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Pride On Pace
Salesian-Richmond Is A Team Built For The CIF Open Division — And Has The Look Of One That Could Win It • Story by MIKE WOOD | Photos by SAMUEL STRINGER In watching the Salesian High-Richmond boys basketball team, the magic is very evident right now. The Pride (17-1) is... Read more
Maya’s Empire
NorCal’s Soccer Community Knows The Name Maya Doms — A National Audience Is On The Brink Of Learning It Too • Story by STEVEN WILSON | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH Special. It’s the first word most people utter when it comes to Davis High junior midfielder Maya Doms... Read more
Jump’s Big Leap
A Deadly Outside Shot Is Only One Element To Pinewood Basketball Star Hannah Jump’s Continually Rising Game • Story by CLAY KALLAM | Photos by ED OSWALT Haley Jones has seen Hannah Jump launch 3-pointers as an opponent (since middle school) and as a teammate (CalStars in the summer).... Read more
50 Synchro Swimmers Advance At US National Team Trials
 California Swim Dynasty: State athletes dominate as fifty elite synchronized swimmers from across the U.S. (21 of them Californians) advanced to the third and final phase of two national team trials this past weekend at the Town of Tonawanda, NY Aquatic and Fitness Center. The athletes are vying for... Read more
Pahulu’s POV: 2018 MLK Classic College Report
Akinjo, Salesian too much for Modesto Christian 76-62 The main event featured #5 Salesian Prep (Richmond) led by their point guard #11 James Akinjo as he is the top guard in California. Akinjo will be going to UConn next year to play for Coach Kevin Ollie as he informed... Read more
SportStar of the Week: Ali Bamberger
Carondelet-Concord – Basketball – Junior Ali Bamberger Ali Bamberger, the 6-foot-3 post scored 21 points and added 10 rebounds to help lift Carondelet to a 67-56 win over host Miramonte-Orinda during the Elite Is Earned New Year’s Showcase on Jan. 6. The win was the third straight for the... Read more
Rising Forces
Here Are Five Teams Emerging From Under The Radar Just as Captain Renault suggested in the classic movie “Casablanca,” preseason rankings usually begin with this directive: “Round up the usual suspects.” But in the black-and-white world of basketball — there’s a winner and a loser every time out —... Read more
SportStar Of The Week: Archbishop Mitty Erika Yeager
SportStar of the Week: Next Level highlights former California high school athletes who are excelling on the collegiate or international stage • ERIKA YEAGER | ARCHBISHOP MITTY-SAN JOSE ’16 UNIV. RHODE ISLAND – SOFTBALL – SOPHOMORE If her first collegiate season was any indication. Rhode Island hit the jackpot... Read more
Las Lomas And Northgate: Battle of the Creek Rivalry Meeting
Rivalry Meeting Of Walnut Creek’s Two Public School Boys Hoops Teams Reaches New Hype Levels • The “Battle of the Creek” is always a big deal in Walnut Creek, pitting the city’s two public schools — Las Lomas and Northgate — against each other. But, this year in boys... Read more
USYF Northern California Regional Championships
As most of us know, Futsal is much more than just indoor soccer! It is a 5v5 small-sided soccer game that is played across the globe. Futsal requires a hard surface, basketball sized court with no walls — just touchline boundaries making it a very exciting, fast-paced game for... Read more
Win a trip to New Zealand’s Finest Development Camp!
Enter Here! Win a trip to New Zealand’s Finest Development Camp Live The Dream in New Zealand while you take your skills to the next level. PLAYERS and COACHES – there’s a FREE CAMP awaiting EACH of you! Enter Today!  Sponsored by SportStars Media Player and Coach Development Camps produced... Read more
Cardinal Newman High: Out Of The Fire
October’s Devastating Tubbs Fire Erased Her Home And Ravaged Her School — But It Couldn’t Damage The Spirit Of Cardinal Newman’s Maiya Flores. • Fans who witnessed Cardinal Newman High play in its West Coast Jamboree championship game on Dec. 30 didn’t just see a top-notch girls basketball team... Read more