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Drew Anderson – Orinda – Basketball

Drew Anderson – Orinda – Basketball

BasketballHigh School BasketballSportStars of the Week February 6, 2014 0

If you thought Anderson’s heroics were done after football season — he threw for more than 4,000 yards in leading the Matadors to an North Coast Section Div. II championship — then you were clearly mistaken. On Feb. 1, the 6-foot-4 senior delivered big-time on the hardwood for Miramonte.... Read more

Let High School Hoops Cure Your NFL Blues

Uncategorized February 6, 2014 0

   As much I’ve always enjoyed covering a good high school football rivalry game, I was reminded recently that no sport was better built for rivalries than basketball.     The smaller enclosed venue provides an intimate setting where the noise level can make your ears ring and the bleachers... Read more

Bay Area Athletes of the Year : Fall 2013

Uncategorized February 6, 2014 0

San Ramon Valley’s Kat Klass; Deer Valley’s Nsimba Webster represent the Best of the Bay for Fall 2013 Read more

Sac-Joaquin Athletes of the Year : Fall 2013

Uncategorized February 6, 2014 0

Sacramento’s Damen Wheeler and Granite Bay’s Taylor Nelson take our top honors for Fall 2013 Read more

Master at Arms

FootballHigh School Football January 22, 2014 0

Will Hewlett has quickly ascended into one of the West Coast’s most sought after quarterback gurus Read more

Head Games

Uncategorized January 22, 2014 0

Sharpening its mental toughness, Folsom is leaving no stone unturned in seeking its first SJS title. Read more

One Last Ride

HS / CLUB SoccerSoccer January 22, 2014 0

Jeff Greenberg has Monte Vista boys soccer playing with extreme purpose, and on track for a title. Read more

Golden Goals

CalHiSports Insights January 17, 2014 0

Achieving your goals can be a lot easier if you have a strong, calculated method of setting them.  Get Mental : Erika Carlson     As athletes, I know you hear about goals — A LOT. I know you set them, but the truth is, most athletes fail to accomplish... Read more
Hip Pointer Injuries and Treatment

Hip Pointer Injuries and Treatment

CalHiSports InsightsLEVELUP INSIDERS January 17, 2014 0

Hip pointer injuries occur often in contact sports, but treating hip pointers is easy and can lead to relatively quick recovery Common Injuries A hip pointer is a direct contact injury to the iliac crest, the bony prominence that can be felt along the waistline. This is a very... Read more

7 Steps for Prep

CalHiSports Insights January 17, 2014 0

It’s the triathlete’s tune-up month. Here are some tips to make getting to February that much easier. TriSTEPS : Liz Elliott    Happy New Year, and new triathlon season! Triathlon season is February through September, and officially begins February 1.        Most of you have been working out... Read more

New Year, New You

LEVELUP INSIDERS January 17, 2014 0

Four tips for keeping your New Year’s fitness goal from flaming out by February POWERED BY TRUCKS : Anthony Trucks     About this time of the year everyone is looking to get into the best shape of their lives — AGAIN. The problem is that they enter the same... Read more
Instinctive Athleticism: Top 3 Steps Improving Biomechanics

Instinctive Athleticism: Top 3 Steps Improving Biomechanics

Health & FitnessLEVELUP INSIDERS January 17, 2014 0

Plyo steps happen naturally to help the body produce force, but improving certain biomechanics can make it more effective. Training Time: Tim Rudd for IYCA The plyo step (see video below) is a movement that the body does instinctively to get your body in optimal acceleration angles — out of... Read more