FINAL: NorCal Boys Top 20
High School BasketballRankings April 6, 2017 0
CIF Open Division runner-up Woodcreek was never budging from the top spot, but deciding what to do with state-champions St. Patrick-St. Vincent and Mission-S.F. was a bit tougher. We had the Bruins one spot ahead of the Bears before the state finals, and chose to keep it that way... Read more
BRYSON: Mixed Emotions
High School FootballLEVELUP INSIDERS April 6, 2017 0
With NorCal product Joe Mixon a controversial topic as the NFL draft nears, editor Chace Bryson urges readers to sift through the noise • This column begins with a question. Have you — yes, you, dear reader — met Joe Mixon? Chances are high that you haven’t. Yet many of you... Read more
Everyday Joe
FootballHigh School FootballNorth Coast Section April 6, 2017 0
NOTE: This article first appeared in SportStars on August 22, 2013, as the cover story to our 2013 Football Preview. • We are providing it again in its original version as a complement to the most recent column of our editor, Chace Bryson, who reflects on the Joe Mixon... Read more
Stamped of Talent
High School Baseball/Softball April 6, 2017 0
NorCal Softball Season Kicks Into High Gear With Loaded Livermore Stampede • With more top-end softball tournaments springing up each season, the Livermore Stampede is constantly under pressure to keep its reputation as the premier mid-season NorCal tournament. It will have no problem keeping that title this season. The 23rd... Read more
Big League Fun
High School Baseball/SoftballSac-Joaquin Section April 5, 2017 0
Feel like you’re playing in the Big Leagues by taking in the type of views legends Babe Ruth or Ted Williams had at the famous replicas of major league ballparks at Big League Dreams in Redding. The 30-plus acre complex features scaled-down replicas of Boston’s Fenway Park, New York’s... Read more
Hang 10
EB IssuesNorth Coast SectionSpecial Editions April 4, 2017 0
With Its First 10 Games, Clayton Valley Baseball Announced Its 2017 Presence With Authority Story By Mike Wood | Photos By Samuel Stringer Clayton Valley Charter High-Concord baseball is out of the gate quickly this season. How fast? Try a 10-0 start, with five shutouts. Thanks to a stingy... Read more
This unique and spectacular event takes place May 13 in Redding and features a 5K and 10K. As the organizers like to say ‘It doesn’t matter if you run, walk or crawl — every mile is earned.’ And those miles will be earned in mud, glorious mud! The goal... Read more
Rugby 101: Part IV
HS / CLUB RUGBYSac-Joaquin Section March 29, 2017 0
Rugby Culture And A Region Unparalleled Editors note: This is the fourth and final installment to a four-part series. Parts 1-3 can be found beginning with our January issue. All four articles are also available at sportstarsmag.com In this, our final installment of this series, we will be spotlighting... Read more
Gearing Up for the Granite Bay Grinder
High School Cycling March 28, 2017 0
On April 8 and 9 more than a thousand high school mountain bikers will be riding the course around Folsom Lake in Granite Bay for their fourth official race of the season, first of the year in Placer Valley. Dubbed the Granite Bay Grinder, this race course is known... Read more
Folsom High School Baseball Team Becomes “Baseball Buddies” for Challenger League Youth. As you know by reading SportStars, Little League Challenger Program is for Youth with Disabilities and Special needs. Starting at 11:30 a.m. at Ernie Sheldon Park, Natoma Station Drive, Folsom, CA, the Folsom High School varsity baseball team will become... Read more
Preview: SoCal Boys Finals
High School Basketball March 17, 2017 0
And then there were 48. That’s how many high school basketball teams continued practice schedules this week with dreams of a state title. The majority of that number gets cut in half on March 18 as 24 boys teams and 24 girls will attempt to take the last step... Read more
USTA NorCal Uses Four Scholarships To Reward Students Of The Game Located in Alameda, the United States Tennis Association, Northern California Section is a not-for-profit volunteer-based organization with approximately 34,000 adult members, 16,000 junior members and over 300 organization members. USTA Northern California is one of the 17 sections... Read more
