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SCOUT IT OUT LOUD Northern California is one of the most plentiful regions for producing professional baseball players. Take a look at the big league rosters and you will find all-star caliber players such as Dustin Pedroia (Woodland), Jimmy Rollins (Alameda), and CC Sabathia (Vallejo) and of course many... Read more

Not In The Script

Basketball February 13, 2012 0

By CHACE BRYSON | Editor Gemeny Givens couldn’t speak with enthusiasm, but he didn’t have any problem finding perspective following his final game in a St. Joseph Notre Dame High uniform. After four years in the Pilots’ program, he was walking in the catacombs of Power Balance Pavilion after... Read more

Impulse – Feb. 23

Uncategorized February 13, 2012 0

Welcome to Impulse, your one-stop shop for gadgets, gizmos and gear. Compiled by staff writer Erik Stordahl, Impulse provides you with the latest and greatest of what’s hot. Since this issue is going to the Bay Area Golf Show in Santa Clara, we’re gonna give you the heads up... Read more

Impulse – March 8

Uncategorized February 13, 2012 0

Welcome to Impulse, your one-stop shop for all the latest and greatest in gadgets, gizmos and gear. Complied by staff writer Erik Stordahl, Impulse provides you with what’s currently hot on the market. If you didn’t already know, high school sports are hot right now. Soccer playoffs just concluded... Read more
Welcome to Impulse, your one-stop shop for gadgets, gizmos and gear. Compiled by staff writer Erik Stordahl, Impulse provides you with what’s currently hot on the market. This week we dive even further into camps with a gym right in our backyard, Walnut Creek Sports & Fitness. They’ve got... Read more
By ERIK STORDAHL | SportStars Longfellow Middle School-Berkeley coasted to another championship when they defeated King Middle School-Berkeley at the City of Walnut Creek Basketball Invitational on March 16. The tournament was hosted by Foothill Middle School of Walnut Creek and featured eight middle schools from the East Bay.... Read more
As boys golf nears the halfway point of the season, we thought we’d take the time to offer up our thoughts on who has shown the most promise and what to expect the rest of the way in the North Coast Section.  TEAM TO BEAT: FOOTHILL The defending North... Read more
  By JIM McCUE | Contributor   Golf is a rare sport where young players can not have a favorite team to root for while growing up. As kids often choose a preferred group of players to cheer for on the football field, baseball diamond, or basketball court, young... Read more
If there was a flashpoint to the 2011 Amador Valley softball season that concluded with the program’s first North Coast Section title, it came in the Livermore Stampede tournament in early April.  The Dons were 9-0 after beating Oak Ridge-El Dorado Hills in their tournament opener, and then a... Read more
By JIM McCUE | SportStars   By high school, some ballplayers have accepted the fact their Major League dreams from childhood will never become reality.  But, given the chance, each and every high school player would relish the opportunity to experience the neatly-manicured grass, monstrous video board, booming public... Read more