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NCVA Volleyball: Two Tickets To Texas
Five NCVA U18 Girls Teams Pick Up Junior National Bids In February • Five of the Northern California Volleyball Association’s top club teams have begun making travel plans for the last weekend of April. They may feel like packing a cowboy hat. The USA Volleyball Junior Nationals for 18s... Read more
Level Up: Love. Hate. Stress. Success.
Rebuild The Love With Your Favorite Sport • It’s often said that an athlete’s relationship with their sport is that of both love and hate. It’s the thing that you love the most. It gives you moments of total joy and satisfaction. Simultaneously, it’s the thing that causes the... Read more
Clipboard: Navigating Teammate Turbulence
What To Do When Teammates Don’t Get Along • The two best players on the team are seniors, and even though they’re captains, they don’t get along. In fact, it’s getting worse all the time, and it’s really a problem in the locker room. I don’t think the coaches... Read more
“American Fighter” Wrestling Sequel
If anyone would have told me a year ago that I would be attending a movie premiere in LA with several A-list Hollywood actors, or be an extra in an up and coming film, American Fighter” Wrestling Sequel, I would have laughed it off. No way, not possible. Fast... Read more
OLYMPIC INSPIRATION
In what was arguably the largest ever gathering of US Olympic World Champions in the Bay Area, track and cross country hall of fame coach, Lee Webb brought pride and celebrity to the East Bay. SportStars Asst. Editor, Mike Wood penned this interview story with Coach Webb prior to... Read more
Angel Jackson: Salesian’s Steady Force
Her 6-foot-4 Presence Is Half The Battle, But The Salesian Star Has Developed Into A True Girls Basketball Talent • Angel Jackson has always been the tall girl. So it wasn’t a problem for her to have her way with basketball opponents in the paint. At the same time,... Read more
Durham Wrestling: Trojan Girls Dance To Section Title
Hailing From A School With A Student Body Under 300, The Durham’s Girls Wrestling Team Made History With A Section Title And Four State Berths • Moments before the medal round at the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Girls Wrestling Championships at Lincoln High in Stockton, Durham wrestling coach Trent Kenney... Read more
Girls Wrestling: 2019 CIF State Championship Preview
Ready for Rabobank: Girls Wrestling Joins The Big Show As CIF Welcomes The Field To Its Premier State Championship Venue Alongside The Boys • It will stretch the action to three days and eliminate the finals stage and spotlight, but the girls wrestling earned participation at the premier venue... Read more
De La Salle Wrestling: Kyle Parco’s Last Stand
De La Salle High’s 3-Time Section Champion And 4-Time CIF State Qualifier Heads To Bakersfield One Last Time With A Golden Focus • No matter what happens at the California Interscholastic Federation State Wrestling Championships, Kyle Parco won’t have to wonder whether he could have done more to prepare... Read more
CIF State Wrestling: NorCal’s Top Contenders
It’s Our Annual Weight-By-Weight Breakdown Preview Of The CIF State Wrestling Championships. Who Is NorCal’s Best Hope? Who Could Bracket-bust? • Seeds schmeeds. No matter where wrestlers landed in the 14 40-man brackets at the CIF State Wrestling Championships, they have the scrambler’s chance to victory. It’s what makes... Read more
Wrestling Insider Al Fontes Meets An American Wrestler
Ok, if any of you are fans of Top Gear (BBC) or Grand Tour (Amazon), you’ll “get” that headline. Our man, Al Fontes met up with his main man, Ali Afshar, who wrestled for Casa Grande High School in NCS some years back. Afshar’s now, among other things car-related,... Read more
Masters Championships: Vacaville Wrestling Sets SJS Record
Fire Drills And Wrestling Thrills: Vacaville Sets Team Points Record En Route To Dominating SJS Title Win; Oakdale Shines As Runner-Up • STOCKTON — Surely bound for glory at the three-day CIF State Wrestling Championships that begins Feb. 21 at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield, the Oakdale wrestling team is... Read more