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Sierra Shootout, Biggest Water Polo Tournament in West
Five Pools to Host the Biggest Water Polo Tournament in the West Sept. 8-9 and 15-16 as the Sierra Shootout High School Water Polo Tournament Comes to Placer Valley The Sierra Shootout Water Polo Tournament will take place in Placer Valley on back to back weekends after Labor Day. Each year,... Read more
Crock & Roll
Four-Star Receiver Isaah Crocker Is Newest Inderkum Star To Embrace The Task Of Landing Program Its First SJS Title• Story By JIM MCCUE | Photos By JAMES K. LEASH At Inderkum High School, there are expectations. High expectations year in and year out. That’s what winning at least 10... Read more
Pahulu’s POV: Menlo-Atherton Football v. Bellarmine
PAHULU’S POINT OF VIEW — 8/25/17 For the first week of the high school football season in the Bya Area, I chose to visit Menlo-Atherton High to watch a possible CCS Open Division playoff matchup between Bellarmine-San Jose and the host Bears. Menlo-Atherton surprised everyone last year coming out... Read more
Synchro On The Rise: Update Medal HAUL!
US National Team Members Win Medals at Pan American Championships Pictured, Emmanuella Tchakmakjian, Megumi Field and Sarine Cho enjoying their medals Thursday at the UANA Pan American Synchronized Swimming Championships in Santiago, Chile. Several U.S. national team members picked up medals Thursday at the UANA Pan American Synchronized Swimming Championships.... Read more
Twins Peak in 2017 NorCal Football Preview
2017 NorCal Football Preview: In Their Third And Final Season, Tariq and TyRee Bracy Are Hoping To Power Milpitas To New Heights • Story by JAMES G. KANE | Photos by SAMUEL STRINGER TyRee and Tariq Bracy can’t think of a single thing they don’t have in common. And... Read more
Championship Vision
2017 NORCAL FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Behind Leadership Of Napoleon Kaufman, Bishop O’Dowd Is Transforming Into A NorCal Power • Story by PHIL JENSEN | Photos by BERRY EVANS III Bishop O’Dowd High School-Oakland football coach Napoleon Kaufman had a premonition when he became the Dragons’ coach. “I looked those kids... Read more
Grizzlies 2 Bears
Granite Bay football looks to rebound from 4-7 season behind a pair of Cal commits Story By Steven Wilson | Photos By Dave Lawicka When Granite Bay’s football team started 1-6 last year, all eyes turned to second-year coach Jeff Evans. Outside criticisms and rumblings in the community didn’t... Read more
Fans Buzz over US Open
Top contenders for the US open With the conclusion of Wimbledon last month, the grand slam tournaments are almost over with one left. The US Open is set to occur at the end of the month with the fans abuzz with excitement of how it all will conclude. Roger... Read more
Rugby: A Game Of Its Own
Coaches Of Fabled Sport Contrast Rugby With Football When people think of rugby, the first thing that usually comes to mind is football without the pads. While yes, rugby players do not wear pads, the ins and outs of the games are vastly different, while keeping some of the... Read more
A Handful Of Schools Capable Of History-Making Seasons
For a feature story in this issue of SportStars, the question was asked if this 2017 edition of the Bishop O’Dowd-Oakland football team might be the best in school history? The Dragons, after all, seem to be even more loaded than last year when they went 15-1 and won... Read more
The Glorious Gridiron
Alas, it’s here. Our labor of love, and admittedly my favorite issue to work on every year. This is the eighth edition of our Football Preview, and I feel like it gets better each time we do it. This year we added our newest wrinkle, adding a Southern California... Read more
NorCal Preseason #11: Freedom
We begin our 2017 Football coverage by revealing teams #20-11 in our NorCal Preseason Top 20 in a daily countdown to Aug. 24 when #10-1 are revealed in our 2017 Football Preview Special. If you need to catchup, here are links to previous entries: | No. 20 Foothill (Aug.... Read more