Sportstars
   Putting together retrospective issues like this are always a fun project. This is the second year we’ve done this, but the first time in which we’ve been able to make it its own special edition. Going through our photo archives from the past nine months obviously brought out... Read more

The Closer

Uncategorized June 12, 2014 0

Maddy Price is unafraid to do what it takes to win — a lesson she learned from her dad. Read more
Matt Trask – Baseball – Senior
   The pitcher/first baseman capped his high school career with a Sac-Joaquin Section Division I championship to go along with the Div. I North title and a pair of Delta Valley Conference crowns (2012, 2103).  Read more
Will Brueckner fired a 6-under 66 to continue his red-hot postseason and win a NorCal title. Read more
Playing your sport and training this summer are good things, but sleeping in can be just as important.  Behind the Clipboard: Clay Kallam    I play two sports in high school, and I’m going to try to do both during the summer — and I definitely should do some... Read more
Katie Kibby – Softball – Sophomore
   Kibby went the distance in the Bulldogs’ 3-0 victory over Pleasant Grove-Elk Grove that clinched the program’s fourth Sac-Joaquin Section Division I title. She rebounded from her first loss of the season by returning to the circle and scattering five hits to earn a complete game shutout. Read more
Ally Howe – Swimming – Senior
National records tend to fall on a routine basis at the Bay Area’s two section swim championships. There were three new ones set between the Central Coast and North Coast Section events this year, but only one had famed Olympic champion Missy Franklin’s name attached to it. It was... Read more
   On June 10, SportStars will celebrate the fourth anniversary of its inaugural edition. Four years. Whoooo! Cue the confetti.     Now when most people think of big anniversaries, they think of those that end in 5’s and 0’s. Typically, a four-year anniversary goes by without much fanfare.  ... Read more
  Story by CLAY KALLAM | Photos by NORBERT von der GROEBEN   You may have heard of Kerri Walsh — but not that many are aware that the Olympic volleyball star was a superb basketball player at San Jose’s Archbishop Mitty High back in the day. And she... Read more
  Story by MIKE WOOD | Photos by BERRY EVANS III   An already towering bar of success has been raised to loftier heights for Salesian College Preparatory-Richmond’s basketball team. And that’s something the Pride’s players and coaches realize and fully embrace.   It’s a natural progression for a... Read more
  Story by RONNIE FLORES | Photos by JAMES K. LEASH   The scene was Haas Pavilion for the 2015 CIF boys basketball state championships. Chino Hills was in a dogfight with a tough senior bunch from San Ramon Valley-Danville. The Div. I  state title hung in the balance.... Read more
  AFTER VIEWING THESE RANKS, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT CAL-HI SPORTS FOR THEIR UPDATED STATE TOP 10. WHILE YOU’RE THERE, CONSIDER BUYING A MEMBERSHIP TO GAIN THE REST OF THE TOP 25 WITH FULL ANALYSIS ON EACH TEAM.   Records are through Dec. 3 1. (1)  De La... Read more