the granddaddy of all youth basketball tournaments—The Bigfoot Hoops Las Vegas Classic! Over 1,100 teams attended last year, with live game coverage featured on ESPN networks. BALL WITH THE BEST!... Read more
Rugby’s Newest Stars
HS / CLUB RUGBY June 21, 2017 0
Naima Fualaau, Mata Hingano Emerge On National Scene Rugby, traditionally played as a 15-player-a-side game, has multiple variations in regards to Union versus League, and more well known, 15s versus 7s. In previous editions of SportStars, we delved deeper into the strategy, positioning, scoring and history of 15s. in... Read more
Shining Moment
High School Basketball June 21, 2017 0
NorCal Sports Streaming Company Is Giving Asian-American Prep Hoopers Their Own All-Star Event • By Mike Wood NorCal Sports TV is debuting the NorCal Asian-American All-Star Game this Thursday, June 22, at Cal State University East Bay Gymnasium in Hayward, featuring high school basketball players from throughout the region.... Read more
SPORTSTAR OF THE WEEK: Ryan McLaughlin
High School Baseball/SoftballSportStars of the Week June 15, 2017 0
SportStar Of The Week – Drake-San Anselmo – Baseball – Junior Ryan McLaughlin McLaughlin was facing an undefeated Miramonte-Orinda baseball team in the North Coast Section Division III championship game. They were just mere miles from the Miramonte campus. McLaughlin took the mound and spun a complete-game four-hitter. Furthermore,... Read more
