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SportSquad VOTE: Team Of The Week | May 1-7
Nominees For Our Inaugural SportSquad Team Of The Week Honors Include Two Swim Teams, One Baseball And One Softball Program • THIS VOTE HAS ENDED — #SPORTSQUAD NOMINEES FOR MAY 8-14 WILL BE OUT BY NOON ON MAY 16 We’re using this last month of the 2022-23 interscholastic sports calendar... Read more
SportStars NorCal Softball Rankings | May 4
Amador Valley Continues Meteoric Rise Within The NorCal Softball Rankings; No. 1 Mitty, No. 2 St. Francis Prepare To Clash Again • NorCal Softball Rankings All records are through Wednesday, May 3 (via MaxPreps). Previous rank is in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: Members Of No. 8 Amador Valley-Pleasanton Celebrate Their... Read more
SportStories, Ep 2.3 | California Track & Field Series — Keinan Briggs
Founder & Coach Of The Far-Reaching LEAP Squad Youth Track Club, Keinan Briggs, Visits To Talk Triple Jump, Coaching And CIF Hopefuls • PICTURED ABOVE: Keinan Briggs Is Photographed With LEAP Squad Standout Jumper, Madison Forbes (Mater Dei HS-Santa Ana). (CREDIT: Smotherman Images) One week after speaking with pole... Read more
SportStars NorCal Baseball Rankings | May 2
Last Two Weeks Of April Was A Battle Of Attrition For Several Teams Within NorCal Baseball Rankings, Leading To Shakeup • NorCal Baseball Rankings All records are through Monday, May 1 (via MaxPreps). Previous rank is in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: Senior Infielder Derek Pham Of No. 8 Franklin-Elk Grove.... Read more
SportStars’ All-NorCal Boys Basketball Team ’22-’23
NorCal Player Of The Year Ryan Beasley Leads An East Bay Athletic League-Rich 2022-23 SportStars All-NorCal Boys Basketball Team • MORE SPORTSTARS POSTSEASON HONORS: NorCal Boys Player Of The Year (Ryan Beasley-Dougherty Valley) | All-NorCal Girls Basketball Team | NorCal Girls Player Of The Year (Jordan Lee – St.... Read more
SportStories, Ep 2.2 | California Track & Field Series — Gary Muhammad
Former James Logan High Pole Vault Coach, Gary Muhammad, Talks About Teaching The Event And Raising Two Of The State’s Best Vaulters • In our second installment of this series highlighting great moments and names from California high school track & field, SportStories visits with former James Logan High-Union... Read more
SportStars NorCal Softball Rankings | April 24
Mitty Ends St. Francis’s Season-Long Stay Atop The NorCal Softball Rankings + Three Previously Unbeaten Teams Suffer Losses • NorCal Softball Rankings All records are through Monday, April 23 (via MaxPreps). Previous rank is in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: Pitcher Ava Markert (center) And McKenna Woliczko Share A Handshake For... Read more
SportStars’ 2022-23 NorCal Boys Basketball Player Of The Year | Ryan Beasley
Dougherty Valley Do-Everything Guard, Ryan Beasley, Was The Ultimate Catalyst For The Bay Area’s Best Team • MORE POSTSEASON HOOPS HONORS: All-NorCal Girls Basketball Team | NorCal Girls Player Of The Year – Jordan Lee | NorCal Girls Coach Of The Year – Leroy Hurt They came from all... Read more
Off The Beaten Path | Youth Runner Camps 2023
When It Comes To Destination Running Camps, It’s Hard To Beat The Oregon-Based Youth Runner Options • Nick Slenning knew it when he first experienced it.  What started on a recommendation from his high school track coach, has since turned into a full-blown summer passion. Slenning first attended a... Read more
SportStars NorCal Baseball Rankings | April 20
Several Teams That Had Slid In Last Week’s NorCal Baseball Rankings Bounce Back To Regain Original Spots Or Higher • NorCal Baseball Rankings All records are through Monday, April 19 (via MaxPreps). Previous rank is in parenthesis. PICTURED ABOVE: Freshman Dax Hardcastle Of No. 7 St. Mary’s-Stockton. (David Gershon... Read more
SportStories, Ep 2.1 | Great Moments In Track & Field Series — Michael Granville
National High School 800 Meter Record-Holder, Michael Granville, Opens Up The Second Season Of Our SportStories Podcast • After a two-year hiatus, SportStars Magazine is finally bringing back its original podcast — SportStories. The oral history-style show carries a slightly different format in Season 2, but keeps its core goal... Read more
Refuse To Lose | Determined Seniors Power Cardinal Newman Baseball
A Roster With 19 Seniors And An Identity Forged During The Covid Summer Of 2020, Has Cardinal Newman Baseball Among NorCal’s Elite • PICTURED ABOVE: Senior infielder Raul Valdivia (22) gets a high-five from Anane Wilson on his way back to the dugout. (David Gershon photos) During the summer... Read more