Sportstars
Chandler Eden  Yuba City – Baseball
The right-hander tossed a no-hitter and struck out 14 to lead the Honkers to a 2-0 victory over Colfax in the Sac-Joaquin Section Div. III final at Sacramento City College. The team’s ace, who is headed to Oregon State in the fall, also drove in the game’s first run... Read more
Sasha Wallace  Castro Valley – Track and Field
Sasha Wallace accomplished what few track athletes have in the history of the sport: she defended both of her state titles when she won the triple jump and 100M hurdles on June 1. She also picked up the long jump this season and learned the event will enough to capture... Read more
  The end.   That’s how movies finish, not how stories begin.   But the end for Campolindo athletic director Bob Wilson, how he finished off a 35-year run in sports and education, was more important than how it started. He didn’t want to conclude a rich, joyous merry-go-career... Read more
  I play two high school sports, and both coaches have made it really clear that if I don’t play their sport during the summer, I won’t have much of a chance to make varsity. I don’t have time to do both — I have to work — and... Read more

Rising Above

Uncategorized June 12, 2013 0

After a controversial ruling disqualified him from his strongest event, De La Salle hurdler Marquis Morris earned state gold anyway. Read more
Senior pitcher Kaitlyn Garcia the bulldog-like grit that lead Casa Roble to a third SJS title in four years. Read more
7 Up! Jesuit’s rugby club battles to claim a 7th national title
Jesuit’s rugby club battled back from a pair of halftime deficits to claim a 7th national title. Read more
Miramonte team tennis won its second straight NCS title behind depth and balance Read more
Gabriella Cantrell had a choice: Focus more on sprinting or opera singing — she grabbed her cleats. Read more
Franklin-Elk Grove girls soccer shed it’s past of near-misses by winning its first SJS title.  Read more
Sami Donovan  Bella Vista-Fair Oaks – Soccer
The junior midfielder scored the Broncos’ first goal in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II Championship match in which Bella Vista defeated Ponderosa 2-1. The victory gave the Broncos (18-1-4) their first section title since the program won three consecutive Division I titles from 1986-88. Donovan’s goal in the championship... Read more
Chelsea Chenault  Carondelet – Swimming – Senior
Chances are Chelsea Chenault had a better weekend than you. To recap, the Carondelet senior swimmer capped her banner high school career with three victories at the NCS championships on May 18: 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle, and the 400 free relay, the latter broke the independent national high school record. Her... Read more