SportStars’ All-NorCal Basketball Teams
BasketballHigh School Baseball/SoftballHigh School Basketball June 2, 2016 0
THRILLING 30: Our first, second and third teams for boys and girls 2015-16 SportStars All-NorCal Basketball Teams BOYS FIRST TEAM PLAYER OF THE YEAR SOLOMON YOUNG | 6-7, Forward | Sacramento | Sr. The Dragons’ big man led Sacramento to a 30-win campaign that included a Sac-Joaquin Section Div.... Read more
Jesuit’s David Laskin logged countless hours toward becoming one of the Sac-Joaquin Section’s best golfers EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was originally published in April 2016. View the full layout here. Story By JIM McCUE | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH Practice can’t necessarily make perfect, particularly in golf. But, practice... Read more
For some, high school football is a year-round activity. For others, it doesn’t come into focus until teams start to practice in the August heat. But for me, the start of the next high school football season has always been the Northern California Nike Football showcase event that... Read more
Girl’s Basketball- Transition Game
BasketballBasketballHigh School BasketballNorth Coast Section June 1, 2016 0
In girl’s basketball there’s a rule of thumb about the constant traffic in transfer rumors: Believe them when you see the girl going to class at the school she’s supposedly going to attend. In the case of Sierra Smith, a starting guard for national-power St. Mary’s-Stockton last year, there’s... Read more
The Summer Trap: Exposure Gets You Seen, But Only Training Makes You Better
Health & Fitness June 1, 2016 0
It seems nowadays more and more parents of athletes are coming to my gym in hopes of getting their athletes healthy again, playing at the level they once were capable. After years of struggling through pain and injury they get to a point where their athlete just can’t... Read more
Maxime Rooney
Multi-SportSportStars of the Week June 1, 2016 0
SportStar Of The Week | Granada-Livermore | Swimming | Senior (2016) • The Matadors’ University of Florida-bound star won the 200-yard freestyle final in 1 minute, 33.7 seconds at the NCS Championships on May 14. The time set a national high school record that would stand for only a... Read more
Hollywood Here We Come
CalHiSports Insights June 1, 2016 0
SportStars will be experiencing a first this month, and many of around headquarters are excited about it. For the first time in our six-plus years, we were asked to appear on television so that our vast knowledge of NorCal high school sports could be broadcast to the... Read more
License To Drill
CalHiSports Insights June 1, 2016 0
Conditioning, Strength Workouts Are Good, But Not As Important As Skills Development Some guys spend the whole summer just working out. They do conditioning and lifting plus they do a lot of skill work. I’m working this summer and I don’t have the money to join a gym and... Read more
License To Drill
CalHiSports Insights June 1, 2016 0
Conditioning, Strength Workouts Are Good, But Not As Important As Skills Development Some guys spend the whole summer just working out. They do conditioning and lifting plus they do a lot of skill work. I Read more
Granite Bay Rugby Wins First Championship
Club Sports May 31, 2016 0
To win a championship in a sport as rough as rugby, you need players as tough as granite. Story by Jim Zelinski; Photos by Dan Bandoni. Courtesy of Sports Today Prevailing over a field of the country’s top 24 teams, the Granite Bay Rugby Club has won the national high school... Read more
This is an incredible opportunity for both players and coaches to spend 3 days with Don Kelbick (in Rocklin) and Jim Huber (at our Livermore camp) learning the same strategies that the pros use. This camp is for serious players – both boys and girls. These are 2 and 3-day basketball camps that will... Read more
Rookie at Rugby, USA’s Fastest-Growing Sport?
Club Sports May 20, 2016 0
Rugby NorCal is expanding. Again! This time with the introduction of Rookie Rugby. Executive Director, Mark Carney says to “Invest in your future by playing rugby!”. Rookie Rugby is USA Rugby’s brand of flag rugby,which is safe, non-contact and an easy way to play the game for boys and... Read more