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Bay Area 75 Rankings (’20-21) | Nos. 50-21

Central Coast Section High School Sports Features North Coast Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section July 15, 2021 0

SportStars Magazine Counts Down The Bay Area’s Top 75 Athletes From 2020-21 In Its Ninth Annual Bay Area 75 Rankings Welcome to the ninth edition of our annual Bay Area 75 athlete rankings. This is a countdown of the top Bay Area’s top athletes from the 2020-21 school year. This... Read more

Bay Area 75 Rankings (’20-21) | Nos. 75-51

Central Coast Section High School Sports Features North Coast Section Oakland Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA July 15, 2021 0

SportStars Magazine Counts Down The Bay Area’s Top 75 Athletes From 2020-21 In Its Ninth Annual Bay Area 75 Rankings • Welcome to the ninth edition of our annual Bay Area 75 athlete rankings. This is a countdown of the top Bay Area’s top athletes from the 2020-21 school... Read more

Lu-Magia Hearns | SportStars’ NorCal Football Player Of The Year

High School Football North Coast Section July 15, 2021 0

A Unanimous Team Captain And A Playmaker In Every Phase Of The Game, De La Salle’s Hearns Was A Cut Above This Spring • Though De La Salle-Concord’s football season was less than half as lengthy as usual, Lu-Magia Hearns still pulled off an amazing share of highlight reel... Read more

All-NorCal Football Defense | Spring 2021

Central Coast Section High School Football North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section July 15, 2021 0

No First Teams Or Second Teams — These Are Simply The 20 Defensive Players We Selected To Honor As All-NorCal Standouts This Spring • TOP IMAGE: De La Salle-Concord’s Zeke Berry (left) and St. Mary’s-Stockton’s Nick Murray. (Jean-Paul Toshiro photo) Our All-NorCal Football Offense and Defense were chosen a... Read more

Jzaniya Harriel | SportStars’ NorCal Girls Basketball Player Of The Year

High School Basketball Sac-Joaquin Section July 15, 2021 0

A Dominant Scorer With Relentless Drive, Antelope’s Jzaniya Harriel Closed Her Career As Our First Non-Bay Area Player Of The Year • After a cover feature, multiple All-NorCal Team honors and a 2021 Preseason Player of the Year story, we’ve found we may be running out of ways to... Read more

Ms. Basketball 2021: Calling Ms. Curry

Blog July 15, 2021

It goes down to the last game, but that’s the difference for Centennial of Corona guard Jayda Curry in gaining this year’s most prestigious and longest running girls basketball individual honor in California. Choosing a Ms. Basketball with no state championships for a second straight year was made even... Read more

Emmanuel Callas | SportStars’ NorCal Boys Basketball Player Of The Year

High School Basketball North Coast Section July 14, 2021 1

A Model Of Perseverance, Campolindo’s Emmanuel Callas Raised His Game To Help Lead The Cougars To An Undefeated Season And NorCal’s Top Ranking • Emmanuel Callas and his Campolindo-Moraga teammates approached this basketball season as if a championship were at stake. Though there were no playoffs in the abbreviated season,... Read more

MLB Draft: Five from state on 1st night

Blog July 12, 2021

California didn’t get the No. 1 overall position for the second straight year and ended the night with a lower total than usual, but there was still plenty of highlights from the first night of the 2021 MLB Draft. Chula Vista Eastlake struck again with Marcelo Mayer’s selection at... Read more

Mr. Basketball 2021: A Notch Above

Blog July 9, 2021

In a season with a lot of uncertainties, there was one certain: the constant, spectacular play of Sierra Canyon’s Amari Bailey. Today, the elite junior is named California Mr. Basketball by Cal-Hi Sports, becoming the second straight honoree from the well-known San Fernando Valley private school power. Can he... Read more

State Coach of Year: Martin Woods

Blog July 7, 2021

Before the fireworks went off, Corona Centennial’s Josh Giles was selected State Coach of the Year in boys basketball. The fireworks may be cooling, but the school keeps on sparkling with Martin Woods named as State Coach of the Year for girls basketball. This is the first time a... Read more

Half-Mile High | John Lester Races Into National Spotlight

High School Sports Features North Coast Section Track & Field, Anchored by Youth Runner July 6, 2021 0

Despite Never Getting To Climb A CIF Podium, Pleasanton’s John Lester Graduated From Amador Valley Last Month As One Of The Nation’s Best High School 800-Meter Runners — Ever The 800-meter event is one of the toughest in track and field. To be successful requires the endurance of a... Read more

NBA Finals Alums 2021: Just Two

Blog July 6, 2021

There’s only a pair of ex-California high school players who’ll be in this year’s NBA Finals between the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns, but they’ve both been all-stars and were instrumental in the Bucks winning the Eastern Conference title after their No. 1 player, Giannis Antetokounmpo, went down with... Read more